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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Underground Activists Target Office Suppliers For Israeli Weapons Factory <br></h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">By Palestine Action.- August 28, 2023<br></div>
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<img src="cid:ii_llwekagr0" alt="2023828-5.jpg" width="410" height="273"><br><p>Activists from Palestine Action Underground targeted Digital
Office Group in Leicester, suppliers of office equipment for the city’s
Israeli weapons factory, UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS). The anonymous
contingent broke windows and air conditioning units, whilst spraying red
paint to symbolise the blood shed of the Palestinian people by Israeli
weapons. This action took place during the fourth month of the ongoing
siege outside U-TacS.</p>
<p>Over the past few months, Digital Office Group was spotted several
times supplying equipment to U-TacS. As part of the campaign to shut
down the Leicester weapons factory, activists are targeting all
companies who facilitate U-TacS production of Israeli weaponry. Last
week, another anonymous group targeted Thales’ headquarters in
Doncaster, leaving the site shattered and covered in red paint [<a href="https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/doncaster-dismantlers-claim-responsibility-for-pro-palestine-attack-as-second-office-smashed-4265684">1</a>]
. Previously, Kuehne+Nagel, Edwards accountants and Precision
Facilities Management were also targeted over their ongoing deals with
U-TacS [<a href="https://www.palestineaction.org/arms-traffickers/">2</a>][<a href="https://www.palestineaction.org/palestine-action-target-firms-linked-to-leicesters-israeli-weapons-factory/">3</a>].</p>
<p>U-TacS is a drone factory owned and operated by Israel’s largest
weapons company, Elbit Systems, in partnership with French arms firm
Thales. Its flagship product is the <em>Watchkeeper</em> drone, modelled on the Hermes 450 after the latter was “battle-tested” on Palestinians [<a href="https://waronwant.org/sites/default/files/Killer%20Drones%2C%20War%20on%20Want.pdf">4</a>]. The company boast that the <em>Watchkeeper</em> allegedly operated for over 100,000 hours over Afghanistan and Iraq [<a href="https://u-tacs.co.uk/product/watchkeeper-x">5</a>].
Despite insisting that they only sell to the British military, U-TacS,
in fact, export around £5 million worth of military equipment to Israel
yearly, consisting primarily of drones and/or drone components, along
with targeting and surveillance technologies, and other military
equipment [<a href="https://caat.org.uk/data/exports-uk/licence-list?index=date®ion=Israel&company=Elbit+Systems">6</a>].</p>
<p>Palestine Action Underground have vowed to continue their actions
until targeted companies make a public statement that they’re no longer
associated with Elbit Systems.</p>
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