{"id":2091840,"date":"2023-11-06T13:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/war-criminals-work-here-pro-palestinian-activists-vandalize-israeli-companys-virginia-office\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T13:45:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:45:08","slug":"war-criminals-work-here-pro-palestinian-activists-vandalize-israeli-companys-virginia-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/war-criminals-work-here-pro-palestinian-activists-vandalize-israeli-companys-virginia-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli company&#8217;s Virginia office vandalized by pro-Palestinian activists with &#8216;War Criminals Work Here&#8217; graffiti."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwar-criminals-work-here-pro-palestinian-activists-vandalize-israeli-companys-virginia-office%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2091840&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>&#8216;These people should be \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-blames-dems-for-tiki-torch-activists-outside-campaign-bus-they-work-for-terry-mcauliffe\/\" title=\"Youngkin Blames Dems For Tiki Torch Activists Outside Campaign Bus: \u2018They Work For Terry McAuliffe\u2019\">carrying tiki torches<\/a>.&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>Anti-Israel graffiti outside Elbit\u2062 Systems&#8217;s Virginia office (Tim Rice\/Washington Free Beacon).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A radical group that\u200d has railed against &#8220;colonizing Israeli scum&#8221; defaced the\u2064 Washington, D.C.-area headquarters\u2063 of an Israeli defense company with graffiti reading &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; and \u200d&#8221;War Criminals Work Here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1821132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1821132\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1821132\">(Tim Rice\/Washington Free Beacon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Palestine Action U.S. vandalized the Arlington, Va., offices of Elbit Systems late Sunday night, the group claimed on X, formerly Twitter. Members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/war-criminals-work-here-pro-palestinian-activists-vandalize-israeli-companys-virginia-office\/\" title=\"Israeli company's Virginia office vandalized by pro-Palestinian activists with 'War Criminals Work Here' graffiti.\">group smeared red paint<\/a> on the doors to Elbit\u2019s building and spray painted &#8220;Shut Elbit Down&#8221; and &#8220;We Will Be Back!&#8221; on the entrance. The group <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pal_ActionUS\/status\/1721449722802524260?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boasted<\/a> on X that this was &#8220;the THIRD Elbit location\u200b hit in one night\u200d in the U.S.,&#8221; part of a coordinated attack that also included offices in Pennsylvania \u200band Massachusetts. Elbit Systems is \u200da frequent target of anti-Israel activism, thanks \u2062to its work providing \u200dthe Jewish state with counterterrorism equipment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1821126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1821126\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1821126\">(Tim Rice\/Washington Free Beacon).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The\u2064 attack \u2064comes days after thousands\u200c of anti-Israel activists descended on the \u2064nation\u2019s capital to protest the Biden administration\u2019s support for the Jewish state as it battles Hamas terrorists. Members of Palestine\u200b Action U.S. were among \u200bthe protesters, some of whom were heard shouting &#8220;Allahu Akbar&#8221; as they <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/04\/news\/pro-palestinian-marchers-flood-dc-say-racist-state-israel-does-not-have-the-right-to-exist-long-live-the-intifada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vandalized<\/a> local businesses and attempted to scale the White House\u200c fence. Only one person has \u200bbeen arrested in \u2063conjunction with the protests, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pro-palestinian-dc-protest-yields-just-1-arrest-vandalism-protesters-trying-scale-white-house-fence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re out here in DC getting folks\u200b ready for action<\/p>\n<p>Come find us!!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShutElbitDown?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShutElbitDown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cmg1EOIonO\">pic.twitter.com\/cmg1EOIonO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Palestine \u200bAction US (@Pal_ActionUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pal_ActionUS\/status\/1720856253944004712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  On X,\u2063 Palestine Action U.S. frequently hurls invective against Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pal_ActionUS\/status\/1719475392820482407?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling<\/a> \u2063Israelis\u2064 &#8220;genocidal maniacs&#8221; and &#8220;colonizing Israeli scum&#8221;\u200b and calling for the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pal_ActionUS\/status\/1715696802282750395?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eradication<\/a> of the &#8220;Zionist beast.&#8221; Such anti-Semitic rhetoric\u2063 is hardly surprising, \u200baccording to Foundation for\u200c Defense of Democracies founder and president Clifford May.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those shouting and scribbling \u2018Free Palestine\u2019 have never cared\u200d about freedom in Gaza, ruled by Hamas with an iron \u200bfist since 2007,&#8221; May told the <em>Washington Free Beacon. <\/em>&#8220;What they mean\u2064 is Jew-free\u2014<em>Judenfrei<\/em> is\u2063 the word\u200b the Nazis used. These people should be\u200d carrying tiki torches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the Arlington\u2063 County Police Department told the <em>Free Beacon\u2064 <\/em>that &#8220;at this time, there is no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stinks-of-harassment-or-abuse-of-power-police-bodycam-video-raises-new-questions-about-dui-arrest-of-allen-wests-wife\/\" title=\"\u201cStinks of Harassment or Abuse of Power\u201d \u2013 Police Bodycam Video Raises New Questions About DUI Arrest of Allen West\u2019s Wife\">official police report<\/a> for a vandalism\u200b incident.