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03 October 2025

Supreme Court: Minister must perform reassessment of licence to export F-35 parts to Israel again

Dutch Supreme Court

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This official news item from the Dutch Supreme Court provides a summary of the ruling concerning the Netherlands’ export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel. It outlines the Court’s judgement that the Minister must undertake a renewed reassessment of the relevant export licence and, in conducting that reassessment, must apply the criterion of whether granting the licence gives rise to a clear risk of serious violations of international humanitarian law.