Palestine Action ‘shut down’ Elbit Systems HQ and subcontractor
A Palestine Action activist holds a flare aloft during a blockade of the entrance to a subcontractor of Israel’s biggest weapons manufacturer, July 2025
Middle East Eye reports on 1 July 2025:
Palestine Action said its activists occupied the rooftop of an Elbit Systems subcontractor as well as blockading the entrance to the arms manufacturer’s UK headquarters in Bristol.
The direct-action group said the occupation “successfully halted operations at Guardtech”, a subcontractor which it said “provides essential clean room services” to Instro Precision, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms manufacturer.
The group published footage on X of its activists blockading the only entrance to the company’s Bristol headquarters.
“Just a reminder we, Palestine Action, we are not the terrorists,” an activist said in the video. “Elbit are the real terrorists”.
Palestine Action said that Instro Precision cannot operate without Guardtech’s services, which help to maintain “controlled environments” needed to produce radar kits and targeting equipment. This includes high-precision military electro-optical sensors that help Israeli troops and vehicles select targets.