The Dutch foreign affairs minister David van Weel must decide himself whether to resume the export of fighter jet parts to Israel, and that decision must be taken within six weeks, the Dutch Supreme Court said on Friday. In making that reassessment, the minister must “apply the criterion of whether granting the licence poses a clear risk of serious violations of international humanitarian law”, the court said. In February 2024, judges at The Hague appeal court ordered the Dutch government to stop sending F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, citing violations of international humanitarian law and overturning a lower court decision. The then minister suspended shipments following the appeal court ruling and a further appeal to the Supreme Court. The appeal court had wrongly made its own assessment and concluded that there was a clear risk of serious violations of international humanitarian law rather than instructing the minister to reassess the licence himself, the Supreme Court said.