“Judge acquits two #Palestine Action protesters who shut down a #drone factory because their actions were ‘proportionate’”

By Steve Topple in @thecanaryuk

#A judge has acquitted two #PalestineAction activists after they blockade the entrance to a drone engine-making factory that supplies #ElbitSystems, #Israel’s largest privately owned arms company. Crucially, the judge let them off using a precedent of proportionality versus what they were protesting – that is, the pair’s actions were reasonable compared to what the drones would have done in the #OccupiedTerritories.

Back in September 2022, Jasmine and Iola were protesting at #UAVEngines Ltd, which is owned by #Elbit Systems. This was part of an ongoing activist camp at the site in #Shenstone. #UAV specialises in making engines for combat drones.

Palestine Action said in a press release that:

Elbit openly market these as ‘battle-tested’ on the Palestinian population. The #Hermes450 aircraft has been used to surveil and attack the people of #Gaza for over a decade, decimating thousands of lives.”

#Israel #Apartheid #ApartheidIsrael #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Racism #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #ChildMurder #ChildTorture #CollectivePunishment #Nakba #EthnicCleansing #Genocide

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2023/08/31/palestine-action-activists-acquitted-elbit-uav-engines/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh

Palestine Action expose the UN on ‘Social Justice’ Day for buying Israel’s killer drones
Palestine Action have marked the United Nation's 'World Day of Social Justice' with an action calling out the UN's hypocrisy: using a banner drop over Westminster Bridge,
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/02/21/palestine-action-expose-the-un-on-social-justice-day-for-buying-israels-killer-drones/
#ElbitSystems #Hermes450 #Hermes900 #PalestineAction #Thales #UAVTacticalSystems #UNSocialJusticeDay