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?”
