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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Community action shuts down Bristol drone factory HQ</h1>January 19, 2024</div>
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Action, supported by the Bristol-based group ‘Rise Up for Palestine’,
have shut down the Israeli-owned Elbit weapons Headquarters in Bristol.
Dozens from the local group are surrounding four activists from
Palestine Action, who’ve locked on to each other, making the blockade of
the only entrance to Elbit’s HQ immovable. </p><div><p><em>“Disrupting
Israel’s military supply chain through direct action and community
mobilisation is a crucial and necessary tactic to deploy as our
Palestinian siblings are under fire by Elbit’s weaponry. We do not stand
for genocide enablers on our doorstep, and we’ve once again made it
clear that Elbit is not welcome in Bristol or anywhere on British soil.
We will continue to rise up and take the power back into our own hands
to shut down the companies arming Israel’s genocide of Palestine.”</em></p><p>~ A Palestine Action spokesperson</p></div><p>This
action is happening whilst Israel is mounting a campaign of genocide
and ethnic cleansing, bombarding Gaza and killing over 25,000
Palestinians, injuring over 60,000 people and displacing over <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-brutality-of-gaza-crisis-unprecedented-un" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1.9 million captive Palestinians</a>.</p><img width="391" height="261" src="https://i0.wp.com/freedomnews.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/image08.jpg?resize=640%2C427&ssl=1" alt="" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 25px;">Action Elbit Systems Bristol 18/01/24<p>Elbit
Systems UK operates across England and Wales and is owned by Israel’s
largest weapons company. The Bristol location, leased from Somerset
Council, is Elbit’s main operational facility. <a href="https://corporatewatch.org/elbit-systems-company-profile-2/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Israeli weapons maker supplies 85% of Israel’s drone fleet and land-based military equipment</a> and is vital in the state terror inflicted on Palestine.</p><p>In
the past 24 hours, Al-Aqsa Hospital in Gaza, one of only 13 out of 35
remaining functioning hospitals, has come under attack by the Israeli
army. Drones and quadcopters, most likely developed by Elbit, <a href="https://www.newarab.com/features/israels-drones-close-gazas-al-aqsa-hospital" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">are being used to fire at anyone who enters or leaves the hospital</a>. </p><p>The Israeli weapons firm openly talks of having “<a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231023-israel-tests-new-iron-sting-bomb-in-gaza/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">battle tested</a>”
its weapons through Israel’s deployment of them against Palestinians
before these are then sold on the global market. In the current
bombardment, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2023/10/27/small-ai-enabled-drones-could-be-first-into-gaza-streets--buildings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elbit’s new iron sting missiles and drone technologies</a>
are being used to massacre the Palestinian people. We refuse to allow
Elbit’s business to continue at the expense of the Palestinian people. </p><img width="391" height="260" src="https://i0.wp.com/freedomnews.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/image07.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1" alt="" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 25px;">Action Elbit Systems Bristol 18/01/24</div></div></div></div></div>
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