JERUSALEM — Main Israeli protection corporations is not going to be allowed to take part this November in a well-liked protection exhibit within the Netherlands, Israeli protection business executives advised Protection Information.
Exclusion of Israeli corporations from the exhibition, often called NEDS, comes amid statements by the Dutch authorities that no army merchandise have been exported to Israel beneath a common license because the begin of the Israeli-Gaza warfare.
In 2024, a Dutch court docket additionally ordered its authorities to ban the export of spare components for F-35 plane to Israel, fearing that they might be used to violate worldwide legislation within the battle.
The potential Israeli show, in the meantime, was not a part of an Israeli delegation sponsored by the Israeli Ministry of Protection. The Israeli Protection and Overseas Ministries responded that the matter is beneath overview. The Netherlands Protection Ministry and the NEDS organizers didn’t reply to requests for remark as of publication.
Regardless of the transfer, the Netherlands has proceeded with latest arms purchases from Israel, together with a contract for Rafael’s SPIKE LR2 anti-tank missiles — with hundreds of extra missiles — that was signed in September 2024 for about €250 billion.
Moreover, in Might 2023 the Netherlands bought PULS rocket launchers, missiles and coaching providers from Elbit Programs.
The NEDS ban marks the second European protection exhibition that has taken actions to limit Israeli corporations amid the continuing warfare in Gaza.
Final June the Israeli pavilions on the Paris Air Present (SIAE) had been blocked with black partitions after being requested to not show what had been labeled “offensive weapons.”
