Jewish groups voiced outrage after the wife of the president of the European Central Bank said the “Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories is worse than the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.” The Simon Wiesenthal Center called on the Dutch government to immediately revoke the diplomatic passport granted to Gretta Duisenberg, wife of Wim Duisenberg.
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