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Israel has revoked the diplomatic status of Dutch diplomats in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities said on Sunday. In a statement issued on Sunday evening, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said Foreign Minister Gideon Saar had informed the Dutch embassy that its diplomats in Ramallah must return the diplomatic documents issued to them by Israel within seven days. At the end of the seven-day period, their “immunities and rights in Israel” would expire, the statement said. Israel said the measure followed steps taken by the Dutch government against Israel, including a ban on the import and trade of products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. The Dutch government began implementing a […]
