Netherlands Cancels Tour by Israeli Mayors over Settlers' Presence Date : 19/9/2010 Time : 20:12
TEL AVIV, September 19, 2010 (WAFA)- The Netherlands on Sunday cancelled a tour of the country by a forum of Israeli mayors because their group included representatives of West Bank settlements, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
The professional delegation, funded by the Joint Distribution Committee, a Jewish-American charity, was supposed to fly to the Netherlands next month to study public policy and local governance.
But when the Dutch Foreign Ministry found out that regional council heads from the West Bank settlers – including from settlements Efrat and Kiryat Arba - were due to participate, they decided to cancel the tour.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry responded in a statement: 'This is undoubtedly useless and harmless politics, and we hope that this is not the final word on the topic.'
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