NSB Is Back: Dutch Left Arms Terror, Not Jews

From Mussert to Piri: When the Dutch Left Repeats the Darkest Pages of History

In a haunting echo of one of the darkest chapters in Dutch history, the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) and the extreme-left Greens (GroenLinks) have chosen to side not with peace, not with morality, and certainly not with the right of Jews to live safely in their homeland, but with terror, hate, and historical amnesia.

Let us be clear: their latest motion to impose a full arms embargo on Israel, including components for the life-saving Iron Dome defense system, is not “just” a political stance. It is an act of betrayal, a moral collapse, and a reminder that antisemitism, when dressed up in progressive language, is just as deadly.

History Doesn’t Repeat. It Rhymes.

In the 1930s, the Netherlands saw the rise of the NSB (Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging), a fascist party founded by Anton Mussert. At first, the NSB was not openly Antisemitic. In fact, it had Jewish members. But that changed quickly as it grew closer to Nazi Germany. By the mid-1930s, under the influence of Hitler’s ideology and men like Meinoud Rost van Tonningen, a rabid admirer of Hitler, the NSB became a vessel of hate.

By 1937, antisemitism was official policy. Jews were scapegoated, excluded, dehumanized. NSB thugs terrorized Jewish citizens. Their propaganda machine vomited conspiracy theories about Jewish control of media, finance, and politics. Sound familiar?

When Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940, the NSB didn’t resist. They collaborated. They registered Jews. They hunted down resistance fighters. They aided in deportations. They turned their backs on their fellow Dutch citizens and on their own humanity.

That history is not just a story. It’s a warning.

And Now, in 2025…

Last week, the Dutch opposition parties GroenLinks and PvdA proposed something chilling: a total weapons embargo against Israel, including halting all parts and materials related to the Iron Dome defense system.

The Iron Dome doesn’t drop bombs. It intercepts rockets, thousands of them, fired indiscriminately at Israeli civilians by Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran’s terrorist proxies. It is a shield. A lifeline. And yet, these Dutch politicians claim it is a weapon of aggression. They say Netanyahu “misuses” it. They say Israel has no right to defend itself when missiles rain down on Tel Aviv, Sderot, Haifa, and Jerusalem.

In doing so, they have chosen to endanger the lives of Jewish men, women, and children. To punish Israel for daring to survive. And for what? To appease Hamas? To show solidarity with a regime like Iran’s, which executes women for not wearing a hijab and funds terror across the globe?

This Is Not Peace. It Is Cowardice.

This is not diplomacy. This is complicity. And it reeks of the same logic that infected the NSB nearly a century ago: the idea that Jewish life is negotiable. That Jewish blood is cheaper. That Jewish survival is a threat to “stability.”

These parties claim to stand for human rights. But where are they when Israeli civilians spend nights in bomb shelters? Where are they when Palestinian children are sent into battle by Hamas as human shields? When Iran fires missiles or arms Hezbollah with precision-guided missiles aimed at Israel’s cities?

Their silence is deafening. Their outrage is selective. Their “values” vanish the moment it involves Jews defending themselves.

From the Netherlands to Never Again

This is not just a political dispute. It’s a moral fork in the road. The Netherlands, a country that once handed over 75% of its Jewish population to the Nazis, should know better. But today, too many politicians choose to forget. They choose the comfortable lie of neutrality over the difficult truth of defending the innocent.

To those who still believe in justice: do not stay silent. Do not let the ghosts of the NSB be resurrected under a new name, wearing red-green rosettes instead of brown shirts.

Israel is not perfect. No democracy is. But it is the only place in the Middle East where Jews can live free, where Arabs vote, where LGBT people march without fear, and where the rule of law still holds in the midst of endless war.

If you take away its shield, if you cut the Iron Dome it is not just a political decision. It is a death sentence.

We said never again. Let’s mean it.