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Elbit recruiter iO Associates ends ties with firm following Palestine protests
Activists occupy the roof of UAV Engines factory at Shenstone in Staffordshire in protest at British involvement in producing weapons used by Israel to kill Palestinians

A COMPANY which recruited workers for an Israeli arms manufacturer in Britain has ended its association with the firm after Palestine supporters targeted it for protests.

The iO Associates was the sole recruitment agency for Israeli-owned Elbit Systems, which makes military drones for Israel and is the country’s biggest arms manufacturer.

Headquartered in Bristol, iO Associates recruited workers such as engineers, software developers and finance workers for Elbit.

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