[News] Genocide-complicit Allianz hit twice in 24 hours by Palestine Action

Mon Mar 10 21:39:06 EDT 2025

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Genocide-complicit Allianz hit twice in 24 hours by Palestine Action
The Canary
March 10, 2025
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Huge insurance multinational Allianz has been targeted twice in 24
hours by Palestine
Action <https://www.thecanary.co/topics/palestine-action/>, over its role
in facilitating Israel’s <https://www.thecanary.co/topics/israel/> genocide
in Gaza.

First, on Sunday 9 March England played against Italy at Allianz’s
Twickenham Stadium, in the Six Nations Rugby Tournament. On the 67th minute
of the match, a Palestine Action drone appeared above the stadium flying
the Palestine flag:

Unlike the Elbit drones, used to kill and maim Palestinians, our drone came
in peace, but with a message for stadium owners Allianz, Elbit’s insurers –
demanding Allianz stop insuring Elbit.

A Palestine Action spokesperson said:

Without the insurance provided by Allianz, Elbit could not build Israeli
weapons in Britain which are tested on Palestinians. The military killer
drones made by Elbit come to kill and maim Palestinians, however our drone
came with a simple message: Allianz must drop Elbit.

Then, on Monday 10 March Palestine Action targeted the City of London
premises of Allianz as part of an ongoing and escalating campaign against
the insurance giants:
[image: Image04-7-2048x1365.jpg]

[image: Allianz]
<https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Image04-7-scaled.jpg>

Palestine Action activists scaled the canopy above the entrance and are
currently (as of 10:30am) occupying Allianz Commercial, 60 Gracechurch St,
City of London:
[image: Image02-9-2048x1374.jpg]

They doused the building in red paint to represent the bloodshed of
Palestinian people and Allianz’ role in the genocide in Gaza:
[image: Image12-7-scaled.jpg]
[image: Image10-8-scaled.jpg]

This action comes just weeks after a coordinated wave of action
<https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2024/10/08/palestine-action-allianz/>
struck 15 premises
<http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250129-palestine-activists-protest-against-allianz-over-alleged-ties-to-israeli-defence-firm/>
across
Europe as Palestine Action continue to target the supply chains of Elbit
Systems.

Office windows were smashed and buildings were covered
<https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024/11/10/allianz-belfast-palestine-action/>
in red paint across Britain, Portugal, Germany, and The Netherlands, with
an additional 10 actions taking place in October 2024
<http://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/10/08/activists-target-ten-allianz-offices-over-elbit-links/>,
including
a rooftop occupation of their British head office in Guildford.

Elbit Systems <https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/3794>, Israel’s
biggest weapons producer, provide 85% of Israel’s killer drone fleet and
land-based equipment, as well as missiles, munitions
<https://investigate.afsc.org/company/elbit-systems> and digital warfare.
Elbit’s quadcopter drones
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-israeli-quadcopters-hi-tech-weapon-menacing-palestinian-civilians>
are routinely used to massacre Palestinians in Gaza. Dr Nazim Mamode
recalled <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgsK7noLGOM> in Parliament how
such drones are used to commit war crimes in Gaza:

*What I found particularly disturbing was that a bomb would drop, maybe on
a crowded tented area, and then the drones would come down and pick off
civilians, children.*

He went on to explain how he routinely operated on children who would say:

*I was lying on the ground after a bomb had dropped and this quadcopter
came down and hovered over me and shot me*

Palestine Action: shutting down Elbit and its supply chain

Elbit’s business model relies on using Palestinians as test-subjects for
their latest weaponry, which is often marketed as “battle-tested”
<https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/11/17/israels-weapons-industry-is-the-gaza-war-its-latest-test-lab>
as
a result. By providing the legally required ’employers liability’ insurance
for Elbit to operate in Britain, Allianz is directly facilitating the
production of Israeli weapons.

Palestine Action’s direct action campaign is focused on shutting down
Israeli weapons factories on British soil and targets those who facilitate
the deadly trade, including Elbit’s insurers Allianz. The group has already
targeted dozens <https://palestineaction.org/europe-allianz/> of Allianz’s
<https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2024/10/08/palestine-action-allianz/>
offices <https://palestineaction.org/allianz-milton-keynes/> across Britain
and Europe, forcing them to temporarily close on several occasions.

Similar Palestine Action campaigns have resulted in several companies
ending their association with Elbit, such as Barclays
<https://palestineaction.org/barclays-divest-elbit/>, lobby firm APCO
<https://palestineaction.org/apco-drops-elbit/> and shipping giant
Kuehne+Nagel <https://palestineaction.org/kuehne-nagel-victory/>.

This latest hit of Allianz follows confirmation that Barclays
<https://palestineaction.org/barclays-divest-elbit/> have withdrawn all
shares in Elbit following similar sustained actions from Palestine Action
and other groups last year. Reports suggest that the shares were withdrawn
shortly after 20 branches were targeted in one night, leaving many of them
closed for weeks. In addition to suppliers withdrawing their commercial
support for Elbit, Elbit’s own facilities in Britain have been permanently
shut down after repeat targeting by Palestine Action, including the closure
of their Tamworth factory
<http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240329-israeli-arms-company-elbit-forced-to-sell-tamworth-factory-in-uk/>
in
2024.

A spokesperson for Palestine Action said:

By providing insurance, Allianz is directly enabling the production of
Israeli weapons in Britain which are “battle-tested” on Palestinians. As
all companies who work with Elbit should know by now, Palestine Action’s
direct action campaign against them will not cease until their links with
the Israeli weapons trade does. Allianz must drop Elbit.

*Featured image and additional images via Direct Action Images*
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