Dutch ministers don’t seem to mind bending the laws to incorporate territory to Israel that does not belong to it.
![A general view of the Israel Jewish West Bank settlement seen from Jerusalem [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/9d9b935d8cb044f9bcae158d996f7161_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Dutch ministers don’t seem to mind bending the laws to incorporate territory to Israel that does not belong to it.
![A general view of the Israel Jewish West Bank settlement seen from Jerusalem [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/9d9b935d8cb044f9bcae158d996f7161_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Europeans and other Westerners are blindly complicit in the physical and metaphorical erasure of the Palestinians.

A year after the war, nothing has changed for Palestinians in Gaza except the rising amount of destruction.

Israel purposefully protracted the ceasefire negotiations to inflict more destruction on Gaza.
![In late August Israeli air strikes destroyed much of one of Gaza's tallest apartment and office buildings [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014828141613367734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Foreign fighters drawn from Europe and the US contribute to Israel’s military occupation of the Palestinian territories.
![Around 5,000 Jews carry the title "Lone Soldier" given to volunteers from abroad, writes Hanine Hassan [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20147228925464734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Opening Gaza’s seaport can provide Palestinians humiliation-free access to the world.
![For centuries Gaza port was a busy maritime hub [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014514153539163734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)