Minister of Foreign Affairs Tom Berendsen has summoned the Israeli ambassador after the country revoked Dutch diplomats' diplomatic status while they were on a mission in Ramallah, Berendsen said during a press conference, in which he repeated that the move was “unnecessary.”

Israel conquered the territories during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and has occupied them ever since. Settlements built there are illegal under international law.

Israel conquered the territories during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and has occupied them ever since. Settlements built there are illegal under international law.

Israel will revoke the diplomatic accreditation of Dutch officials based in the occupied West Bank after the Netherlands began enforcing a ban on goods from Israeli settlements, Foreign Minister Gideon…

The order was in response to Dutch sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Read more at straitstimes.com.