Weapons companies across Canada are making a fortune off of the carnage in Gaza and the occupation of Palestine.
This map displays some of the weapons manufacturing companies across Canada involved in arming the Israeli military.
Note on the map above and list below: The Canada-Israel weapons trade is extremely secretive. This is an incomplete list of companies involved in arming the Israeli military, and includes both manufacturing facilities and offices. It includes companies with confirmed involvement in arming the Israeli military via facilities and divisions in other countries, but where we do not yet have the information to confirm whether their Canadian branches are directly involved. The orange dots designate companies whose Canadian operations are involved in the F-35 fighter jet supply chain. The red dots designate specific facilities where F-35 parts are produced on site.
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Information on the weapons companies involved in arming the Israeli military listed in the map above:
AM Rubber & Foam is a Brampton-based manufacturer of rubber and foam gaskets. A 29 July 2025, report found two shipments of plain insulation foam supplied by AM Rubber & Foam to Elbit Systems – Cyclone, that were transported from Toronto to Tel Aviv in April and March, 2025. In military applications, this material is used to protect sensitive electronics and weapons systems from the intense vibration and shock of combat. It insulates critical avionics and mechanical assemblies inside Israeli military aircraft and armored vehicles, enhancing their durability and ensuring they remain functional under operational stress.
Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing Corporation (AEM) is a Canadian aerospace electronics company specializing in the design and production of mission-critical avionics and communications systems. Its core product lines include digital audio systems, caution and warning panels, loudspeaker amplifiers, and specialized communications equipment for helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, and special-mission platforms. AEM’s equipment is marketed as suitable for integration in both civilian and military aviation contexts.
A 29 July 2025 report identified two shipments of “Aircraft audio amplifier” and “Aircraft audio amplifier (for military use)” from AEM in Vancouver to Elbit Systems Ltd which arrived in Tel Aviv in September 2024 and February 2025. This device is a critical component of an aircraft’s intercom and communications system, responsible for amplifying cockpit and mission audio to ensure reliable communication between crew members and external radio systems. Although audio amplifiers are technically dual-use, their application depends entirely on the final system they are integrated into. Elbit plays a crucial role in outfitting military helicopters, UAVs, and intelligence and surveillance aircraft.
Canadian company that produces structural components for the F-35 out of its Moncton facility. The Israeli versions of these fighter jets, known as F35I Adirs, are being used by the Israeli Air Force in its deadly bombing campaign of Gaza.
Apollo Microwaves LTD. is a Canadian company located in Dorval, Québec. The company manufactures standard and custom-engineered microwave components, subsystems and products that can be used in military communications and radar systems. Their applications range from 1-67 GHz.
Apollo was believed to have or to have had active permits for export of military goods to Israel after Oct. 9, 2023 because the Government of Canada has named it as a company with an interest in an ongoing lawsuit challenging arms exports to Israel. It lists a distributor in Tel Aviv on its website.
Apollo’s role in arming Israel was confirmed in a 29 July 2025 report which showed two shipments of “coupler and adaptor” from Apollo to Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT. The shipments were sent in June and October 2024 from Montreal to Tel Aviv. The components that were sent are integral components of multi-platform defence systems that guarantee signal integrity in harsh environments and are used in a variety of applications from jamming-resistant communication to retrofitted legacy systems.
Arconic produces vital goods used in military aircrafts – specifically, Boeing Apache Helicopters and Lockheed Martin F-35 Fighter Jets. Both are supplied to the Israeli military occupation, who routinely put them to use in aerial assaults on Gaza.
Canadian company that produces structural components (Fuselage Sections: Titanium bulkheads & longerons) for the F-35 program. ASCO in Delta produces the “largest single piece of the F-35”, bulkheads. The Israeli military’s F-35s, known as F35I Adirs, are currently being used by the Israeli Air Force in its deadly bombing campaign of Gaza.
ATP makes software for F-35s. The F-35 is Lockheed Martin’s flagship fighter jet and the most advanced warplane used by the Israeli Air Force. The Israeli versions of these fighter jets, known as F35I Adirs, have been used extensively by Israel in its deadly bombing campaign on Gaza. Israel’s Ministry of defense made a $3bn deal in July to purchase another 25 F-35s.
The name and ownership of this company has shifted substantially in the past decade between ATP, Casebank, and Veryon.
BAE Systems provides weapon systems and components to the Israeli Air Force’s fleet of F-15, F-16, and F-35 fighter jets.
In Canada, BAE partners with Canadian companies Magellan and Avcorp in producing key aerostructures for the F-35 (including key tail and wing components).
Globally, BAE Systems supplies the Israeli military with a wide variety of weapons, including components for combat aircraft, munitions, missile launching kits, and armored vehicles. BAE technologies are also integrated into Israel’s main weapon systems, including fighter jets, drones, and warships.
Bell Textron Canada Ltd have a manufacturing and servicing plant for helicopters in Mirabel QC, and a supply centre in Calgary. At least two models of their fighter helicopters are used by Israel’s air force.
Canadian company supplying electro-hydraulic actuation system components to the F-35 program. They claim to be the only company in North America that can deliver the required specifications for the F-35s actuation system. The Israeli military’s F-35s, known as F35I Adirs, are currently being used by the Israeli Air Force in its deadly bombing campaign of Gaza.
Boeing is the world’s third-largest military company. It manufactures multiple weapon systems sold to the Israeli military that are routinely used in war crimes against Palestinian civilians, including fighter jets, attack helicopters, missiles, bombs, and precision-guided bomb kits. Jeppesen and Aviall are owned by Boeing.
Boeing has previously noted that “Canadian partners provide aerospace parts for all Boeing commercial airplane models and nearly all defence programs, including the AH-64 Apache and F-15 fighter aircraft.” Both are currently being used by Israel to bomb Gaza.
CAE Inc. is a Canadian manufacturer of simulation and modelling technologies and training services for civil aviation and defence. CAE has worked in partnership with a number of major Israeli arms companies, including IAI, Aeronautics Defense Systems, and Elbit Systems, and has supplied trainers and combat aircraft simulators to the Israeli military.
A 29 July 2025, report revealed that CAE had sent 6 shipments to Elbit Systems (Elbit Systems Ltd. and Elbit Systems Advanced Technology Centre). These occurred in June, July and December 2024 as well as February and April 2025, and all departed from CAE’s St Laurent, Montreal facility and were shipped to Tel Aviv.
These shipments included a variety of parts including “Connector, Spare Parts, Slipball Assembly, and Led Switch” which likely refer to aviation or flight simulator components used by CAE. The shipments in the report labeled “Connector” refer to an electrical interface, “Spare Parts” is likely for maintenance operations, “Slipball Assembly” is possibly a flight instrument, and “LED Switch” a cockpit panel button. These may relate to simulator hardware, avionics, or aircraft maintenance parts in CAE’s supply chain.The two “Elbit Systems Repairs” likely refers to the repair for avionics, flight systems, or defence equipment.
