At a recent convening at The Hague, state representatives to the ICC agonized over the disastrous implications for the international rules-based order should Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant evade accountability for war crimes in Gaza.
An appeals court ordered the Dutch government to cease exports of F-35 components to Israel, saying “there is a clear risk that the F-35 parts to be exported will be used in committing serious violations of international humanitarian law.”
A Dutch court will decide this week whether the provision of F-35 spare parts to Israel from Woensdrecht Air Base violates Dutch arms export regulations, as well as Dutch obligations under international law.
Dutch universities need a principled human rights policy that prohibits cooperation with institutions complicit in systematic rights abuses. This includes an academic boycott of Israel.
A Dutch arts school permits students to hang banners in favor of Black Lives Matter and the Je Suis Charlie free-expression campaign. But when students put up a banner accusing Israel of “ethnic cleansing” in Sheikh Jarrah, the dean demands its removal. And the school’s security also seized a watermelon banner, which celebrates the Palestinian colors.