Palestine Action US will shut down weapons companies in the US that are arming Israel’s genocide of Palestine.
Activists in Canada are launching a national campaign to demand that Scotiabank immediately divest from Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems.
On the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, the violent eviction of Palestinians from their homes and their land, we must reaffirm that freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.
Palestine Action is escalating its campaign against Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems by besieging its factory in Leicester, UK. The mission is clear: Palestine Action is not leaving until Elbit does.
Activists led a demonstration through the streets of Manchester, UK and into the stores of food retailer Pret A Manger to protest plans to open 40 new stores in Apartheid Israel.
The acquittal of five activists in Palestine Action’s first crown court case shows that the British public support direct action against Israel’s largest arms company.
Israel controls by detention and drone, a colonial inheritance passed down from Britain. Today, Palestine Action is committed to shutting it down by taking on Elbit Systems in the UK as Israel’s largest private weapons manufacturer.
Eight members of the direct action organization Palestine Action are facing trial on October 10th for charges that could lead to 38 years in prison. Co-Founders Huda Ammori and Richard Barnard write that this latest wave of repression is a sign their activism is working: “Every instance of state repression we’ve faced to date has been for one simple reason: Palestine Action has disrupted the smooth functioning of a business built on bloodshed.”
After relentless direct action and a number of arrests, Palestine Action has made business in Britain’s capital inoperable for Israel’s largest weapons company, Elbit Systems.
Two Palestine Action activists have been imprisoned since May 15 as part of a concerted and intensified attempt by the British State to protect Israel’s arms trade in the country.