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Marseille-Fos Dockers Refuse to Load Second Arms Shipment to Israel

Paris faces pressure to suspend arms exports following dockers’ refusal to load two shipments of French-made ammunition links bound for Israel

Sur le port de Marseille, en juillet 2020. Des dockers de la CGT ont refusé jeudi 5 juin de charger un conteneur de composants militaires à destination d’Israël.
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Overview

  • On June 5, CGT-affiliated dockworkers at Marseille-Fos set aside 19 pallets of Eurolinks ammunition links and blocked a second shipment destined for Israel.
  • The CGT called on the French government to immediately halt all arms deliveries to Israel, accusing Paris of violating international law and French values.
  • Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Olivier Faure and other left-wing leaders praised the dockers’ action and renewed calls for an arms embargo on Israel.
  • Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu maintains the components were licensed for re-export to third countries, but critics say France cannot verify their end use.
  • Dockers in Genoa have announced plans to block the same cargo on its next call, underlining growing European solidarity against shipping armaments to the conflict zone.