Amsterdam, July 29 -- The Dutch government has declared Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich personae non gratae, banning them from entering the country, Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp said.
"The cabinet has decided to declare Israeli ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir personae non gratae and has committed to include them in the list of undesirable foreigners in the Schengen Information System," Veldkamp said in a letter to the Dutch parliament published on Monday.
The decision was made because Smotrich and Ben-Gvir "have repeatedly incited settlers to violence against Palestinians, advocated for the expansion of illegal settlements and called for ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip,...