Dutch government places IHH on terror list

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<snip>Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal told The Jerusalem Post on Friday that he has “placed the IHH Netherlands on the Dutch list of terrorist organizations and froze its assets, because IHH Netherlands regularly transferred funds to IHH Germany. This organization is banned in Germany because it has raised funds for Hamas. Hamas has been on the EU list of terrorist organizations since 2003.”

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He added that the Dutch Gaza flotilla “claims to be on a humanitarian mission – but everyone sees there is enough in Gaza. Egypt opened its border. Everyone can bring food and medicine into Gaza, if needed. Actually they should help the Arabs under pressure in Libya and Syria, instead of Gaza.”

The Post learned on Friday that main organizers behind the Dutch Gaza flotilla were involved in left-wing and Islamic-based terror activities. Rob Groenhuijzen, a pro- Palestinian activist in Holland, is its chairman. He was reportedly convicted of weapons possession as a member of the left-wing extremists Red Youth.

Amin Abu Rashed (who has used various spellings of his name, including Amin Abu Ibrahim), is a Dutch citizen with ties with Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. He was one of the principal European organizers of the 2010 Gaza flotilla, and was aboard the Mavi Marmara. Israel detained him after seizing the vessel for its attempt to violate the IDF naval blockade of Gaza. According to Dutch intelligence reports, Rashed raised money through the Al-Aqsa foundation in Holland for Hamas.

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