Netherlands: Foreign Minister resigns after failure to reach agreement on sanctions against Israel
“I feel limited in charting the course I consider necessary,” said Caspar Veldkamp
The Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Caspar Veldkamp, resigned after a cabinet meeting failed to reach an agreement on sanctions against Israel. The Dutch news agency “PNA” reported this, to which Veldkamp stated: “I see myself as not being sufficiently capable of taking significant additional measures to increase pressure on Israel.”
The minister added that the measures he proposed had been “seriously discussed” but had met with resistance in subsequent cabinet meetings. “I feel limited in charting the course I consider necessary as Foreign Minister,” Veldkamp concluded.
