But Halsema has now rowed back on her use of the term, claiming it had been manipulated to serve political agendas both nationally and internationally. “I must say that in the following days I saw how the word pogrom became very political and actually became propaganda. The Israeli government, talking about a Palestinian pogrom in the streets of Amsterdam. In The Hague, the word pogrom is mainly used to discriminate against Moroccan Amsterdammers, Muslims. I didn’t mean it that way. And I didn’t want it that way,” Halsema told Dutch state media on Sunday.
First: she shouldn’t have used that word.
Her words were twisted out of context by about everybody, media and politicians alike. As a left/green mayor she is under heavy fire from our extremist puppet prime minister, who hates her and wants her expelled.
So every thing she says that can be criticized, is. She’s doing a great job in very difficult circumstances and has the balls to own up the mistake she made (which is unfortunately rare for politicians).
So yes she deserves criticism. But she did deserve credits for the way she remained sane and effective during a huge international proxy conflict.