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Post by pieter on Feb 13, 2024 7:50:27 GMT -7
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Post by Jaga on Feb 13, 2024 17:43:12 GMT -7
Netherlands have a good court system still. The court ordered them to halt delivery of fighter jet parts: www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/12/court-orders-netherlands-to-halt-delivery-of-fighter-jet-parts-to-israelCourt orders Netherlands to halt delivery of fighter jet parts to Israel The court noted a clear risk that the parts are being used in ‘serious violations of international humanitarian law’.The court noted a clear risk that the parts are being used in ‘serious violations of international humanitarian law’. The court said it is likely that Israel was using its F-35s in attacks on Gaza, which are leading to unacceptable civilian casualties. It dismissed the Dutch state’s argument that it did not have to do a new check on the permit for the exports. However, in response to Monday’s ruling, the Dutch government said it would appeal the order at the Supreme Court, arguing the weapons parts were crucial to Israel’s ability to protect itself from “threats in the region, for example from Iran, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon”. The ruling followed an appeal by Amnesty International and Oxfam against a lower court decision last year that rejected their argument that supplying the parts contributed to alleged “contributing to wide-scale and serious violations of humanitarian law by Israel in Gaza”. Human rights organisations have accused the government of being complicit in war crimes by maintaining the deliveries. In December, a court dismissed the case. It said the government had a large degree of freedom in weighing political and policy issues on arms exports.
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