Caspar Veldkamp resigned as Dutch foreign minister after cabinet failed to agree new sanctions against Israel Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigned on Friday after a cabinet meeting failed to agree sanctions against Israel. Last month Veldkamp declared far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich unwelcome in the Netherlands. The Netherlands was also among 21 countries that signed a joint declaration on Thursday condemning Israel's approval of a major West Bank settlement project as "unacceptable and contrary to international law". But after a cabinet debate on Friday about further possible measures to increase pressure on Israel were deadlocked, Veldkamp...