Activists from Palestine Action have attached themselves to vehicles, blockading the four entry routes to Discovery Park, the base of Instro Precision, this morning (April 15).
Preventing all entry, action has halted production at Instro, a subsidiary of Israel’s weapons company Elbit Systems.
Today’s actions are part of a A15 Global Day of Action for a “Coordinated Economic Blockade to Free Palestine”.
The Instro site, on Artillery Way in the Discovery Park estate, is normally used for the manufacture of target acquisition, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment for the military.
Instro Precision is owned by Elbit Systems, which provides a range of weaponry, including 85% of their military drone fleet and land-based equipment, as well as electronic warfare, bullets, munitions and gun components
Protestors say the action is to highlight the conflict and deaths in Gaza.
In 2019 the firm moved to Discovery Park from Broadstairs, where it had been the target of numerous protests. There have also been several protests at its site in Discovery Park.
Kent Police officers are currently at the scene of the protest.
An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian groups has been taking place chiefly in and around the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023.
