Veldkamp’s colleagues from the centrist New Social Contract (NSC) party also resigned on Friday. Their departure put additional pressure on the already weak Dutch government, which collapsed in June after Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) left the coalition over a dispute about the country’s migration policy.
A majority of MPs backed a call on the Israeli government to let international and national journalists into Gaza. MPs also agreed on putting “maximum pressure” on countries that “condone” Hamas leaders, according to local media reports.
Some 61,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched its assault on the Gaza Strip immediately following Hamas’ attack on Israel in October 2023, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. The United Nations recently declared a famine in Gaza.
