{"id":40625,"date":"2026-08-26T12:56:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/40625\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T12:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:56:28","slug":"israel-removes-netherlands-representatives-from-gaza-center-following-settlement-goods-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/40625\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel removes Netherlands representatives from Gaza center following settlement goods ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a statement released on X\/Twitter, Sa’ar highlighted the Netherlands’s recent ban on the import of products made in Israeli West Bank settlements as an example of Dutch anti-Israel policies.<\/p>\n

Representatives of the Netherlands will be expelled from Kiryat Gat’s International Support Center for Gaza due to the Dutch government’s adoption of anti-Israel legislation, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar<\/a> announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

According to Sa’ar, the expulsion was ordered with the approval of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>, and the Dutch Embassy was notified on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

“Our message is clear: Those who act against Israel will have no foothold in the region. Israel will not allow measures to be taken against it without a response,” he asserted.<\/p>\n

The representatives will be expelled from the center, previously known as the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), immediately and must leave the country within one week.<\/p>\n

\"Pro-Palestinian<\/p>\n

Pro-Palestinian activists block the way of a police vehicle outside the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 2, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. (credit: Pierre Crom\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Dutch ban on West Bank goods accompanied by wave of antisemitism<\/p>\n

Sa’ar noted that the Dutch government’s anti-Israel policies have been accompanied by a wave of antisemitism in the Netherlands<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a statement released on X\/Twitter, Sa’ar highlighted the Netherlands’s recent ban<\/a> on the import, sale, and purchase of products made in Israeli West Bank settlements and the Golan Heights.<\/p>\n

The ban was proposed in May of this year, made official in late July, and will take effect on September 22.<\/p>\n

When the ban was proposed, a government press release<\/a> said Dutch nationals and entities inside and outside the Netherlands would be prohibited from buying, selling, or providing intermediary services related to goods produced in settlements.<\/p>\n

The Dutch cabinet claimed that the ban was aimed at preventing “Dutch economic activities from contributing to the perpetuation of a situation that is contrary to international law.<\/p>\n

Mathilda Heller contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a statement released on X\/Twitter, Sa’ar highlighted the Netherlands’s recent ban on the import of products made…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8593,339,26101,26019,277,26102,6,26100],"class_list":["post-40625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-netherlands","tag-anti-israel","tag-dutch-government","tag-dutch-ministry-of-foreign-affairs","tag-gideon-saar","tag-israel","tag-israeli-foreign-minister","tag-netherlands","tag-west-bank-settlements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}