KUZU, Tunahan. Dutch MP who refused to shake hands with war criminal Netanyahu, stating: “I refuse to shake hands with you”

Tunahan Kuzu (anti-racist Dutch MP) refused to shake hands with war criminal Netanyahu, as reported by the Independent (2016): “Video has emerged of a Dutch MP wearing a Palestinian flag pin C Tunahan Kuzu, a former Labour MP who founded the multi-ethnic, pro-immigration party Denk (Think) in 2014, made the gesture before Mr Netanyahu attended a meeting in The Hague with the Dutch parliamentary affairs committee while on a two-day visit to the Netherlands. Footage of the incident shows Mr Kuzu withdraw his right hand from the Israeli leader as he extends his, telling him: “I refuse to shake hands with you”. In a statement posted to Facebook, Mr Kuzu said his gesture was intended as a protest over the abuses committed against Palestinian civilians living under Israeli military rule in the occupied territories” (Tunahan Kuzu quoted in Alexandra Sims, “Dutch MP refuses to shake hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu”, The Independent, 2016: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dutch-mp-tunahan-kuzu-refuses-to-shake-hands-israel-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-a7307296.html ).