A French anti-Zionist group has filed a suit against the American logistics giant FedEx, alleging that by transporting parts for Israeli aircraft involved in bombing Gaza, the company was complicit in genocide
Issued on: 22/04/2026 - RFI
A FedEx plan on the tarmac of Charles de Gaulle Airport. The American logistics giant is accused in French court of complicity in genocide for allegedly transporting Israeli warplane parts to Gaza. © Etienne Laurent/Pool via AP
The French Jewish Union for Peace (UJFP) said it had filed the complaint against FedEx's French subsidiary for "the transport and delivery of essential combat aircraft components from the United States to Israel via France".
Those parts were used "to maintain and repair F-35 combat aircraft used by the Israeli air force" over the Gaza Strip.
Rights groups and NGOs have accused Israel of carrying out a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a term the Israeli government vehemently rejects.
FedEx has denied the allegation, telling the AFP news agency: "We do not make any international deliveries of weapons or ammunition".
The UJFP said they based their case on a recent report by campaign group Urgence Palestine (Palestine Emergency), which catalogued 117 shipments that it said transited through Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport via FedEx's French subsidiary between April and October last year.
Of those, 22 went straight on to Israel, including three on FedEx planes registered in France, according to the complaint, whose authors claim that FedEx "must have known the contents".
Belgian prosecutors have opened a probe into one of the deliveries, which transited via Liege airport on 20 June 2025.
Israel said it would end all weapons imports from France after France recognised the State of Palestine in September.
(with AFP)
The French Jewish Union for Peace (UJFP) said it had filed the complaint against FedEx's French subsidiary for "the transport and delivery of essential combat aircraft components from the United States to Israel via France".
Those parts were used "to maintain and repair F-35 combat aircraft used by the Israeli air force" over the Gaza Strip.
Rights groups and NGOs have accused Israel of carrying out a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a term the Israeli government vehemently rejects.
FedEx has denied the allegation, telling the AFP news agency: "We do not make any international deliveries of weapons or ammunition".
The UJFP said they based their case on a recent report by campaign group Urgence Palestine (Palestine Emergency), which catalogued 117 shipments that it said transited through Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport via FedEx's French subsidiary between April and October last year.
Of those, 22 went straight on to Israel, including three on FedEx planes registered in France, according to the complaint, whose authors claim that FedEx "must have known the contents".
Belgian prosecutors have opened a probe into one of the deliveries, which transited via Liege airport on 20 June 2025.
Israel said it would end all weapons imports from France after France recognised the State of Palestine in September.
(with AFP)
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