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Dutch foreign minister's trip to Israel postponed

AMSTERDAM, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp's trip to Israel has been postponed, the ministry said on Thursday, confirming an earlier report by Dutch News Agency ANP.
Reuters
By Reuters
21 Nov
Netherlands to execute ICC arrest warrant for Israel's Netanyahu, says Dutch FM epaselect epa11732919 Dutch ??Minister of Foreign Affairs Caspar Veldkamp speaks during a debate on the adoption of the Foreign Affairs budget, the Hague, Netherlands, 21 November 2024. During the debate Veldkamp stated that The Netherlands will execute an arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al Masri (also known as Mohammed Deif). EPA-EFE/REMKO DE WAAL

"Under the current circumstances it has been decided not to go to Israel now", it said in a statement, adding that this was decided in consultation with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

Earlier on Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants to, among others, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence minister Yoav Gallant, which the Netherlands has said it would comply with if they came to the country.

(Reporting by Charlotte Van Campenhout, Toby Sterling, Editing by Alexandra Hudson)

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R***0@g***.com Nov 22, 2024, 08:14 AM

I don't understand this mad world we live in, at the time of the vicious attack on Jewish people attending a concert in the sun shine A call was made for the annihilation of Israel, or has the world forgotten that statement Isreal is not wanting the annilation of Gazians, just the return her people

N***i@g***.com Nov 22, 2024, 10:50 AM

With average 142 Palestinians being killed daily, 318 daily injuries, destruction of vital infrastructure, like hospitals, hospices, use of starvation as a weaponry, the list is endless. Israel seem to have gone rogue and must be stopped, at least legally.

Penny Philip Nov 22, 2024, 11:15 AM

Read about 'Hannibal Directive' in Israeli online newspaper 'Haaretz'. Ever wonder WHY the Palestinians have resisted for 75yrs? Read about 1948 Nakba when 750k Palestinians were f0rced from their lands. Read 'The General's Son' by Israeli Miko Peled or anything by Illan Pappe .

William Nov 23, 2024, 09:47 PM

Yes. Read about all surrounding Arab countries attacking Israel on the 14th of May 1948, the day after British protection ceased. They were attacked. They won the war. They kicked out the aggressors. How does that make them the Bad Guys? Boo Hoo for the genocidal Arabs.