Declassified UK: Why I risked prison to shut Elbit down

Posted: 10th January 2024

Earlier today Huda Ammori explained why she risked prison to shut Elbit down. The co-founder of Palestine Action writes about her and fellow activists’ acquittal by a UK court for attempting to close down the Israeli arms firm’s operations in Britain.

For over a decade, the UK has been a safe haven for Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems.

Elbit’s business model involves manufacturing bullets, drones, combat vehicles, electronic warfare systems and missiles, using the Israeli state’s criminal attacks on Gaza as opportunities to test and develop their latest lethal inventions.

The company was born out of a need to profit from and maintain Israel’s brutal occupation of the Palestinian people.

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