<\/p>\n
United Airlines is<\/span> set to resume the shipment of military hardware to Israel aboard passenger flights, according to shipping data reviewed by The Intercept. The airline, one of the biggest in the world, had halted the practice more than six months ago amid the outbreak of the war on Iran.<\/p>\n On Wednesday evening, United is scheduled to transport five shipments of military cargo onboard United Airlines flight 90, a passenger route from Newark Liberty International Airport, in New Jersey, to Tel Aviv, Israel, a day after resuming the route and another direct flight to Israel, records show.\u00a0<\/p>\n The shipments, according to documents reviewed by The Intercept, include one transport to the \u201celectro-optics\u201d wing of the Israeli weapons giant Elbit Systems<\/a>, in Rehovot, Israel, where the arms maker has a major campus. Another shipment is bound for Elbit Systems Land, a division of the company formerly known as IMI Systems, located in Ramat Hasharon, Israel. And a further three shipments are scheduled to go to an Elbit Systems facility in Karmiel, Israel.<\/p>\n At least one of the shipments to Karmiel was specifically labeled as \u201cFMS,\u201d or foreign military sales, the records show, though all the military hardware bound for Israel on the Wednesday flight is destined for defense firms under Elbit\u2019s umbrella.<\/p>\n \u201cUnited, consistently and on a regular basis, ships military materiel that is used by the Israeli military.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n The shipments appear to be a return to status quo for United, which had used civilian passenger flights to transport thousands of shipments of military cargo to Israel amid its wars in the occupied Gaza Strip and Lebanon and in the run-up to its joint attack on Iran alongside the U.S., according to a new report<\/a> released this week by Movement Research Unit<\/a>, Palestinian Youth Movement<\/a>, People\u2019s Embargo for Palestine<\/a>, and the Democratic Socialists of America.\u00a0(A spokesperson for United declined to comment. Representatives of Lockheed Martin, Elbit Systems, and the Israeli Ministry of Defense did not respond to requests for comment.)<\/p>\n The report, based on open-source data, found that United transported nearly 3,000 loads of military materiel over a seven-month period in 2025 and early 2026. The cargo ranged from critical components for fighter jets and tanks to helmet displays, electronics, and nuts and bolts. The transfers stopped only amid the outbreak of war with Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThis report shows that United, consistently and on a regular basis, ships military materiel that is used by the Israeli military for its operations in Gaza, in Lebanon, and against Iran,\u201d said Griffin Mahon, a co-chair of the national labor committee of the Democratic Socialists of America, one of the groups behind the report. \u201cThese parts are shipped on civilian passenger flights, and they represent one way that American companies enable the Israeli government\u2019s war crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
\n