Palestine Action, a movement “committed to ending global participation in Israel’s genocidal and apartheid regime,” said its activists occupied the rooftop of an Elbit Systems subcontractor as well as blockading the entrance to the arms manufacturer’s UK headquarters in Bristol, reports the Middle East Eye.
The direct-action group said the occupation “successfully halted operations at Guardtech”, a subcontractor which it said “provides essential clean room services” to Instro Precision, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms manufacturer.
The group published footage on X of its activists blockading the only entrance to the company’s Bristol headquarters.
“Just a reminder we, Palestine Action, we are not the terrorists,” an activist said in the video. “Elbit are the real terrorists”.
Palestine Action said that Instro Precision cannot operate without Guardtech’s services, which help to maintain “controlled environments” needed to produce radar kits and targeting equipment.
This includes high-precision military electro-optical sensors that help Israeli troops and vehicles select targets.
According to a report by Declassified and The Ditch, cargo documents confirmed that Instro Precision has been exporting the equipment to Israel during its war on Gaza.
According to the documents, the company sent military tripods, tripod support systems, radar kits and aerial reflectors to Elbit factories in Israel between November 2023 and May 2025.
Elsewhere in Bristol, other activists targeted another Elbit Systems subsidiary, Aztec West, using a van and lock-on devices to blockade the site’s only entrance and dousing it in red paint to symbolise Palestinian blood.
The actions come as Home Secretary Yvette Cooper laid a draft order for the banning of Palestine Action under counter-terror legislation before parliament. On Wednesday, parliamentarians will vote on the order for the group’s proscription. If passed, the ban could come into force as soon as Friday, making membership of and support for the group illegal.
Palestine Action is seeking to challenge the move after the High Court granted the group an urgent hearing to consider a judicial review of the decision.
