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- politics@lemmy.world
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- politics@lemmy.world
A cargo flight will haul 14 tons of nitrocellulose from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to Israeli weapons manufacturer IMI Systems.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20250510162414/https://theintercept.com/2025/05/10/israel-weapons-explosives-jfk-airport/
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Elbit, Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, operates across the globe, including in the U.S, the United Kingdom, Australia, Sweden, Switzerland and Brazil. Palestinian solidarity activists in the U.S. have protested at Elbit facilities in Virginia and South Carolina, as well as a factory in Merrimack, New Hampshire, where four women attempted to halt production.
This feels like the kind of thing that would be kept somewhat on the down-low, could probably be used to make a pretty bad accident.