Editor’s Note: The press release was issued by Palestine Action on August 6, 2021. Mondoweiss occasionally publishes press releases and statements from organizations in an effort to draw attention to overlooked issues.
At 10:00 on the morning of Friday 6th August, protestors scaled the entrance of Elbit System’s London HQ, and are currently occupying the site and preventing operations. Activists are disrupting Elbit’s ability to coordinate their business of bloodshed. The facade of the building has been covered in spray-painted calls to ‘evict Elbit’, ‘Shut Elbit Down’ and ‘Free Palestine’. The site premises have been sprayed completely red to signify the bloodshed from which Elbit profits, with their UK-made drones and military tech being used to commit war crimes and repression in Palestine and across the globe.
Despite Elbit massive increasing their spending on security since the launch of Palestine Action, including the hiring of permanent 24/7 security at 77 Kingsway, Palestine Action have shut Elbit down once again. Alongside those currently occupying the site, a group of protestors have turned up to demand Elbit are evicted from their Holborn offices – with a drum regiment also showing up in solidarity.
The London HQ has been targetted several times by Palestine Action since they launched 1 year ago. In that year, Palestine Action has disrupted Elbit for 105 days of 365, across their 10 UK sites plus those of their drone parts supplier APPH, as well as costing further massive costs through in increased spending on security – which has still done nothing to stop activists from shutting them down.
The action taken today, as with all actions by Palestine Action, has been taken in order to end the supply of UK made arms, drones, munitions and military technology to Israel. This tech, manufactured at Elbit’s 10 sites across the UK, is sold to Israel for the express purpose of repressing, brutalising, and killing Palestinian people. After being “battle-tested” (in Elbit’s words) on Palestinian civilians, it is then sold on the global market to some of the world’s most repressive regimes.
May their protests get loud enough for the world to hear. Good luck to all of them for standing up for human rights, and bringing attention to Israel’s violence. BDS.
What can you say about a military that uses civilians as target practice to ‘battle test’ new weaponry before it sells it on the ‘open market’?
One thing you CANNOT call it is the Most Moral Army in the World!
Two short videos:
VIDEO, 5 minutes:
Jewish-American activist Maya Edery on her journey away from Zionism – YouTube
“Jewish-American activist Maya Edery on her journey away from Zionism”(July 7/21)
“Our education was so entrenched in believing that you should support Israel and that being Jewish meant loving and supporting Israel that I didn’t know there was another way to be Jewish.”
“Jewish-American activist, Maya Edery, from Jewish Voice for Peace, speaks to MEE about changing her perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
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VIDEO, 5 minutes:
Peter Beinart: Why I no longer believe in a Jewish state – YouTube
“American political commentator, Peter Beinart, speaks to MEE about why he no longer believes in a Jewish state.” (June 23/21)
You follks are simply amazing and doggedly dedicated to a good and just cause! One of the best causes on this planet. You are trying to save innumerable lives, while the Zionists for blood $$$ are trying to erase them.
…” The action taken today, as with all actions by Palestine Action, has been taken in order to end the supply of UK made arms, drones, munitions and military technology to Israel. This tech, manufactured at Elbit’s 10 sites across the UK, is sold to Israel for the express purpose of repressing, brutalising, and killing Palestinian people. After being “battle-tested” (in Elbit’s words) on Palestinian civilians, it is then sold on the global market to some of the world’s most repressive regimes.”
Thank you from the bottom of my very grateful and pro- human rights heart! The US and the UK are a disgrace wrt to their weapons and ‘donations’ to the tiny, boastful, and illegitimate Israel.