Calian GNSS and Advanced Technologies is a provider of high-precision GNSS antennas, multi-constellation receivers, and advanced technical solutions for aerospace, defence, satellite communications (SATCOM), and terrestrial wireless industries. Specializing in mission-critical applications, the company designs and manufactures products—including Globalstar and Iridium-compatible systems—while delivering tailored engineering services for clients such as the Canadian Department of National Defence, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin. Their expertise include spanning Earth stations, defence manufacturing, test and measurement, agritech, and nuclear technologies.
A 29 July 2025 report found a shipment from Calian GNSS to Elbit Systems EW and SIGNIT that was transferred from Ottawa to Tel Aviv. Given its destination at Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT, the “GPS Antenna” is expected to be integrated into defence systems such as UAVs, secure communication platforms, or surveillance technologies.
For decades, Caterpillar has been supplying Israel with the D9 armored bulldozer, which the Israeli military routinely uses to demolish Palestinian homes and civilian infrastructure in the occupied West Bank and enforce the Gaza blockade. Now, their bulldozers have been crucial in the ground invasion, accompanying combat troops and paving their way by clearing roads and demolishing buildings, and in current raids of West Bank cities. Israel placed an urgent order for dozens of D9 armored bulldozers, some of which have been converted into remote-controlled or semi-autonomous vehicles so that they can operate without a driver in “complex,” “high-risk areas.” In November, Israel Aerospace Industries, the company that converts the bulldozers, modified more units for the Israeli military for its operations in Gaza.
CMC Electronics is a Canadian avionics manufacturer headquartered in Montreal. It provides avionics solutions for both commercial and military aviation. Specializing in advanced navigation systems, cockpit integration, avionics computers, sensors, and display technologies.
CMC applied for an export license in 2018 for “CMA-9000 flight management system for demonstration” destined for Elbit Systems. Elbit is Israel’s biggest weapons company.
A 29 July 2025, report found five airline shipments from CMC Electronics to Elbit Systems. These were transported in December 2024, and January, April, and March 2025 and all left Montreal and were shipped to Tel Aviv. It also shows one sea shipment of a “Doppler Navigation Sensor Test Station” from CMC Electronics to Elbit Systems which left Montreal in July 2025 and is due to arrive in Haifa in August, 2025.
The five shipments show: “Doppler Navigation Sensors (2), Doppler Navigation, Antennas Doppler Navigation Sensors, Dual Processor Interface Test Station.” Information from commercially-available export data allows us to confirm that these five shipments have been identified as “Elbit Systems parts”. CMC Electronics’ Doppler navigation sensors, antennas, and dual processor test station destined for Elbit Systems Cyclone in Karmiel will likely be used for military helicopter avionics upgrades, particularly for terrain-following navigation systems. These components support Cyclone’s specialization in aircraft modernization and flight test validation.
Cobham Aerospace Communications’ parent company, Cobham, is part of the F-35 program. The Israeli military’s F-35s, known as F35I Adirs, are currently being used by the Israeli Air Force in its deadly bombing campaign of Gaza.
Collins Aerospace is a subsidiary of RTX (formerly Raytheon). Collins Aerospace has partnered with Elbit Systems to provide Helmet Mounted Display Systems for the F-35 program.
The Collins Aerospace Oakville factory manufactures landing gear for the F-35 fighter jet.
Collins also participates in the production of F-16 and Apache Helicopters. Israel’s fleets of F-35 and F-16 fighter jets, as well as its Apache helicopters, are being used in the assault on Gaza.
Colt produced the M16, the standard-issue assault rifle used by the Israeli military from the 1990s to the early 2010s. In November 2023, Israel ordered about 18,000 M4 and MK18 assault rifles from Colt for civilian “security squads” in dozens of cities and towns, including illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Colt’s Kitchener facility is considered Canada’s only significant machine gun factory.
An aerospace company that supports Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program, providing equipment connected to the handling of armaments and missiles on these fighter jets. Curtiss-Wright’s Mississauga location has various ongoing contracts contributing to the F-35 program.
The company also provides electronics to Apache helicopters.
The F-35 is Lockheed Martin’s flagship fighter jet and the most advanced warplane used by the Israeli Air Force. The Israeli versions of these fighter jets, known as F35I Adirs, as well as its fleet of Apache helicopters have been used extensively by Israel in its deadly bombing campaign on Gaza.
Builds precision parts for Lockheed Martin’s F35s out of several GTA facilities.
Dishon is a “supplier of complex precision machine components and assemblies serving the aerospace, nuclear, sub-sea oil & gas and medical industries”, headquartered in Vaughan, Ontario.
A 29 July 2025, report found a shipment of a bushing welding machine from Dishon to IMI Systems, Elbit System’s land warfare division. The shipment went from Toronto to Tel Aviv in April 2025. A bushing welding machine is industrial equipment used to manufacture the high-load pivot points for tank turrets, gun cradles, and vehicle suspension systems. This machinery directly contributes to the production and maintenance of the armored vehicles deployed by the IOF in ground assaults.
Dominknow is contracted by the F35 program for development of training and courses.
Enercorp Instruments is a Canadian supplier of sensors based in Brampton, Ontario. A 29 July 2025 report found two shipments of Thin Film PT100 RTD elements from Enercorp Instruments Ltd. in Toronto to Elbit Systems – Cyclone in Tel Aviv in October 2024 and April 2025.
Elbit’s Cyclone facility is a key manufacturer of Israeli military aerospace components. These sensors are not generic parts; they are integral to monitoring the temperature of critical systems in military aircraft, including engines, hydraulics, and avionics. By ensuring the operational reliability of these systems, the components directly contribute to the mission readiness of combat aircraft used by the Israeli Air Force in its operations.
Creates optoelectronics for a range of civilian and military uses and has exported various products to Israel.
They are or have been holders of valid permits to export military goods to Israel as recently as 2023. They have identified themselves as such in the context of the lawsuit filed in federal court.
Ford Motor Company is a US automaker whose commercial pickup trucks are armored and retrofitted for the Israeli military. The Ford Super Duty F-350 XL pickup truck, for example, serves as the basis of Plasan’s SandCat light armored vehicle. On Dec. 6, a U.S. cargo plane delivered SandCat vehicles to Israel.
FTG is a supplier to the F-35 program.
Canadian company that supplies engine health monitoring for the F-35 program. Their MetalSCAN oil debris sensor is in every F-35 engine and they are the sole supplier of this part, meaning that they are the only company in the world that produces this specific engine sensor. The Israeli military’s F-35s, known as F35I Adirs, are currently being used by the Israeli Air Force in its deadly bombing campaign of Gaza.
The world’s sixth largest weapon manufacturer, General Dynamics
supplies the Israeli military with a wide variety of weapons, including artillery ammunition and bombs for attack jets currently used in Israel’s assault on Gaza. The company’s technologies are also integrated into Israel’s main weapon systems, including fighter jets and armored combat vehicles.
