Stop the War warns government to ‘expect a very large riposte’ against its repression of pro-Palestine activism
PALESTINE protesters kicked off the New Year by smashing up Israeli-linked weapons factories, with Stop the War Coalition warning the government today of a “very large riposte” against its repression.
Activists broke into a Scottish aerospace factory minutes into 2026, attacking machinery and equipment with hammers and spray-painting slogans on the walls on Thursday.
Video shared by the protesters online showed computers and manufacturing equipment being hit with large hammers by people wearing black gloves and face coverings.
Footage further showed fire extinguishers being emptied into machinery at the Bruntons Aero Products site at the Inveresk Industrial Estate in Musselburgh, East Lothian, and the phrases: “There is only one way this ends” and “Drop Leonardo” being graffitied in red paint.
A spokesperson for a so-called “autonomous group” that has claimed responsibility said that Bruntons were targeted for supplying the Italian arms giant, which itself supplies Israel with aircraft and parts.
And today, a coalition of Bristol-based solidarity groups marched from Elbit Systems UK’s factory in Filton to a local police station to hand in evidence of alleged crimes by Israel’s biggest weapons manufacturer.
The group slammed the government for “continuing to ignore the four hunger strikers incarcerated without charge or trial” as Heba Muraisi marked day 61 of her strike.
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