Activists push for arms embargo against Israel, targeting Moncton firm

 

Apex Industries makes parts for F-35 fighter jets, which Lockheed Martin sells to the Israeli Air Force

Activists renewed their demands for the feds to impose an arms embargo on Israel over the weekend, with protests taking place in Moncton and across the country.

Protests focussed on Canadian companies that are involved in the construction of F-35 fighter jets, which the American weapons and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin sells to a number of countries, including Israel.

Activists state that the Israeli Air Force is using its fleet of F-35s to drop U.S.-made 2,000-pound bombs on Palestinian and Lebanese civilians. Activists say the advanced fighter jets contain millions of dollars worth of technology made by Canadian companies and subsidiaries.

In Moncton, protesters gathered outside of Apex Industries on Millennium Boulevard, which builds parts for the F-35 program. Company CEO Keith Parlee previously told the NB Media Co-op that Apex has “no control” over how its products are used.

Carol Scott, a member of Citizens for Peace-Greater Moncton, said activists from Saint John, Fredericton, P.E.I. and elsewhere in the region were expected at Saturday’s rally in Moncton. Protests also took place in B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia at “facilities and companies producing and profiting off of the F-35,” according to Arms Embargo Now.  (more...)

Activists push for arms embargo against Israel, targeting Moncton firm