[News] Launch Of 50-Target-Map Of Companies Complicit In Israel's Weapons Trade

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Launch Of 50-Target-Map Of Companies Complicit In Israel's Weapons Trade
By Palestine Action.- October 12, 2023
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As Hell Rains On Gaza.

Israel has now declared a ‘full siege’ on Gaza, dropping 1,000 tonnes of
bombs on the 25-mile long Strip and cutting off all supplies, food, energy
and water to its 2 million inhabitants. Over 700 Palestinians have been
killed, over 180,000 made homeless, and Gazans are preparing for worse to
come – until now, it was unthinkable that their 17 years of captivity and
starvation could be made any worse. At this moment, those of us living in
the globe’s imperial core face a choice: between silence and complicity in
the decades-long brutalisation of Palestine, or standing with the
liberation efforts of those subjected to Israel’s brutality, apartheid, war
crimes, and constant abuses of human, religious, and cultural rights.

As the fight to liberate Palestine enters a new phase, so does Palestine
Action. Developing on from the recent launch of Palestine Action
Underground [1 <https://www.palestineaction.org/three-years/>], a new list
of over 50 targets complicit in Elbit’s murderous arms trade has been made
available on elbitsites.uk [2 <https://elbitsites.uk/>]. Additionally, the
publication of Palestine Action: The Underground Manual
<https://b6x8a4d7.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Pal_Manual_2.pdf>
[3 <https://we.tl/t-a1b4k3dPAC>] contains the essential information for
creating an autonomous group able to independently strike at the
facilitators of Israel’s systemic and military violence.

For those of us in Britain, the US, EU, and elsewhere, we have the
privilege, and it could be said the obligation, of taking direct action
against Israel’s weapons factories. These factories are placed in companies
allied with the occupation regime, with both the host country and Israel
profitting from the production of weaponry either bound for, or developed
upon, Israel’s genocidal occupation. For this reason, Palestine Action’s
main target has hitherto been Elbit Systems and their affiliates. Elbit
Systems are a mainstay of the occupation and its aggression: manufacturers
of 85% of Israel’s drone fleet [4
<https://corporatewatch.org/elbit-systems-company-profile/>] – without
which these assaults on Gaza would be much limited, sole supplier of its
small-calibre ammunition, and responsible for producing a range of ‘battle
tested’ munitions, high-explosive rounds, and mortar bombs [5
<https://elbitsystems.com/media/Catalog-Artillery-Ammunition_14_Web.pdf>].

We acknowledge that no company can operate in isolation. Elbit relies on a
broad, complex supply chain and each facilitator of its crimes against the
Palestinians plays their own part in the bloodshed – from office suppliers
to logistics, landlords to recruiters. These companies willingly partner
with, and profit on the back of, Elbit Systems and its business of
bloodshed. By enabling this company to operate in Britain, their partners
are accountable for the cruelty and suffering conducted with Elbit
weaponry. Murderous drone strikes in Gaza [6
<https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/elbit-systems-alleged-complicity-in-the-assault-on-gaza/>],
imperialist border-security operations [7
<https://visualizingpalestine.org/visuals/watched>] in the US, EU, and
Britain, and weapons exports to regimes including Myanmar [8
<https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-09-05/ty-article/.premium/israel-sold-arms-to-myanmar-even-after-the-2021-military-coup/0000018a-6000-d339-a3af-f5b673e90000>]
and Azerbaijan [9 <https://dimse.info/azerbaijan/>]: these are the
activities enabled when companies align themselves with Elbit Systems.

Elbit have seen their British operations undermined continually for the
past three years, with Palestine Action having refused to allow them a
quiet moment. We have shut down two of their factories [10
<https://www.redpepper.org.uk/how-elbit-was-shut-down/>] and cost them
hundreds-of-millions in now-voided Ministry of Defence contracts [11
<https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2022/12/02/government-ejects-elbit-systems-from-a-160m-contract/>].
With the launch of Palestine Action Underground, independent groups across
the country will now be able to take the direct action movement into their
own hands, as we continue to mobilise against Elbit Systems and their
affiliates.

Listed companies include the likes of Keuhne + Nagel, providers of shipping
services for Elbit; Fisher German, property managers for Elbit’s UAV
Engines factory in Shenstone; ADS Group, an arms industry body of which
Elbit is a member, and similar such participants in their criminal
enterprise. Targets will remain on the list until they make a public
statement announcing they have permanently cut all ties with Elbit. Until
that point, direct action will continue against any and all friends of
apartheid.

*Endnotes:*

[1] https://www.palestineaction.org/three-years/
[2] https://elbitsites.uk/
[3] https://elbitsystems.com/media/Catalog-Artillery-Ammunition_14_Web.pdf
[4] https://we.tl/t-a1b4k3dPAC
[5] https://elbitsystems.com/media/Catalog-Artillery-Ammunition_14_Web.pdf
[6]
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/elbit-systems-alleged-complicity-in-the-assault-on-gaza/
[7] https://visualizingpalestine.org/visuals/watched
[8]
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-09-05/ty-article/.premium/israel-sold-arms-to-myanmar-even-after-the-2021-military-coup/0000018a-6000-d339-a3af-f5b673e90000
[9] https://dimse.info/azerbaijan/
[10] https://www.redpepper.org.uk/how-elbit-was-shut-down/
[11]
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2022/12/02/government-ejects-elbit-systems-from-a-160m-contract/
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