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French dock workers block arms shipment to Israel

Amnesty International has warned that France is ‘fueling genocide’ in Gaza by allowing the shipments to continue

News Desk, The Cradle, JUN 6, 2025

French dock workers in Fos-sur-Mer, near Marseille, are blocking the shipment of military equipment bound for Israel, protesting the Israeli military’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, France 24 reported on 6 June.

The action, led by members of the CGT trade union, halted the loading of 19 pallets of bullet links—metal components used to enable rapid machine gun fire—onto a cargo vessel on Thursday.

Christophe Claret, a union representative, confirmed that the shipment was identified and set aside after workers were notified of its contents.

“Once dockers refuse to load a shipment, no one else can do it for them,” Claret told AFP. The remaining cargo for the vessel was loaded as scheduled.

The CGT issued a statement denouncing the delivery and declaring it would not be complicit in what it called “the ongoing genocide orchestrated by the Israeli government.” Eurolinks, a Marseille-based defense supplier, manufactured the metal links. The company declined to comment on the incident, and the Port of Marseille-Fos also issued no statement……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

The Genoa Port Workers’ Collective (CALP) in Italy plans to follow suit, announcing on Thursday it would block the ZIM Contship Era from docking when it arrives in Genoa while in transit to Israel’s Haifa port.

“We oppose all wars and refuse to be complicit in the genocide in Gaza,” CALP said in a statement.

The Italian dock workers are calling for a general strike on 20 June under the slogan “Disarm them.”

Israeli forces have killed an estimated 109,000 Palestinians since the start of the war in October 2023. Israeli leaders have said they intend to destroy Gaza and ethnically cleanse the strip of its over 2 million residents in preparation for establishing Jewish settlements. https://thecradle.co/articles/french-dock-workers-block-arms-shipment-to-israel-in-protest-over-gaza-genocide

June 10, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized