Elbit protest: Pro-Palestine activists ‘shut down’ drone factory

UK demonstration at subsidiary of Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems enters third day as two are arrested.

Pro-Palestinian activists in the United Kingdom extended their demonstration against the Israeli occupation into a third day on Friday, protesting at a factory that they allege makes combat drones for the Israeli military. Members of the Palestine Action group first scaled the roof of the factory in Leicester, a city in the English Midlands, on Wednesday. The site belongs to UAV Tactical Systems, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms producer, and Thales, a French aerospace company.