[News] Netherlands forced to halt jet parts to Israel over 'undeniable' violations

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 Netherlands forced to halt jet parts to Israel over 'undeniable' violations

Dozens were killed in south Gaza overnight due to bombardment from Israeli
jets

News Desk <https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9>

FEB 12, 2024 -
https://thecradle.co/articles/netherlands-forced-to-halt-jet-parts-to-israel-over-undeniable-violations
(Photo credit: Israeli army)

A Dutch appeals court ordered
<https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/02/12/Court-orders-Netherlands-to-stop-F-35-parts-delivery-to-Israel->
the Netherlands on 12 February to halt deliveries of F-35 fighter jet parts
to Israel after upholding an appeal from several rights groups who said
supplying the parts would be a violation of international law.

“The court orders the State to cease all actual export and transit of F-35
parts with final destination Israel within seven days after service of this
judgement,” the court ruling reads.

“It is undeniable that there is a clear risk the exported F-35 parts are
used in serious violations of international humanitarian law,” it added.

The jet components are held in a Netherlands warehouse and are sent to
several states, including Israel, in line with export agreements.

Last year, rights groups accused the Netherlands of being complicit in
Israeli war crimes in Gaza due to its export of the jet parts.

The deliveries were “contributing to wide-scale and serious violations of
humanitarian law by Israel in Gaza,” the Amnesty International and Oxfam
branches in the Netherlands said at the time.

The case was dismissed
<https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/15/dutch-court-dismisses-case-against-delivery-of-f-35-parts-to-israel>
in December after a court said the issue was political.

“The considerations that the minister makes are to a large extent of a
political and policy nature and judges should leave the minister a large
amount of freedom,” the court ruled.

The massive destruction and civilian casualties inflicted by Israel during
its war on Gaza have prompted many to take similar steps.

Last week, the local government of the Walloon Region
<https://thecradle.co/articles-id/22070> in Belgium temporarily suspended
two ammunition export licenses to Israel.

The Walloon government said its decision was influenced by South Africa’s
case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ
<https://thecradle.co/articles/ireland-considers-joining-south-africas-icj-case-against-israel>),
which accuses Tel Aviv of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention.

Japanese investment firm Itochu Corporation’s aviation unit also said it
will end its cooperation with Israeli weapons maker Elbit Systems by the
end of February.

Dozens were killed overnight in Gaza's southern city of Rafah due to
bombardment from Israeli warplanes.
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