Pro-Palestine activists have staged blockades at BAE Systems facilities across the UK, including the Salmesbury Aerodrome Arms Factory near Blackburn, England, and other locations in Scotland, Wales, and Lancashire. These protests are part of a coordinated effort to enforce an arms embargo against Israel, with over 1,000 workers and trade unionists participating. About 50 protestors also targeted a site run by Britain's biggest defence firm. The activists are targeting these sites because they produce parts for F-35 fighter jets, which are reportedly used by Israel in military actions in Gaza. In response to the protests, police have arrested three individuals at the UK Trade Department.
Activists are blocking the five main gates of BAE Systems' Salmsbury airfield weapons factory near Blackburn, England, which produces the rear fuselage of the F-35 fighter jets widely used in the Zionist regime's ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip. https://t.co/6x0bhi7awK
Police made three arrests as more protests were held outside factories across the UK and a Government department by campaigners against military arms being sent to Israel. Organisers said more than 1,000 workers and trade unionists demonstrated outside BAE Systems sites, as well… https://t.co/I71a8n11f4
Gaza: Pro-Palestinian protestors block weapons plant https://t.co/IA9LtZSa2V
About 50 pro-Palestinian protestors prevent staff from entering a site run by Britain’s biggest defence firm, BAE Systems https://t.co/MXHR9k6RzR
Activists block the five main gates of BAE Systems Salmesbury Aerodrome Arms Factory near the city of Blackburn, England, which produces the rear fuselage of F-35 fighter jets, used heavily in Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza. https://t.co/jvsKcR5zwt
Pro-Palestine activists blockade the five main gates of BAE Systems Salmesbury Aerodrome Arms Factory near the city of Blackburn, England. The factory produces the rear fuselage of every F-35 fighter jets, used heavily in Israel's genocidal bombing of Gaza that has murdered over… https://t.co/IsB0Lh2G82
🚨HAPPENING NOW: over 1,000 workers blockading UK Trade Department in London & BAE Systems’ arms factories in Scotland, Wales & Lancashire. “If arms company bosses & Britain’s political elite won’t impose an arms embargo, we, the workers, will continue enforcing it from below”🇵🇸 https://t.co/Q7TyEz2Vu6