Eytan Ronn, Israel’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, refused to open an exhibit of Israeli theater and costume designs in Maastricht in the southeast in protest against Holland’s decision to move its embassy in Israel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. Instead, Ronn sent the Israel embassy’s cultural attache, Greshom Zohar, to open the exhibition. In his address at the exhibition Zohar emphasized that Jerusalem is the united capital of Israel with freedom for all religions. Ronn’s refusal and Zohar’s statement were widely reported in the Dutch press.
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