The Netherlands declared Israel's so-called National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich “persona non grata,” barring them from entering the Schengen area.

The official Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported on Wednesday that "the Netherlands announced that Ben-Gvir and Smotrich will not be allowed to enter the territories of the 29 countries that signed the Schengen Agreement, including Germany, Austria, Poland, and the Netherlands itself."

The statement added that "Dutch Foreign Minister Casper Waldkamp said that the decision comes after repeated statements by the two ministers inciting violence against Palestinians."

"These statements also encourage the expansion of colonies in the West Bank and justify steps calling for ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip," he said.

In June, the Netherlands expressed its intention to impose an entry ban on the two Israeli ministers.
As a result, it was stated that the two ministers would be barred from entering the 29 Schengen countries. (ILKHA)