Irish company insures ship ferrying arms to ‘Israel’

A new report by Irish independent media outlet the Ditch has revealed that a ship carrying a massive “440 tonnes of munitions” to so-called ‘Israel’ was insured by an Irish company.

NorthStandard EU DAC, a subsidiary of British-based NorthStandard Ltd, provided cover to the Holger G, a Portuguese registered vessel. It is owned by German shipping company Reederei Gerdes. In November 2025, the Ditch uncovered shipping records showing that:

The ship’s cargo [included] 175 tonnes of 155mm artillery projectile bodies and 140 tonnes of mortar bomb components.

Along with:

…125 tonnes of military-grade steel, sent by R L Steels & Energy Ltd in Aurangabad…

These were destined for the:

…IMI Systems weapons plant in Ramat Hasharon and the Elbit Systems Land factory in Yokneam Illit.

Spanish authorities recently brought executives from the Basque company Sidenor to court for their role in shipping steel to the illegitimate ethnostate. That was also destined for use by IMI Systems. However, the Holger G was allowed to pass through Spanish waters as it travelled via the Strait of Gibraltar.

Network of states forming the machinery of genocide

The multitude of nations assisting this genocidal vessel goes further. The ship started from India, and docked at the Port of Alexandria in Egypt on Christmas Day, two days after its arrival at Haifa on December 23. It may also have stopped at Port Said.

Amnesty International warned about states helping the murderous vessel, saying:

States that facilitate the transfer of arms to Israel are acting in contravention of their obligations under Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions and Article 6 of the Arms Trade Treaty and must act to prevent all such transfers with urgency.

They are also failing to live up to their obligations to “take steps to prevent trade or investment relations that assist in the maintenance of the illegal situation created by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” as indicated by the International Court of Justice in its July 2024 Advisory Opinion.

The list of nations acting as part of the network of genocide shows the challenges in ending the crimes of so-called ‘Israel’. A German ship, flying a Portuguese flag, starting from India, sailing through Spanish waters, stopping in Egypt, and backed by an Irish insurance company headquartered in Britain.

The tiny land theft project of 10 million people — 20 percent of whom are Palestinian — cannot sustain itself alone. The machinery of mass murder is comprised of cogs all across the world, bullied into compliance by ‘Israel’s’ hegemonic partner — the US. This is a reminder of the necessity of activists across the globe fighting back against their own state’s participation in the Gaza holocaust.

Contacted for comment, NorthStandard said:

NorthStandard provides third party liability insurance on a mutual, not for profit basis to vessels engaged in lawful trades. The cover compensates third parties (not the shipowner) who suffer loss as a result of a maritime accident eg pollution, damage to property, death and injury.

NorthStandard does not provide insurance for trades that take place in breach of applicable (UN, UK, US and or EU) sanctions or is otherwise unlawful.

This looks suspiciously like the weasel words we’re accustomed to hearing from entities aiding Zionist atrocities. The reality is this: the company provided an essential service (insurance), without which the ship could not sail.

More pushback against GAA-Allianz genocide partnership

It’s not the only insurance-related genocide-enabling connected to Ireland. The disgraceful partnership between the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and Allianz continues, despite the latter being named in UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s Economy of Genocide report.

Allianz have been previously linked to ‘Israeli’ weapons firm Elbit Systems, and insure companies operating in illegal settlements.

In a recent development in Ireland:

A motion has been put forward to withdraw the Down county teams from the forthcoming football and hurling leagues in protest at Allianz’s continued sponsorship of the competitions.

It will be voted on this Thursday January 15. The GAA’s so-called Ethics and Integrity Commission (EIC) had ruled that the partnership should continue. The reasons given were mostly based on financial practicalities, rather than anything to do with ethics.

The club bringing the motion, Saval, “vehemently disagrees” with this decision. A somewhat disappointing 9 of 32 counties brought motions calling on an end to the relationship.

Last week on January 8 the Bloody Sunday Trust slammed the GAA for its feeble stance. Trust chair Tony Doherty said:

In choosing to maintain this link the GAA has reduced itself from something uniquely Irish and community based to just one more generic corporate entity that places profit above principle and investment before integrity even in the midst of a genocide.

Featured image via the Canary