THE HAGUE, 6 October - In The Hague (Holland) a demonstration in front of the Israeli embassy turned violent after provocative action from the Dutch police. Some 700 Palestinians, Arabs and Dutch gathered at 15.30 in front of the Israeli embassy, across the Dutch parliament. There seemed to be a misunderstanding about the police permit which said that only some 100 people were allowed on the square in front of the embassy and that others should have stand in front of the parliament. However, at 15.45 some 700 people gathered in front of the Israeli embassy and were stopped by the Dutch police who were in full force with police on horses and riot police. When some Israeli flags were burned the police dismissed the demonstration and started to disperse the demonstration.
People were forced into the direction that lead to the American embassy in the Hague, some 100 meters away from the Israeli embassy in downtown The Hague. There Palestinians chanted slogans against the Israeli agression against Palestinians and against the killing of children. Again, the Dutch police started to disperse violently the demonstration. Some Palestinians and others were hit. One of the protesters, a Palestinian after he was beaten by the Dutch police with clubs said: "I expect this attitude and behaviour from the Israeli occupation, but not from the Dutch police". He came to Holland in 1992 for medical care after he was released from administrative detention in which he was severely tortured his Israeli interrogators.
At one point some people responded to the police by throwing stones. Passing the French embassy some windows were damaged. The Palestinians and their supporters demonstrated against the Israeli violence against Palestinian civilians. Most of the crowd came directly from the mosques after attending Friday prayers.