Dutch civil servants reveal prime minister Mark #Rutte - who is lobbying to become the next #NATO chief - has pressured other government departments to 'look for ways to make it seem like #Israel is not conducting war crimes'
[…] According to the civil servants, Rutte's involvement goes so far that politically inconvenient information - such as possible violations of international humanitarian law by Israel - is being swept under the rug. “A request from the Ministry of General Affairs to the Legal Affairs Department at Foreign Affairs reads as follows,” the civil servants write: “What can we say to make it look like Israel is not committing war crimes?”
Rutte covering up negative info about Israel to protect future NATO job, officials say (NL Times)
In English, with a response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is outraged by the letter from anonymous officials in its department, calling it “extremely malicious” and “completely inappropriate.” According to the Ministry, it never received any requests to say something that would make it appear that Israel was not committing war crimes.
“The Ministry rejects the allegations contained in it..."