General Dynamics is the only company in the U.S. that makes the metal bodies of the MK-80 bomb series, the primary weapon type Israel uses to bomb Gaza, and the 155mm caliber artillery shells, which have been used extensively to attack Gaza. More information via AFSC here and here.
A subsidiary of General Dynamics, GDLS provides components and kits for armoured vehicles and other weapons systems to the Israeli military.
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems – Canada (GD-OTS Canada) is a producer of military ammunition with a handful of manufacturing facilities in Quebec.
In August 2024, as part of a weapons package to Israel, the US Congress approved the purchase of 50,000 High Explosive Mortar cartridges worth CAD$83.7 million from General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Inc, located in Quebec. This purchase was to be transferred to the US and then on to Israel.
In September 2024 the Canadian Commercial Corporation, a Canadian Crown corporation, signed a contract to provide the US DOD with CAD$78.8 million of artillery propellant to the US department of defense – destined for use by the Israeli and Ukrainian militaries. The propellant was to be produced by GD-OTS-Canada’s production facility in Valleyfield, Quebec. This facility is the sole provider to the US of this variant of explosive fuel needed to launch 155mm artillery shells, which have been used extensively by Israel in its attacks on Gaza.
A 29 July 2025, report revealed three shipments of “cartridges” from GD-OTS that were transported from Montreal to Tel Aviv in September 2024, May and July 2025.
GD-OTS Canada is wholly owned by General Dynamics Corporation, the fifth largest military contractor in the world. General Dynamics manufactures a wide variety of military products under its various divisions including combat vehicles, weapons systems, munitions, naval ships, information technologies, and aerospace products. They have multiple Canadian locations including in Quebec, Alberta, and Ontario. General Dynamics is known to supply the Israeli military with a variety of weapons including MK-82 and 84 bombs. Their technologies are also integrated into many weapons systems used by Israel including F-15 and F-35 fighter jets and armoured combat vehicles.
One of the world’s largest weapons companies, GE manufactures engines for multiple weapon systems that are routinely used in war crimes against Palestinians, including the Apache helicopters, and Boeing’s F-15 and Lockheed Martin’s F-16 fighter jets.
Provides engines and transmission units for multiple vehicles used by the Israeli military. In June 2022, the Israeli Ministry of Defense Department of Production and Procurement signed a NIS 100 million order from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for several hundred off-road vehicles with gasoline engines produced by General Motors. The vehicles are intended for special units in the Israeli military.
GeoSpectrum Technologies is a subsidiary of Elbit. Elbit is Israel’s biggest military and arms company. In July 2024, GTI identified itself as the holder of at least two export permits for military goods to Israel in the context of one of the arms exports lawsuits against the government of Canada.
Headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec, Heroux-Devtek manufactures landing gear and other components for the F-35, F-15, and F-16 fighter jets, and CH-53K King Stallions, some of the major aircraft used by the Israeli military.
Israel is seeking to procure 50 more F-15 fighter jets from the United States.
Héroux-Devtek designed and manufactures the landing gear for the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion, a transport helicopter used by the Israeli air force. The IAF operates 22 CH-53Ks and has at least 12 more on order with Sikorsky, which is a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin. Heroux-Devtek also owns APPH, which manufactures military technology and landing gear for Elbit’s drones. Elbit’s drones are routinely used to bomb and surveil Palestinians.
Honeywell Aerospace’s Mississauga plant produces the controllers for the Power and Thermal Management System for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet. This is a system installed on all F-35 variants. The F-35 is Lockheed Martin’s flagship fighter jet and the most advanced warplane used by the Israeli Air Force. The Israeli versions of these fighter jets, known as F35I Adirs, have been used extensively by Israel in its deadly bombing campaign on Gaza. Canadian components produced for the F-35 program are manufactured in Canada and exported to Fort Worth, Texas, to be integrated into the aircraft on the final assembly line.
On a global scale Honeywell has provided jet engines as well as components in many of the guided bombs, missiles, and drones used by the Israeli military, including to trainer fighter jet planes. One of Honeywell’s products, a family of sensors called Inertial Measurement Units (IMU), are an integral component in many guided bombs, missiles, and drones. For instance, the company’s HG1700 IMU is part of Boeing’s JDAM kits, which turn unguided bombs into precise munitions and have been one of the main weapons systems used by Israel in Gaza. Similarly, Honeywell’s HG1930 IMU is part of Boeing’s GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs, which have become Israel’s “weapon of choice” in Gaza.
Horstman Canada is a combat vehicle company and division of the German Renk Group company that manufactures engines and transmission systems for Israel’s main battle tanks and armored personnel carriers.
Produces armoured vehicles and has supplied the government of Israel with more command and control units than any other supplier in history.
Inova Geophysical was established in March 2010 as a joint venture between BGP Inc. (China National Petroleum Company subsidiary) and ION Geophysical, combining land seismic equipment assets to oil and gas exploration technology. The company focuses on developing tools – such as G3i and Quantum recording systems, AHV-IV vibroseis vehicles, and VectorSeis sensors.
A 29 July 2025, report found that two shipments (in June and April 2025) of parts from Inova’s Calgary facility were identified as “Elbit parts” and shipped directly to Niron Systems – a key Israeli defence contractor – in Tel Aviv.
Niron Systems is a defence technology firm specializing in advanced avionics, weapon delivery systems, and aircraft self-protection solutions for military platforms. Their customers include the Israeli Ministry of Defence (MOD), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Israel Military Industries (IMI), Rafael, Elbit and others.
Produces circuit boards for the F35 Program.
Kraken supplies its KATFISH towed sonar system to Elbit Systems Ltd., Israel’s biggest weapons company.
The world’s ninth largest weapon manufacturer, L3Harris components are integrated into multiple weapon systems used by the Israeli military, including Israel’s air-to-ground bombs as well as its main warplanes, battle tanks, and warships. Specifically, L3Harris’ components are built into Boeing’s JDAM kits, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 warplane, Northrop Grumman’s Sa’ar 5 warships, ThyssenKrupp’s Sa’ar 6 warships, and Israel’s Merkava battle tanks.
Its Canadian subsidiary, L3 Harris WESCAM also appears to be importing equipment from Israel.
Formerly called Avcorp, Latecoere produces structural components for the F35 out of their site in Delta, BC. The Israeli military’s F-35s, known as F35I Adirs, are currently being used by the Israeli Air Force in its deadly bombing campaign of Gaza.
Supplied Israel with screening technologies used at several military checkpoints in occupied Palestinian territory. The company’s SafeView body scanner machines have been installed in the Qalandia, Bethlehem, and Sha’ar Efraim (Irtach) checkpoints in the occupied West Bank. In addition, SafeView and ProVision scanners have been installed in the Erez checkpoint in the Gaza Strip.
Leonardo makes the naval guns installed on the Israeli Navy’s Sa’ar warships, which have been used to strike Gaza over the past few months. They also produce targeting systems for the F-35 fighter jet and various components for the Apache attack helicopters that have been deployed in Gaza.
