A GROUP of Palestine protestors have filmed themselves vandalising a factory producing parts for F-35 fighter jets.
Activists from Palestine Action struck on Tuesday at the factory in Wirral, Liverpool, belonging to Teledyne Technologies, an industrial conglomerate.
Video footage shot by the activists shows them climbing up onto the roof of the building, before spraying red paint down into the factory below and clogging up an air vent with expanding foam.
In the footage a woman in a red jumpsuit can be seen squatting next to a hole – seemingly created by the group – in the roof of the factory.
She says: “We’re here to shut down Teledyne, a place that makes parts for the F-35 [fighter jets] that are dropping bombs on Gaza and Lebanon.”
She then proceeds to spray red paint from a fire extinguisher through the hole in the roof, shouting, “Clear” as she does.
She repeats her shout as she hoses the inside of the factory with red paint, covering machinery and work surfaces in the substance.
Her accomplice recording the footage can be heard exclaiming, “Yes” as the paint is sprayed across the inside of the workspace.
The woman then shouts “clear” one more time before throwing the fire extinguisher down through the hole in the roof.
Another woman then voices over the video footage saying: “This is for your complicity in genocide, we’re here to shut this factory down.”
The video cuts to another protester in a red jumpsuit spraying expanding foam into an air intake on the roof of the factory.
This woman says: “We’re here to disarm the manufacturers of fighter jet components and their complicity in an illegal genocide. We’re acting to intervene.”
The woman then turns around and picks up a crowbar, proceeding to batter the roof with it to create another hole as she and her accomplice shout: We’re here to intervene and uphold international human rights law.
“This is what you get for being a merchant of death.”
The footage was shared to social media yesterday with the caption: “Breaking: Palestine Action are on the roof of Teledyne’s weapons factory, disrupting the producers of crucial components for Israel’s F-35 fighter jets.
“This one is for Palestine and Lebanon. Resistance until victory.”
The footage has since received over 43,000 likes and more than 1,500 comments from social media users divided in their opinions over the actions.
One user wrote: “This is direct action. These humans are wonderful.”
Another added: “You are enabling Hamas terrorists. Are you proud of yourselves?”
A third replied: “Bravery and solidarity with the oppressed. I am in awe of you lot.”
Another commented: “Well done, actions speak louder than words.”
A fifth said: “I hear the vegan options in prison are pretty good these days – enjoy your sentences.”
