Nora Achahbar (center) during the Plenary Debate on July 3, 2024 in Den Haag, Netherlands. (Photo: IMAGO/Orange Pictures via Reuters)
The Dutch government nearly collapsed on Friday when junior finance minister, Nora Achahbar, quit the government coalition. Following the Amsterdam pogrom against Jewish and Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans, Achahbar, who is of Moroccan descent, reportedly “felt comments by several ministers about last week’s events had crossed a line, with hurtful and possibly racist comments about the attacks on the Israeli fans,” according to Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant.
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