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AA / Bruxelles / Melike Pala
A civil court in Brussels ordered the Flemish government to block any shipping of military equipment, or for potential military use, intended for Israel, passing by the region, in particular via the port of Antwerp, the Belga agency reported on Thursday.
This decision follows a complaint filed by four Belgian NGOs, which argued that these shipments could break Belgian law on arms trade as well as international humanitarian law.
The case is based on the interception, in June in Antwerp, of a container transporting conical rollers from France, intended for the Israeli company Ashot Ashkelon Industries.
This company manufactures parts for Merkava tanks and Namer armored vehicles, currently engaged in military operations in Gaza. Although the bearings are classified as goods to “double use”. civil and military, the court court orders flanders suspend its estimated that they require strict control because of their military potential.
The judge relied on credible elements indicating that the Flemish authorities had not exerted sufficient surveillance on these sensitive exports to Israel.
The judgment obliges the Flemish government to rigorously apply the regulation on the arms trade, under penalty of a fine of 50,000 euros per offense found.
However, the Flemish government has announced that this decision appeal.
Since October 2023, Israel has led a deadly offensive against the Gaza Strip, rejecting international calls to a cease-fire. Nearly 58,600 Palestinians were killed, mostly women and children.
Intensive strikes have ravaged the enclave, caused food shortages and favored the spread of diseases.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest mandates against Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and his ex-Minister of the Yoav Gallant Defense, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel is also court orders flanders suspend its the subject of a procedure for genocide before the International Court of Justice.
* Translated from English by Adama Bamba
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