Israel's foreign minister said on Sunday that theย diplomaticย accreditationย of Dutchย officialsย basedย inย the occupiedย Westย Bankย would be revoked, after the Netherlands began enforcing sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements.
The diplomats have seven daysย toย hand over Israeli-issuedย diplomaticย papers, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar posted on X.
"After this period, theย diplomaticย privileges and immunities grantedย toย them by the Stateย ofย Israelย will expire," he added.
Saar said the move came after theย Dutchย government started enforcing a ban on goods imported from Israeli settlementsย inย the Golan Heights, theย Westย Bankย and east Jerusalem.
Israelย conquered the territories during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and has occupied them ever since. Settlements built there are illegal under international law.
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Dutchย authorities announced this month that they would begin enforcing a ban on settlement goods from September 22 and that it appliedย toย personal baggage as well as commercial shipments.
Inย recent days,ย Dutchย and Israeli media reported that passengers arriving fromย Israelย at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport had their luggage searched for banned goods.
The US ambassadorย toย Israel, Mike Huckabee, a strong supporterย ofย settlers, posted on X that "There were some people from Netherlandsย inย our church this morning who are flying back tomorrow and haveย toย check their souvenirsย toย make sure they aren't from Judea/Samaria-possible 6 yr prison term."
Judea and Samaria is the biblical name for theย Westย Bankย that is still used by the Israeli government.
Theย Dutchย ban followed coordinated action by 12 Western countries, including Britain and France,ย toย sanction goods from Israeli settlements at the startย ofย the month.
Excluding east Jerusalem, around 500,000 Israeli settlers liveย inย theย Westย Bank, which is homeย toย three million Palestinians.ย
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)