Dutch pol calls Trump foes hypocrites

The Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders on Sunday called critics of President Trump’s executive order on refugees “hypocrites” for failing to protest against Muslim countries that ban Israeli passport holders.

Wilders, whose Party for Freedom has been leading in polls ahead of March general elections, lived for two years on an Israeli moshav in the Jordan Valley and called Israel “a place where I feel home” and said it was “close to his heart.” He also has called Israel a “canary in the coal mine” and “the West’s first line of defense against Islam” during his many visits there.

Wilders has repeatedly said he argues for “Judeo-Christian values,” which he said are threatened by Islam in the Netherlands and elsewhere. Last month a Dutch court convicted Wilders of incitement to discrimination for promising during a speech three years ago to make sure the Netherlands has fewer Moroccans.

Wilders was acquitted in 2011 of hate-incitement charges in connection with a short video in which he inveighed against Islam, a religion he has called “evil and fascist."