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Anti-Israel Protesters Block Zim Container Ship from Unloading in Oakland
(Jewish News of Northern California) Sue Fishkoff - The Volans, a container ship owned by Haifa-based Zim Integrated S hipping Services, docked in Oakland on Friday but turned back out to sea later in the day after workers with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 declined to cross a line of anti-Israel protesters to unload the ship. The San Francisco-based Arab Resource and Organizing Center organized 100-500 protesters as part of a weeklong "Block the Boat" campaign. Protesters have criticized Zim as an Israeli government entity, but the company was privatized some time ago.