Protest at Bisalloy factory | July 19, 2024 | Illawarra Mercury - video Dailymotion

Greens NSW Senator David Shoebridge calling for transparency and an end to Bisalloy's links to supplying steel to Israel. Video by Nadine Morton

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00:00The Australian Government and FISA could do something very simple if they wanted to discourage us from attending here.

00:06They could have absolute radical transparency and tell us where their material goes, who they send it to.

00:13Because up to now, before this war started, they kept celebrating all their connections with Israeli arms manufacturers.

00:20They kept celebrating how they were sending steel from here to Israeli arms manufacturers

00:25to put on the side of armoured vehicles to send into the West Bank and to send into Gaza.

00:30They kept telling us how great it was. Well, we disagree.

00:33And we say that's wrong. And we say you should not be part of arming an occupation

00:38and you should not be part of arming a genocide. And we're saying that here today as well.

00:42This company is also involved with another Israeli arms manufacturer in making the steel for Australian weapons as well.

00:51Tying the Australian economy, the Australian Government, again into Israeli arms manufacturers.

00:57There's a project to spend $45 billion of our public money, which is an incredible amount of money,

01:05on a bunch of things called Hunter Frigates, another weapons platform to be fed into yet another conflict.

01:14And who is this alloy partnering with to put steel into that $45 billion contract?

01:20Yet another Israeli arms manufacturer called Blasat.

01:26I want to say that today we are sending a clear message to Bislay.

01:32As long as you profit on the deaths of Palestinians, we will continue to disrupt your operations.

01:44And lastly, from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!