by Özge Onay | 27 Apr 2026, Critical Legal Thinking

A single F-35 fighter jet burns through roughly 5,600 litres of fuel for every hour it is in the air. A US aircraft carrier strike group on deployment consumes more oil in a week than some small nations use in a year. The B-52 bombers the United States flew over the Middle East in recent months burn so much fuel on a single mission that the carbon from one sortie roughly equals what an average British household produces in twelve months. Nobody adds any of this to a climate ledger. It is not counted, not reported, and not required to be.

By Nasiha Soomar, 22 April 2026, Mail & Guardian

There are two kinds of ships leaving for the Middle East right now.

The first kind carries coal. It departs from Richards Bay, on the northeastern coast of South Africa. Massive bulk carriers, loaded in the holds, bound for Israeli ports. The companies arranging this trade do not advertise the destination. They do not need to. The ships move. The coal moves. The genocide is sustained.