[News] Palestine Action protest Teledyne, Elbit weapon export to 'Israel'

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Palestine Action protest Teledyne, Elbit weapon export to 'Israel'
Al Mayadeen English
April 3, 2024
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The protesters climbed on the roof of Teledyne's factory site, raised a
Palestinian flag, and shouted "Free Palestine."
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   - Palestine Action activists protesting against Teledyne factory in West
   Yorkshire in the UK on April 2, 2024. ( X / *@Pal_action*)

UK-based Palestine Action activists
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/pro-palestine-protests-renewed-outside-elbit-hqs-in-bristol>"occupied"
a US-owned Teledyne factory in West Yorkshire in the UK on April 2 because
it exports weapons for the Israeli occupation forces.

In its statement, the group said, "Breaching security, the activists have
scaled the factory to take the roof, forcing the site closed and rendering
it unable to fulfill its shipment of weapons parts to be used in the Gaza
genocide."

It is noteworthy that the group announced today that four of its activists
were arrested following the protest at the Teledyne factory.
At least 86 licenses to 'Israel' between 2009-2014 alone

They added that at least 86 licenses for weapons exports to "Israel" were
given to this site from 2009 to 2014 which, according to the protesters,
makes Teledyne the largest exporter of weaponry from the UK to "Israel".

"A significant proportion of the company’s almost 200 export licenses for
weapons and weapons parts to the US, 2009-2020, will also form into
finished products ultimately exported to Israel," it stressed.

The statement added that Teledyne
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/uk-s-palestine-action-blocks-elbit-systems--bristol-hq>
produces parts, including filters and multi-function assemblies, for UAVs,
aircraft, and radar systems, including the AN/APG-81 (AESA) type fitted in
Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets.

"Teledyne, the parent company, also produces image sensors for military
applications and radar technologies around the borders of the occupied West
Bank and Gaza while also providing armed UAVs to Israel as far back as
1973," it emphasized.
Free Palestine

Video footage released by the group shows one of its activists climbing
onto the roof and hitting it with a hammer while chanting "For the forced
starvation, for the genocide,
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/intl--doctors-relay-the-horrific-scenes-from-al-aqsa-martyrs>
for the gang rape of women, for the bombing of churches, for the bombing of
mosques."

Another footage also shows one activist breaking the windows and hitting
the roof of the Teledyne Defence and Space's site.

On the same roof, the protestors held up a Palestinian flag and yelled
"Free Palestine".
Palestine Action continues to protest against Elbit

Today, Palestine Action announced on X that its activists blocked the road
in and out of Elbit’s UAV Engines factory in the UK.

"UAV Engines make engines to power Israeli military drones which are
marketed as “battle-tested” on the Palestinian people," it added.

The group emphasized that it shut Elbit down, adding that Shenstone is its
next protest target.

On March 28, Palestine Action also compelled Elbit Systems, "Israel’s"
largest arms company, to permanently close yet another weapons factory in
the UK, despite facing arrests, raids, and imprisonment.

The group announced on March 28 that its efforts have led to the permanent
closure of Elbit Systems' Elite KL factory in Tamworth
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/uk-s-palestine-action-forces-closure-of-israeli-elbit-system>,
Staffordshire. This marks the third Elbit Systems site in the UK to be
forced to shutter permanently by Palestine Action.

As per the pro-Palestine group's statement, the company had previously
produced cooling and power management systems for military vehicles but was
later sold due to declining profits and rising security expenses attributed
to the actions of Palestine Action.
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