{"id":596435,"date":"2026-08-26T09:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/596435\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T09:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:54:08","slug":"israel-expels-dutch-officials-from-gaza-coordination-centre-over-settlement-boycott-middle-east-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/596435\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel expels Dutch officials from Gaza coordination centre over settlement boycott \u2013 Middle East Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar on Tuesday ordered the immediate expulsion of Dutch representatives from the International Support Center for Gaza\u00a0in Kiryat Gat, following a recommendation by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>The move came in response to what Israel described as a series of anti-Israel measures by the Dutch government, the latest being a law banning trade in Israeli products from the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. The law is due to take effect next month.<\/p>\n<p>Sa\u2019ar said: \u201cOur 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.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260824-israel-blocks-2-swedish-european-parliamentarians-from-entering-country\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israel blocks 2 Swedish European parliamentarians from entering country<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands has also joined several countries in opposing Israeli settlement construction in the E1 area. Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Norway issued a joint statement condemning the Israeli government\u2019s decision to invite tenders for the construction of 1,234 housing units in the E1 area, located between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim.<\/p>\n<p>The seven countries called on Israel to \u201cretract the plans immediately\u201d and end its expansion of settlements in the West Bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Israeli Government\u2019s decision to publish construction tenders for the E1 settlement project is unacceptable,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The seven countries said the international community had long opposed construction in the area for years and had repeatedly expressed its deep concern to Israel, both publicly and privately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260825-us-lawmakers-demand-release-of-american-student-held-in-israel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US lawmakers demand release of American student held in Israel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar on Tuesday ordered the immediate expulsion of Dutch representatives from the International Support&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-596435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}