A draft motion urging the Dutch government to recognise immediately a Palestinian state and a second urging it to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital failed to get passed in the country’s parliament.
The motion on Jerusalem, which was voted on Tuesday at the Tweede Kamer, the lower house, received the support of parties accounting for 30 lawmakers out of 150. The motion on recognising a
Palestinian state received the support of parties with a total of 64 seats.
The Jerusalem motion was submitted by the far-right Party for Freedom of Geert Wilders, who co-authored the draft motion with Raymond de Roon.
Denk, a radical left-wing party, submitted a counter-draft motion on recognition of a Palestinian state.
Both motions were submitted in connection with annual negotiations over the foreign ministry’s budget, which in the Netherlands also features scrutiny of the kingdom’s foreign relations.
The only coalition party that voted in favour of the Denk motion was D66, a centre-left liberal movement.
The ruling People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy voted against both draft motions.
