Netanyahu snubbed
Dutch member of parliament refuses to shake Netanyahu's hand
As Netanyahu meets with Dutch members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Tunahan Kuzo kept his hands behind his back as PM extended his hand; Netanyahu: 'As Begin said, those who choose to turn their noses up, let them have crooked noses.'
Prime Minister Netanyahu was confronted by an awkward diplomatic insult Wednesday when Tunahan Kuzo, a member of parliament in the Netherland’s, refused to shake his hand.
The affront came when Netanyahu met, during his state visit to the Netherlands, with Dutch members of the Foreign Affairs Committee. As he extended his arm to shake Kuzo’s hand, Netanyahu was rejected before the cameras.
Netanyahu snubbed by Dutch member of parliament
Kuzo, of Turkish origin, later wrote on his Facebook account that his actions were in protest against Operation Protective Edge in 2014.
Dutch member of parliament refuses to shake hands with PM Netanyahu
“At a time when the streets of Gaza are streaming with blood from the veins of children from 2014, it is not appropriate to shake his hand, but to reference the liberation of ‘Palestine,’” wrote Kuzo on his Facebook account.
Tunahan Kuzo during a pro-Palestinian rally
Netanyahu responds to handshake incident in the Netherlands
Tunahan Kuzo snubbs PM Netanyahu
Netanyahu recorded a video responding to the incident. “We saw again another clear example of who wants peace and who doesn’t want peace. I will continue to representing Israel’s position with pride everywhere in the world and I will strengthen its international standing,” he said from his plane after he departed from the Netherlands.
“As Menachem Begin said, those who who choose to turn up their nose, let them have crooked noses.”
