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Palestine Action Just Shut Down Elbit For The Sixteenth Time

February 25, 2025 The Canary. , , , , , ,
On Tuesday 25 February, activists from Palestine Action once again parked up outside the Elbit Systems HQ at Aztec West 600, Bristol. We say ‘parked up’. They, of course, blockaded the factory to stop its complicity with Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Arriving with a truck full of manure, Palestine Action blocked the only entrance into the British Headquarters of Israel’s biggest weapons firm. The activists then secured the vehicle, before locking-on inside, effectively shutting down Elbit HQ. According to Israeli media, Elbit provides up to 80% of the Israeli military’s land based military equipment and 85% of its killer drones. It supplies huge numbers of munitions and missiles – including the so-called ‘Iron Sting’, developed and deployed for the first time in the Gaza genocide, in which the deadly technology produced by Elbit has played a central role.

Palestine Action Hits Eagle Strategic Consulting A Third Time

February 12, 2025 The Canary. , , , , , ,
In the early hours of 10 February 2025, Palestine Action struck again at ‘Eagle Strategic Consulting Ltd.’, the weapons consultancy firm owned by Richard Applegate. Activists from Palestine Action smashed the door of Eagle Strategic Consulting’s London registered office and sprayed red paint into the building: Applegate, Elbit’s former Chairman, is the current Head of Strategy and New Business for Elbit Systems UK and serves as Director for Elbit’s drone-producing subsidiaries in Britain. This is the third direct action taken against this company, and Palestine Action will continue to escalate its campaign until the arms dealers behind the Israeli occupation are held to account.

Palestine Action Applying Heat To Another Genocide-Complicit Company

February 3, 2025 The Canary. , , , , , , ,
On Monday 3 February, Palestine Action targeted yet another new firm complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza – this time, a well-known household name. Biffa Limited. Overnight, activists from Palestine Action Scotland targeted the Glasgow and Edinburgh premises of Biffa Limited. They smashed windows, spray-painted ‘Drop Leonardo’, and covered the sites in red paint to symbolise the company’s complicity with spilling Palestinian blood. Biffa Limited dispose of hazardous waste for Leonardo and Thales, two weapons companies based in Scotland which arm Israel.

Palestine Action Are Occupying The Offices Of Aviva

January 22, 2025 The Canary. , , , , , , ,
From 7.30am on Wednesday 22 January, Palestine Action begun occupying ‘The Aviva Centre’ in Bristol over its ongoing complicity with Israel’s genocide in Gaza. One activist is on top of the overhang of the ‘UK’s largest insurer’: Another spray painted the front glass of the building. Messages painted on the building include ‘Pal Action’ and ‘Elbit Out.' Aviva provides the mandatory employers liability insurance for UAV Engines in Staffordshire, a drone engine factory owned by Israel’s biggest weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems. Recent disclosures show the company no longer holds direct shares in Elbit Systems. However, as well as insuring an Israeli weapons factory, Allianz also continue to hold investments in funds which hold Elbit shares.

Elbit Out Of South Carolina Exposes Government Complicity In Genocide

January 4, 2025 Elbit Out Of South Carolina, Popular Resistance. , , , , ,
Ladson, SC - January 2, 2025 –  On Thursday, North Charleston Police arrested a local artist participating in a picket of Elbit Systems at their facility in Ladson. The protester is part of the group Elbit Out of SC, a coalition of local organizations and concerned citizens upset with the company’s role in the ongoing genocide in Palestine. For months the coalition has picketed the facility, canvassed nearby neighborhoods, and spoken out at Charleston County Council meetings to raise awareness about the weapons Elbit Systems is producing in our community.

On Christmas Day, Palestine Action Break The Walls Of Elbit’s UAV Engines

December 27, 2024 Palestine Action. , , , , , ,
From 12.30PM on Christmas day, Palestine Action begun breaking through the walls of Elbit’s UAV Engines’ (UEL) Shenstone drone factory. Palestine Action have repeatedly targeted the Lynn Lane production site, and today, from within two buckets attached to two cherry pickers, a dedicated team of activists are using demolition tools to target the factory walls. The drivers have secured themselves inside the two vehicles, using lock-ons to remain in position, allowing more time to put the Israeli weapons maker out of commission.

Palestine Action Shut UAV Engines For Second Time This Week

November 28, 2024 The Canary. , , , , , ,
Palestine Action were back in Staffordshire on Wednesday 27 November – blockading Elbit-supplying UAV Engines factory for the second time in a matter of days; disrupting Israel’s weapons supply chain in the process. Following on from Palestine Action’s blockade of UAV Engines on Monday 25 November, when activists locked on inside vehicles, blocking both gates to the site, others returned today, to once again disrupt the weapons factory. UAV manufactures engines for the killer drones of Elbit Systems, Israel’s biggest weapons manufacturer.

