Uri Rosenthal wrote that Femke Halsema was right about the ten-year delay of a law against the glorification of terrorist violence. He stated that this law would have made it easier to intervene on October 7 and 11, particularly concerning a group of Hamas supporters on motorcycles in Dam Square. Rosenthal believed that Halsema missed other opportunities, such as Article 137 of the Dutch Penal Code regarding incitement to hatred. He accused the governing triangle, including the Public Prosecution Service, of continuously citing reasons why action could not be taken since October 8, 2023. He also asked why Halsema did not follow the example of the then Rotterdam mayor Ivo Opstelten, who in 1999-2000 introduced preventive searches in the Millinx neighborhood and, according to Rosenthal, deliberately pushed the boundaries of the law. #wetgeving #terrorisme #haatzaaien (translated)







