JERUSALEM — Main Israeli protection firms is not going to be allowed to take part this November in a well-liked protection exhibit within the Netherlands, Israeli protection trade executives advised Protection Information.
Exclusion of Israeli firms from the exhibition, often known as NEDS, comes amid statements by the Dutch authorities that no navy merchandise have been exported to Israel underneath 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 International Ministries responded that the matter is underneath assessment. 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 1000’s of extra missiles — that was signed in September 2024 for roughly €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 firms amid the continued warfare in Gaza.
Final June the Israeli pavilions on the Paris Air Present (SIAE) have been blocked with black partitions after being requested to not show what have been labeled “offensive weapons.”
