weapons

How UC Researchers Began Saying No To Military Work

May 20, 2024 Isabel Kain and Becker Sharif, Labor Notes. Resist! Academic Research, California, Israel, Palestine, Repression, Strikes, University of California, weapons, Worker Rights and Jobs

Our union of 48,000 academic workers has just authorized a strike over the University of California’s unfair labor practices in repressing peaceful protest, retaliating against members for protesting, and prohibiting pro-Palestine speech at the worksite. United Auto Workers Local 4811 announced the results yesterday: with nearly 20,000 members voting, 79 percent voted yes. Part of the groundwork behind this vote and informing the potential strike is the organizing we have done over the past several months in our science departments—as researchers who are no longer willing to support genocide with our labor.

Spain Denies Docking Permit To Ship Carrying Indian Arms For Israel

May 18, 2024 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! Blockade, Genocide, Israel, Palestine, Spain, weapons

Spain will not authorize ships carrying weapons for Israel to call at its ports, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on 17 May, because Spain does not “want to contribute to war” in Gaza. Albares said the refusal was consistent with the government’s decision not to grant weapon export licenses to Israel since 7 October. The announcement came after Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente confirmed in a social media post his country’s refusal to allow a ship carrying weapons to Israel to dock at the port of Cartagena in southeast Spain. The Marian Danica, which was carrying approximately 27 tons of explosive materials from the Indian city of Madras to Israel, requested permission to arrive in Cartagena on 21 May, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported.

Biden Is Sending Israel Another $1 Billion In Weapons

May 16, 2024 Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. Educate! Genocide, Israel, Joe Biden, Palestine, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism, weapons

Congressional aides say that the Biden administration will send Israel another $1 billion in weapons and ammunition. The package includes roughly $700 million for tank ammunition, $500 million for tactical vehicles, and $60 million in mortar rounds. The move comes amid rising tensions over a potential military invasion of Rafah, a town in Southern Gaza. The story was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. This is the first arms shipment The White House has announced since it paused a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel last week. In an interview with CNN Biden admitted that “Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs.”

Biden’s Shifting ‘Red Line’ Allows Israel To Keep Getting Away With Murder

May 12, 2024 Mitchell Plitnick, Mondoweiss. Educate! Israel, Joe Biden, Palestine, Rafah, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism, weapons

Over the seven months of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza, the United States has worked vigorously to offer maximum support for Israel while trying to give the impression that it is concerned about the massive loss of Palestinian life. The performance has been difficult to maintain, as virtually every American action contradicts the occasional words of concern for the devastation being fully abetted and enabled by American policy. In recent weeks, political pressures have forced President Joe Biden to try to take more concrete steps to deter what he considers “excessive” Israeli actions.

White House: Israel Likely Violated International Law In Gaza

May 11, 2024 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Biden administration, Gaza, Genocide, International Law, Israel, Palestine, weapons

The White House on 10 May issued a highly anticipated report on Israel's conduct during its genocidal war in Gaza, saying it is “reasonable to assess” Tel Aviv used US-provided weapons in ways that are “inconsistent” with international law but stopping short of identifying violations that would put an end to the ongoing military aid. “It is reasonable to assess that defense articles covered under [national security memorandum] NSM-20 have been used by Israeli security forces since October 7 in instances inconsistent with its IHL [international humanitarian law] obligations or with established best practices for mitigating civilian harm,” the report, drafted by the State Department, says.

Palestine Action Forced Another Company To Cut Ties With Elbit

April 28, 2024 The Canary. Resist! Direct Action, Elbit, Israel, Palestine Action, United Kingdom (UK), weapons

Palestine Action has just secured another victory in the fight against Israel’s arms trade from the UK. This time, the group has forced a law firm to cut ties with Elbit Systems. In an email to Palestine Action on 23 April, MLL Legal’s partner Dunja Koch confirmed the law firm is no longer working for Elbit Systems and will not do so in the future. This came after a two year direct action campaign which involved repeatedly spray painting the law firm’s London office. MLL Legal formerly listed Elbit Systems as a client of their ‘merger and acquisition’ services. This makes the law firm the fifth company in recent months to end associations with the Israeli weapons maker.

US Veterans To President Biden: Arming Israel Violates The Law

April 19, 2024 Veterans for Peace, Popular Resistance. Resist! International Law, Joe Biden, Nuclear War, Palestine, Veterans, weapons

In a letter today to President Biden and top members of his administration, Veterans For Peace cited existing federal law that gives the President “…no discretion whatsoever to allow any military assistance of any form to be delivered to Israel,” based on that country’s “serial violations of the Symington-Glenn Amendments, codified at 22 U.S.C. § 2799aa.” The letter states, “The President may not waive the cutoff of the above aid and exports under the Glenn Amendment where there has been a nuclear weapons detonation, or the offending state has received a nuclear explosive device.

Stalled US Weapons Package For Israel Gains Momentum After Iran Attack

April 15, 2024 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Iran, Israel, Joe Biden, Palestine, Russia, Ukraine, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism, weapons

In the wake of Iran's retaliatory missile and drone attack on Israel, US President Joe Biden is seeking lawmakers' approval for a stalled funding package that would see Washington send Israel $14 billion in additional military aid. President Joe Biden held a phone call on 15 April, the morning after the Iranian attack on Israeli military bases, with the top Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate. The White House said Biden "discussed the urgent need for the House of Representatives to pass the national security supplemental as soon as possible."

