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Global Dockworkers Strike Targets Arms Shipments to Israel
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Core Event
On a recent Friday, dockworkers at more than 100 ports in 22 countries staged a coordinated walk-out to protest the use of maritime facilities for transporting arms to Israel. Strikers halted cargo handling at an estimated 113 ports, leaving roughly $2 billion worth of goods idle and disrupting global supply chains.
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Background & Context
The protest was organized in part by the anti-Israel coalition No Harbour for Genocide (NHG), a pro-Palestinian network that links opposition to war with broader labor concerns such as wages, working conditions and health safety. Hamas issued a statement praising the action, describing it as a “global labor solidarity movement” and urging unions worldwide to join the campaign against what it called Israel’s “genocidal war machine.”
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Data & Statistics
- Strikes were reported at 113 ports across 22 countries.
- The shutdown is estimated to have caused $2 billion in delayed cargo.
- NHG’s website claims to have tracked 315 shipments of Elbit Systems components through 56 commercial ports in 29 countries between August 2025 and September 2026.
- The same source reports 3,400 shipments supplying U.S. military bases via 67 ports in 42 countries from December 2025 to September 2026.
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Official Statements & Responses
The organization urged continued rejection of arms transfers to Israel, labeling them “genocide and ethnic cleansing” in violation of humanitarian law.
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Verbatim Quotes
- “We will not work for their wars, and we will not become food for their cannons,” — Apostolos Kypraios, head of the Greek union of merchant marine engineers