This press release was sent to CAAT by local campaigners in Bristol.
Elbit Systems UK operates across England and Wales and is the largest non-government-owned Israeli weapons company. It supplies 85% of Israel’s drone fleet and land-based military equipment.
One of the protestors, Chris Taylor from Redfield said:
“Since October last year, Israel’s onslaught in the Gaza strip has killed over 27,000 Palestinians and caused mass displacement, destroying homes, schools and hospitals and resulting in catastrophic levels of starvation and the spread of infectious diseases. Elbit’s new iron sting missiles and drone technologies are being used to indiscriminately massacre the Palestinian people. We refuse to allow Elbit’s business to continue in Bristol.”
This action follows a wave of demos, pickets, strikes and occupations at similar sites that have been ongoing since the Israeli government ramped up its killing of Palestinians.
Protestor Jo Hills added:
“Today’s action was organised by local residents with many and no group affiliations. We are appalled by the mounting campaign of ethnic cleansing and have come here this morning at the request of those under bombardment. The people of Gaza are calling for all of us to keep shutting down these facilities, because they are vital in the state terror being inflicted upon them. If out our politicians continue to turn a blind eye to the suffering, our communities must grind arms exports to a halt.”