The world’s largest military company. It manufactures multiple weapon systems that are routinely used in war crimes against Palestinian civilians including the F16 and F35 fighter jets, warplanes used extensively in the Gaza bombardment of 2014 and 2021, and being used by the IDF in 2023-2024 as well. Lockheed Martin manufactures AGM-114 Hellfire missiles for Israel’s Apache helicopters. One of the main weapon types used in aerial attacks on Gaza, these missiles have been used extensively in 2023.
Magellan is a Canadian aerospace manufacturer and one of largest F-35 parts producers in Canada.
Magellan’s Winnipeg facility manufactures “flight critical assemblies” to Lockheed Martin for production of their F-35 fighter jets in contract with BAE systems. This factory manufactured approximately 50% of the tail assemblies for the F35A (the type procured by Israel) as of 2019, at which point it committed to further ramp up this work.
Magellan’s Kitchener facility was awarded a multi-year contract in 2022 from Lockheed Martin for complex machined titanium components for all three variants of the F-35 aircraft.
The F-35 is Lockheed Martin’s flagship fighter jet and the most advanced warplane used by the Israeli Air Force. The Israeli versions of these fighter jets, known as F35I Adirs, have been used extensively by Israel in its deadly bombing campaign on Gaza.
Magellan also produces magnesium and aluminum castings for Boeing’s F-15 program. The F-15 fighter jet is currently used by the Israeli military. In November 2024 Israel signed a $5.2 billion deal to acquire 25 new F-15 fighter jets.
Located in Saint Bruno de Montarville, next to Montreal, Marinvent is a privately held Canadian aerospace consultancy.
A 29 July 2025 report found a shipment of “AMP Parts” from Marinvent Corporation to Elbit Systems Advanced Technology Center in June 2024 that went from Montreal to Tel Aviv. In this particular shipment, the “APM Parts” refers to “Airfoil Performance Monitor” parts. The APM system is an aviation technology that directly monitors airfoil performance in real-time by measuring boundary layer turbulence providing critical stall margin awareness even with iced or degraded wings. For military operations, APM enhances mission capability by improving safety for manned and unmanned platforms, reducing fuel consumption through efficient flight profiles, minimizing brake wear via optimized approach speeds, and allowing data-driven maintenance decisions. APM is advertised as giving pilots and autonomous systems situational awareness to maintain peak aircraft performance in combat environments.
Produces landing gear components for the F-35 fighter jet. The Israeli military’s F-35s, known as F35I Adirs, are currently being used by the Israeli Air Force in its deadly bombing campaign of Gaza.
Nexeya Canada is a subsidiary of the German defence firm Hensoldt. A 29 July 2025, report found three shipments of its Modular Product Tester (MPT) and associated units that shipped from Nexeya Canada to Elbit Systems aerospace division and were shipped from Vancouver and Toronto to Tel Aviv in November 2024 and January 2025. The MPT and its associated units are used to validate the complex electrical wiring of Israeli aircrafts including the F-35 and the F-16 warplanes, drones, and missile systems. Its function is to guarantee that guidance, surveillance, and weapons systems are free of faults before deployment. This quality control is fundamental to ensuring that Israeli military hardware performs as designed during combat missions.
Noranco Woodbridge is a division of PCC Aerostructures operating near Toronto. PCC Aerostructures makes machined components and assemblies for the aerospace industry and is a Canadian supplier of F-35 components, including keel beams and machined parts.
A 29 July 2025, report found that Noranco sent two shipments (February and April 2025) from Toronto to Elbit Systems – Cyclone in Tel Aviv. These shipments contained structural components for landing gear, including nuts, bearings, hinges, and shafts. These are not simple hardware; they are precision-engineered parts that form the backbone of landing gear assemblies for Israeli military aircraft. Their durability and reliability are essential for enabling combat jets and transport planes to operate from airbases to conduct sorties over Gaza and the West Bank.
Northrop Grumman is the world’s sixth largest weapon manufacturer, and supplies the Israeli Air Force with the Longbow missile delivery system for its Apache attack helicopters and laser weapon delivery systems for its fighter jets. It has also supplied the Israeli Navy with Sa’ar 5 warships, which have participated in the assault on Gaza.
Northstar Aerospace is a supplier to Boeing’s AH-64 Apache program and to the F-16 program, both of which are used by the IAF.
Novatel, a Calgary-based manufacturer in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology, that serves the aviation, defence, and industrial sectors.
A 29 July 2025, report found that Novatel supplies its products to the Israeli defence sector through its official local reseller, Waldy Tech – an approved supplier to companies like Elbit Systems and Rafael. The report found two shipments from Novatel in Calgary to Waldy Tech in Tel Aviv in June 2024 and January 2025.
Palantir has provided its AI predictive policing system to Israeli security forces to be used in its surveillance of the Palestinian civilian population in the occupied Palestinian territory. The system is intended to identify individuals who are deemed likely to launch “lone wolf” terrorist attacks and is used to justify their pre-emptive arrest.
In January 2024, Palantir held a board meeting in Tel Aviv for the first time in “solidarity” with Israel, and announced a new “strategic partnership with the Israeli Defense Ministry to supply technology to help the country’s war effort.”
The Royal Bank of Canada is a major investor in Palantir, with ownership of 2,380,700 shares as of June 30 2023.
A Canadian company that produces components for the F-35. Canadian components produced for the F-35 program are manufactured in Canada and exported to Fort Worth, Texas, to be integrated into the aircraft on the final assembly line. The Israeli military’s F-35s, known as F35I Adirs, are currently being used by the Israeli Air Force in its deadly bombing campaign of Gaza.
Pixus Technologies is a Canadian firm, headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario. A 29 July 2025 report identified three shipments to Elbit Systems from Pixus Technologies including semi-rugged enclosures and radio components. Two shipments were sent in February and one in April, 2025 – all from Toronto to Tel Aviv to Elbit System’s Electronic Warfare (EW) and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) division.
The semi-rugged enclosures are specialized containers that are designed to house the sensitive electronics that form the core of Israel’s signal interception, surveillance, and electronic jamming systems. By protecting this hardware from the rigors of the battlefield, Pixus enables the deployment of critical EW platforms used for intelligence gathering and disrupting communications during military operations.
CPI Industries supplies “microwave, radio frequency (RF), power and control solutions”. A 29 July 2025 report found that their Georgetown, Ontario, location supplied powerful amplifiers to Rada Electronic Industries – an Elbit Systems subsidiary specializing in tactical radar systems. The shipment was sent in April, 2025 from Toronto to Tel Aviv.
CPI’s amplifiers are designed to boost microwave and radio frequency signals, a function that is critical for military radar, satellite communications, and electronic warfare. These components directly enhance the capabilities of Israeli radar systems used for target acquisition and power the electronic warfare pods designed to jam enemy defences.
