Major companies in the world cut military ties with Israel following the genocide in Gaza
Major companies around the world have begun to cut ties with the illegal Israeli regime after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision last month that the killings carried out by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza are tantamount to genocide.
Japan's Itochu, which ranks 96th on the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's largest companies, announced that its airline is ending its contract with Elbit, the Israeli government's main military contractor. The Chief Financial Officer of Itochu, Tsuyoshi Hachimura, announced in a press conference that, in accordance with the order of the International Court of Justice on January 26, and that the Japanese government supports the role of this court, we have already suspended new activities related to our agreement with Elbit." In a similar move, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares announced on Tuesday that Madrid has suspended all arms sales to the illegal Israeli regime since the start of Israel's war against Gaza on October 7. The senior Spanish diplomat has mentioned how brutal soldiers of the brutal Israeli regime bombed UN facilities, schools and hospitals in the besieged Gaza Strip. Albares has also noted that the brutal Zionist forces have already massacred more than 27,000 Palestinians in brutal attacks, bombings and shelling in Gaza in the past four months. The government of the Wallonia region in the south of Belgium has also temporarily suspended two licenses to sell weapons to the Zionist regime of Israel. Wallonia officials said the decision was based on "the unacceptable deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip." The officials also say they have taken into account the recent ICJ order ordering Israel to avoid genocide in Gaza. The ICJ ordered the Israeli government on January 26 to end the genocide in its months-long war against Gaza. The case filed by the South African ICJ said there is clear evidence that the Zionist regime of Israel is carrying out genocide in Gaza. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, 27,585 Palestinians have been killed, and 66,978 have been injured by the brutal Zionist forces in Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.