[News] Palestine Action cause One Million Pounds of damage at Israel-supplying arms factory

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Palestine Action cause ONE MILLION POUNDS of damage at Israel-supplying
arms factory
The Canary
June 19, 2024
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Palestine <https://www.thecanary.co/topics/palestine/> Action has caused
£1m of damage to an Elbit-owned factory that supplies weapons parts to
Israel. Of course, the militarists would call it criminal damage. However,
activists would call the operation a success – as it means none of the kit
made at the site can be used by Israel
<https://www.thecanary.co/topics/israel/> to kill Palestinians in Gaza and
the Occupied Territories.
Palestine Action: Elbit smashed to bits

Palestine Action’s <https://www.palestineaction.org/> ‘decommissioning’ of
Elbit Systems’ electro-optics weapons sights factory in Kent has left the
‘Instro Precision’ site immobilised, unable to produce weapons parts for
export to Israel.

After tens of activists stormed the premises – bypassing security guards
and cutting through three layers of wire fence – seven activists made it
inside the factory itself, laying waste to the weapons of war being
produced inside:

During their 36 hour detention, before their release under strict bail
conditions, police interrogators put it to the seven arrested that over £1m
of damage was caused in their few hours inside the factory.

“Good”, said Palestine Action in a statement:

Fewer sniper sights manufactured at Instro Precision means fewer guns for
Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Cops then released the seven, pending further investigation:

Destroying cables on the outside of the factory, and wrecking machinery,
computer technology, and parts being produced for Instro’s product line,
the action sought to – and has successfully – put the site out of action.
Instro: complicit in Israel’s genocide

In a five year period, Instro Precision was granted over 50 weapons export
licenses for sale of arms for military end-use in Israel, mostly of the
‘ML5’ category – weapons sight and target acquisition products. Many of
these are the weapons sights ‘likely to be used in ground operations in
Gaza’ by Israeli ground troops.

In 2019, an Elbit press release stated that thousands of XACT th64 and XACT
th65 weapons sights had been delivered to the Israeli military, for use by
“marksmen of both Infantry and Special Operation Forces”.

Besides products for snipers and infantry, Instro also manufactures sights
and components for vehicular mounting, including the SpectroXR system
fitted to Israel’s ‘Skylark’ drones. Instro products the ‘COAPS’ (Commander
Open Architecture Panoramic Sight), which has been integrated with Main
Battle Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles with “hunter-killer
capabilities”, in use by the Israeli military.

*Featured image via Palestine Action*

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