The Hague, Sept. 20 -- Dutch MP Esther Ouwehand, leader of the Party for the Animals (PvdD), was ordered to leave the House of Representatives on Thursday, September 20, after appearing in a blouse in the colours of the Palestinian flag during a budget debate.

House Speaker Martin Bosma of the far-right PVV argued that MPs must wear neutral clothing. Although he initially considered allowing her to continue, objections from other party leaders led him to enforce the rule.

Ouwehand refused to comply, challenging Bosma to remove her if she had breached regulations, before leaving the chamber in protest. She later returned wearing a watermelon-patterned blouse, another symbol of Palestinian solidarity, and was permitted to present her prop...