Appeals judgment in case concerning the shipment from the Netherlands of Parts for F-35 Fighter Aircraft to Israel

On 12 February, the Appeals Court of the Hague in the Netherlands handed down its judgment in a case concerning the shipment of U.S. owned spare parts for F-35 fighter aircraft from a warehouse in the Netherlands to Israel (see here, only available in Dutch). The Court of Appeal held that the Netherlands must take adequate measures within a week to stop the further shipment of F-35 parts to Israel. The judgment resulted from an appeal lodged against the judgment of 15 December 2023 of the district court of the Hague in summary proceedings (see here, only available in Dutch).

This blog post discusses the background to the appeals judgment, the judgment itself, and highlights some of the key issues and implications of the judgment.