A Dutch appeals court on Monday ordered the government to block all exports of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel as it wages a war against the Hamas terror organization in the Gaza Strip.
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"It is undeniable that there is a clear risk the exported F-35 parts are used in serious violations of international humanitarian law," the court said, adding that the state had to comply with the order within seven days and dismissed a request by government lawyers to suspend the order during an appeal to the Supreme Court.
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The case against the Dutch government was brought by several human rights groups in the wake of the war. The Hamas-run Health Ministry says that over 25,000 people have been killed in the fighting that began after the terror organization invaded Israel on Oct. 7, brutally murdering 1,200 Israelis, mostly civilians, and took 240 hostage.
In a first ruling, a lower court had stopped short of ordering the Dutch government to halt the exports. It said the state had a large degree of freedom when it comes to weighing political and policy issues in deciding on arms exports. That was dismissed by the appeals court which said political and economic concerns did not trump the risk of violations of the laws of war.
The Netherlands houses one of several regional warehouses of US-owned F-35 parts, from which the parts are distributed to countries that request them, including Israel in at least one shipment since the Oct. 7 attacks.
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