(NL Times) The Dutch government is committed to fighting anti-Semitic violence with far-reaching measures, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said in a parliamentary debate on violence in Amsterdam last week. The prime minister mainly promised to investigate various measures put forward by parliamentarians, including asking the Public Prosecution Service (OM) to also prosecute rioters for terrorism and stripping Dutch nationality from people convicted of anti-Semitic violence and who have dual-citizenship, NOS reports.
“Within the Cabinet, there are few taboos for a firm approach to anti-Semitism,” Schoof assured the parliamentarians. Schoof said he could imagine that the OM would prosecute the perpetrators for terrorism because they wanted to spread fear with their actions. And it is already possible for the Dutch government to strip the Dutch nationality off someone convicted of a terrorist crime, provided that it doesn’t leave them stateless. The government will point out the possibility to the OM, but Schoof stressed that the OM itself decides on charges.
