Arms Companies & Weapons 
As Israeli arms company Elbit expands, activists’ resistance grows
Palestinian BDS supporters in Gaza (photo: bdsmovement.net)
Arms Companies & Weapons
Elbit: new company profile
Elbit Systems, based in Haifa, is Israel’s largest publicly traded arms and security company. Elbit is growing fast. It has absorbed dozens of companies since 2000 and now employs well over 11,500 people as well a presiding over a considerable global network of subsidiaries and affiliated corporations. Elbit is a […]
Arms Companies & Weapons
Solidarity campaigners plan demonstration at Elbit Systems
Friday 17th October 2014, 1-3pm Stop arming Israel – Demonstration at Elbit Systems in Shenstone During July and August 2014, 2,150 Palestinians were killed as Israel carried out another massacre of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza strip. Entire neightourhoods were destroyed and mosques, market places, UN relief compounds and schools […]
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“Wave of divestment” hits Israeli military contractor, Elbit Systems
Israeli companies profiting from the occupation of Palestine are increasingly subject to blacklisting and divestment due to the growing pressure exerted boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. The movement of Palestinian organisations and solidarity activists pushes for divestment from Israeli companies involved in and profiting from the occupation and in recent months has seen millions of dollars withdrawn from Israeli companies, in particular Israeli military contractor Elbit Systems, a company involved in the construction of the apartheid wall and connected to the manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) , or drones. (more…)
'Security' & Surveillance
Check Point Software: Ex-Israeli military spooks profiting from the cyber-security industry
By Eliza Egret and Tom Anderson First published by Corporate Watch Check Point Software Technologies sells internet security products across the world, including to public institutions such as the UK’s National Health Service. Israel’s fourth largest company, it is closely intertwined with the Israeli military and security services. Several of […]
