Palestine Action ‘shut down’ Elbit Systems HQ and subcontractor

Two Palestine Action activists were arreested after they blockaded the entrance to arms manufacturer Elbit System’s UK headquarters in Bristol and occupied the rooftop of one of their subcontractors.

The direct-action group said the occupation “successfully halted operations at Guardtech”, a subcontractor which it said “provides essential clean room services” to Instro Precision, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms manufacturer.

The group published footage on X of its activists blockading the only entrance to the company’s Bristol headquarters.

“Just a reminder we, Palestine Action, we are not the terrorists,” an activist said in the video.

"Elbit are the real terrorists”.

The actions come as Home Secretary Yvette Cooper laid a draft order for the banning of Palestine Action under counter-terror legislation before parliament. On Wednesday, parliamentarians will vote on the order to proscribe the group.

Palestine Action is seeking to challenge the move after the High Court granted the group an urgent hearing to consider a judicial review of the decision.

“Palestine Action affirms that direct action is necessary in the face of Israel’s ongoing crimes against humanity of genocide, apartheid, and occupation, and to end British facilitation of those crimes," a Palestine Action spokesperson said in a statement.

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