The Dutch government has survived a crisis that centred on the resignation of the finance secretary. Nora Achahbar quit in response to comments made about immigrants blamed for attacking Israeli fans after a soccer game in Amsterdam on 7 November.
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00:00Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has said the governing coalition has averted collapse
00:06after the resignation of the finance secretary.
00:09Morocco-born Nora Akkabar said she was stepping down on Friday.
00:14She cited racist comments made by some ministers who were discussing clashes between Israeli
00:19football fans and pro-Palestinian supporters in Amsterdam.
00:23Akkabar blamed polarizing language for her inability to continue in her post.
00:28Schoof said after her resignation that among the four coalition parties, we saw that we
00:33wanted to continue.
00:35Violence erupted in Amsterdam around last week's football match between Ajax and Maccabi
00:40Tel Aviv.
00:42A number of Maccabi fans chanted anti-Arab slogans and ripped a Palestinian flag off
00:47a building.
00:50Some men then carried out hit-and-run attacks on Maccabi fans and people they thought were
00:55Jews.