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Friday, October 19, 2007

Sale of Dutch air defence system parts to Israel 'will go through'

The Dutch government will go ahead with the sale of outdated HAWK-parts to Israel, Foreign minister Maxime Verhagen told parliament Friday.

The HAWK is a ground-based air defence system comparable with the US Patriot system, which can take down missiles and fighter aircraft. Israel says it wants the parts to maintain its air defence system.

Earlier this week all leftist parties Greens (GL), the Socialists Party (SP) and Labour said they opposed the deal. The Greens and SP are in the opposition, while Labour is a government coalition party.

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