\n Demonstrators protest against FedEx’s arms shipments to Israel. [Brooke Anderson\/TNA]<\/p>\n
Three years after the outbreak of Israel\u2019s war on Gaza, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of a FedEx<\/a> building in Oakland, California to protest the shipping company\u2019s arms deliveries to Israel.<\/p>\n FedEx, one of the world\u2019s largest package shipping companies, currently sends weapons parts to Israel for its F-35 fighter jets, which has led to demonstrations against their role in Israel\u2019s assault on Gaza. The shipments have been tracked from Oakland International Airport to their final destination of Nevatim Air Base in Israel.<\/p>\n On a warm Friday morning, demonstrators \u2013 represented by members of the Palestinian diaspora, labour unions, students, faith leaders and environmentalists \u2013 gathered in front of the FedEx entrance, holding signs reading: \u201cNo jets for genocide\u201d, \u201cStop arming Israel\u201d and \u201cArms embargo now\u201d.<\/p>\n Speakers of different backgrounds took turns talking about their opposition to FedEx\u2019s shipments of weapons parts to Israel, as well as other grievances with the corporation. Mohamed Shehk, an organiser with Arab Resource and Organising Centre (AROC) Action, spoke before a large crowd of demonstrators,<\/p>\n \u201cWe know that this did not start three years ago,\u201d he said. \u201cThis genocidal apartheid state of Israel has been attempting to erase us, has been engaged in an ethnic cleansing campaign for 70 years.\u201d<\/p>\n He said, \u201cWe\u2019re here demanding that FedEx, this war profiteer, put an immediate end to military cargo being shipped to the apartheid state of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n He also criticised FedEx\u2019s role in union crackdowns and alleged voter disenfranchisement in their home state of Tennessee.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s also worth noting that FedEx isn\u2019t just engaged in complicity in genocide. They are notoriously anti-union and anti-worker,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone remembers earlier this year when the Supreme Court shamefully gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1964. The state of Tennessee was the first state to exploit this ruling. Far-right politicians took the only majority Black district and split it up to weaken the Black vote and silence the Black voice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis why it is important for us to unite across all of these issues in this powerful coalition,\u201d he said. \u201cSolidarity with Palestine means solidarity with workers, solidarity with Black communities, and all communities that are oppressed by the capitalist and colonial class.\u201d<\/p>\n Mick Glenn, a local resident, told The New Arab:\u00a0\u201cI wanted to make whatever difference I could by being there.\u201d<\/p>\n He added, \u201cThe speeches were heartbreaking and motivating. I keep going to these demonstrations, but I hope they don\u2019t have to go on much longer.\u201d<\/p>\n A report<\/a> by the Palestinian Youth Movement published in August 2025 noted that the Oakland airport is second only to Dallas-Fort Worth for the shipment of weapons parts to Israel.<\/p>\n The 15-page report, based on human rights investigations and on data exports, has found that since January, at least 280 military cargo shipments via FedEx have departed from Oakland International Airport, with Nevatim Airbase in Israel as the final destination. These shipments, supplied by Lockheed Martin, have included F-35 fighter jet components for carrying and releasing munitions and guided weapons.<\/p>\n More specifically, the report found that the shipments were consistently frequent (with only one week of a lull in transfers in six months); the materials delivered are wide-ranging, from lethal systems to small bolts; Nevatim is identified as the final destination for the materials; the shipments are coming from the Defence Logistics Agency in San Joaqu\u00edn; and F-35s are confirmed to be used by Israel in Gaza<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Demonstrators protest against FedEx’s arms shipments to Israel. 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