THE FIGHT FOR AN ARMS EMBARGO
Amidst the ongoing genocide in Gaza, it is more urgent then ever before for people across the world to organize to stop the flow of weapons destined for Israel. An arms embargo is a concrete, enforceable and necessary step to end the flow of weapons and weapons components used in Israel’s genocide on Gaza.
Over the past year, our movement has turned the demand for an arms embargo into concrete, mass campaigns that are producing immense pressure on Western governments, and disrupting the supply chain of weapons and weapons components headed to Israel.
OAKLAND ARMS EMBARGO
Our breaking research has uncovered Oakland's hidden and central role in transporting military cargo to the Israeli military.
Since January 2025 at least 280 military cargo shipments have left the Oakland airport destined for Israel. At the airport where our community members pick up and send off loved ones, bomb release units and surveillance systems for the lethal F-35 jet are being loaded and transported to the Nevatim airbase. This is the airbase where the Israeli F-35 fleet is maintained and repaired to continuously drop bombs on the people of Gaza.
These shipments position Oakland airport as one of few US airports consistently supplying Israel’s Nevatim airbase with killer cargo.
While Oakland was one of the first cities to call for a ceasefire in 2023, its airport has been exploited as a central channel for shipments to the Israeli military.
Together, we have launched a broad based coalition to demand an end to Oakland’s participation in genocide.
CANADA ARMS EMBARGO
On July 29, 2025, the Palestinian Youth Movement and World Beyond War, as part of the Arms Embargo Now Coalition, released a report detailing Canada’s ongoing weapons shipments to Israel. While Liberal Ministers stood in Parliament claiming Canada had paused arms exports to Israel, this report exposed 391 direct shipments of military goods from Canada to Israel since October 2023. The majority of these shipments were headed to Elbit Systems, with some being transported on civilian passenger planes.
The report’s launch, which has been covered by national and international media, has mobilized thousands of people into action with protests erupting across the country outside of weapons manufacturers, and parliamentary offices. On August 19th, our researchers identified an upcoming shipment headed to Elbit Systems in Israel, from Calian GNSS in Ottawa. Faced with mounting pressure, Calian GNSS announced that it would be pausing all shipments to Elbit until further notice. But the struggle for a full, two-way arms embargo continues!
BRITAIN ARMS EMBARGO
On May 7, 2025, the PYM alongside Workers for a Free Palestine and Progressive International released a research report that exposed the extent of UK arms exports to Israel. This report revealed that the UK has sent thousands of military goods since October 2023, including over 8,000 separate munitions since the government’s partial suspension of export licences in September 2024. This evidence reveals that the UK Foreign secretary David Lammy has misled Parliament and the public about arms shipments to Israel. David Lammy, business and trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds, and other Ministers have repeatedly claimed that the government has ended direct exports of F-35 jets to Israel, however the evidence in this report suggests that direct shipments of F-35 components from the UK to Israel have been ongoing.
Following the report’s launch, hundreds of people mobilized outside the Foreign Office, culminating in a Britain wide day of action where over 17 locations across Britain took action outside Labor offices. Over 40 MPs called on David Lammy to explain the report findings, resulting in a Parliamentary debate and an early day motion supported by 46 MPs.
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