Wim Kortenoeven

Wim Kortenoeven
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
17 June 2010 – 19 September 2012
Personal details
Born
Robert Frank Willem Kortenoeven

(1955-05-29) 29 May 1955 (age 69)
Voorburg, Netherlands
Political partyParty for Freedom (2010–12)
Independent (2012)
Residence(s)The Hague, Netherlands
Alma materLeiden University (M.A. in political science)
OccupationPolitician, author, journalist

Robert Frank Willem "Wim" Kortenoeven (born 29 May 1955) is a Dutch author, journalist[1][2] and former politician.

Kortenoeven engages in political developments in the Middle East, focusing on the Arab-Israeli conflict. He also writes about Jewish history. On these subjects he gives lectures and guest lectures[3] and contributes to Israël-Aktueel,[4][5] the monthly magazine of the Dutch foundation Christians for Israel.[6]

He is a supporter of the State of Israel as well as Judaism and strongly opposes Islam and Arab and other supposed adversaries of Israel, like Iran, and has said that Islam is the most important negative factor in the Israeli peace process.[7] He is director of the pro-Israel lobby organisation Netherlands-Israel Public Affairs Committee (NIPAC), a Dutch equivalent of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

Biography

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Kortenoeven studied political science at Leiden University and history (unfinished) at the Dutch Open University.

He worked twice in an Israeli kibbutz: in 1976 in kibbutz Nahshon and in 1981 in kibbutz Matzuva. In the meantime he worked at Holland International, a Dutch travel agency. In the 1980s he was active in the Dutch care sector. From 1988 to 1991 he was director of Dutchlink Sales Representation.

From 1991 to 2000 Kortenoeven was involved in journalism activities and project advisory, both in the Netherlands, the United States and Israel. From 2000 to 2010 he was an employee of Centrum Informatie en Documentatie Israël (CIDI), a Dutch centre providing information about Israel.

On 17 June 2010 he became a member of the House of Representatives for the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid). As an MP he focused on matters of foreign policy (Middle East, Russia and Asia) and the armed forces of the Netherlands. In parliament he criticised Islam and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, referred to Istanbul as "Constantinople",[8] and called for "preventive action" against Iran's nuclear installations by Israel and the United States.[9] He has been described as part of the counter-jihad movement.[1]

Being the only member of his party to vote against banning ritual slaughter (both a Jewish and Muslim practice),[10] Kortenoeven announced on 3 July 2012, in the wake of a press conference by Geert Wilders, that he had just left the PVV due to internal struggles. He did so together with fellow MP Marcial Hernandez.[11] They formed the Kortenoeven/Hernandez Group, that was in Parliament until 19 September 2012 (after the general elections, in which they didn't take part). Although unhappy with Wilders' "authoritarian" leadership style, he has later said that "I left his party, but that doesn't mean that I disagree with him. I disagree with the way he wants to solve things without offering real solutions,"[12] and that he "remains sympathetic to its aims".[13]

Bibliography

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  • De kern van de zaak: feiten en achtergronden van het Arabisch-Israëlisch conflict, Soesterberg, Aspekt, 2005, ISBN 90-5911-349-7 (about the Arab-Israeli conflict)
  • Hamas: portret en achtergronden, Soesterberg, Aspekt, 2007, ISBN 978-90-5911-294-0 (about Palestinian militant group Hamas)
  • Mohammed Amin El Hoesseini: Hitlers Palestijnse bondgenoot, Soesterberg, Aspekt, 2008, ISBN 978-90-5911-707-5 (about Palestinian Muslim leader Haj Amin al-Husseini)

References

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  1. ^ a b Stakelbeck, Erick (9 March 2015). ISIS Exposed: Beheadings, Slavery, and the Hellish Reality of Radical Islam. Regnery Publishing, Incorporated, An Eagle Publishing Company. pp. 155–. ISBN 978-1-62157-377-7.
  2. ^ "Wim Kortenoeven". The Times Of Israel. He was a Member of the Dutch Parliament for Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom, worked previously as a journalist and as a pro-Israel lobbyist, and has written books on Hamas and the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
  3. ^ Bruinsma, Jelle (14 March 2008). "The Dutch Israel Lobby". Norman G. Finkelstein's official website. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  4. ^ Kortenoeven, Wim (9 October 2007). "Oorlogsstemming" (in Dutch). Israël-Aktueel. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  5. ^ Kortenoeven, Wim (27 October 2008). "Christenen tegen Israël" (in Dutch). Israël-Aktueel. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Israël Aktueel". Christenen voor Israel. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Ex-PVV'er: "Islam houdt vrede in Israël tegen"". cvandaag (in Dutch). 8 March 2017.
  8. ^ "PVV geeft af op islam en Turkse premier". nu.nl (in Dutch). 14 December 2010.
  9. ^ "PVV is warmongering and racist, says Iran". DutchNews. 16 December 2010.
  10. ^ "Dutch parliamentarian resigns over ritual slaughter". The Times of Israel. 10 July 2012.
  11. ^ David Haakman (3 July 2012). "Kortenoeven en Hernandez stappen uit PVV – 'LPF-achtige toestanden'". NRC.nl. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  12. ^ "Dutch election a test case for Europe's appetite for populist disruptors". cbc.ca. 14 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Geert Wilders' American connections". Politico. 14 February 2017.
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