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<p>Palestine Action struck Mileway, the landlords
of Elbit Systems’s UAV Engines Ltd (UEL)
factory, with two actions at separate locations
in London and Glasgow. Actionists smashed glass,
sprayed paint and left messages such as ‘Evict
Elbit’ and ‘Free Gaza’ on the company offices.</p>
<p>Mileway, part of the asset management company
Blackstone, <a target="_blank"
href="https://mileway.com/local_markets/uk-mileway/"
rel="noreferrer noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">advertises itself</a> as
‘the largest last mile real estate company in
the UK’. In 2021, it <a target="_blank"
href="https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/aBpcU2y8H9_mVB6pxNQHTN9o2cZQ6Xfsb_X_PfbN9-I/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAWRGBDBV3BEKS7SHE%2F20240116%2Feu-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240116T144327Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEPn%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMiJHMEUCIQCUIon6k3Doy%2Fg0xAUZxYo9uPc7UVq%2BfYkZfKL0AKuexwIgZYhfzU%2BAHZUOFzuwqIC9douskk4prhFHK98hZ1U0%2FtQqxAUIov%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARAEGgw0NDkyMjkwMzI4MjIiDFkHnwvEtAMk2JIq6SqYBTeQWtX0qJUhZbiZ%2F6RVZU%2BtF%2FFLBbUj5jBmriNxFNFTqncvsbmtAs6gKSkW4xAa0q6rcehyzEkLEVubHuOGJBtdd56lBUVgZGZz%2FRkwVVatY0DFnHTBA7tuwtSROEqSYgFGNIcXbqpRrFVpkzL%2FMvINiRNLlhUpgaYoP%2FmYfjacc52FDnmiGtb1Zbag2HLTKg3o88Y3aSugMFrpcRYy2oIVRaMataK7SCi5qkcEJAuAV9CjPYw%2Bo3bow85m2Zv4Vp73%2F%2BgiGTy233bzjppfbvfe%2BKZ7X1FguFflhwaJcs1zaTXjtAvtXf4n6TYDXmLfVjpYCWr1DoUaU02UwFpMgmL56vTjROqfImlKrbTyvmxD72QcLqXhHbo4CJ%2F3HBPKHVS0nqiELX5xzU9KrA2Ny%2Bfbiuv2o09GY57ff5JJANaSNuraQ%2BdBeXuwhFzu48bp%2Bzn1K%2FbJ5DeqRpvnWPgI45BR5ryhFddUx4uo9q1QR98reqzPGXVSpubzsPDrq2aZh%2B%2FOSLVt0bx9fD8uE8DIz%2F3AeKjUFc8%2BK5r1Nudaq%2FP0UQAlAS2VwWGtuoS5%2BRKYUBuqmLOGWKWwIraE%2FhvGPznhyFBntZOA3MLLALiW8th05aDQO19GmL%2BLYYGTGc9qc656gTuHii9hq5%2BWEBsr7qGTN4in1vLLJ%2B%2FmmnHfb%2F6b06v5kthOkKl6yWJvbr5meZPcopFrXcbZasL%2B57Ljesaky6PPxGQ1QS91JhozZN7RubYIg8tLOOUACis0zzb7gjXlskFIFPlGmwsGCVNMib8v2e%2BtEcrjZ8r4n6OTl9oEIWfwwYTGXXek%2BnXP4XiWP7cSX7BDl4pEKKzz1nNZXJlB%2FcAP8obhAj583zO%2FqN4ogKObATq44Gcw0YeZrQY6sQEcMHKX9wBQo0e1%2BS9iTFMkIZJGs8NJ6FJIQOE4x1l8LZnXaeCo3JWF4uu1BfNEpZaxZnabocIN3DkFr35KKykn7NEC7PGRWgFxEbwugtALcfDQRU%2FrCBJoPfBQgfgb6B3vdX2K8P9bCOVhXp7BUpYuruu1rtZSDwGyt%2BdIznOG0DiI6F7oIEIwH3bhadQI7lUqCRD8vJaUCN1RzHcFXL64FbS1lkivFysPl41jKPvChpA%3D&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename%3D%22companies_house_document.pdf%22&X-Amz-Signature=17e663c61eaf5592af9b29341c1ac1a1287a143b1f4e62d7d66729033e3be10f"
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equity of £2.9 million. </p>
<p>UEL designs and makes drone engines, <a
href="https://uavenginesltd.co.uk/products/"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">describing its products</a> as
“engines for various size tactical UAVs, target
drones and single mission platforms.” The
factory is a crucial subsidiary of Elbit because
it <a
