Others responded to arrests by blockading the police van with those arrested inside.
Four locals arrested outside Elbit Leicester
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Others responded to arrests by blockading the police van with those arrested inside.
U-TacS is majority owned by Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, and partially owned by French arms company Thales.
The offices of Elbit’s landlords ‘LondonMetric’ have been shut down by Palestine Action.
The offices’ windows have been smashed, and the building covered in blood-red paint, as activists have prevented access to the premises at 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham.
British complicity in the genocide of Gaza will continue to be confronted by Palestine Action until all links have been broken.
Palestine Action acted on the day of the international call to action under the ‘Shut It Down for Palestine’ banner.
Ongoing: Today, Freedom is at the blockade Instro Precision in Kent – the factory making arms industry equipment.
Activists have breached and shut down the factory of Israel’s drone supplier, Elbit.
It is the first part of a series of actions expected by the new “Palestine Action Underground”, made up of autonomous groups across the country
In a new tactic, activists used concrete and other materials to create a blockage in the pipes to disrupt the operation of the factory.