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Didn't france claimed to not sell arms to israel anymore? The west is hypocrite
We do not, that shipment was for Israel company to assemble weapons then ship it back to France
The article do not mention what you claim
Indeed, that article does not mention it while all french media do. Here's the official statement from France minister of the army, Sebastien Lecornu. It was reported during an official audition, under oath. https://youtu.be/rYy2A2EEydE
Here's a few articles from French mainstream journal. They're centrist and right wing journals. Wanted to add liberation, a left-wing journal, but their article is paywalled. Sorry about that.
Le Monde: https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/06/07/la-france-ne-vend-pas-d-armes-a-israel-reaffirme-le-ministre-des-armees-apres-le-refus-de-dockers-de-charger-un-conteneur-de-composants-militaires_6611077_3210.html
Le Figaro : https://www.lefigaro.fr/marseille/marseille-deux-nouveaux-conteneurs-de-composants-militaires-en-partance-pour-israel-bloques-par-les-dockers-20250605
France 3: https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/guerre-a-gaza-blocage-d-un-chargement-d-armes-rassemblement-citoyen-sur-le-port-de-marseille-la-solidarite-s-organise-3166794.html
And the article from the journal that disclosed such shipment https://disclose.ngo/fr/article/la-france-sapprete-a-livrer-des-equipements-pour-mitrailleuses-vers-israel
To summarize these articles: France does sell defense only military equipment, claiming they cannot be used as an offensive means. They do send some military equipment to Israel companies for manufacturing purposes. Resulting products must be then exported back to France or other countries. Failing to do so would violate export license. On the other hand, human rights activists claim there is little to no control over if these exports actually happen, which lead to such situation at Marseille.
I don't believe the government Many article mention that the component sold to israel is used in arms killing palestinians
https://frenchdailynews.com/politics/government/11769-france-discreetly-delivers-arms-to-israel-despite-calls-for-embargo
Even component to the iron dome should be stopped israel should not have to defend itself when it occupy palestine and are currently defend itself
Same with canada https://www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_06_06_canada_israel_exports
Many european people are very different from their governments. If they know whats happening, they become appalled. Thats why the propaganda is so strong here. So that most dont know.
Governments represent their countries it should be obvious when i say the west i mean western countries not western countries populations
Ahh ok. I thought that you were implying that the port workers were in the wrong.