US EditionControversy over French Weapons Shipment to Israel
- French dock workers at Fos-sur-Mer port refused on June 6, 2025, to load 19 pallets of machine gun link components bound for Israel.
- This refusal followed reports by Disclose revealing prior shipments in April and May, amid accusations of Israeli genocide rejected by France.
- The links, manufactured by Marseille-based Eurolinks, enable rapid fire in weapons, and CGT union leader Christophe Claret confirmed the shipment was identified and set aside.
- Since October 2023, over 54,600 people, mostly civilians, have died in Gaza during Israel’s offensive following a Hamas attack killing 1,218 Israelis on October 7.
- The dock workers’ action, praised by CGT’s Sophie Binet and others, signals a call for the French government to block all arms shipments to Israel amid ongoing conflict.
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French dockers refuse to load weapons and ammunition intended for Israel.
On 5 June 2024, the CGT dockers of the port of Fos-sur-Mer refused to load the Contship Era, a cargo ship operated by the Israeli company Zim.
The French General Confederation of Labor (CGT) union said workers at the port of Faubourg-sur-Mer, near Marseille, refused to load crates of military equipment destined for Israel, used for rapid-fire projectiles, onto a cargo ship.
Following the revelations of two investigative media, the CGT union of the dockers of Fos-sur-Mer, in the Bouches-du-Rhone, blocks the loading of ammunition cargoes leaving for Haifa.
French dock workers block arms shipment to Israel
Stevedores in Fos-sur-Mer outside Marseille refused to load machine gun components destined for Israel. Their union said the move made clear its refusal to 'participate in the ongoing genocide orchestrated by the Israeli government.'
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