Israel Recalls Envoy to Netherlands Over Minister Criticism
Summarized from The Jerusalem Post by baba
Israel's ambassador to the Netherlands, Zvi Aviner Vapni, was recalled to Israel on Wednesday after criticizing Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir in a Dutch newspaper interview. Vapni called the ministers' rhetoric "terrible" and "unacceptable," and labeled Jewish settler extremists in the West Bank "thugs and terrorists" who belong in prison. The Foreign Ministry had summoned Vapni for an inquiry following the November 7 interview.
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- Ambassador Zvi Aviner Vapni was recalled to Israel from the Netherlands on Wednesday.
- Vapni criticized Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir in a Dutch media interview.
- He described the ministers' rhetoric as "terrible" and "unacceptable."
- Vapni called Jewish settler extremists in the West Bank "thugs and terrorists" who belong in prison.
- The Foreign Ministry summoned Vapni for an inquiry following the interview.
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