Over 230 global organisations demand governments producing F-35 jets stop arming Israel

Over 230 global civil society organisations have called on governments involved in the production of F-35 fighter jets to halt all arms transfers to Israel, including F-35 fighter jets, components and spare parts.

The open letter, coordinated by the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and signed by 232 civil society organisations, was sent on Monday 17 February 2024 to government ministers in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, the US and the UK as the war in Gaza reached 500 days.

The organisations state that “partners to the F-35 programme have failed to prevent these jets from being used to commit serious violations of international law by Israel, most obviously across the occupied Palestinian territory”. They call on “all F-35 partners to do everything in their power to bring the F-35 programme in line with their legal obligations and immediately halt the direct and indirect transfer of F-35 parts and components to Israel.”