Palestine Action target tech suppliers for Israelโ€™s biggest weapons firm

Feb 5, 2024

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Activists from Palestine Action anonymously targeted the Peterborough offices of CDW, technology suppliers for Israelโ€™s biggest weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems. Windows were shattered and the site was covered in red paint, symbolising the bloodshed of the Palestinian people.  

CDW provide supply chain management, IT solutions, cyber security and eProcurement services, making Elbitโ€™s murder business more efficient and easier to run. This action served to remind the company of their role in the genocide of the Palestinian people, urging them to cut all ties with Elbit. 

Since October 7th, over 27,000 Palestinians have been killed, more than 66,000 injured and the majority of the people in Gaza are now displaced. Elbit Systems supply the majority of Israelโ€™s military drone fleet, land based equipment, bullets, munitions and missiles. Their weaponry is often marketed as โ€œbattle-testedโ€, after itโ€™s deployed and experimented on the people of Gaza and before itโ€™s sold on to other regimes across the world. The genocide of Gaza would not be possible without Elbitโ€™s weaponry and those who facilitate and profit from their deadly business. 

After similar actions, four other companies have ended their association with Elbitโ€™s deadly trade in the past two months. These include Elbitโ€™s weapons transporters Kuehne+Nagel, recruiters iO associates, property managers Fisher German and website designers Naked Creativity. Palestine Action will continue to target all those who allow Elbit to continue their business of genocide, until they declare theyโ€™ve cut all ties. 

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Palestine Action is a direct-action network of groups and individuals formed with the mandate of taking action against the sites of Elbit Systems and other companies complicit in Israeli apartheid, calling for all such sites to be shut down.