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7 Dec 2023


NextImg:Palestine protest: Over a THOUSAND trade unionists block access to factories across Britain

A protest group is targeting factories across the UK to call for "an immediate, permanent ceasefire" in the Isreal and Gaza conflict.

Workers for a Free Palestine is targeting sites in Bournemouth, Lancashire, Brighton and Glasgow.

A spokesperson from the group said: "Over 1000 trade unionists at multiple sites across Britain are blockading arms factories that are supplying arms to Israel!

"Today trade unionists have shut down 4 sites in Britain which produce components for the F-35 fighter jet currently being used in Israel's bombardment of Gaza."

Protesters

Protesters are targeting the site in Wimborn, in Dorset

Workers for a Free Palestine

One of the sites targeted was in Wimborne, where banners were unveiled with the group chanting "Shame".

A spokesperson from the group said: "All three entrances to Eaton Mission Systems have been SHUT DOWN!

"The company an open export licence to export goods for the F-35 aircraft.

"The factory currently being blockaded makes the F-35's in-flight refuelling probe at its facility in Wimborne."

A protest group

The group is targeting sites across the UK

Workers for a Free Palestine

The group also claimed that counterparts in mainland Europe in France, the Netherlands and Denmark are performing similar action.

They said they wanted: "An end to the British government's complicity in Israel's war crimes, including through arms sales, an immediate, permanent ceasefire [and] an end to the occupation of Palestine."