Para aktivis bersama Flotila Global Sumud telah menyasarkan kapal MSC, termasuk MSC Maya dan MSC Patrix kerana ia membawa senjata dan bahan yang digunakan oleh tentera Israel. Pada 20 April, lebih daripada dua puluh bot flotila itu telah mengalihkan MSC Maya yang membawa bahan yang digunakan untuk senjata Israel ketika ia menuju ke pelabuhan Ashdod dan Haifa.
Selain bekalan untuk tentera Israel, MSC juga disahkan telah melakukan ratusan penghantaran pergi dan balik dari penempatan haram Israel di Tebing Barat yang diduduki.
Selain semua bukti yang dikumpulkan oleh kumpulan aktivis, harus diingatkan bahawa MSC tidak pernah secara eksplisit mengeluarkan penafian menyeluruh tentang aktivitinya membawa senjata untuk Israel.
Oleh itu, terdapat asas untuk menuduh MSC melanggar undang-undang kemanusiaan antarabangsa berdasarkan perkara berikut:
MSC telah meneruskan penghantaran bahan ketenteraannya ke Israel walaupun menyedari sepenuhnya semua perkara di atas. Oleh itu ia layak dituduh melanggar undang-undang kemanusiaan antarabangsa dan terlibat dalam pembunuhan beramai-ramai.
Perlu juga dinyatakan bahawa MSC mengekalkan perjanjian perkongsian kapal yang rapat dengan ZIM, syarikat perkapalan kargo Israel yang juga memainkan peranan penting dalam logistik ketenteraan Israel.
MSC kini mempunyai operasi yang meluas di Malaysia dengan pejabat di Shah Alam, Pulau Pinang dan Johor Bahru.
Kita mengambil maklum kerajaan Malaysia menyokong Global Sumud Flotilla 2.0 dan mengharamkan ZIM daripada berlabuh di mana-mana pelabuhan Malaysia.
Oleh itu, kami dengan tegas menyeru kerajaan Malaysia untuk mengharamkan MSC daripada beroperasi di Malaysia berkuat kuasa serta-merta. Kegagalan berbuat demikian berisiko menjejaskan objektif pengharaman ZIM dan boleh mendedahkan kerajaan sendiri kepada tuduhan bersubahat kerana tidak mengambil tindakan terhadap syarikat yang tidak pernah menafikan bahawa ia menghantar kargo senjata berbahaya ke Israel.
BDS Malaysia
24 April 2026
MEDIA STATEMENT
The Government Must Ban Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) From Operating in Malaysia
Activists with the Global Sumud Flotilla have targeted MSC vessels, including the MSC Maya and MSC Patrix because they carry weapons and material used by the Israeli military. On 20 April, more than twenty boats of the flotilla diverted MSC Maya which was carrying materials used for Israeli weapons when it was bound for the ports of Ashdod and Haifa.
Apart from supplies for the Israeli military, MSC is also confirmed to have undertaken hundreds of shipments to and from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
In addition to all the evidence gathered by activist groups, it should be noted that MSC has never explicitly issued a blanket denial of carrying weapons for Israel.
MSC, therefore, is open to well-founded accusations that it is violating international humanitarian laws:
• The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled on 26 January 2024 that plausible genocide is being perpetrated by Israel in Gaza. All states and parties are under the obligation to prevent or cease from aiding the genocide.
• The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory concludes in its report dated 16 September 2025 that Israel is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza.
• The International Criminal Court on 21 November 2024 has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and the then defence minister for war crimes committed in Gaza.
MSC has continued its shipments of military material to Israel despite being fully aware of all of the above. It stands accused of violating international humanitarian laws and complicity with genocide.
It should also be noted that MSC maintains a close vessel-sharing agreement with ZIM, Israel’s cargo shipping line which also plays an important role in Israeli military logistics.
MSC currently has extensive operations in Malaysia with offices in Shah Alam, Penang and Johor Bahru.
The Malaysian government very commendably supports and endorses the Global Sumud Flotilla 2.0 and bans ZIM from docking at any Malaysian port.
We therefore unequivocally call on the Malaysian government to ban MSC from operating in Malaysia with immediate effect. Failure to do so risks undermining the objectives of banning ZIM in the first place and may expose the government itself to charges of complicity for not taking action against a company which has never denied that it is shipping lethal cargo to Israel.
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