Israel added to Netherlands' Threat Assessment of State Actors list, which includes Iran and Russia

Israel has joined Russia and Iran on the Netherlands' Threat Assessment of State Actors, a watchlist that flags national security threats to the European state.

The Threat Assessment of State Actors highlights countries that attempt to "control public opinion and political decision making" in the Netherlands via economic pressure, espionage, or military threat.

This is the first time Israel has been added to the list published by the National Coordinator for Terrorism and Security (NCTV) and comes after the Israeli government allegedly promoted propaganda after Maccabi Tel Aviv fans rioted in Amsterdam last year.

"Israel is also attempting to influence political and public opinion abroad, including in the Netherlands," the report read in the Subversive Influence to Alter Public Perception section.

The complaint is related to a document sent directly to journalists by the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and the Fight Against Antisemitism rather than the Netherlands government, as is the usual protocol, which the NCTV said threatened the safety of Dutch nationals mentioned in the report.

In November, Israeli football fans rampaged through the streets of Amsterdam, tearing down Palestinian flags, attacking pro-Palestinian Dutch people, and chanting 'Death to Arabs'.

Seven people were hospitalised in the violence and subsequent clashes between Ajax fans, locals and Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters.

The report also flagged the Israeli and US governments' threats against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, due to a case against Israel over the war on Gaza.

It criticised "well-known targets of state interference in the Netherlands", regarding the attacks on the ICC, and slammed Israel after it "publicly issued threats towards the court, and the United States has imposed sanctions".

The Netherlands has traditionally been one of the strongest supporters of Israel in Europe, but relations soured following the war on Gaza, which has killed at least 60,000 Palestinians and one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

There has been massive backlash to the war among the Dutch population, while a Hague court last year ordered the Netherlands' government to halt the sale of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel.