Activists spared jail for attempt to shut down arms factory
The Judge refused to allow any justification defences for the activists' actions.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/09/07/activists-spared-jail-for-attempt-to-shut-down-arms-factory/
#Elbit #PalestineAction #Shenstone #ShutElibitDown #UAVEnginesLtd

“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 slam into Shenstone’s Israeli arms factory
Palestine Action activists have, this morning, pulled a van alongside Elbit Systems UAV Engines weapons factory. From inside the vehicle, they climbed on top to raise the Palestinian flag, whilst the driver locked on to the steering wheel to secur
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/03/03/palestine-action-slam-into-shenstones-israeli-arms-factory/
#Activism #DirectAction #Elbit #ElbitSystems #PalestineAction #Shenstone #Solidarity

Palestine Action strikes Israeli weapons factory and its property agents
Palestine Action pulled alongside Elbit UAV Engines in Shenstone in a large van on Sunday 27th November. Activists leapt from inside the vehicle to begin spraying the building's outer bricks w
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/11/29/palestine-action-strikes-israeli-weapons-factory-and-its-property-agents/
#DirectAction #Elbit #ElbitUAVEngines #FisherGerman #Lanius #PalestineAction #Shenstone #Solidarity #UAVEnginesLtd

Palestine Action gate-crashed Israel's military drone factory in #Shenstone, halting the production of weapons "battle-tested" on Palestinians. With two vans and activists locked-on, they've #ShutElbitDown again

3 pictures at https://nitter.net/Pal_action/status/1576825589729611776

RT @Pal_action@twitter.com

BREAKING: Palestine Action gate-crash Israel's military drone factory in #Shenstone, halting the production of weapons "battle-tested" on Palestinians. With two vans and activists locked-on, we've #ShutElbitDown again!

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Pal_action/status/1576825589729611776

RT @Pal_action@twitter.com

Protestors returned to the war crime scene in #Shenstone, bringing the production of Israel’s military drone components to a halt once again #ShutElbitDown

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Pal_action/status/1551972056086061065

RT @Pal_action@twitter.com

BREAKING: Palestine Action shut down Israel's military drone factory in #Shenstone, for the third time in two weeks. Actions don't stop until Elbit does! #ShutElbitDown

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Pal_action/status/1543858941737816065