Pro-Palestinian activists associated with the group Palestine Action are waging a campaign of vandalism at multiple locations across the United Kingdom and European Union. Palestine Action, which has been known for training demonstrators to target facilities allegedly linked to Israel and the Israeli military, describes the attacks as “a coordinated wave of actions across Europe.”
Many attacks focused on the German insurance company Allianz, which they accuse of being involved in the conflict in Gaza. Nine Allianz offices in the United Kingdom and six in Continental Europe were reportedly targeted.
Offices in Bristol and Glasgow were marked with red paint, and online footage shows damage to Allianz’s One Trinity Gardens office building in Newcastle, where doors and windows were broken.
Palestine Action has a zero tolerance policy towards companies and institutions which work with Israel's biggest weapons producer, Elbit Systems.
Our first round against Elbit's insurers involved targeting 10 of their sites in Britain overnight.
Our latest saw 15 Allianz… pic.twitter.com/ZdLRmPbJGl
— Palestine Action (@Pal_action) January 28, 2025
In a separate incident, activists drove a vehicle into Teledyne’s weapons factory in Shipley, South Yorkshire. Additionally, they reportedly breached the security perimeter at an Elbit Systems factory in Kent. Palestine Action claimed these activities were meant to disrupt the production of weapon components intended for Israel.
Employees affected by the protests have expressed anger, with reports of engineers being verbally abused and even spat at by activists. Reaction from the Community Security Trust, an organization ensuring the safety of British Jews, labeled Palestine Action as an extremist group utilizing violence for political purposes. They highlighted a notable increase in aggressive methods over the past year and voiced concerns about the potential continuation of these patterns. […]
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