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is the Canadian arm of Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies). It is headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec. Pratt & Whitney has profited from a decades-long relationship with Israel’s Ministry of Defense. Its public relations materials boast that the Israeli Air Force has flown planes powered by Pratt & Whitney engines since 1947 – the year before the state of Israel was established.
The Israeli Air Force currently operates Pratt & Whitney F100-powered F-15 & F-16 fighters, and Pratt & Whitney PT6-powered trainers. Pratt & Whitney currently has a 15-year contract with Israel’s Ministry of Defense to service the entire fleet of IAF F-15s and F-16s – the latter being the IAF’s most important fighter jet. The contract ends in 2031. Both the F-15s and F-16s are being used by the Israeli Air Force to carry out its deadly bombing campaign of Gaza.
Pratt & Whitney Canada manufactures the PT6A turboprop engines used in Israel Aerospace Industries’ Heron TP (Eitan) drones. These combat drones can be armed and used to carry out airstrikes, surveillance, intelligence gathering and target acquisition. The Israeli military has deployed them in past wars on Gaza as well as the current offensive.
P&W Canada avoids scrutiny for the export of its PT6A turboprop engines because they are classified as dual-use goods and as such their export is not subject to regulation under Canada’s arms control regime and does not require permits. On its website, the PT6A is described as a “general aviation engine.” Project Ploughshares has published a helpful discussion of this as well as a second loophole – through which P&WC can export PT6A engines modified for military use by designating the manufacturer of the aircraft they’re intended for as the end-user, instead of the the ultimate military recipient which is the true end-user.
In this case, because IAI manufactures the Heron (Eitan) drones, it seems more likely that the first loophole is used. Nonetheless, we know that since October 9 2023, Pratt & Whitney Canada has had at least one active permit to export military goods to Israel on account of being involved in the federal lawsuit against the Government of Canada.
A 29 July 2025 report confirmed a shipment of “Aircraft Engine PT6a-67f” in late October 2024, that went from Pratt & Whitney to Snunit Aviation – transported from Montreal to Tel Aviv. This engine is a turboprop aircraft engine (a turbine engine) produced by Pratt & Whitney Canada. The PT6a-67f is a variant of the model under the category “large”.
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The world’s second-largest military company, RTX (formerly Raytheon) manufactures missiles, bombs, components for fighter jets, and other weapon systems used by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians. Notably, RTX supplies the Israeli Air Force with guided air-to-surface missiles for its F-16 fighter jets, as well as cluster bombs and bunker busters, which have consistently been used against Gaza’s civilian population and infrastructure.
Rheinmetall Canada is a member of Rheinmetall Group, Germany’s largest weapons manufacturer. Rheinmetall Canada works on vehicle systems, air defence, weapons, command and communications, soldier systems, robotics, and airport ground support equipment. Globally, Rheinmetall provides a number of products to the Israeli military including rounds of 120mm precision tank ammunition.
A 29 July 2025 report found a shipment via air of “Vss Antenna Base Kit” from Rheinmetall Canada sent to Elbit Systems Land and C4I which was transported from Montreal to Tel Aviv in August 2024. This kit is most likely to be used for vehicular or ground-based communication and command-and-control (C4I) systems. Given Rheinmetall’s expertise in defence vehicle integration and Elbit Land & C4I’s focus on battlefield networking and tactical communications, this kit could support secure radio/SATCOM systems, battle management platforms (BMS), or unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) connectivity. Potential applications include real-time data sharing, GPS-aided navigation, or mesh networking for armored vehicles, command posts, or reconnaissance systems—enhancing situational awareness and interoperability in modern military operations.
The report also found a shipment via sea of “Jacks and equipments for Radar Systems (Regulated Military Cargo)” that went from Rheinmetall in Montreal to Elta Systems (a division of Israel Aerospace Industries) via Ashdod Port in Israel.
An armored vehicle manufacturer located in Brampton, Ontario, that applied for export permits to send about thirty armored patrol vehicles to the Israeli government shortly after October 7, 2023. Roshel’s website advertises their partnership with Israeli Aerospace Industries, an Israeli state-owned weapons giant.
Safran Group has an agreement with the Israeli government to provide it with telemetry equipment that will serve in the testing of its anti-missile system, specifically Arrow 3 system, as well as an agreement with Israeli weapons manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to integrate Safran Vectronix AG’s Moskito Ti with Rafael’s Fire Weaver to make battlefield targeting technology.
An Israeli company specializing in high-tech security systems for fences and walls. Its perimeter intrusion detection system are installed in the West Bank and Gaza walls.
A British company that supplies a number of components to the F35 fighter jet program.
Stelia’s North American headquarters, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, produces structural components for the F-35 ranging from panels used as part of the fuselage, to shims used to help open and close the weapons bay doors on the underside of the jet. The Israeli military’s F-35s, known as F35I Adirs, are currently being used by the Israeli Air Force in its deadly bombing campaign of Gaza.
A 29 July 2025, report found six shipments sent by Canada’s Stelia Aerospace to Elbit Systems-Cyclone in Israel between November 2023 and September 2024. Five were labeled as “military aircraft parts” (two departed from Montreal and two from Toronto) and one as “aircraft part” (that departed from Halifax). All shipments arrived in Tel Aviv. These shipments are presumed to be F-35 parts either shipped to fulfill Elbit’s contracts with Lockheed Martin to assemble individual F-35 components into larger assemblies for the fighter jets, or to carry out repairs on Israel’s fleet of F-35s.
Thales has been involved in Israel’s military supply chain for decades, providing various systems and components for Israel’s air force, navy and ground forces. Thales also provides materials for Israel’s fighter jets, such as the F-15 and the F-35. In addition, Thales supplies Israel with radars, missiles, electronic warfare systems, communication systems and naval equipment. Thales collaborates with Elbit, Israel’s largest weapons company,and they jointly own a subsidiary company UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS), which makes killer drones.
A German shipbuilding company that boasts about decades of cooperation with the Israeli Ministry of Defense and Israeli Navy. Recently signed a $3 billion deal to provide new submarines to the IDF.
Top Aces provides “advanced adversary training” to air forces. They recently purchased 29 former Israeli fighter jets (F-16s).
TTM Technologies has exported circuit boards from their Canadian location destined for consignees Elbit Systems & Artem Technologies Ltd, two Israeli companies, according to partially redacted records included in a 2020-2021 study by Canada’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE). According to the records and to a Plougshares analysis of those records, the circuit boards would be used “for Israel’s fleet of F-15 and V-22 aircraft, components for radios, transport vehicles, and other military goods.” The circuit boards were also destined to be used in the power distribution system of Elbit’s Lizard laser guidance kits which turn general purpose bombs into precision strike munitions.
