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During the early hours of Thursday 29th May, activists from Palestine Action targeted the London-based landlords of โDiscovery Parkโ business park which Elbitโs Instro Precision weapons factory is situated in. The registered address of Discovery Park Ltd was covered in red paint and the front windows were shattered, to demonstrate against the companyโs involvement in arming the Gaza genocide.
Instro Precision is a weapons maker owned by Elbit Systems, Israelโs biggest weapons producer. The factory, which produces targeting gear for the Israeli military to commit genocide, is based in and leased by Discovery Park Ltd.
In 2024, according to recent FOI disclosures, Instro Precision was granted over a dozen weapons export licenses for the shipment of arms to Israel. Most of the goods exported to Israel by Instro fall under category โML5bโ (target acquisition and related systems). Instroโs products include SpectroXR imaging systems for Israelโs Skylark drones, while Elbit has boasted that thousands of the โXACTโ weapons sights systems manufactured by Instro have been delivered to the Israeli military and are most likely used to massacre Palestinians.
Palestine Actionโs direct action campaign involves targeting all those who facilitate, enable and profit from the operations of Israelโs biggest weapons producer. This includes landlords, recruiters, investors, suppliers, lobby firms, logistics firms and more. As a result, over a dozen companies have cut ties with Elbit to date.
A Palestine Action spokesperson said:
โDiscovery Park Ltd are the landlords of a Kent-based Israeli weapons factory which is exporting targeting gear for the Israeli military to commit genocide in Gaza. As part of our commitment to the Palestinian people, we will not allow companies on our doorstep to profit from mass murder. Discovery Park must evict Elbit, or expect Palestine Action.โ
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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.