Kelsey Gallagher
@kelgallagh.bsky.social
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Arms trade, arms control & disarmament. Focus on Canadian military exports. Senior Researcher with ploughshares.ca, Expert with @Forumarmstrade.bsky.social
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Canada under Contract to Supply the Israel Defense Forces with Artillery Propellant 1/

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Thanks to the CBC's visual investigations team for covering the story here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

And below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRvN...
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💼 Position: ATT Monitor Research Associate
📆 Deadline: Monday 6 October 2025 at 23:30 CEST
📖 Required Experience: research and policy analysis - particularly in arms control or related fields.
👉 Full details and how to apply: attmonitor.org/en/about/car...
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Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
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New from @yasmineahmed.bsky.social/@hrw.org:

"Under British and Int. law, arms licensing should be suspended if there's a “clear risk” that arms might be used... to facilitate serious violations of IHL. That threshold hasn’t just been crossed, it has been bulldozed."
www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
Is Britain Breaking International Law Over Israel to Avoid Offending Trump?
On Tuesday, the British government will be in the high court defending the indefensible: its continuing approval of arms exports to Israel.
www.hrw.org
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Measures to Block Israel Arms Sale a Choice: Uphold U.S. Law or Arm Atrocities

SAM Director Ari Tolany responds to Senate efforts to block Trump’s proposed arms sales to Israel, including 1,000-pound bombs, joint direct attack munitions & automatic rifles.

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Despite Trump's comments suggesting otherwise, the Desert Viper and light armoured vehicle are actually one and the same, with the Desert Viper being the specific LAV-700 model Qatar is rumoured to be considering for procurement from Canadian industry, pictured below

(photo credit: Stew Magnuson)
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Qatar’s long-rumoured purchase of Canadian-made light armoured vehicles (LAVs) may be moving forward as part of Trump’s earlier-announced $42B Qatar-US defense deal

(No Congressional notice explicitly mentioning the LAVs has been published yet)

breakingdefense.com/2025/05/trum...
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"The Committee noted that, by providing military aid... the US and Canada “could be enabling racial discrimination, racial segregation and apartheid by Israel” in breach of obligations under the Int. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination"

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Why the United Nations is Investigating the US and Canada for Enabling Atrocities in Gaza
The United States is Israel’s largest supplier of arms. Now, a United Nations committee is investigating whether its transfers of bombs, fighter jets and other weapons violate international law. On Ma...
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NEW: Canada Authorized $37.2 Million In New Military Export Permits To Israel This Year.

Global Affairs insists it hasn’t authorized new exports that could be used in Gaza, but won’t say if this policy applies to Israel’s other conflicts. www.readthemaple.com/canada-autho...
Canada Authorized $37.2 Million In New Military Exports To Israel
Global Affairs insists it hasn’t authorized exports that could be used in Gaza, but won’t say if this policy applies to Israel’s other conflicts.
www.readthemaple.com