Netherlands: Court allows weapons exports despite genocide allegations!

Netherlands: Court allows weapons exports despite genocide allegations!

The Hague, Niederlande - A court in the Netherlands decided: weapon exports to Israel can continue! In a dramatic judgment, the court in the Haag rejected the application of ten pro-Palestinian NGOs who tried to stop the arms sales of the Netherlands to Israel. This decision is made in the middle of the continued conflict in the Gaza Strip, where the civilian population suffers from the devastating attacks.

The judges emphasized on Friday that the state has scope in its politics and that the courts should not be hasty. "There is no reason to impose a total ban on exporting military and dual-use goods," said the court. All claims have been rejected!

allegations of the genocide and apartheid practices

The plaintiffs referred to the high civilian number of victims in Gaza and argued that the Dutch state as signatories of the 1948 genocide convention was obliged to do everything in his power to prevent genocide. "Israel is guilty of genocide and apartheid," said Wout Albers, the lawyer of the NGOs, during the negotiations. "It uses Dutch weapons to wage war."

The NGOs referred to an order from the International Court of Justice (IGH) from January, which asked Israel, to prevent genocide in Gaza. The UN Court of Justice found that it was plausible that some of the rights protected by the Genocide Convention are withheld.

reactions to the judgment

The organizations concerned are outraged and plan to check the judgment and possibly appeal. Shawan Jabarin, the general director of Al-Haq, described the decision as "hideous injustice". "The Netherlands have given up the most basic rules of international law to prevent colonization, annexation, apartheid and genocide," he said.

One day before the verdict, an Israeli air raid hit a residential building in the Nuseirirat refugee camp in Gaza, with at least 40 Palestinians being killed and dozens were injured, according to doctors. The situation in Gaza is catastrophic: According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, at least 44,805 people have been killed since October last year, the majority of them.

The international community is concerned with concerns. Amnesty International has accused Israel of celebrating "Genocide" against the Palestinians in Gaza since the beginning of the war. Israel clearly rejects these allegations. In the midst of these serious allegations, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against high -ranking Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for crimes against humanity.