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STV News
27-05-2025
- Business
- STV News
Pro-Palestine activists target business over weapons firm ties
A business in Glasgow has been vandalised by pro-Palestine activists for allegedly supplying services to arms manufacturers. Protesters from Palestine Action Scotland targeted Castle Precision Engineering in Glasgow's Southside by covering it in red paint on Monday afternoon. Members from the group said in a statement that the engineering company works closely with the firm Leonardo, who manufacture and supplies weapons to the Israeli military. In a statement, Palestine Action Scotland said: 'Israel's overt goal of exterminating and displacing Palestinian life is made possible by facilities like this one. 'Vital parts are distributed to assembly lines in Scotland to make the planes, drones and weapons that are slaughtering children as you read this. 'By targeting one of their suppliers, Castle Precision Engineering, we are directly responding to calls from Palestine to disrupt the chain of arms from Scotland to Israel. 'We're ordinary local residents taking direct action against the bloody supply chain enabling Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Anyone as horrified by the atrocities Israel is committing could do exactly as we have done. As long as complicit companies try to operate from within our communities in Glasgow, they will remain a target. 'While our governments attempts to publicly decry Israel's actions and shift the blame in the face of mounting public and legal pressure, it actively supplies the flow of arms that makes these crimes possible. Marches and petitions are not sufficient. It is our collective responsibility to cut off at its source.' According to Castle Precision Engineering's website, the firm offers defence components, including the manufacture of aircraft, radars, missiles, lasers, and torpedoes. Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
Daily Record
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Daily Record
Pro-Palestine activists vandalise Glasgow factory over 'Israel links'
Photos have emerged of activists vandalising the Scottish offices of a military parts manufacturer over the company's alleged links to the Israeli military campaign in Gaza. Parker Hannifin's premises in Glasgow's Hillington were targeted on Monday night, April 28, with the building covered in red paint and defaced with slogans such as 'Free Palestine' and 'Your profits are covered in blood.' Activists from the group Palestine Action Scotland claimed responsibility for the incident, accusing the firm of supplying components used in weapons systems deployed by Israeli forces. In a statement, the group said the action was taken in response to 'calls from Palestine to disrupt the flow of arms and technology from Scotland to Israel.' They specifically cited Parker Hannifin's role in producing parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other military aircraft used in Israeli operations. The company also supplies systems to Leonardo, an Italian defence contractor with long-standing ties to Israel, known for manufacturing components for Apache helicopters and F-35 targeting systems. 'These weapons have been used to drop 2,000lb bombs on Gaza, destroying homes, civilian infrastructure, and killing tens of thousands,' the group said. 'Parker Hannifin has blood on its hands and will remain a target until it cuts ties with complicit companies like Leonardo.' The protest marks the second time activists in Scotland have targeted Parker Hannifin over its involvement in the arms trade with Israel. Campaigners referenced investigations by Amnesty International and legal proceedings at the International Court of Justice, which have described the situation in Gaza as genocide. 'This brutal war of extermination is being enabled by companies operating right here in Scotland,' the group said. 'Every company that chooses to be part of the supply chain to Israel's military shares responsibility and profits from genocide.' Palestine Action Scotland is part of a wider direct-action network seeking to shut down what it describes as 'sites of complicity' in Israeli apartheid. The group has carried out similar actions across the UK targeting companies involved in military supply chains. Parker Hannifin and Police Scotland have been contacted for comment.
Scottish Sun
26-04-2025
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Scots factory with arms firm ties vandalised by pro-Palestine activists
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ANTI-war activists trashed a metal company's service centre claiming it provides materials to defence firms making arms for Israel. Palestine Action Scotland smashed windows at the Righton Blackburns hub over alleged links to Leonardo and Thales which manufacture drones, helicopter parts and targeting systems used during the conflict in Gaza. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Righton Blackburns in Carmyle, Glasgow was vandalised by pro-Palestine activists 2 Palestine Action Scotland says it hit the site over ties to arms firms Campaigners filmed their hit at the site in Glasgow and daubed its walls with graffiti urging bosses to 'drop' deals with the businesses. A group spokesman said: 'We are ordinary local residents taking direct action against the bloody supply chain enabling Israel's genocide of Palestinians. 'Anyone similarly horrified by this state of affairs could do as we have done. 'Our governments are not only standing by while a genocidal campaign is carried out in plain sight, but is actively supplying the armaments that enable Israel's disgusting crimes against humanity. 'Marching to ask politely for change is no longer sufficient for people of conscience. 'Our actions were not a protest, but a direct intervention to disrupt the flow of weaponry and surveillance equipment. 'Israel's overt goal of exterminating Palestinians is made possible by facilities such as Righton Blackburns, from where vital parts are distributed to the assembly lines of Leonardo and Thales that make the planes, drones and weapons that are tearing the limbs off civilians and beheading Palestinian children. 'Until companies such as Righton Blackburns remove themselves from the supply chain that arms Israel, they will remain a target.' Righton Blackburns describes itself as a 'stockholder of quality metals and plastics' and says it supplies aerospace and defence clients worldwide with 'speciality alloys'. Bosses say these materials are sent from sites in Plymouth, Portsmouth, Bristol and Manchester. Five Glasgow University students have been on hunger strike for a week as they warn 'we will not stop' Footage of the strike carried out in the early hours of Friday morning show a figure smashing glass before a security alarm sounds at the site in the city's Carmyle. A Police Scotland spokesman said: 'Around 3.30am on Friday, April 25, we received a report of vandalism to a building in the Fullarton Drive area of Glasgow. 'Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.' Righton Blackburns has been approached for comment.
