Rights groups sue Netherlands again over jet parts to Israel
Rights groups sue Netherlands again over jet parts to Israel
A trio of rights groups took the Dutch government back to court on Friday, arguing that a ban on supplying F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is not being respected in practice.
In a landmark verdict in February, an appeals court ordered the Netherlands to stop delivering parts for fighter jets used by Israel in its offensive in the Gaza Strip.
The court said at the time there was a "clear risk" the planes would be involved in breaking international humanitarian law.
But the rights groups are returning to court, saying that the ban has not prevented the parts ending up in Israeli planes.
"Unfortunately, everything indicates that these parts end up in Israel from the Netherlands via other routes," said Oxfam Novib, one of the groups involved in the case.
The Dutch government "has continued delivering (parts) to other countries, including the United States. And that contravenes the order of the court," Liesbeth Zegveld, a lawyer representing the rights groups, told the court.
"The court order (from February) applies to all F-35 parts with Israel as the final destination and the state must stop all such deliveries in practice," she argued.
We're having a lot of problems with our government ignoring court orders. There have also been several orders saying the government has to do more to prevent climate change, but they're not doing anything about it and over half of the country keeps voting for the same idiots.
Here in Germany, the supreme court decided that a trans person couldn't be deported to Hungary out of concerns about human rights violation. The police did it anyway in the night, before the supreme court could make an announcement.
(Unrelated to the story, just another case of the executive ignoring the courts)
yep, and unfortunately there is some corruption in the national broadcasting organisations. It's not helping the issue
The Dutch MP just got promoted to the head of NATO. Ignoring those court orders paid off for him.
War crimes abound.