href="https://armadainternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1.3UAV-poster-2016.pdf"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">produces</a> <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/09/armstrade-gaza"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">the engine</a> for
the Hermes 450 drone. Whilst once a surveillance
drone which provided the Israeli military with
targeting information, the Hermes 450 has since
been equipped to carry missiles. It is said to
be the ‘backbone’ of Israel’s spying and
targeting missions. Long a part of the zionist
entity’s arsenal, the Hermes 450 is <a
href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-779130"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">still in use</a> in
Gaza today, a vital part of reinforcing Israel’s
aim to commit genocide with impunity.</p>
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<p>“The Israeli weapons industry, which is
responsible for the massacre of over 30,000
Palestinians, the destruction of 70% of Gaza
and displacement of more than 1.9 million
Palestinians in Gaza, is maintained by these
same financial institutions which operate
across Britain. These actions have struck at
the heart of this blood-soaked industry,
participants who gladly make millions through
their investments in and loans for Israel’s
deadly arms trade.”</p>
<p><em>~ Palestine Action spokesperson</em></p>
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Bishopsgate action, City of London 15/01/24
<p>In the past, Mileway had contracted fellow real
estate company Fisher German to act on their
behalf as property managers for UEL. Palestine
Action maintained a direct action campaign
against Fisher German until <a
href="https://www.palestineaction.org/fisher-german-victory/"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">they dropped out</a> of
managing the lease at the end of last year, as
they revealed to Palestine Action.</p>
<p>These are not the only actions undertaken in
solidarity with Palestine. Yesterday, several
Barclays sites across Britain were targeted with
protests & actions. This is due to
Barclays’ <a target="_blank"
href="https://waronwant.org/news-analysis/barclays-bankrolling-genocide-apartheid"
rel="noreferrer noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">investments</a> of over
£ 1 billion and £ 4 billion in loans for arms
companies supplying Israel, which includes
Elbit. Red spray paint covered the Manchester
site, and the front doors were glued shut in
Birmingham. </p>
<p>Manchester activists, including Youth Front for
Palestine, stormed BNY Mellon and occupied the
lobby of their building, telling those present
and the world that BNY Mellon <a target="_blank"
href="https://itsgoingdown.org/global-day-of-action-against-elbit-systems-a-report-back-on-houston-actionists-blockade-of-bny-mellon/"
rel="noreferrer noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">had invested</a> $13
million in Elbit. Alongside this, Palestine
Action sprayed the London office of Scotia Bank,
symbolising the Palestinian blood which the
Canadian Bank profits from due to its
investments of $ 500 million in Elbit Systems.
