The Dutch government said Tuesday it will not grant export licenses for two submarines Israel wants to order from the RMD Shipyards in Rotterdam.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said the reason is that Israel is considered a country at war and the Netherlands, in principle, denies military equipment to countries at war.
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