The news story below is about an anti-Israel demonstration in Amsterdam last winter. In it you’ll see a lone demonstrator unfurl an Israeli flag in the midst of a sea of Palestinian flags. Notice what happens to him as a result.
Our Flemish correspondent VH supplied this introduction to the video:
Israeli flag trampled — Ben Kok
The brave Jewish-Christian Pastor Ben Kok shows an Israeli flag during a demonstration by leftists and Muslims against Israel in Amsterdam on January 3, 2010. He is immediately intimidated by a Muslim then and quickly removed by the police in a van. In the turmoil he loses his flag. “The expressions there were anti-Semitic and one-sided,” Ben Kok said afterwards.
Many thanks to VH for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling. I’ve placed the video and a full transcript below the jump:
Transcript:
| 00:00 | At around 13:00, the Museumplein slowly filled with demonstrators. | |
| 00:04 | But before the event began, first there were some prayers. | |
| 00:11 | Several thousand people were attracted to the demonstration, | |
| 00:14 | which was organized by a number of different organizations. | |
| 00:17 | Yes, what we at least want is to give a clear signal to politics, | |
| 00:21 | we ask the government to take a clear and unambiguous stand. | |
| 00:25 | “This is the emergence of a new generation of revolutionary...” | |
| 00:29 | ||
| 00:37 | Sir, why have you taken off your shoe now? | |
| 00:40 | Out of shame for the government. It made no decision | |
| 00:44 | to condemn the Israeli attacks. | |
| 00:48 | I am from Iraq, and I find it very sad for the people in Palestine. | |
| 00:54 | Among the dozens of Palestinian flags, suddenly an Israeli flag appeared. | |
| 00:58 | Sir, why do this now? | |
| 01:00 | I find that Israel also has the right make her voice heard, | |
| 01:04 | and there are two sides to this sad affair in the Middle East, | |
| 01:07 | I think it’s a fine country, and that in this country you can make all sides of an issue heard… | |
| 01:11 | Stop lying, sir! Stop lying, stop lying! What are you trying to do here... | |
| 01:16 | Stop lying.. Stop lying! Man, you as a human, as human, | |
| 01:22 | you must simply tell Israel, your friends, to stop killing people. | |
| 01:26 | That is what you must say. Not say such as .... What you ... | |
| 01:31 | There was quick intervention in the situation by police and security. | |
| 01:36 | Only the Israeli flag did have to pay for it. | |
| 01:40 | Around half past two the protest march went through the inner city. | |
| 01:44 | And all the way at the front we met an old acquaintance. | |
| 01:47 | For what is an anti-Israel demonstration without… | |
| 01:49 | Mrs. Duisenberg [known anti-Semite], on the barricades again? | |
| 01:51 | Yes yes… | |
| 01:55 | How’s the order doing? | |
| 01:58 | It goes well, goes well, yes, sure, goes well. | |
| 02:00 | Nothing happened? “No no.” | |
| 02:03 | The demonstration was already over at five. |
