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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte asked the country's legal affairs ministry: "What can we say to make it look like Israel is not committing war crimes?"

The revelations have only recently come to light and were reported by NRC, the newspaper of record in the Netherlands. source

The memo was first reported by the NRC newspaper in the Netherlands.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Heb je een link zonder paywall? Ik was dat artikel al tegengekomen maar kon het niet lezen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I translated the NRC article. I could not find the quote. It seems to be a paraphrased quote from the contents of the leaked memo from the civil servants that wrote the letter to The Hague.