Amsterdam - Saba
A Dutch court rejected on Friday a request submitted by ten pro-Palestinian non-governmental organizations to prevent the Netherlands from exporting weapons to the Zionist entity and trading with Zionist settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Hague District Court confirmed that "the state enjoys some freedom in its policies, and the courts should not rush to intervene."
The court said in a statement: "The interim court concluded that there is no reason to impose a complete ban on the export of military and dual-use goods on the state." according to its claim.
The plaintiffs, who cited the heavy losses among civilians as a result of the Zionist war in the Gaza Strip, had claimed that the Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, is obligated to take all reasonable measures available to it to prevent genocide.
The non-governmental organizations cited the order issued by the court The International Court of Justice last January ordered Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza.
The judges at the Hague District Court sided with the Dutch state, which said it constantly assesses the risk that weapons and dual-use goods exported to Israel could be used in a way that could lead to violations of international law, and that it sometimes rejects some exports.
It is worth noting that the Dutch Foreign Minister announced last month that his country would arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he set foot on Dutch soil in implementation of the International Criminal Court’s order
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