&#8221; Elbit Systems did not respond to a request for\u200b comment. Following an Oct. 12 protest outside its Cambridge, Mass., factory,\u200c the company\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/israel-weapons-supplier-elbit-systems-targeted-1834230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> <em>Newsweek \u2064 <\/em>it &#8220;unequivocally condemns Hamas and its barbaric acts of terrorism&#8221; and &#8220;stand[s] with Israel and its people\u200b as they defend their country and citizens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Palestine Action \u2062U.S. is an offshoot\u2064 of Palestine\u200b Action, a British group that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestineaction.org\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">targeted<\/a> Elbit Systems\u200c offices\u200b across the United Kingdom\u200c and which has\u2064 blamed Israel for the Hamas attacks that have left at least 1,400 Israelis dead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The\u200b violence began when Zionist militia, backed by Britain, began the \u200dethnic\u2063 cleansing of the Palestinian people, destruction and theft of \u200dtheir land,&#8221; the group wrote on X hours after Hamas invaded Israel on \u2063Oct. 7. \u2063&#8221;Despite the asymmetry in resources and\u200c military power, Palestinians are resisting and taking \u2063their land back!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The violence began when Zionist militia, backed by Britain, began the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people, destruction \u200cand\u200d theft of their land.\u2062 Despite the \u200dasymmetry in \u200dresources\u2064 and \u200cmilitary power, Palestinians are resisting and\u200d taking their land back!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Palestine Action \u2064(@Pal_action)\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pal_action\/status\/1710603402902708230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  The\u2064 group\u2019s\u2064 American offshoot has been\u200b quite busy since\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ProgIntl\/status\/1715062496925475095?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launching<\/a> \u200c on Oct. 19. The group spray painted \u2062&#8221;Death to Israel&#8221; and &#8220;Glory to our Martyrs&#8221; outside the Israeli embassy in Washington,\u2062 D.C., on Nov. 4. Boasting about the graffiti on\u200c X,\u200c the group <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pal_ActionUS\/status\/1721007841417298099?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>, &#8220;Resistance will win. Israel will fall. Palestine will be free.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re glad the Israeli Embassy liked our graffiti. Resistance will win. Israel will fall. \u200dPalestine will be \u200cfree. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4So2hkhndv\">https:\/\/t.co\/4So2hkhndv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Palestine \u2064Action\u200c US (@Pal_ActionUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pal_ActionUS\/status\/1721007841417298099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The day prior, Palestinian Action U.S. vandalized the offices of the American Enterprise Institute, which it accused of &#8220;Zionist War Mongering&#8221; and &#8220;pushing hard for unconditional US support of Israel\u2019s genocide against the Palestinian\u200c people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 Actionists in DC paid a visit to the American Enterprise Institute, a Zionist War Mongering &#8220;think tank&#8221; that was a big\u200c force behind the Iraq war and is\u200c today (20 Years Later) pushing hard for unconditional US support of Israel\u2019s genocide against the Palestinian people <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g4vxQjvVOK\">pic.twitter.com\/g4vxQjvVOK<\/a>\t<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Palestine\u200c Action US (@Pal_ActionUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pal_ActionUS\/status\/1720456886447669605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  Elbit Systems provides Israel \u2062with \u2064counterterrorism\u200c surveillance technology and precision \u200dmissiles the Israel Defense Forces use to combat terrorists. The company\u2019s work with Israel has made it a frequent target of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, which \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-campus-anti-semitism-skyrockets-even-as-coronavirus-forces-remote-learning\/\" title=\"Report: Campus Anti-Semitism Skyrockets Even as Coronavirus Forces Remote Learning\">wages economic war<\/a> on\u200b Israel. Elbit was a major target of the financial giant Morningstar&#8217;s \u200danti-Israel\u2064 corporate ratings system, the <em>Free Beacon <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/morningstar-hasnt-followed-through-on-promise-to-eradicate-anti-israel-bias-from-ratings-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2>Not be\u200c tolerated. <\/h2>\n<p><span>  =&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>claimed<\/a> \u2063that &#8220;the \u2063Zionist occupation embassy in D.C. has been secured in the name\u200b of Palestine,&#8221; and that the attack was in response to the &#8220;Zionist occupation crimes in Gaza and Jerusalem.&#8221;\u2064<\/p>\n<p>While it is \u200bimportant\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/western-nations-scramble-to-protect-universities-from-american-leftism\/\" title=\"Western Nations Scramble To Protect Universities From American Leftism\">support free speech<\/a> and \u200bpeaceful protests, actions\u200b like these that involve vandalism and destruction of\u2062 property cannot be justified. The defacement\u200c of Elbit Systems&#8217; office and the spray painting\u2063 of extremist slogans are clear acts of aggression and should<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-Israel graffiti was found outside Elbit Systems&#8217;s Virginia office, with messages like &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; and &#8220;War Criminals Work Here.&#8221; The defacement was done by a radical group opposing Israeli colonization. Palestine Action U.S. has been vocal against the Israeli defense company. 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