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In 2018, the Hague lawmaker tweeted a prayer to Allah to “exterminate the Zionists. ”
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, a Dutch Muslim tweeted a photo of a Jewish yellow star to protest plans to monitor coronavirus carriers.
Arnoud van Doorn, a member of the City Council of The Hague, posted the picture on Monday, the birthday of Adolf Hitler. Yom Hashoah, Israel’s day of mourning for Holocaust victims also observed by many Jews worldwide, starts in the evening and extends to Tuesday evening.
In 2018, van Doorn tweeted a prayer to Allah to “exterminate the Zionists” and said that fasting on Yom Kippur would not atone for Israel’s sins by the Jews. His Unity Party says on its online page that it is running to “promote the interests of the Islamist community. “
His tweet shows a yellow star of the type the Nazis made Jews wear during the Holocaust, with the words “corona app. ” Its title reads “No corona app required,” referring to a test by the Dutch government for a smartphone app that would help the government monitor people’s movements and interactions, adding those it knows or suspects to be carriers, to stop the spread of the virus.
Tom de Nooijer, a member of the City Council of Oldebroek, a town situated some 40 miles east of Amsterdam, was among the many who criticized the tweet.
“Take off that star, Arnoud. You have no right to refer to it,” wrote de Nooijer, who represents the pro-Israel Christian party SGP.
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