Hundreds of protesters rallied in Oakland Thursday to call on local officials to end the shipment of military cargo to Israel through the city’s airport.

The group waved Palestinian flags and chanted “Oakland Airport, drop your cargo! We demand an arms embargo!”

A report from the Palestinian Youth Movement last month found that at least 280 shipments of military cargo had flowed through the Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport via Fedex this year. The shipments appear to include parts for the F-35 fighter jets and almost all shipments were destined for Israel’s Nevatim Air Base, where the country stations its F-35’s.

Dozens of other organizations have joined in demanding an end to the shipments since the report’s release, the coalition said.

“We were shocked to learn that our very own

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