CAAT - Protest, London: Rolls Royce

ROLLS ROYCE WEAPONS KILLING CIVILIANS IN GAZA & YEMEN Protest: Rolls Royce HQ September 25th 6pm - 7pm Kings Place, 90 York Way, London. N1 9AG.

Rolls Royce profits from war crimes and genocide! Israeli Merkava IV battle tanks, the Namer and Eitan armoured vehicle, used in Gaza all rely on Rolls Royce MTU engine technologies. The Sa'ar 5 and 6 corvettes which have been used to blockade Gaza are both powered by MTU engines. Rolls Royce engines also power the Typhoon and Tornado aircraft that the Saudis have used in Yemen to kill hundreds of civilians. Tell Rolls Royce to stop arming genocide and war crimes Stop Arming Israel! Stop Arming Saudi!

Protest vs. the 2nd largest UK arms company. Assemble outside Rolls Royce’s HQ on York Way, London Friday 25th September 6pm-7pm.

The organisers say,

“Rolls Royce profits from conflict and death!

Killing in Gaza: Rolls Royce technologies power the Israeli military. Its German subsidiary MTU, developed the engines for Israel’s Merkava 4 and 5 battle tanks, used extensively in Gaza. MTU’s engine technology and power packs are also used in the Namer Armoured Personnel Carrier and Eitan Armoured Fighting Vehicle, again both widely used in Gaza. MTU made the majority of the engines for the naval vessels that have been maintaining Israel’s blockade of Gaza, a blockade which has caused ongoing shortages of food, water and fuel.

Killing in Yemen: Rolls Royce engines power the Typhoon and Tornado jets used by Saudi Arabia and its allies in Yemen: part of the over £25 billion worth of arms shipments to Saudi Arabia made by UK companies during the war. The Yemen war has seen hundreds of thousands killed as a result of the fighting, with hundreds of documented attacks on civilians: this month, the conflict has flared up once again. Rolls Royce has profited for over a decade by keeping a steady stream of spare parts flowing to the Saudi war machine.

Join London CAAT, Islington PSC and others in saying no to this dreadful company: tell Rolls Royce to stop arming genocide and war crimes, and to use its technology for peaceful purposes.”