Overview

• Dutch court dismisses case brought by human rights organisations against the delivery of F-35 jet parts to Israel, arguing it makes the Netherlands complicit in the ongoing war in Gaza.
• The court ruled that the decision to export the parts is primarily a political one, and judges should not interfere.
• The parts, owned by the United States, are stored in the Netherlands and shipped to several partners, including Israel, via existing export agreements.
• Human rights lawyer for the plaintiffs, Liesbeth Zegveld, dismissed the government's claim that it was unclear whether they had the power to intervene in the deliveries, calling it 'nonsense'.
• The war in Gaza, which began after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, has killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and is currently in its third month.