Campaigners block UK arms factory that supplies weapons to Israel

Hundreds of British trade unionists blocked an arms factory on Friday morning that supplies parts for a plane used by Israel to bomb the besieged Gaza Strip.

Footage online showed the trade unionists blocking the entrance to an arms factory owned by BAE Systems in Rochester, southeast England. The BAE Systems site in Rochester makes parts for Israel’s most advanced fighter jet, the F-35.

BREAKING: 400+ trade unionists are blockading multiple entrances to an arms factory in Kent which provides weapons for the Israeli military.

We demand an immediate #CEASEFIRENOW to halt the killing of civilians in Palestine & an end to British complicity in Israeli war crimes! pic.twitter.com/a1us8eQo1h
— Workers for a Free Palestine (@Workers4Pal) November 10, 2023