FIREFIGHTERS called to assist police at a protest targeting an Israeli arms factory in Leicester withdrew today in solidarity with Palestinians.
Members of the Palestine Action group clambered onto the roof of the UAV Tactical Systems factory in Leicester in the early hours and chained the site’s gates shut, halting the production of arms.
The factory, owned by Israeli weapons giant Elbit and Thales UK, is involved in building combat drones which activists say are being used by the Israeli military to bomb Gaza.
More than 200 Palestinians, including 63 children, have been killed in Israel’s latest onslaught on the besieged enclave.
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Australians have been warned not to import the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Down Under after a Sydney woman was arrested for allegedly burning the Israeli flag during protests - as the United Nations warns the violence in the Middle East could explode into a full-scale war.
At least 200 protestors gathered in Lakemba, Sydney s Muslim heartland, on Tuesday night for an unauthorised anti-Israel rally at the reserve on The Boulevarde.
The ugly scenes on the streets of the city s south-west saw Prime Minister Scott Morrison caution Australians not to bring the war over here. Of course we are all very concerned about what is happening there, he told Ben Fordham on 2GB.
Barrages since Monday have killed top commanders, including intelligence chief and head of rocket-making
Hamas requested ceasefire last night on a mutual basis after launching 1,000 rockets - leaving 7 Israelis dead
But Israel has vowed to press on with its military campaign despite outcry from the international community
UN has warned of full-scale war as the number of Palestinians killed in airstrikes reached 67 on Thursday The campaign is still far from over, Israeli cabinet minister said last night. Whatever we don t do now, we will have to do in six months or a year from now . Israel will not stop and has no interest in stopping.
Israeli military launches MASSIVE bombardment of Hamas tunnels stretching into the country as 160 aircraft drop 450 bombs on Gaza during devastating 40 minute onslaught: Death toll climbs to 122 including dozens of children
Israel s armed forces on Friday morning said they had launched an assault on tunnels from Gaza into Israel
Around 160 Israeli aircraft flying simultaneously conducted a massive attack on a network of tunnels
In a 40-minute air campaign in the early hours, 450 missiles were dropped on 150 targets in northern Gaza
Some 500 artillery shells - some flares, some explosive - plus 50 tank shells were fired during the onslaught
Palestinian authorities said that the death toll at dawn on Friday had risen to 115, with seven Israelis also killed