Palestine Action has targeted two companies complicit in Israel‘s ongoing genocide in Gaza in one night, due to their association with weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems.
Palestine Action: two hits in one night – both linked to Elbit
Overnight on Wednesday 10 April, activists from Palestine Action targeted ADS Group’s London office and Avnet’s and EBV Elektronik’s facility in Waltham Park, Berkshire. Red paint was sprayed across ADS Groups office and a message was spray painting which read ‘Eid Mubarak Gaza’ and ‘ADS Drop Elbit’:
In Berkshire, activists similarly covered the premises in red paint and shattered windows:
ADS Group, Avnet and EBV Elektronik all profit from working with Israel’s largest weapons firm, Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems supply the Israeli military with 85% of their drone fleet and land-based equipment, as well as all of their small calibre ammunitions (bullets).
In addition, Elbit’s production of munitions, bombs, missiles and digital warfare has been described by the CEO as crucial to enabling the Gaza genocide.
Specifically, ADS Group act as representatives and advocates of the world’s largest arms dealers. ADS’ business is the promotion of companies such as Elbit Systems within government and at arms fairs. Acting to facilitate the business of Israel’s largest weapons company – and promoting them with lobbying – ADS Group are deeply complicit in the ongoing Gaza genocide.
Avnet, owners of EBV Elektronik, describe themselves as a ‘leading global technology distributor’ and boast of their involvement in the production of the F-35 lightning programme. The F-35 fighter jet is frequently used by the Israeli military to commit massacres in Gaza. In addition, the company supplies electronics for Elbit Systems weaponry and has been operating in Israel since 2001.
Israel: fomenting the ‘worst Ramadan’ Palestinians have ‘ever lived’
Since 7 October, Israel has killed at least 33,360 Palestinians and injured over 75,993. As Eid Al-Fitr begins, Palestinians will struggle to commemorate this religious holiday considering the ongoing brutality they are facing.
“There is no joy or appetite for celebrating the holy occasion,” Ahmed Ismail, a shopkeeper in Rafah, told Al Jazeera. “Even children have no interest in toys as they did in the past. This is the worst season we have ever lived.”
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