Polish company accused of supplying explosives for Israel's war on Gaza

"A Polish state-owned company has been accused of playing a crucial role in aiding Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, providing a key explosive used in bombs and artillery that have been widely deployed in the Strip. A report released on Tuesday by a group of pro-Palestinian organisations found the explosives maker Nitro-Chem to have supplied United States arms companies with trinitrotoluene (TNT) for use in military shells, bombs, and grenades that are exported to Israel, a top US ally."

"Poland, the only major TNT producer in the EU and NATO, was identified by the People's Embargo for Palestine, Palestinian Youth Movement, Shadow World Investigations and Movement Research Unit as the source of the explosive used in the general-purpose Mk 80 series among the most common air-dropped weapons in the world as well as the penetrator BLU-109 bomb. This report decisively implicates Nitro-Chem and the Polish government as a critical link in facilitating the supply chain of genocide,"

"Ninety percent of TNT imported by the US where there is no domestic production comes from Poland, the report found. Nitro-Chem has also been selling explosives, including TNT, directly to Israel, according to the report. While UN experts have found Israel to be committing genocidal acts in Gaza and called on all states to fulfil their legal obligations under the Genocide Convention, the report is evidence of Poland's role in the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, said Tannous."

Nitro-Chem, a Polish state-owned explosives maker, supplied trinitrotoluene (TNT) used in military shells, bombs, and grenades exported to Israel and to US arms companies. Poland is the only major TNT producer in the EU and NATO and supplies ninety percent of TNT imported by the United States, which has no domestic production. The general-purpose Mk 80 series and the BLU-109 penetrator use the explosive sourced from Poland. Air-dropped bombs typically contain an explosive mix of TNT and aluminium powder. Nitro-Chem has also sold explosives directly to Israel. UN experts have found Israel to be committing genocidal acts in Gaza and urged states to fulfil obligations under the Genocide Convention.

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