Philadelphia: Workers March For Palestine, Protest Militarized Robots

April 14, 2024 Dan Feidt, Unicorn Riot. Resist! Israel, Killer Robots, Palestine, Philadelphia, Unions, weapons

Philadelphia, PA — On Saturday, April 13, local groups protested Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed 33,000 Palestinians according to the latest figures. The march gathered in Clark Park. Organizers say that workers and unions are sending the message today. The Philly Palestine Coalition says groups involved include the Labor for Black Lives Coalition, Healthcare Workers for Palestine, Philly IWW, TNG Local 10/CWA Local 38010, SEIU Healthcare PA, Unity Caucus, Philly Tenants Union, & Workers World Party. According to the post, “Our goal is clear: to stand in unwavering solidarity with Palestinian workers and communities.

Protests At German Diplomatic Missions: Stop Arming Genocide

April 10, 2024 Marcy Winograd, CODEPINK. Resist! Embassies, Genocide, Germany, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, weapons

On the first day of ICJ proceedings, April 8, 2024, in Nicaragua v. Germany, pickets and letter deliveries took place in DC, NYC, LA, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Houston, Miami and Seattle. Demonstrators echoed Nicaragua’s requests of the World Court to order Germany and the United States to stop supplying weapons to Israel. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the US supplies 69% of Israel’s arsenal; Germany supplies 30% of the weaponry. Benjamin Alvarez Gruber, US correspondent for Deutsche Welle (DW), state-owned German state-television, covered the story at the DC German embassy, where CODEPINK organizers Medea Benjamin, Julia Norman and Palestinian American Moataz Salim led the delegation.

‘Automated Murder’: Israel’s ‘Artificial Intelligence’ In Gaza

April 10, 2024 Patrick Lawrence and Cara Marianna, Scheer Post. Educate! Artificial Intelligence, Gaza, Genocide, Israel, Palestine, Wars and Militarism, weapons

Along with the +972 report on the use of AI came others in a week notable for its stomach-churning news of Israeli depravity. In its April 3 editions The Guardian revealed that the IDF intentionally deploys snipers and quadcopters—remotely controlled sniper drones—to target children. The evidence of this comes from U.S. and Canadian doctors who, while serving in Gaza, treat many children with wounds consistent with and easily identified as caused by snipers’ bullets. These are larger than the ammunition generally used in combat because they are intended to kill rather than wound.

Palestine Action Shows Politicians Up Again By Stopping Arms To Israel

April 8, 2024 The Canary. Resist! Direct Action, Elbit, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Action, weapons

Palestine Action has come up with another way to stop UK arms sales to Israel – which is infinitely better than politicians, who have currently done a total of nothing while the Zionist state murders Palestinians and aid workers without recourse. Anonymous activists from Palestine Action targeted High Peak Steels based at Brookfield Industrial Estate in Glossop on Friday 5 April. The activists covered the premises in red paint, spray painted messages on the premises and trucks including ‘Drop Elbit’, ‘Child killers’ and ‘Free Palestine’.

Civil And Legal Campaign Launch Against Day And Zimmermann

April 5, 2024 International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine, Popular Resistance. Resist! Day and Zimmermann, Genocide, Israel, weapons

Following legal briefings and preparation of a Notice & Demand letter from the PAL Law Commission to major munitions supplier Day & Zimmermann (D&Z), the Philly Palestine Coalition (PPC) and the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine (ICSGP), along with numerous social justice organizations, will hold a protest outside Day & Zimmermann’s national headquarters in Philadelphia, today at 4pm. These actions are part of the launch a nationwide PAL/ICSGP campaign to denounce and block Day & Zimmermann’s key role in the ongoing genocide against Palestinians—producing a major share of the ammunition being used to murder innocent Palestinian civilians.

United Kingdom Ignores Its Lawyers’ Warnings On Arms To Israel

April 3, 2024 Joe Lauria, Consortium News. Educate! Israel, Palestine, United Kingdom (UK), Wars and Militarism, weapons

Pressure is growing on the British government to stop arming Israel after a leaked audio recording revealed that it is ignoring the advice of its own lawyers that Israel is breaking international humanitarian law and that Britain is in danger of also violating international law by continuing to ship Israel arms. The leaked remarks were made by Alicia Kearns MP, Conservative chair of the House of Commons select committee on foreign affairs, at a March 13 Tory fundraising event and first published by The Observer on Saturday.

Rutgers Profits From Boeing Airstrikes Launched On Gaza

March 30, 2024 Endowment Justice Collective, Mondoweiss. Resist! Boeing, Divestment, Genocide, Palestine, Rutgers, Student Activism, weapons

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, must divest its endowment fund from companies and organizations that profit from, engage in, or contribute to the government of Israel’s human rights violations. An excellent example of this is that Rutgers profits off of Boeing airstrikes launched at Palestinians. Boeing is the 3rd largest military company. Likewise, it is part of Rutgers’ $100 million investment1 in the PGIM-Quantitative Solutions (US) fund2. Boeing—and by EXTENSION, Rutgers—relies on Palestinian suffering to raise its profits.

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