Between July 2022 and December 2024, GAC authorized the export to Israel of up to $104,100,070.78 in BPCBs. By July 2024, circuit boards worth $11,248,582.96 had been exported. While it is not confirmed that TTM products account for all of Canada’s exports of BPCBs to Israel in this period, it is known that TTM possessed valid export permits after October 7, 2023 and it appears that they are responsible for a majority of the BPCBs exported to Israel.
Other companies in Canada that support the Israeli military:
With Google, builds Project Nimbus, a 1.22 billion USD contract to provide cloud technology to the Israeli military and government. Info.
Awz Ventures is a venture capital fund. For years, the company has poured investments—totalling at least $350 million—into high-tech companies that support the Israeli security industry. In 2021, Awz launched a start-up accelerator in Tel Aviv that partners with the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s research and development wing and other Israeli agencies, including intelligence agency Mossad, security agency Shin Bet, and the Israel Defense Force’s (IDF) elite cyber intelligence unit. Stephen Harper is a leading partner at the firm and president of its advisory committee.
More on Awz Ventures’ connections to the Israeli military in this Breach article.
Since 2020 Cisco has been building a Unified Communications System for the Israeli military, centralizing the video, voice and data transfer between units, and improving the military’s response time.
A large Canadian freight forwarding company that does not move goods but plays a role in the logistics of shipping defense related goods to Israel. David Kirsch Forwarders Ltd is named in an Israeli Ministry of Defence document containing “shipping instructions for Canadian origin freight.” Those making both shipments by air and ocean must contact this company ahead of the goods being available for shipment. This includes directions on sending explosives.
Robotics company whose robotic automation systems have been used by Israeli weapons companies and in the production of weaponry for export to Israel. Their systems are also used as part of the F-35 supply chain.
With Amazon, Google builds Project Nimbus, a 1.22 billion USD contract to provide cloud technology to the Israeli military and government. Info.
They provide computer hardware to the Israeli army and maintain data centers through their servers for the Israeli police. They provide the Itanium servers to operate the Aviv System, the computerized database of Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority. This forms the backbone of Israel’s racial segregation and apartheid.
Many Israeli military units including air, ground, naval forces, and elite intelligence squads dozens of units in the Israeli army use Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, Azure, and have made new purchases of Microsoft software since October 2023.
Not a weapons company, but notable for their $500 million investment in Elbit, Israel’s largest military and arms company.
Zim is Israel’s largest shipping line & supplies weapons to the Israeli military.
More information on the Canada-Israel arms trade
What does an arms embargo actually mean?
According to the Government of Canada itself, an arms embargo is a sanction that “aims to prevent weapons and military equipment from leaving or reaching a targeted country.” An arms embargo can be enacted immediately and unilaterally by Canadian officials, and this process is neither unprecedented nor unfamiliar. In recent years, Canadian officials have halted arms exports to certain countries following human rights abuses; in the 1980s, it imposed a two-way arms embargo on Israel as a response to state violence against Palestinians. There is no reason why an embargo could not be enacted against Israel, today.
Summer 2025 update – is Canada still arming Israel?
Israel is still bombing Palestine. Canada is still arming Israel. The demand is still Arms Embargo Now.
Throughout the election, Canadian politicians were confronted about their complicity in Israel’s escalating genocide in Gaza. Many lied to their constituents, claiming that Canada has stopped exporting weapons to Israel. But for all the Liberal government’s talk, the actions they’ve taken have been a mere drop in the bucket, leaving the vast majority of military exports untouched.
The truth is that the F35 bomber jets, Apache attack helicopters, and Elbit drones that Israel is using to murder Palestinians every day are made with Canadian technology and are full of Canadian parts (and those are just a few examples!). Weapons components from engines and mortars to missile circuit boards and sonar systems manufactured in dozens of Canadian factories cross-country are still being sent to Israel and used in their genocide.
Here is a breakdown of the three dimensions of the Canada-Israel arms trade, and what is needed to end it.
1: Canadian military exports to Israel via the US
Every year, Canada exports over a billion dollars of military goods to the U.S. – the vast majority without permits, regulation, or any tracking of their final destination. Those exports are integrated into hundreds of weapons systems including warships, drones, fighter jets, and missiles by American military giants like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. Many of these weapons are then sent on to Israel.
As just one example, every F-35 fighter jet – the most advanced warplane used by the IDF to drop 2000 pound bombs on Gaza – contains millions in Canadian parts produced at dozens of Canadian facilities.
In September 2024, after we discovered a contract for explosives to be produced at a Quebec General Dynamics factory and then sent to Israel via the US, our movement forced the Canadian government to block the contract. But despite their rhetoric, the Liberal government has refused to address the flow of hundreds of other Canadian weapons that also travel through the US en route to Israel.
The Canadian government must block all weapons exports to Israel through the U.S.
2: Direct military exports to Israel
Canada also has a long history of issuing permits to Canadian companies so they can sell military goods directly to Israel. The Liberal government even approved a record breaking number of export permits in the first three months of this genocide.
In response to growing movement pressure for an arms embargo, Global Affairs Canada paused issuing any new export permits in January 2024 and announced that they would suspend 30 of the existing permits in August 2024. But approximately a hundred permits remain active today.
Canadian companies continue to quietly fulfil these orders, even as Israel continues to flagrantly commit war crimes against Palestinian civilians.
The Canadian government must cancel all existing export permits.
3: Funding the Israeli war machine by buying weapons from Israel
Canada is Israel’s 6th largest buyer of arms– which means millions of our taxpayer dollars flow directly to Israeli weapons companies.
For instance, just last year, the Canadian government announced its plan to purchase $43 million worth of Spike LR2 missiles from Israeli state-owned weapons giant Rafael. These are the same missiles being used in Gaza – in fact Israeli arms manufacturers advertise their military equipment as ‘battle tested’ because of their use on Palestinians. Arms industry sales such as these are a key way that Israel is paying for its war on Gaza.
The Canadian government must cancel the contracts to buy Israeli weapons.
When a politician says that Canada has stopped arming Israel – they are lying.
We are going to keep up the pressure until they implement a full two way arms embargo to stop the flow of all weapons to and from Israel.
The Canadian government must immediately:
Block all weapons exports to Israel through the U.S.
Cancel all existing permits for direct exports from Canada to Israel
Cancel contracts and planned purchases of weapons from Israel
Why are we demanding Canada stop exporting weapons to Israel?
Weapons companies across Canada are arming — and making a fortune off of — the carnage in Gaza and the massacre of thousands of Palestinians by selling weapons and military technology to Israel.
The Israeli military continues to indiscriminately bomb civilian neighborhoods and infrastructure in Gaza, and has killed tens of thousands of people, almost half of them children. Schools, hospitals, communications systems, water sources, agriculture as well doctors and journalists have been annihilated in targeted attacks, and food and fuel blocked leading to an unimaginable catastrophe being live streamed to our phones. Nearly 2 million people have been displaced, forced to march from one end of the Gaza strip to the next as bombs are dropped in “safe zones”.
