Disrupting the Supply Chain for Genocide
A nondescript warehouse in a Jersey City industrial park has become “the default location” for shipping U.S. military gear to Israel. Activists are working to break the chain.
Rev. J. Mark Davidson
9/10/20262 min read
During the height of the genocide in Gaza, Zim and Maersk trucks delivered 1,000 tons of American military cargo weekly to Port Elizabeth, New Jersey to be shipped to Israel to commit genocide. On October 3, 2025, 100 peace activists nonviolently blocked the main road, delaying the trucks from delivering their deadly load. Four of the activists, the “Port Elizabeth 4,” members of the Catholic Worker movement inspired by co-founders Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, were arrested for their nonviolent action. They face trial this fall, possibly as early as next week. They are representing themselves, and are hoping they will be allowed to use “the necessity defense,” where citizens admit to breaking the law to prevent a greater, more serious harm from occurring. Speaking out against genocidal violence and the slaughter of the innocents is important. But taking action for peace and justice is critical. Whatever method you use to extend moral and spiritual support to those called to engage in courageous acts of conscience and social witness – whether it be by prayer, or by sending spiritual energy, strength, and support, or by holding persons and situations in the Light – please do so now. Their names are Mark Carver, Danny Creamer (aka Abigail Creamer), Ellen and Teresa Grady, members of the They got in the way. They disrupted the supply chain of genocide, however temporarily. They put their bodies on the line to stop the madness. They showed what is possible when people act on behalf of peace.
Hats off to the Palestine Youth Movement (PYM) and Progressive International (PI), whose powerful research and investigation uncovered a key distribution point for the genocide – a privately-owned warehouse in a remote industrial park in Jersey City, New Jersey. Three interconnected New Jersey-based companies – Interglobal Forwarding Services (IFS), G&B Packing Company (G&B) and G&G Services (G&G)– spearhead the transfer of military equipment to Israel. They serve as contractors with the Israeli Ministry of Defense, and private Israel companies such as Rafael, Inc., both of which purchase weapons from U.S. weapons manufacturers. IFS handles administrative matters, G&B Packing Company handles, packages, and loads the equipment onto trucks, and G&G Services makes shipments to local ports with its fleet of trucks. PYM and PI’s report documented that “91% of all Israel-bound sea exports of military gear that did not go through a U.S. military base passed through this New Jersey warehouse.” By examining the bills of lading, researchers determined that tanks and armored vehicles, rifles and ammunition, and parts for C-130s, F-15 and F-26 aircraft, depleted uranium, and a wide assortment of military gear pass through this facility. The researchers describe it as “the default location for any export of military goods to Israel.” The warehouse is not just a logistics company. It is “the lifeline of Israel’s war machine. Israel will use it to restock for its next assault on Gaza.” According to David Adler, Co-General Coordinator of Progressive International, “The chain of complicity runs straight from Gaza’s rubble to the heart of the U.S. logistics industry. By exposing Interglobal’s role, we can begin to sever that chain – and confront the system that turns civilian slaughter into a business opportunity.”