PALESTINE ACTION activists shut down a drone engine manufacturer in Staffordshire today as part of an ongoing commitment to end weapon parts being made in Britain for Israel.  

Protesters locked themselves to the gates of the UAV Engines factory in Shenstone, owned by Israeli arms firm Elbit, preventing all entry and operations from taking place.

Other activists held up signs with photos, names and ages of children killed in Gaza, with the caption: “Meet the victims of the Gaza genocide.”

The site is regularly targeted for protests by local campaigners.

A Palestine Action spokesperson said: “For the last 140 days, Elbit’s drones, munitions, arms and military technologies have been used to slaughter Palestinians in their thousands — but the company has a far longer history of facilitating atrocities.

“It is abhorrent that they are still allowed to operate in Britain.

“Today activists have taken the matter into their own hands to halt the corrupt, bloodthirsty industry fuelling death from Britain’s towns.”