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Belgian transport workers boycott Israeli arms shipments
Activists call for block on military equipment to spread
Palestinians carry a wounded girl after being rescued from under the rubble of buildings that were destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.

BELGIAN transport workers have refused to load and unload weapons going to Israel.

The boycott that began on Tuesday accompanied growing international pressure for a ceasefire today.

Five Belgian transport unions, ACV Puls, BTB, BGTK and ACV–Transcom, said in a joint statement that they were demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to put an end the “genocide” under way in Palestine.

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