Activists have again blockaded the Thales plant in Govan as they call for the UK Government to stop selling weapons to Israel.
The company has a contract with Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems, which produces 85 per cent of drones used by the Israel Defence Forces as well as the same proportion of the country’s land-based equipment.
The demonstrators, made up of workers from a range of professions and unions, blocked entrances to the site holding up banners that read 'Stop Arming Israel' and 'This Factory Arms Genocide'.Tom, 39, a care worker, said:"There is a full-blown famine happening right now in Gaza with children and elderly so starved they can barely walk.
"We’re here to make sure that there’s no business as usual for those who sell arms to genocidal regimes." "Arms companies, operating right here in Glasgow, are making huge profits as tens of thousands of people die and millions see their homes turned to ash and rubble. "To anyone paying attention the deployment of these weapons is in violation of international law and that the UK itself is breaking international law by licensing the exports of such weaponry.
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