It has been almost a year since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out in the Gaza Strip. The Netherlands should maintain a more critical stance towards Israel, Dutch voters said in a survey conducted by Ipsos I&O on behalf of the newspaper de Volkskrant.Half of Dutch voters want a stricter stance toward Israel. This is not only the call of left-wing voters. Critical voices from the conservative camp, such as the NSC and the VVD, also want the government to take a more critical stance towards Israel.
I’m certainly not disputing that western governments have more leverage over some countries than others.