While disabled people blocked Westminster, Palestine Action hit genocide insurers Allianz – twice

On Wednesday 26 March, Palestine Action’s campaign to pressure Allianz, who provide insurance for Elbit Systems, to end their complicity in Israel’s genocide continued.

Allianz: shut down yet again

Two Allianz sites in Bristol, at Victoria Street and Aztec West were sprayed with symbolic blood-red paint and had their windows smashed – in order to shut them down and let people know the company’s profits are covered in Palestinian blood.

This was the Aztec West site after Palestine Action paid it a visit:

And here’s what Palestine Action did to Allianz’s Victoria Street site:

Elbit, Israel’s biggest weapons maker, produces a variety of military attack drones in Britain, which have been used extensively to kill Palestinian civilians throughout the ongoing Gaza Genocide. The firm supplies 85% of the IDF’s killer drone fleet and land-based equipment, as well as electronic warfare devices, remote-controlled attack boats, munitions, and more.

The Israeli weapons giant, who boast that their deadly products are “battle tested”, are only able to operate in Britain because Allianz provide them with insurance. By targeting the company, alongside Elbit, and all those who aid and abet them, Palestine Action aim to stop production of the weapons being used to massacre Palestinian civilians and save lives.

Palestine Action have already targeted scores of Allianz sites, many of them repeatedly. In January, for example, on one night alone there were actions against 15 Allianz offices across Europe, with the campaign continuing to escalate throughout this year.

Within the past week, the Glasgow offices of Allianz was sprayed with blood-red paint, with the words ‘AZ DROP ELBIT, IT’S GENOCIDE’ painted on the front of the building.

Palestine Action: stopping a genocide

A spokesperson for Palestine Action said:

While the governments of the world do nothing, the Israeli war-machine, aided and abetted by Keir Starmer, are threatening the very existence of the Palestinian people in Gaza, and escalating attacks against them in the West Bank. The destruction of hospitals, the targeted murder of journalists, and the wholesale slaughter of the civilian population has become normalised.

We are in an urgent struggle to stop a genocide, and will target the Israeli weapons makers to the best of our ability, along with all those who assist them, such as Allianz, who would be well-advised to invest elsewhere. We will not stop until every last Israeli weapons maker quits these shores for good.

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