Although the Canadian government voted in favor of a ceasefire, and Canadian government officials have promised to stop arming Israel, Canada continues to support the Israeli military’s attacks on Gaza by continuing to transfer weapons to Israel.
We are calling on Canada to impose an arms embargo on Israel, effective immediately. This means Canada would immediately halt all transfers of weapons to Israel. This includes canceling existing contracts to sell weapons, parts or military services to Israel, revoking existing export licenses, not issuing new contracts or export licenses, and immediately stopping the transfer of previously approved licenses.
It is time for Canada to make its call for a ceasefire real by cutting off the flow of weapons to Israel and putting an arms embargo in place now.
How do Canadian weapons and parts get exported to Israel? How would an embargo work?
As of the closing of Parliament on June 20, 2025, Canadian companies continue to export weapons, components, and military technology to Israel, including via the United States. Canada also continues to purchase and import military goods from Israel. Canada’s ongoing arms trade with Israel, whether directly or by way of intermediaries, puts Canada at risk of complicity in Israel’s grave human rights violations in Gaza and the West Bank. A briefing note detailing the ways in which the Canada-Israel arms trade continues to take place is available here.
Canada must urgently take decisive action to end the trade of arms with Israel as it commits flagrant violations of international law, including genocide, apartheid, and illegal occupation, by ensuring an airtight ban on the transfer of arms between Israel and Canada, notably including arms routed through the United States.
An arms embargo can be put into place immediately and there are precedents for this. The Canadian government flipped the switch on export & brokering permits to Russia very quickly following its invasion of Ukraine, in spite of pre-existing contracts and related liabilities. Canada stopped issuing new permits and canceled existing ones. (See here for more information.)
And they did something similar with Turkiye in 2021, canceling existing export permits and putting a policy of presumptive denial against authorizing new ones, due to Turkiye’s illicit supply of Canadian-made military goods to Azerbaijan which was used in Azerbaijan’s attacks on Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Canada also imposed a two-way arms embargo on Israel in the late 1980s as a response to Israeli violence against Palestinians during the first intifada.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has the legal authority under Canada’s Export and Import Permits Act, and responsibility under the Arms Trade Treaty, to deny export permits for arms to Israel on human rights grounds. She can do this today.
Canada also buys weapons from Israel
At the same time as Canada exports weapons to Israel, Canada imported over $130 million in arms from Israel between 2018-2022, making Canada Israel’s 6th largest arms customer. This means that our government is purchasing weapons that have been “battle-tested” against Palestinian civilians, and our tax dollars are funding the Israeli war machine.
The Israeli government has made clear that arms sales are central to funding their current genocide in Gaza. Canada is Israel’s 6th largest arms customer and continues to purchase millions of dollars in Israeli weapons marketed as “battle-tested” on Palestinians for the Canadian military.
In December 2023, when Israel had already massacred nearly 20,000 Palestinians, Minister Blair announced a new deal with Israeli state-owned weapons giant Rafael to purchase $43 Million of their Spike LR2 missiles, missiles that the IDF is currently using in their attacks on Gaza. These are Canadian taxpayer contributions that directly support Israel’s atrocities in Gaza.
Canada is funding Israel’s arms industry at the same time as Canadian weapons are being used by the Israeli military. No more Canadian taxpayer money can be spent on Israeli-made weapons! This shameful complicity must end now.
For this reason, we are demanding a full arms embargo that would stop all military imports and exports between Israel and Canada.
Canada's arms trade with Israel contravenes the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and the ICJ ruling
Canada has a legal responsibility under the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), and its harmonized domestic legislation (Canada’s Export and Import Permits Act, EIPA), to ensure its arms exports are not used in the commission of serious violations of international law, or serious violence against women and children. The Arms Trade Treaty, of which Canada is a signatory, stresses the importance of respecting international humanitarian law, human rights, and regulating the global arms trade. Article 6.3 prohibits arms transfers by state parties if they know the arms could be used in genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva conventions, attacks directed against civilians, or other war crimes. There is ample evidence that arms are currently being used by Israel in precisely these ways.
On January 26, 2024 the International Court of Justice found that South Africa made a plausible case that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Indeed, a large majority of the ICJ judges concluded that Palestinians in Gaza face a “real and imminent risk” of genocide. The court also ordered Israel to comply with six provisional measures to protect Palestinians in Gaza from genocidal violence. This ruling has real and urgent implications for Canada, which as a party to the genocide convention, has an obligation to prevent genocide as soon as it is aware that there’s a risk it is being perpetrated. The ICJ’s ruling has made Canada’s obligations crystal clear. An obvious and immediate step that Canada must take to to fulfill its obligation under international law is to impose an arms embargo on Israel and stop permitting the sale or transfer of weapons and components to Israel. It should also halt all sales and transfers of weapons and components made in Canada to U.S. or other international companies for inclusion in weapons systems destined for Israel.
On February 23 2024 UN Experts released an emergency statement entitled “Arms exports to Israel must stop immediately” that highlighted Canada’s complicity and arms trade with Israel. It noted that “state officials involved in arms exports may be individually criminally liable for aiding and abetting any war crimes, crimes against humanity or acts of genocide” and that arms companies contributing to the production and transfer of arms to Israel and businesses investing in those companies also risk complicity in violations of international humanitarian law and international criminal law.
In March 2024, Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, published a report concluding that “there are reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating the commission of the following acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza has been met: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to groups’ members; and deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.” She reminded states of their “obligations to enforce the prohibition of genocide,” and recommended that they implement an arms embargo on Israel.
At the beginning of April 2024, the United Nations Human Rights Council called on all states to stop “the sale, transfer, and diversion of arms, munitions and other military equipment to Gaza”.
In June 2024 UN experts reiterated their demand to stop the transfer of all arms to Israel, highlighting that “the transfer of weapons and ammunition to Israel may constitute serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian laws and risk State complicity in international crimes, possibly including genocide.”
Why did my MP tell me Canada isn't arming Israel or that it's only sending "non-lethal" military goods?
The Canadian government is feeling an enormous amount of pressure right now to answer as to why Canada is continuing to send weapons to Israel. Instead of engaging with the demand for an arms embargo being made by tens of thousands of people across the country, and hundreds of civil society organizations and community groups, they have chosen to make deeply misleading and in some cases categorically false statements concerning the arms trade.
Under Canada’s export control regime, there exists no category for “non-lethal” arms exports. The relevant question is whether Canada has authorized the export of controlled military goods to Israel – and it has.
More info:
- Read the mandate letter and briefing note published by the Arms Embargo Now campaign in June 2025.
- Read an explainer put together by the Arms Embargo Now campaign: 5 Myths the Canadian Government Wants You to Believe About the Canada-Israel Arms Trade
- Read this article published by The Maple on government efforts to avoid transparency on Canadian arms exports.
Send an urgent message to demand Canada stop arming and funding Israel's genocidal violence by implementing an immediate arms embargo to your Member of Parliament, the Prime Minister, and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, and Defense.
