Dutch to Impose Travel Ban on Israeli Ministers Over Gaza

Itamar Ben Gvir, left, with Bezalel Smotrich.Photographer: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg

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By Charlotte Hughes-Morgan

July 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM EDT

Updated on

July 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM EDT

The Dutch government imposed entry bans on Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir, as European governments harden their stance toward Israel amid reports of mass starvation in the besieged Palestinian territory.

The Dutch cabinet decided to declare the two Israeli ministers “persona non grata” and is committed to registering them as undesirable aliens in the Schengen Registration System (SIS), Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp said in a letter to parliament Monday.