This move has globalised the campaign against
the Bank, which was already a prominent target
for activists across Canada, as it is the
largest <a target="_blank"
href="https://actions.eko.org/a/scotiabank-needs-to-divest-from-a-corporation-implicated-in-war-crimes-now"
rel="noreferrer noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">foreign shareholder</a> in
the Israeli weapons maker. </p>
<p>The group has pledged that ‘business-as-usual’
will continue to be disrupted until those
targeted end their ties to the brutal
colonisation of Palestine. A list of companies
and institutions, including those in the finance
industry, which are tied to the Israeli weapons
trade, are listed on <a
href="http://elbitsites.uk/" target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">elbitsites.uk</a> –
while a guide for those seeking to take
anonymous direct action can also be found <a
href="https://www.palestineaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Pal_Manual_2.pdf"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">on the Palestine Action
website</a>. </p>
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<p>Overnight actions by
Palestine Action have targeted
the logistics companies
servicing the operations of
Israel’s arms trade in
Britain, disrupting their
operations and exposing their
role in arming the ongoing
genocide of Palestinians. </p>
<p>“<em>In the past 100 days,
over 25,000 Palestinians
were killed, and for the
last 75 years, they’ve
remained under an apartheid
regime enabled by the
British government. Whilst
our pleas for sanctions on
apartheid Israel are
ignored, it’s up to ordinary
people to take direct action
and end the complicity in
genocide.</em></p>
<p><em>Companies assisting in
the delivery and shipment of
Israeli weaponry and
essential equipment for
Elbit facilitate and profit
from the genocide of the
Palestinian people. Thus,
Palestine Action remains
determined to target all
those who remain associated
with Elbit.”</em></p>
<p></p>
<p>Palestine Action targeted
logistics companies belonging
to Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) and
Palletline as part of a
widespread direct action
campaign against Israel’s
biggest weapons manufacturer,
Elbit Systems, and the
companies which facilitate
their weapons manufacturing in
Britain and their <a
target="_blank"
href="https://caat.org.uk/data/exports-uk/overview?company=Elbit+Systems"
rel="noreferrer noopener">arms
exports to Israel</a>.</p>
<p>K+N’s Milton Keynes branch
and their subsidiary in
London, Nacaro Cargo
Insurance, were targeted
overnight. At the company’s
Milton Keynes industrial site,
which specialises in road
transportation, activists
sprayed the entire front of
the building with blood-red
paint and shattered windows.
Others took similar action
against Nacora in London,
leaving the office drenched in
paint.</p>
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<p>In Scotland, activists from
Palestine Action struck
Palletline’s Glasgow site,
breaking their windows and
spray painting messages such
as “Drop Elbit” and “Free
Palestine”. Palletline
frequently transports items in
and out of Elbit’s drone
factory, U-TacS, In
Leicester. </p>
<p>K+N provide transportation
and logistics services for
Elbit’s UAV Tactical Systems
(U-TacS) factory in Leicester,
facilitating the manufacture
and delivery of Israeli drone
technologies. Along with
partnerships held with Elbit,
the company supplying <a
target="_blank"
href="http://corporatewatch.org/elbit-systems-company-profile-2/"
rel="noreferrer noopener">85%</a> of
Israel’s drones and land-based
military equipment, K+N played
a historical role in
trafficking weapons to
Apartheid South Africa,
bolstering the regime in the <a
target="_blank"
href="http://www.aamarchives.org/archive/history/1980s/arm28-how-britain-arms-apartheid.html"
rel="noreferrer noopener">1980s</a>.
According to the
Anti-Apartheid Movement, these
shipments were even sent to
South Africa <em>via</em> Israel. </p>
<p>They are <a
href="http://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6171:5/lot-suppliers"
target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer noopener">one</a> of
only six companies licensed
for the secure collection,
delivery, and disposal of
firearms and weapons in
Britain and have expansive <a
href="http://home.kuehne-nagel.com/documents/20124/72169/aerospace-white-paper-december-2022.pdf/"
target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer noopener">aerospace
operations</a>. They are
currently involved in a 13
year logistics improvements <a
href="http://ttps//www.gov.uk/government/news/mod-announces-contract-to-run-military-logistics"
target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer noopener">programme</a> with
the MOD and have partnerships
and contracts with arms
manufacturers, including <a
href="http://www.reuters.com/article/brief-kuehne-und-nagel-international-sig-idUKFWN1I60WG"
target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer noopener">Leonardo</a> and <a
href="http://www.thalesgroup.com/en/worldwide/aerospace/press-release/simmad-assigns-supply-chain-market-aeronautical-consumables-thales"
target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer noopener">Thales</a>,
both of whom Palestine Action
has <a
href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/people/three-arrested-after-palestine-action-scotland-target-edinburgh-factory-of-leonardo-uk-3992862"
target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer noopener">shut</a> <a
href="https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/07/11/palestine-action-scale-up-occupy-and-dismantle-thales-weapons-factory-in-glasgow/"
target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer noopener">down</a> previously
in its determined disruption
of British supplies to
Israel. </p>
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