‘No’ in Israel’s sanctions led to the resignation of the Netherlands Foreign Minister

Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Feldabas resigned tonight after a fruitless debate on the cabinet on possible sanctions against Israel, the ANP reported. “I notice that I am not able to take significant additional measures” to exert pressure on Israel, he noted. On Thursday, Feldab said he wanted to impose additional measures against Israel. In July, he had described the far-right Israeli ministers in the Netherlands in the Netherlands Italian ministers Italhabar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotric. The Netherlands is among the 21 countries that signed a joint declaration on Thursday with which the new Western Bank settlement of the West Bank from Israel as “unacceptable and contrary to international law”. The minister said that the measures he himself proposed were “seriously discussed” but encountered resistance to successive cabinets. Feldab, who was already under resigning after the fall of the government on June 3, has now decided to retire, judging he would not have […]
Source: News Beast

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