Press Release

Jewish Entity: A Colonial Project and the Netherlands is a Pillar of it

(Translated)

The media rushed to portray the New Social Contract party's withdrawal from the government as an initial step, as if the party had completely separated from its policy due to the horrific suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza! But this is a wrong perception; their departure is not an expression of moral outrage, but rather the result of political calculations. It does not place the New Social Contract party outside the framework of the colonial project; the Jewish entity, but rather shows the extent of their involvement in it.

The Jewish state has always been, since its inception, a colonial project, planted in the heart of the Muslim world. It was created and still exists to divide and weaken the region, to serve as a settlement outpost for Western interests. The Netherlands has been part of this project for decades. Whether it is the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, the Farmer–Citizen Movement, or the National Security Council, they all recognize and support it as a state, and therefore support the colonial project that has oppressed the Palestinian people for more than a century.

The difference between the current government and the National Security Council is purely formal. The coalition openly supports Netanyahu's genocidal policies, while the National Security Council has silently accepted them since its inception. Their problem has never been with the occupation, ethnic cleansing, or the colonial reality itself, but with the way Netanyahu implemented his indefensible policies. Therefore, their departure is not driven by solidarity with Gaza, but by three calculations: international pressure now that the United Nations has spoken publicly about genocide, internal pressure after mass protests in The Hague, and electoral fear of being on the wrong side of history.

For Palestinians, nothing changes. The suffering continues for almost two years. Tens of thousands have been killed, children are starving, and entire cities have been turned to rubble. The National Security Council stood by and remained silent, and the moment they turned their backs was not when the injustice began, but when it became politically unsustainable to continue.

All of this indicates that the Netherlands is not just a temporary ally of the Jewish entity, but an active pillar of the broader Western colonial project. The Jewish entity is not a normal state that has lost its way; it is a project that has embodied the colonial logic from the beginning. As long as Dutch parties recognize and support this project, they are complicit in its continuation.

Therefore, Gaza will never be liberated by the so-called mercy of Western leaders; not from The Hague, not from Brussels, and not from Washington. These governments are not neutral, but are the architects and guardians of the colonial structure represented by the Jewish state in the Islamic countries.

True liberation will come when the Muslims themselves reject this project and unite. When the nation restores its unity and establishes its own political authority that is not subject to the West, but works according to Islam. Only then will Palestine be liberated, and with it the rest of humanity will be liberated from the yoke of capitalism and colonial domination.

Okay Palaei

The Media Representative of Hizb ut-Tahrir in the Netherlands