Around 100 people Ferra Engineering on January 24 to protest the company's role in providing weapons for聽Israel's genocidal war on聽Gaza.
Two weeks ago, the launch of the聽鈥淪hut down Ferra鈥 campaign involved聽聽to聽turn聽off equipment.聽
Ferra is the 聽which makes essential components for the Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) Extended Range of bombs. It supplies聽Boeing and the Defence Material Organisation.
Amnesty International that JDAMs 鈥渨ere used by the Israeli military in two deadly, unlawful air strikes on the al-Najjar and Abu Mu鈥檈ileq family homes in Deir al-Balah in the occupied Gaza Strip鈥. There was no evidence of military targets at either location.
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Protesters chanted 鈥淔erra spreads terror鈥 and 鈥淣o more war, no more terror, we won't stop 'til we shut down Ferra鈥.
One person told a packed Justice for Palestine forum that evening that the campaign aims to shut down Ferra 鈥渇or real鈥.
Activists are inspired by Palestine Action in Britain which has聽used聽mass direction action tactics to force聽three Israeli Elbit Systems weapons factories to close.
The picket went ahead a聽day after 鈥渁nti-terror鈥 police raided the homes of several activists, arresting four. They were held in the watchhouse until a magistrate 鈥減eeled back鈥 bail conditions to 鈥渘ot going 50 metres in the vicinity of鈥 Ferra or Boeing locations.
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