Pro-Palestine activists protest at UK branches of Israel’s Elbit Systems
Activists with the UK-based Palestine Action group have demonstrated at buildings belonging to Elbit Systems, which manufactures weapons being used to kill Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Footage verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency showed a sit-in in front of the company’s factory in Kent, where protesters sprayed red paint on the main road leading to the factory, symbolising Palestinian blood that has been shed.
In Bristol, activists blocked the only road leading to the company’s headquarters using a truck they climbed onto and chained themselves to.
Protesters also climbed onto the roof of the headquarters of Gardtek, a main supplier to Elbit. British police arrived at the sites, but the sit-ins continued.
Pro-Palestine demonstrators surround Welsh parliament
The Welsh parliament has been surrounded by hundreds of pro-Palestine and antiwar supporters with a “human red line”.
The demonstration in Cardiff Bay was organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) Cymru, peace organisations, trade unions and environmental groups, reported the Morning Star.
“We are here as the Red Line to shout out that we will not be complicit with genocide, and lawmakers at the Senedd must speak out as well,” PSC honorary President Betty Hunter was quoted as saying.
“We stand witness to Israel’s undermining of all the safeguards put in place by the international community after World War II to strengthen human rights. We demand that Britain must stop arming Israel.”
