A court in the Netherlands opposes the ban on the export of F-35 jet parts to Israel 

A court in the Netherlands rejected the request of human rights groups to prevent the Dutch government from banning the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel.

Earlier, human rights groups announced that the export of F-35 fighter jet parts may end up in Israel and be used against the oppressed people of Gaza or Lebanon.

The case, which was launched by human rights groups including the Dutch branch of Oxfam, followed another regional court’s ruling in February that the Netherlands could not send F-35 parts to Israel because of concerns that the planes could be destroyed. It was followed to participate in the violation of international humanitarian law in the war in Gaza. 

Non-governmental organizations had claimed that the Dutch government has stopped direct export of parts to Israel, but continues to deliver parts of fighter planes to America and other countries. Then these parts can be sent or used on planes to Israel.

However, the Hague District Court said in a media statement that the NGOs’ interpretation of the February ruling was too broad and that the Dutch government was complying with the ban on exports to Israel as ordered.

Previously, three human rights groups brought the Dutch government back to court and argued that the ban on the supply of F-35 fighter parts to Israel is not respected in practice.

It is claimed that the Dutch government stopped sending parts of F-35 jets to Israel from Dutch warehouses in February, after the Court of Appeal ruled that the parts were used to upgrade military equipment and use it against civilians.

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Translator: Azam Purkand