With Drone Strike, the Occupied West Bank Could Turn Into War-Ravaged Gaza - June 2023

Last week, the Israeli military killed three Palestinians in its first aerial drone strike in the occupied West Bank in nearly 20 years — marking a grave escalation in state violence against the territory.

Using an Elbit Systems Hermes 450 drone, the military struck a vehicle in Jenin carrying Palestinians suspected of fatally shooting four Israelis the day before. According to the Israeli military, this was the first drone strike since 2006 during the Second Intifada, or Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation.

Drones have been mainly used in the West Bank for intelligence and surveillance purposes. Yet last September the rules changed when Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, approved the use of armed drones for targeted killings in the West Bank. Amid the army’s announcement, reports emerged the military was already preparing units to operate armed drones during raids.

#Elbit #Drone

The EU's funding and support for Israeli arms companies – euobserver

Israel's two largest arms companies, Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), which supply the IDF, also receive European funding.

Elbit manufactures armed swarm drones, white phosphorus and cluster bomb artillery, the use of which is illegal under international law, while IAI, which participated in various H2020 projects including SAFEDRONE and RESPONDRONE, is a key partner in patrolling the apartheid wall turning Gaza into an open-air prison.

Once 'tested' on Palestinians, EU investment comes full circle when the EU and its member states buy back the end product.

#Palestine #Apartheid #Elbit #AIA #ArmsCompanies #EU #WhitePhosphorousBombs #ClusterBombs #ArmsTrade

🇵🇸🇫🇷 BDS win: AXA divests from Israeli banks and Elbit Systems | Mondoweiss

In a resounding victory for the #BDS movement, Palestine activists have forced French multinational insurance company #AXA to divest from all major Israeli #banks and the weapons manufacturer #Elbit Systems.

Report: AXA Investments in Israeli Banks Financing War Crimes – https://actions.eko.org/a/axa-investments-in-israeli-banks-financing-war-crimes

Report: AXA Investments in Israeli Banks Financing War Crimes | EKŌ

#Report #AXA #France #Apartheid #WarCrimes #Genocide #Elbit #Drones #Banks

MIT Science For Genocide : MIT Coalition for Palestine

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) contributes to the Gaza Genocide and #Zionist #settler #colonialism in Palestine in at least two distinct ways. First, MIT laboratories on campus conduct weapons and surveillance research directly sponsored by the Israeli military. Since at least 2015, MIT laboratories have received millions of dollars from the Israeli Ministry of Defense for projects to develop algorithms that help drone swarms to better pursue escaping targets; to improve underwater surveillance technology; and support military aircraft evade missiles. Two of these sponsorships were renewed since October 7th, 2023, while one came up for renewal in December 2024. Second, #MIT maintains institutional collaborations through the ILP, LGO, CSAIL, and MIT Energy Initiative programs with companies that sell vast amounts of weapons to Israel. These include #Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest military contractor, as well as #Maersk, #LockheedMartin, and #Caterpillar. These collaborations grant #genocide profiteers privileged access to MIT talent and expertise."

🇵🇸 BREAKING: Palestine Action are shutting down #Allianz's office in Bristol.

Allianz provide mandatory insurance for Elbit Systems, Israel's biggest arms firm.
Without it, Elbit couldn't build Israeli weapons in Britain which are "battle-tested" on Palestinians.

Support the ongoing action at Allianz, 10 Victoria St, Bristol,
BS1 6BN!

#PalestineAction #FreePalestine #Resistance #UK #Elbit #Genocide #Palestine #Activism

#Google Insider Breaks Silence on Tech Giant’s #Military Ties

“Two months ago, in order to take advantage of the federal contracts the corporation can gain under Trump, Google abandoned its pledge not to build #AI for #weapons or #surveillance. In rapid succession, Google then acquired #israeli cloud security start-up #Wiz, pursued partnerships with US Customs and #Border Patrol to update towers by Israeli #war contractor #Elbit Systems with AI at the US-Mexico border, and launched an AI partnership with the largest war profiteer in the world: #Lockheed Martin."
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/google-employee-speaks-out-war-contracting/

#why

Palestine Action isn’t being proscribed because they are terrorists, but because they have been astonishingly effective at disrupting the work of israel’s largest weapons company #elbit

An inexhaustive, chronological thread of the group’s achievements to date 🧵

https://a.devs.today/https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1940816076163686840.html

Thread by @ rivkahbrown
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1940816076163686840.html

📱 ROBINMG

🇵🇸 We were inside the court when #PalestineAction challenged the government's decision to ban them as a terrorist organisation. Declassified UK's Phil Miller said the judge overseeing the case seemed unbothered about the influence of a foreign government and Israeli weapons firms in pushing for the ban.

After a dramatic day at the high court, the judge later ruled that he would not be granting a temporary reprieve to Palestine Action's ban and they will be on the terror list as of midnight tonight.

Via @eyesonpal
#Palestine #UK #Activism #Elbit #Genocide