by Arms Embargo Now, Popular Resistance
The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), Arab Resource and Organizing Center Action (AROC Action) and the US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) have partnered together to call for an end to all shipments of military cargo from ports of Oakland to Israel and to demand an Oakland Arms Embargo on Israel.
Get involved, sign and endorse, and spread the word: www.ArmsEmbargoNow.com
Breaking research has uncovered Oakland’s hidden and central role in transporting military cargo to the Israeli military. Shipments have been sent from Oakland to Israel multiple times per week, almost every single week this year.
The fact that shipments of F-35 fighter jet components are flowing through the Oakland airport to the Israeli military has been concealed from the people of Oakland, our workers, our city officials, our families and our educators. Together, we are launching a broad based coalition to demand an end to Oakland’s participation in genocide.
Since January 2025, at least 280 military cargo shipments have left the Oakland airport destined for Israel. At the same 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.
The frequency of these shipments positions 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.
During the People’s Conference for Palestine, the PYM highlighted the Bay Area’s new People’s Arms Embargo campaign addressing the Oakland International Airport’s role in the US-Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Following intensive research, the PYM has exposed that Oakland’s airport is one of the main hubs in the US that is being used to facilitate the flow of military cargo to Israel.
These shipments are made up of F-35 fighter jet components that are used in the daily operation and maintenance of Israel’s Air Force. Without the components being shipped from Oakland’s airport, Israel’s F-35s would not be able to function and carry out genocidal airstrikes in Gaza.
The US-Israel genocide is ongoing and the horrific conditions are intensifying in Gaza — this moment calls on us to stop the flow of military cargo into Gaza. We must take serious action now.
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