The Netherlands banned joining the country with two far -right Israeli Minister Becalel Smotrič and Itamar Ben Gvir. According to the Dutch media, this step is part of the measures that the Netherlands wants to put pressure on Israel for the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. In addition, the Dutch Foreign Ministry will summon the Israeli ambassador. According to reports of TASS, Reuters and The Times of Israel (Toi), TASR reports this.
The Dutch daily Algemeen Dagblad reported that the Minister of Foreign Affairs Caspar Veldkamp in a letter addressed to the Dutch deputies said that the step towards Israeli finance ministers and national security “related to repeatedly encouraged the settlers’ violence against the Palestinian population” by defending the expansion of Israeli. The occupied West Bank of Jordan and also calls for “ethical cleansing in the Gaza Strip”.
Enrollment in SIS
TASS claims that the Netherlands also plans to include both ministers of the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the Database of the Schengen Information System (SIS), the largest information sharing system for security and border management in Europe, as “foreigners who are entering the Schengen area.”
The Dutch Ministry of Diplomacy will also summon the Israeli ambassador to “remind the Jewish state of the Jewish state the need to comply with international humanitarian law” and called for a change in access to the Gaza Strip.
Reaction of Minister Ben Gvir
In the meantime, Ben Gvir responded to the Netherlands’ step. “Even if I am banned from entering all of Europe, I will continue to work for our country and demand the destruction of Hamas and the support of our fighters,” wrote the Minister of National Security on the X Network. He described the enemies of Israel as rapists and murderers and said that “Europe is guilty of the one who goes to the offensive”.
“At a place where terrorism is tolerated and terrorists welcome, the Jewish minister from Israel is unwelcome. The terrorists are free and the Jews are boycotted,” concluded Ben Gvir.
Reuters recalls that Cream and Ben GVIR also ban on accession to Britain, Canada, Australia, Norway and New Zealand. This month, Slovenia also banned access to these ministers.
