Shea Levin · Nov 11, 2026
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*SUMMONED HOME IN DISGRACE:* Israel's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday ordered its ambassador to the Netherlands, Zvi Aviner Vapni, to return home immediately for a clarification hearing after he publicly attacked National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in an interview with a Dutch newspaper.
Vapni called the ministers' statements shocking and unacceptable, branded violent extremists in Judea and Samaria Jewish terrorists, and claimed 80 percent of Israelis agree with him. Officials in Jerusalem slammed the outburst as highly irregular for a serving diplomat.

