Dutch summon Israeli ambassador, impose travel ban on ministers
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Dutch summon Israeli ambassador, impose travel ban on ministers
The Dutch government will summon Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands to denounce the “unbearable and indefensable” situation in Gaza. The Dutch government has imposed travel bans on two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers. Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will no longer be allowed to enter the Netherlands.
Item 1 of 2 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich walks to visit the Damascus Gate to Jerusalem’s Old City, as Israelis mark Jerusalem Day, in Jerusalem May 26, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
AMSTERDAM, July 29 (Reuters) – The Dutch government will summon Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands to denounce the “unbearable and indefensable” situation in Gaza and has imposed travel bans on two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers, it said in a letter published late on Monday.
Israeli government ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will no longer be allowed to enter the Netherlands, which accuses them of repeatedly inciting violence against Palestinians and calling for an “ethnic cleansing” of the Gaza strip.
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The Dutch decision follows similar moves last month by Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway.
The government said it supported the EU’s recommendation to curb Israeli access to its flagship research funding programme and said it would press for European trade sanctions if Israel was found to be in breach of its agreement with the European Union on increasing aid supplies.
Reporting by Bart Meijer and Stephanie van den Berg; Editing by Michael Perry
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Dutch summon Israeli ambassador, impose travel ban on ministers
The Dutch government will summon Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands to denounce the “unbearable and indefensable” situation in Gaza. Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will no longer be allowed to enter the Netherlands.
Israeli government ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will no longer be allowed to enter the Netherlands, which accuses them of repeatedly inciting violence against Palestinians and calling for an “ethnic cleansing” of the Gaza strip.
The Dutch decision follows similar moves last month by Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway.
The government said it supported the EU’s recommendation to curb Israeli access to its flagship research funding programme and said it would press for European trade sanctions if Israel was found to be in breach of its agreement with the European Union on increasing aid supplies. REUTERS
Dutch summon Israeli ambassador, impose travel ban on ministers
The Dutch government has imposed travel bans on two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers. It accuses them of inciting violence against Palestinians and calling for “ethnic cleansing” of the Gaza strip. The Dutch decision follows similar moves last month by Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway.
Israeli government ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will no longer be allowed to enter the Netherlands, which accuses them of repeatedly inciting violence against Palestinians and calling for an “ethnic cleansing” of the Gaza strip.
The Dutch decision follows similar moves last month by Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway.
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The government said it supported the EU’s recommendation to curb Israeli access to its flagship research funding programme and said it would press for European trade sanctions if Israel was found to be in breach of its agreement with the European Union on increasing aid supplies.
(Reporting by Bart Meijer and Stephanie van den Berg; Editing by Michael Perry)