[News] Pro-Palestine protesters storm Elbit Systems HQs in Bristol, UK

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Pro-Palestine protesters storm Elbit Systems HQs in Bristol, UK
Al Mayadeen English
March 15, 2025
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The Palestine Action activist group targeted Elbit Systems yet again, in a
bid to stop the UK from granting contracts to the Israeli weapons
manufacturer.
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   - Palestine Action protesters atop the Allianz City of London offices,
   London, United Kingdom, March 10 2025 (*X/@Pal_action*)

Pro-Palestine protesters have stormed the headquarters building of Elbit
Systems in Bristol, United Kingdom, on Saturday, marking the 17th time
activists have targeted the Israeli manufacturer's HQ in the UK since the
war on Gaza.

A video shows the protesters atop the cherry picker and breaking windows on
the top of the Elbit Systems HQ building, while one of them was shouting:
“We will never stop... until the war machine and terrorist state is
dismantled window by window, brick by brick, wall by wall, roof by roof.”

A Palestine Action spokesperson stated that Elbit Systems has been
profiting from the Israeli wars on Gaza and the West Bank, adding that
"while Elbit weaponry is used for massacres, 20 Palestine Action members,
including the Filton18, are imprisoned without trial."

Previously, Palestine Action activists targeted the Allianz City of London
offices over alleged ties to Elbit Systems, scaling the building and
unfurling a flag that read "Drop Elbit" while spraying red paint over the
premises.

Palestine Action maintains that since "Israel" unleashed its war on Gaza in
October 2023, Elbit Systems has secured at least 24 export licenses for
arms sales to the Israeli government, with a Palestine Action spokesperson
saying, "Elbit, [Prime Minister Sir Keir] Starmer, and those facilitating
war crimes are the criminals—not those taking action to stop the slaughter
in Palestine.”
Palestine Action targets parties complicit with 'Israel'

US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf resort
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-gaza-is-not-for-sale--on-trump-s-turnberry-golf-resort-in-s?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Trump%20golf>
in Scotland has been defaced with pro-Palestinian slogans as Palestine
Action claimed responsibility, with local media reporting on March 8 that
red paint had been smeared across the course’s walls alongside phrases such
as “Free Gaza” and “Free Palestine,” as well as insults directed at Trump,
while on one of the lawns, the message “Gaza is not for sale” had been
sprawled.

Claiming responsibility for the damage, the group wrote on X: "Whilst Trump
attempts to treat Gaza as his property, he should know his own property is
within reach."

Palestine Action reported that its activists targeted the *BBC *headquarters
in Portland Place
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/palestine-action-trash-bbc-hq-for-downplaying-israeli-crimes?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Palestine%20Action>,
London, early on February 17, splattering blood-red paint across the outer
ground floor and smashing windows.

The group accused the *BBC *of downplaying Israeli war crimes and failing
to amplify Palestinian voices, emphasizing that this stance renders the
broadcaster complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

In March of 2024, Palestine Action forced Elbit Systems
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/pro-palestine-protests-renewed-outside-elbit-hqs-in-bristol>,
the largest Israeli arms company, to permanently close its Elite KL factory
in Tamworth, Staffordshire, UK, making it the third Elbit Systems site to
be forced to permanently shut down in Britain.
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