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        <h1 class="gmail-reader-title">\u201cPeople against genocide\u201d block Israeli Elbit\u2019s Filton weapons factory</h1>
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          <div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">February 26, 2026</div>
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                                                                                                <img src="https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/filton-pag-300x225.png" alt="" width="300" height="225" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;">Image: Mark Simmons Photography, used with permission.
<p>Activists from action group \u201cPeople against Genocide\u201d have used 
modified Transit vans to block the entrance to an Israeli weapons 
factory. Access to the Elbit Systems\u2019 Filton factory was blocked as of 
7am today. <a href="https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/12/18/hunger-strikers-mainstream-media/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Palestine Action activists were jailed for over eighteen months</a>
 without trial for damaging the same factory in August 2024. It was 
among the pro-Israel groups that pressured the Starmer government to <a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2025/08/13/jtac-intelligence-group-report-proves-cooper-is-lying-about-palestine-action/" rel="external noopener noreferrer">mendaciously</a> \u2018<a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2025/08/04/breaking-jewish-delegation-to-deliver-letter-to-starmer-tomorrow-demanding-end-to-israels-gaza-genocide/" rel="external noopener noreferrer">proscribe</a>\u2018 Palestine Action as a \u2018terrorist\u2019 group.</p>
<p>Members of People Against Genocide \u201clocked on\u201d inside one vehicle 
while others climbed on top of the second van to blockade the site.</p>
<p>Elbit claims that its Filton facility is a research, development, and
 manufacturing centre. However, previous raids found the military 
quadcopter drones awaiting shipment to Israel. The occupying force uses 
these lethal quadcopter drones to murder Palestinians, and, in total, 
Elbit supplies the occupation with 85 percent of its killer drone fleet.</p>


<p>The Filton protest is part of a wider campaign against firms enabling
 Israel\u2019s genocide. On 25 February 2026, People Against Genocide 
activists sprayed the front of the Birmingham offices of Chubb 
Insurance, a week after targeting Chubb\u2019s London office. Chubb insures 
Elbit subsidiary UAV Engines, which manufactures engines for Israel\u2019s 
drone fleet. Without insurance, UAV could not produce these engines in 
the UK.</p>
<p>A spokesperson for People Against Genocide said of today\u2019s action:</p>
<blockquote><p>Yesterday we were in Birmingham, hitting Elbit\u2019s insurer.
 Today, we strike at them directly, by shutting down their key facility 
at Filton, Bristol. While the genocide of the Palestinians continues, we
 will not rest in terms of targeting the British-based companies and 
facilities, who contribute to these war crimes. Elbit, it is time to go!</p></blockquote>
<p>The very name, People against Genocide, was likely chosen to shame the Starmer regime if it tries to proscribe the group too.</p>
<p>Judge Justice Chamberlain said last year that while Palestine Action 
was proscribed, the ban does not prevent other groups or individuals 
undertaking similar actions.</p>
<p>The Palestine Action ban has been <a href="https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/02/13/palestine-action-court-zionist/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">ruled unlawful</a>, but <a href="https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/02/25/palestine-action-unbanning/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">remains in place while the Home Office appeals</a> the decision.</p>
<p><em>Featured image via the Canary</em></p>
                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                
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