The American ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has demanded that Israel prosecute and imprison the settlers who attacked a photojournalist from the Washington Post during her reporting on violence against Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank. #Israël #violence #journalisme (translated)
Bart Nijman wrote that the stuck plastic cap, in his view, symbolized the emptiness of European innovation. He stated that large technology companies and innovations in transport, logistics, and energy were mostly located in the United States and China. Nijman criticized the EU bureaucracy in Brussels and wrote that, in his opinion, it imposed new rules on workers and entrepreneurs while European companies weakened due to a lack of innovation and high energy prices. He mentioned companies in the steel and defense sector and German, French, and Italian car manufacturers. In contrast to Europe, he highlighted a man in the United States who, according to him, made cars drive with rocket boosters and thereby set an acceleration record of 0 to 100 in less than a second. Nijman concluded with the question of whether Europe would emerge from its own malaise and referenced images from several French cities that day. #innovatie #EU #technologie (translated)
France is preparing for mass protests on October 17, with participation from various groups including students, farmers, and the yellow vests, in response to rising living costs and government policies. #ProtestNederland #GeleHesjes #Scholierenprotesten (translated)
Today, large protests are taking place across France, organized by students, farmers, taxi drivers, and the 'yellow vests' in response to the rising costs of living, while in Eindhoven the Dutch Design Week kicks off with exhibitions and events from 2,500 designers. #protesten #DutchDesignWeek #Frankrijk (translated)
An American photojournalist from the Washington Post was injured on Friday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank after being attacked by Israeli settlers while reporting on violence against Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest. #Cisjordanie #Journalisme #ViolenceColons (translated)
The Ministry of Defense has announced the expansion of Lelystad Airport, forcing ten (farm) businesses to relocate. #Cookies #Beveiliging #Cloudflare (translated)
Whether you drive a tractor on the highway or treat your staff like a slave owner, farmers get away with everything. It is a choice where you let enforcement, police, and justice set priorities. For Van Weel, that is prosecuting people who are against genocide. (translated)
Superjan wrote that, according to him, people should stop being outraged. He argued that nitrogen was a made-up problem used to harass farmers, deny housing or electricity to indigenous residents, and to bring in large numbers of newcomers to the Netherlands and build a barracks for them. He used a derogatory term for those newcomers. According to Superjan, people could only unite against leaders once they let go of their despondent amazement; he stated that it was not about nitrogen gas, but about the mischief of a cunning group of leaders. #verontwaardiging #stikstof #maatschappij (translated)
In the poignant documentary by Yvon Jaspers, "scientifically substantiated warnings are set against the personal beliefs of farmers, as if both weigh equally. The truth would lie somewhere in the middle. Then you do not understand science. And journalism either." (translated)
Caroline van der Plas said that the church in Rolde sold land to the province of Drenthe after a hundred years of farming. According to her, farmers lost agricultural land as a result, which was replaced by nature. She stated that she had asked questions about this to the Secretary of State for LVVN during the debate on Earning Capacity and Land Policy. https://t.co/6OH9HShnen #boeren #grondbeleid #natuur (translated)
Marianne Zwagerman wrote that according to multiple well-informed sources, it was mainly the CDA that exerted heavy pressure behind the scenes on Agriculture Minister Jaimi van Essen (D66). According to her, the Christian Democrats feared that farmers' organizations LTO and NAJK, the organization of young farmers, would leave the negotiating table if there were no fundamental adjustments. https://t.co/3SyXFlXTpu #landbouw #CDA #politiek (translated)
Motorists, farmers, and transporters will have to deal with high diesel prices for much longer, as the tightness is expected to persist well into 2027. #Cookies #Beveiliging #OnlineVeiligheid (translated)
"It is a paper problem, so there must also be a paper solution for it to be possible," says Sieta van Keimpema of the DDB about it. #stikstofproblematiek #LandbouwAlliantie #boerenacties (translated)
Farmers' organizations united in the Agriculture Alliance want to talk to Minister Van Essen about their own nitrogen proposals, including abolishing the nitrogen letter and simplifying permits, but the chance that the minister will accept their plans seems minimal. #stikstofproblematiek #LandbouwAlliantie #boerenacties (translated)
On October 13, victims of pesticides highlighted the harmful effects of pesticides on health during a meeting at the University of Liège and called for action from the authorities to protect both farmers and citizens from these substances. #Pesticides #Santé #Agriculture (translated)
Farm action groups present an alternative nitrogen policy to the minister, but are immediately rejected, while they promise to increase pressure with new actions if their plans are not heard. #Boerenprotest #Stikstofbeleid #LandbouwAlliantie (translated)
Flick wrote that farmers felt pressure from Johan Vollenbroek and saw threatening letters. According to Flick, tens of thousands of residential addresses of Dutch farmers would have become public after a Woo request from Vollenbroek. Flick asked if that could be considered doxing. https://t.co/kMlKiGMQae #boeren #stikstof #doxing (translated)
Jan Dijkgraaf published a new 'Letter from Jan' to the farmers. In it, he wrote that VVD prominent Christianne van der Wal described the nitrogen plans of the Jetten cabinet as the first major success of that cabinet. Dijkgraaf stated that people with common sense would understand enough from that. https://t.co/sUqjOTyCxk #stikstof #boeren #kabinetJetten (translated)
Farm organizations have presented a new nitrogen plan and are advocating for a drastic change in policy, calling for the same baseline to be used as in Germany. #Cookies #OnlineBeveiliging #Cloudflare (translated)
Caroline van der Plas wrote that a hack of the IT systems of Albert Heijn could lead to empty shelves. Especially with fresh products, which according to her mostly come from the Netherlands, delivery problems could arise. She stated that this demonstrated the vulnerability of the food supply and that it would further increase if farmers were decimated. https://t.co/pzSqXqmb1V #voedselvoorziening #ALBERTHEIJN #veiligheid (translated)
