Israel Gives Dutch Diplomats in Ramallah a Week to Hand Back Their Papers
Israel has ordered the Dutch diplomats in Ramallah to surrender their Israeli-issued diplomatic documents within seven days, five days after the Netherlands began enforcing a ban on goods from Israeli settlements. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar announced the decision on Sunday, 27 September, in a post on X, saying he had informed the Dutch Embassy in Israel that evening. When the week ends, the immunities and privileges those documents confer will lapse. The Dutch Foreign Ministry declined to comment, according to The New Arab, and no other Dutch response had been published when this report was written.
What Israel has withdrawn from the Dutch diplomats in Ramallah
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