Star of Infamy

By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich The Dutch have much to be ashamed of. Their shame is so closely associated to guilt that they have abandoned honor at the exclusion of their own constitution. Education Minister Ronald Plasterk, with disregard for article 11[[1]] of the Dutch constitution has banned Iranians and Dutch students of Iranian descent from five locations and nine fields of study. Mortified by their shameful actions against the Jews during Nazi Germany, the Dutch seek to redeem themselves and relieve their guilt by punishing Iranians in order to appease and show their support for Israel. Taking orders from ghosts of the past, they pin the Star on Iranians and once again embellish humanity with disgrace. Always hospitable to the Jews, the Netherlands could not withstand the Nazi pressure during the war and 107,000 of the... [read full story]