Ex-ambassador: Israel used my father to cover up ethnic cleansing

Former Dutch diplomat plants 1,100 olive trees to make amends for forest planted over ruins of Palestinian village

Former Dutch ambassador Erik Ader stands with Khader Dibs (right), whose father was expelled from Bayt Nattif during the Nakba (MEE/Jonathan Cook)--Erik Ader, far right, joins a signposting tour of the ruins of the Palestinian village of Bayt Nattif before he makes his statement of apology to its refugees (MEE/ Jonathan Cook)

The Jewish National Fund’s plaque dedicating the forest over the ruins of Bayt Nattif to the Rev Bastiaan Jan Ader was vandalised after it was made public that his son, Erik Ader, is due to issue an apology to the village's refugees (MEE/Jonathan Cook)

Jonathan Cook-Sunday 20 November 2016

QALQILYA, West Bank - A former Dutch ambassador was due to plant 1,100 olive trees in the West Bank on Sunday to make amends, he said, for the fact that Israel had exploited his family’s name to “cover up an act of ethnic cleansing”.

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