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<div class="gmail-inner-article-top"><h1 class="gmail-">Netherlands forced to halt jet parts to Israel over 'undeniable' violations</h1><p class="gmail-">Dozens were killed in south Gaza overnight due to bombardment from Israeli jets </p><div class="gmail-another-name"><p><a href="https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9" style="color:rgb(164,4,4)">News Desk</a></p></div><div class="gmail-another-name" style="margin-top:16px"><p><span>FEB 12, 2024 -<font size="1"> </font></span><font size="1"><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/netherlands-forced-to-halt-jet-parts-to-israel-over-undeniable-violations">https://thecradle.co/articles/netherlands-forced-to-halt-jet-parts-to-israel-over-undeniable-violations</a></font></p></div></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-img"><img src="http://thecradle-main.oss-eu-central-1.aliyuncs.com/public/articles/8fb37d04-c99a-11ee-94ef-00163e02c055.webp" alt="" width="444" height="250" style="margin-right: 0px;"><span>(Photo credit: Israeli army)</span></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-content"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-col-md-8 gmail-col-sm-7"><div class="gmail-article-content"><span><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">A Dutch appeals court </span><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/02/12/Court-orders-Netherlands-to-stop-F-35-parts-delivery-to-Israel-"><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">ordered</span></a><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">
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. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">“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. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">“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. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">The jet components are
held in a Netherlands warehouse and are sent to several states,
including Israel, in line with export agreements. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">Last
year, rights groups accused the Netherlands of being complicit in
Israeli war crimes in Gaza due to its export of the jet parts. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">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. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">The case was </span><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/15/dutch-court-dismisses-case-against-delivery-of-f-35-parts-to-israel"><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">dismissed</span></a><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr"> in December after a court said the issue was political. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">“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. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">The
massive destruction and civilian casualties inflicted by Israel during
its war on Gaza have prompted many to take similar steps. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">Last week, the local government of the </span><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles-id/22070"><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">Walloon Region</span></a><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr"> in Belgium temporarily suspended two ammunition export licenses to Israel. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">The
Walloon government said its decision was influenced by South Africa’s
case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (</span><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/ireland-considers-joining-south-africas-icj-case-against-israel"><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">ICJ</span></a><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">), which accuses Tel Aviv of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">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. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">Dozens were killed overnight in Gaza's southern city of Rafah due to bombardment from Israeli warplanes.</span></p></span></div></div></div></div>
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