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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar delivered a formal reprimand to the ambassador of the Netherlands on Tuesday in response to Dutch criticism over the treatment of Palestinians and a travel ban against two members of the Israeli cabinet.
Saar said in a post on X that the Dutch government "chose to convert a long-standing friendship with Israel into open hostility towards it, precisely during its difficult time, probably out of political interests".
The Dutch government, operating in a caretaker capacity after the coalition collapsed in June, said in a letter late on Monday that it would summon Israel's ambassador to the Netherlands to denounce the "unbearable and indefensible" situation in Gaza.
It also imposed travel bans against two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers on accusations of repeated incitement against Palestinians. That follows similar moves last month against the two ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, by Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway.
(Reporting by Tala Ramadan, Ahmed Elimam and Steven Sheer and Menna Alaa El-DinWriting by Menna Alaa El-DinEditing by Andrew Heavens and Peter Graff)
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar reprimanded the Dutch ambassador due to criticism over Israel's treatment of Palestinians.
The Dutch government imposed travel bans on two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers for accusations of incitement against Palestinians.
Saar stated that the Dutch government turned a long-standing friendship into open hostility towards Israel during a difficult time.
The Dutch government is operating in a caretaker capacity after its coalition collapsed in June.
The Dutch government summoned Israel's ambassador to denounce the treatment of Palestinians in a formal letter.
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