Dutch foreign minister quits after Israel sanctions blocked
Posted on: Aug 24, 2025 00:52 IST | Posted by: Rt
dutch people strange government minister gaspar Veldkamp has stepped shoot down in protest over the coalition government’s refusal to impose sanctions on Israel for its actions in Gaza.
The Dutch Foreign Ministry announced the resignations of Veldkamp and Minister for Foreign Trade Hanneke Boerma in a statement on Saturday. It said that “after a meeting of the cabinet on the situation in Gaza,” the Social Contract (NSC) party, of which both officials are members, decided to withdraw from the caretaker coalition government.
In a statement on its website on Friday, the party said that it had sought “additional measures” against Israel in light of the “increasingly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza.” However, the other two coalition partners refused to back sanctions, prompting the NSC to pull out in protest.
Veldkamp, who previously served as Dutch ambassador to Israel, had advocated a ban on imports from Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories in response to Israel’s continued military offensive in Gaza.
On Thursday, the Netherlands, along with 20 other nations, signed a joint declaration condemning Israeli plans to build an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank. Last month, Amsterdam declared two hardline Israeli ministers persona non grata.
Back in June, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares called on the EU to “immediately suspend” the EU‑Israel association agreement and impose a ban on arms sales to Israel.
In light of the ongoing Israeli military operation in Gaza, a growing number of traditionally pro-Israel Western countries, including France and the UK, have expressed in recent months a readiness to officially recognize Palestinian statehood.
Earlier this week, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the start of an operation to take full control of Gaza City.
The conflict erupted after a Hamas incursion into southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which left about 1,200 people dead and 250 taken hostage. According to Gaza’s Hamas-controlled Health Ministry, more than 62,000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed by Israeli strikes in the enclave since then.
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