Four NGOs announce suing Denmark for its arms exports to Israel
Four NGOs announced this Tuesday March 12 that they were suing Denmark to force it to suspend its arms exports to Israel.
The complaint is a continuation of a Dutch court which ordered the Netherlands in mid-February to stop the export of F-35 parts to Israel.
Two F-35 fighter jets are pictured at the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) Fighter Wing Skrydstrup air base, Denmark, October 1, 2023 (Illustrative image).
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Denmark should not send weapons to Israel when there is reasonable suspicion that this country is committing war crimes in Gaza
,” said Tim Whyte, secretary general of the NGO Action Aid Denmark, the one of the organizations behind the complaint, in a press release.
“
We need the opinion of the courts on Denmark’s responsibility
,” he added.
The complaint was filed against the national police and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, following on from a Dutch court which ordered the Netherlands in mid-February to stop the export of coins from F-35 to Israel.
Similar action was taken in Canada where a coalition of lawyers and citizens of Palestinian origin filed a complaint against Justin Trudeau's government.
F-35s equipped with Danish parts
In the Netherlands, the courts ruled that there was “
a clear risk that serious violations of the humanitarian law of war would be committed in the Gaza Strip
” with Israeli F-35 combat planes.
In Denmark, investigative media Danwatch revealed in November that Israeli F-35s were equipped with parts produced by the Danish company Terma.
The war between Israel and Hamas was sparked on October 7 by an attack of unprecedented scale by Hamas which resulted in the deaths of at least 1,160 people in southern Israel, according to an AFP tally. established from official sources.
In response, Israel has vowed to annihilate Hamas, which it considers a terrorist organization.
The United States and the European Union in particular also consider Hamas to be a terrorist organization.
The Palestinian Islamist movement's Ministry of Health announced Tuesday a new toll of 31,184 people killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the conflict.
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