The Netherlands is in the midst of buying hundreds of millions of dollars of military equipment from Israel while siding with states that want to review whether the Jewish state should keep its preferred trading status and scientific cooperation with the European Union (EU) due to its conduct of the war in Gaza.

Globes reported Thursday that The Netherlands is one of the countries taking the lead in calling to “open for discussion” whether Israel is adhering to the provisions of its Association Agreement with the European bloc, which include “respect for human rights.”

Several EU countries have voiced growing concern over Jerusalem’s March decision to block humanitarian aid from reaching the Strip in order to pressure Hamas into releasing the 58 hostages left of the 251 it grabbed during its surprise invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, when the Gazan terrorists massacred 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals, sparking the current war.