Activists break into Leicester factory owned by Israeli firm Elbit Systems
(www.middleeasteye.net)
from pete_link@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 2026 23:24
https://lemmy.ml/post/46389976
from pete_link@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 2026 23:24
https://lemmy.ml/post/46389976
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/46389822
April 24, 2026
According to media group The Aftershock, the activists used ladders to climb over razor-wire fencing to enter the premises.
After occupying the roof, they drilled holes into it and subsequently abseiled into the building.
The Aftershock reported that the ceiling of the clean room, where Israeli drone parts are reportedly made, was broken. It said that such contamination of the clean room could knock it out of use for some months.
One of the activists involved said: “We are sick and tired of our government’s collaboration in this genocide that Israel is committing on the Palestinian people."
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Abseiled? Someone brought out the thesaurus for this one
The benefits of not living somewhere that’s dumbed-down the language to a series of woops and y’alls.
Quite the supercilious response pal
And with a superfluous and grammatically incorrect hyphenation, to boot!
Isn’t that correct?
The hyphenated version is an adjective.
In the US it’s generally called rappelling - abseiling is derived from the german term, but it’s seldom used in the states.
Conversely, in Australia I’ve only ever heard ‘Rappelling’ in US movies, the common term is Abseiling here.
Yep, I’ve never really heard Rappelling used in the commonwealth countries (outside of super tourist-y areas).
I don’t know if it’s just a me thing, but I think of rappelling as being against a surface, while if you do it in the open air it’s abseiling (though you could call it abseiling against a surface too).
Their brains are too busy trying to understand the farenheit scale and using the imperial system.
Edit: these cunts have a worse sense of humour than the Germans. I look forward to the fall of their empire tbh.
Made pickles today, food scale is in grams. Yay correct salinity, also git fukt furner
Thesaurus? Someone brought out the glossary for this one
Well done those people. Not easy to do in authoritarian and Zionist Britain.
i’d like to congratulate them on renaming themselves
they passed the test so many others have failed
they have now ruined that name of course
so what do we do, people?
probably come out in protest for People Against Genocide knowing that diverse crowd
don’t do it - use a different name
Wear facerec-defeating headwear and above all, leave your portable telescreen at home!
I’m certain they will be called anti-semites.
Bet they’re going to be accused of being terrorist supporters.
I hope that isn’t one of the activist’s blood all over the place
Burn the building down
And they will face more consequences than the genocidal fucks in Israel, what a great world we live in
Heroes