Palestine Action Blocks Arms Factories With Vehicles

November 25, 2024 The Canary. , , , , ,
Palestine Action started the week with a bang – despite the state having locked up so many of their activists. Undeterred, people once again shut down a weapons factory in Staffordshire crucial to the supply of arms to genocidal Israel and war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu. On Monday 25 November, activists from Palestine Action returned to the site of UAV Engines, locking on inside vehicles in front of the gates of the factory to prevent production of Israeli drone engines. Operated by Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons company, the site has once again been targeted by Palestine Action activists.

Palestine Action Scores Another Victory; Another Company Drops Elbit

November 16, 2024 The Canary. , , , , ,
Palestine Action has scored another victory against the Israel war machine in the UK – after another company cut ties with genocide enabler Elbit System. However, the victory only came about after some corporate media smeared the group’s campaign against Hydrafeed as being “misinformed”.In an email to Palestine Action on 14 November, Hydrafeed announced they’ve cut ties with Israel’s biggest weapons firm, Elbit Systems, and their subsidiaries. This victory comes after a sustained direct action campaign by Palestine Action which involved activists abseiling inside Hydrafeed to dismantle their equipment, smashing through the front doors and spraying their premises in blood red paint. To date, no-one has been arrested for these actions.

Palestine Action Targets Shareholders And Insurers Of Elbit

November 5, 2024 The Canary. , , , ,
Palestine Action has upped the ante over UK-based companies propping up Israel’s ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza. This time, the group targeted two different companies – Allianz and BNY Mellon – from two different industries. But the common denominator was their support for the Zionist entity. First, following on from Palestine Action’s concerted actions on Allianz UK offices in October, activists made a return visit to the company’s Glasgow offices, at 58 Waterloo Street, over the weekend. Activists broke glass and sprayed the building red.

Lobby Firm APCO Drops Elbit Systems After Palestine Action Campaign

November 2, 2024 Palestine Action. , , , ,
After a campaign of disruptive direct action against their London premises by Palestine Action, lobby firm ‘APCO Worldwide’, have ceased their business relationship with Israel’s largest arms firm, Elbit Systems. On September 3rd, 2024, the first action against APCO’s premises saw three activists locked-on in front of their 40 Strand, London offices, having first drenched the site in red paint, with a banner reading “Stop lobbying for Genocide. APCO Drop Elbit” [1]. Videos of the action reached millions of people across the world on social media.

Palestine Action Activists Receive Non-Custodial Sentences

October 25, 2024 Palestine Action. , , , ,
This afternoon, Wednesday 23rd October, the 4 Palestine Action activists on trial for blockading the gates of Elbit’s Leicestershire drone factory, were convicted on one charge, and received non-custodial sentences. The 4 activists were found guilty by District Judge MC Wilkinson, having earlier been cleared of the charge of Obstructing Lawful Business. They were each sentenced to 18 months conditional discharge, and ordered to pay £300 court costs. Locking-on was only made a criminal offence under the Public Order Act 2023. The judge told them: I’m satisfied you took these steps out of desperation, for people trapped in suffering not of their own making.

Palestine Action Hit Ten Branches Of Israel Genocide-Enabler Allianz

October 8, 2024 The Canary. , , , , , ,
Allianz has previously been described as Elbit’s “principle institutional shareholder”, at-one-point owning over 2% of the company. The finance company continues to hold thousands of shares in Elbit Systems Ltd, while its subsidiary ‘Allianz Insurance Products Trust’ provides insurance services for Elbit Systems UK, including employment insurance. One year on from the start of the genocide in Gaza, these nationwide action serves as a reminder that, throughout the past twelve months, Western capital has continued to profit from the mass murder of Palestinians. Allianz’ profit books, its returns on its investments, have been bolstered by the hundreds of military technologies which Elbit provides in service of genocide.

Cops Are Bemused As Palestine Action Block Elbit Factory For Whole Day

September 9, 2024 The Canary. , , , , , ,
Not to do things by halves, Palestine Action started the week as it means to go on: by blockading an Elbit factory – Instro, in Kent – for the majority of the day; once again, disrupting Israel’s genocide supply chain in the process Palestine Action Shut Down Elbit In Kent Palestine Action have blocked all entrance roads to the ‘Instro Precision’ factory in Discovery Park, once again shutting down the Kent factory of Israel’s largest arms company, Elbit Systems. Activists have used vehicles to obstruct the entrances: They have climbed on top of security boxes and the ledge of Discovery Park House: The premises has been covered in red paint, symbolising Palestinian bloodshed spilt by Elbit’s weaponry

Elbit Seems To Have Stopped Work In Cambridge

August 18, 2024 Sue Reinert and Marc Levy, Cambridge Day. , , , ,
The Cambridge office of KMC Systems, a subsidiary of Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems, is virtually empty because “99.9 percent” of employees work from home, police say, and there are other signs that the company is leaving the city. The building at 130 Bishop Allen Drive near Central Square that houses KMC has been targeted by pro-Palestinian demonstrations for months. Despite workers going remote, protesters show up every Wednesday, Cambridge Police superintendent of operations Pauline Wells said Tuesday. They are scheduling further weekly actions at the site. “We will continue organizing until Elbit Systems leaves Cambridge.
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