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Gibraltar Calls to act on fuel shipment to Israel
The Guardian
|July 30, 2024
An overwhelming case exists for the UK to intervene to stop a US oil tanker carrying 300,000 barrels of jet fuel for use by Israel in Gaza from docking in Gibraltar, according to a letter from a cross-party group of MPs addressed to David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary.
Protests in Spain led by trade unionists and political activists have already resulted in the owners of the Overseas Santorini abandoning plans to dock in the Spanish port of Algeciras. According to Marine Traffic, the ship is now destined to reach Gibraltar at 2pm today.
The Gibraltarian government, however, says it has received no formal request to dock. The letter to Lammy and Fabian Picardo, the chief minister of Gibraltar, comes from MPs including Sarah Champion, the chair of the international development select committee in the last parliament, and the former shadow chancellor John McDonnell.
Campaigners say the Overseas Santorini is carrying JP-8, a military-grade fuel, delivered as part of a contract with the US government, that powers F-16 fighter jets.
According to a UN investigation, it was probably an F-16, which are built using UK parts, that bombed British doctors from Medical Aid for Palestine in Gaza in January.
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