[News] Underground Activists Target Office Suppliers For Israeli Weapons Factory

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Underground Activists Target Office Suppliers For Israeli Weapons Factory
By Palestine Action.- August 28, 2023
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Activists from Palestine Action Underground targeted Digital Office Group
in Leicester, suppliers of office equipment for the city’s Israeli weapons
factory, UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS). The anonymous contingent broke
windows and air conditioning units, whilst spraying red paint to symbolise
the blood shed of the Palestinian people by Israeli weapons. This action
took place during the fourth month of the ongoing siege outside U-TacS.

Over the past few months, Digital Office Group was spotted several times
supplying equipment to U-TacS. As part of the campaign to shut down the
Leicester weapons factory, activists are targeting all companies who
facilitate U-TacS production of Israeli weaponry. Last week, another
anonymous group targeted Thales’ headquarters in Doncaster, leaving the
site shattered and covered in red paint [1
<https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/doncaster-dismantlers-claim-responsibility-for-pro-palestine-attack-as-second-office-smashed-4265684>]
. Previously, Kuehne+Nagel, Edwards accountants and Precision Facilities
Management were also targeted over their ongoing deals with U-TacS [2
<https://www.palestineaction.org/arms-traffickers/>][3
<https://www.palestineaction.org/palestine-action-target-firms-linked-to-leicesters-israeli-weapons-factory/>
].

U-TacS is a drone factory owned and operated by Israel’s largest weapons
company, Elbit Systems, in partnership with French arms firm Thales. Its
flagship product is the *Watchkeeper* drone, modelled on the Hermes 450
after the latter was “battle-tested” on Palestinians [4
<https://waronwant.org/sites/default/files/Killer%20Drones%2C%20War%20on%20Want.pdf>].
The company boast that the *Watchkeeper* allegedly operated for over
100,000 hours over Afghanistan and Iraq [5
<https://u-tacs.co.uk/product/watchkeeper-x>]. Despite insisting that they
only sell to the British military, U-TacS, in fact, export around £5
million worth of military equipment to Israel yearly, consisting primarily
of drones and/or drone components, along with targeting and surveillance
technologies, and other military equipment [6
<https://caat.org.uk/data/exports-uk/licence-list?index=date&region=Israel&company=Elbit+Systems>
].

Palestine Action Underground have vowed to continue their actions until
targeted companies make a public statement that they’re no longer
associated with Elbit Systems.
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