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| DATE | 2021-01-25 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [ Docs ] How much longer can these idiots
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On 1/25/21 5:05 PM, Ruben Safir via Docs wrote:
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> and https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55717523
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55796126
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has condemned weekend riots against
newly imposed coronavirus restrictions as "criminal violence".
Rioters attacked police and set cars and bikes on fire to protest
against a curfew introduced on Saturday.
In the southern city of Eindhoven, protesters threw fireworks, looted
supermarkets and smashed shop windows.
There were smaller protests in Amsterdam, and in some cities and towns
around the country.
More than 200 people have been detained, police said.
"This has nothing to do with protest, this is criminal violence and we
will treat it as such," Mr Rutte told reporters on Monday.

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERS
image captionProtests took place in Amsterdam, where police water canon
were used
In Eindhoven, golf balls and fireworks were hurled at police in full
riot gear, who eventually used tear gas to clear the crowds. Burning
bikes were built into barricades. In the eastern city of Enschede,
rioters threw rocks at the windows of a hospital.
A Covid-19 testing centre was also set alight on Saturday evening in the
northern village of Urk, local authorities said.
"The fire in a screening centre in Urk goes beyond all limits," Health
Minister Hugo de Jonge said.
Regional security councillors are meeting on Monday to discuss a response.
The Dutch government has just introduced its toughest measures since the
start of the pandemic - including a night-time curfew which runs from
21:00 (20:00 GMT) to 04:30. It is the first in the Netherlands since
World War Two.
Anyone caught violating it faces a €95 (£84) fine.

Restrictions were delayed - now the backlash

There is a sense of disbelief among people waking up to these images of
chaos and destruction, in this usually peaceful and broadly law-abiding
nation.
The mayor of Eindhoven has warned the country is heading for civil war;
while some feel that may be an exaggeration, the Netherlands is becoming
increasingly polarised over this issue.
National Security Council Chairman Hubert Bruls said that, while he
understood the protesters' frustrations, the more the Dutch persevered
now, the sooner they could get their freedoms back.
Actually many see vaccines as the key, and the Netherlands is lagging
behind there - last in the EU to roll out its vaccine programme. To
date, 135,000 people have been given their first dose.
The Dutch government's inconsistent messaging hasn't helped to instil
confidence. At the start of the outbreak, it resisted measures like
masks and curfews, telling the Dutch they were sensible, rule-abiding
and didn't need to be treated like children.
That sense of exceptionalism, or "nuchterheid" - sobriety or
level-headedness - has come back to haunt them. Here we are almost a
year on. Countries that went hard are enjoying greater freedoms. People
look across the border to Belgium where schools have reopened, while
here they're closed till at least 9 February.
Some people are finding it difficult to do the mental pivot required to
accept that the Netherlands has been forced to introduce the draconian
measures it initially dismissed.

The country's bars and restaurants have been shut since October, while
schools and non-essential shops closed last month.
More on coronavirus and the Dutch response:
Shocked to be Europe's vaccination stragglers
Rule-resistant Dutch ordered to mask up indoors
Celebs face backlash over Dutch Covid rebellion
A ban on flights from the UK, South Africa and South America has been
put in place due to fears over new variants of the virus.
There have been more than 962,000 cases and 13,646 confirmed deaths from
Covid-19 in the Netherlands, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins
University.
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