{"id":2586,"date":"2020-09-16T21:12:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T20:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2020-09-16T21:12:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T20:12:59","slug":"protesters-shut-down-israeli-arms-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?p=2586","title":{"rendered":"Protesters shut down Israeli arms factory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Elbit-occupation-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Elbit-occupation-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Elbit-occupation-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Elbit-occupation-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Elbit-occupation-1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lichfield Live reported on 14th September:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activists who have launched a rooftop protest in Shenstone say they have done so \u201cfor the sake of human rights, justice and freedom\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The members of Palestine Action scaled the UAV Engines site in the early hours of this morning (14th September), while others chained themselves to the gates of the factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also poured red paint down the building in a move they said was to \u201csymbolise Palestinian blood shed\u201d as a result of parts made at the site being used in drones manufactured by Elbit Systems for use by Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for Palestine Action said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe UK government has been complicit in the colonisation of Palestine for over 100 years.<\/p><p>\u201cNow they continue to profit from, sustain and facilitate Israel\u2019s apartheid regime.<\/p><p>\u201cWhile our Government continues to turn a blind eye to Elbit Systems continuing to arm Israel\u2019s war crimes against the Palestinian people, we too will continue to disrupt and take direct action for the sake of human rights, justice and freedom.<\/p><p>\u201cWe call on all those who stand against racism and for humanity to take action, join us and shut Elbit down for good.\u201d<\/p><cite>Palestine Action spokesperson<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The protesters \u2013 who say they are part of a grassroots network of activists \u2013 say they have held 15 actions to target the work of organisations involved in the manufacturing of drones in the last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThese drones include the military drones Hermes 900 and Hermes 450 which were employed extensively during the 51 day attack on Gaza in 2014, which killed over 2,200 Palestinians including 500 children.<\/p><p>\u201cUAV Engines produce the engines for Elbit drones.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lichfield Live reported on 14th September: Activists who have launched a rooftop protest in Shenstone say they have done so \u201cfor the sake of human rights, justice and freedom\u201d. The members of Palestine Action scaled the UAV Engines site in the early hours of this morning (14th September), while others chained themselves to the gates &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?p=2586\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Protesters shut down Israeli arms factory<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions\/2588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}