This is a call to action. It's time to stop letting these weapons companies profit off of the massacre of Palestinians.
Find a location near you, scout and research it, get friends and allies together, and interrupt their business as usual to demand they stop selling arms and military technology to Israel. Check out some of the hundreds of actions that have taken place and the toolkit below to think through taking action at a weapons company.
It is time for Canada to make its call for a ceasefire real by putting an arms embargo in place now. Until the Canadian government stops the flow of weapons to and from Israel, then people across the country are forced to take whatever actions we can to stop a genocide.
Toolkit: How to take action against weapons companies in your community
Workers in Palestine have also put out a helpful resource on how to engage with workers at these factories and weapons company facilities.
An incomplete archive of some of the actions that took place across the country throughout 2023 and 2024 to end the flow of weapons between Canada and Israel:
Activists blocked the CN rail tracks used for transporting weapons to Israel via ZIM ships on the day a ZIM ship arrived in Kjipuktuk (Halifax) from Haifa.
Yesterday at dawn 200 workers & community members blockaded all 4 entrances to @prattandwhitney's Toronto plant. This company makes the engines that power the Israeli military's war planes & combat drones. For 4 hours not a single car or truck made it in. 📽️ by @worldchangemed pic.twitter.com/mH1xm1Trd3
— World BEYOND War Canada (@WBWCanada) December 13, 2023
This morning union activists & allies blocked entrances to GeoSpectrum in Dartmouth NS & disrupted their genocidal profiteering.
— Labour 4 Palestine (@PalestineLabour) November 9, 2023
GeoSpectrum is a subsidiary of Elbit, a leading supplier of weapons to Israel. They're complicit in genocide.#shutitdown4palestine #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/NOW7Fx98Sz
Protesters shut down two Boeing gates in Winnipeg to demand the company divest from manufacturing weapons used by Israel to commit genocide in Gaza. 🧵#mbpoli #cdnpoli #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/sM2EZxee8G
— Emily Leedham (@Emily_Leedham_) November 10, 2023
BREAKING: Protestors in Winnipeg are picketing Boeing, a company that supplies weapons that Israel uses to massacre Palestinians in Gaza. #ShutitDown #ShutitDown4Palestine #BlocktheBombs #StopArmingIsrael #CeasefireNOW pic.twitter.com/IQyRcX8gKW
— Queers for Palestine – Winnipeg (@q4palestine) November 9, 2023
BREAKING: As Israel bombards Gaza, we’re taking action with workers in Canada @LAATCanada & @PalestineLabour to block entrances to INKAS, a Toronto-based company that supplies military equipment to Israel.#CanadaStopArmingIsrael pic.twitter.com/QnWeSDumKo
— World BEYOND War Canada (@WBWCanada) October 30, 2023
We're featured on @democracynow’s daily show blocking a Toronto company arming Israel alongside the incredible #PalSolidaritySitIn actions at MP offices cross-country. 🔥 A groundswell demanding an end to Canadian complicity: #CanadaStopArmingIsrael #CeasefireNOW #FreePalestine! pic.twitter.com/pw0DEyoy6P
— World BEYOND War Canada (@WBWCanada) October 31, 2023
Demonstrators in Vancouver occupied Scotiabank downtown on November 9th. Scotia Bank holds the largest foreign share of Elbit Systems, Israel's largest arms manufacturer.
Family-led protest of over a hundred people at the offices of Lockheed Martin in Esquimalt/Victoria BC. (Nov 13) Wheat-pasted pictures of martyred children and bloody hand prints were left on the building.
Activists covered the entrance to a Toronto weapons facility with 'blood splatters'. L3Harris makes vital components for many of the weapons systems used by the Israeli military, including the air-to-ground bombs falling on Gaza right now. Click on photo for more.
The lobby of the building where CADSI the voice of the weapons industry in Canada works was occupied today with the message #StopArmingGenocide. Given the companies that arm Israel will be at the CADSI-organized CANSEC arms show May 29-30 the promise was also made to #StopCANSEC. pic.twitter.com/D1OPtc9lYe
— Peace Brigades International - Canada (@PBIcanada) February 14, 2024
Feb 2 2024 - A picket at Kraken Robotics in Newfoundland, a company that supplies Elbit Systems, Israel's largest weapons company.
January 13 2024 - Montrealers rallied at Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly's home, calling for an end to Canada's military and diplomatic support for Israeli genocide.
December 5 - A group of citizens gathered in front of the General Dynamics arms factory in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec to denounce Canada's arms shipments to Israel.
Yesterday we disrupted Israeli shipping company Zim’s operations at their offices in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, and with a rail blockade in London! Here’s a great tv segment from City News that aired every hour. #ShutZimDown #CanadaStopArmingIsrael pic.twitter.com/gRFn5lZefQ
— World BEYOND War Canada (@WBWCanada) December 12, 2023
Tonight we disrupted the Manitoba Aerospace All-Stars Gala, where the Magellan F-35 team was receiving an award of excellence. No awards for genocide! No arms for Israel! pic.twitter.com/NxcboVPClq
— Queers for Palestine – Winnipeg (@q4palestine) November 24, 2023
Now! Vancouver #ShutItDown Action to #StopArmingIsrael
— Harsha Walia (@HarshaWalia) November 9, 2023
WE Have Shut Down ZIM OFFICES
Here in solidarity with #BlockTheBoat actions blockading ZIM shipments across the world. Zim is Israel's largest shipping line & supplies weapons to IOF. ZIM is active in genocide. pic.twitter.com/bF35xghATv
Watch this excellent CBC news coverage of our blockade of INKAS, a Toronto company arming Israel. And thanks to this INKAS executive for letting us know our action worked so well: “this situation is causing our business to lose money, to lose profits”.
Great TV news feature on Monday's action! "People are going to keep showing up, keep interrupting business as usual where the Israeli government operates, the Canadian government operates, at sites where Canadian companies are profiting off arming Israel." #CanadaStopArmingIsrael pic.twitter.com/u15iVk0M42
— World BEYOND War Canada (@WBWCanada) October 31, 2023
At the war memorial in London, Ontario - Ceasefire now! End Canadian arms sale to Israel.
Activists paid a visit to Leidos in Ottawa to let them know that we see them profiting off of the massacre of Palestinians. LEIDOS: #STOPARMINGISRAEL.
Activists installed a banner at a compound office for Lockheed Martin, Dept of National Defence & Victoria Shipyards. Click on photo for more info.
Ready to take action? Let us know so we can support.
We can support with inviting allies to join you, publicizing your plans (if they’re public), getting media attention, providing more info on weapons producers, and disseminating photos. Email canadastoparmingisrael@riseup.net to get in touch. And please send us photos afterwards or tag us on socials (@worldbeyondwarcanada on IG, @wbwcanada on Twitter) so we can compile and amplify actions across the country.
In collaboration with Labour for Palestine, Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, Just Peace Advocates, Labour Against the Arms Trade, and the Canadian BDS Coalition.
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