{"id":2256196,"date":"2024-05-30T20:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T00:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-palestinian-activists-sabotage-arms-factory\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T20:38:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T00:38:22","slug":"pro-palestinian-activists-sabotage-arms-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-palestinian-activists-sabotage-arms-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian Activists Disrupt Weapon Production"},"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\">10<\/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%2Fpro-palestinian-activists-sabotage-arms-factory%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=2256196&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--><p>The\u200c article by Rachel\u2064 M. Emmanuel \u2063highlights the paradox in \u2063the Israel-Hamas conflict: advocates for peace\u200b are \u2063triggering violence. \u200bIt delves into the\u2063 conflict&#8217;s\u2064 origins, including Hamas attacks on Israelis, Israel&#8217;s defensive response, and global reactions. Pro-Palestinian activists\u200c in Scotland sabotaged an arms factory supplying\u200b Israel, sparking debate on the boundaries of activism \u2062and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-has-no-plan-to-prevent-hezbollah-from-cashing-in-on-menthol-cigarette-ban\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Lacks Strategy to Stop Hezbollah's Gain from Menthol Cigarette Ban\">national \u200dsecurity \u2062risks<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/%20\"><span>Rachel M. Emmanuel<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 30, 2024 at 4:37pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The strange thing about the Israel-Hamas conflict is that the people shouting the loudest for peace are the ones who are causing the violence.<\/p>\n<p>The war began on Oct. 7 with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-rubio-demands-information-on-irans-nuclear-weapons-ambitions\/\" title=\"Rubio seeks details on Iran's nuclear aspirations amid Israel conflict.\">brutal attacks carried<\/a> out by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on unsuspecting Israelis sleeping in their beds, living their lives, or attending a music festival.<\/p>\n<p>But after Israel began a justified defense, which in their case meant destroying Hamas in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/divine-judgment-pics-bidens-gaza-pier-look-like-god-wiped-face-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-uyghur-leader-asks-joe-biden-to-consider-military-action-against-china-over-genocide\/\" title=\"Watch: Uyghur Leader Asks Joe Biden to Consider Military Action Against China over Genocide\">world attacked<\/a> them for their response.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., pro-Hamas protesters blocked streets and college campuses shouting about a cease-fire while attacking Jewish students, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harrowing-footage-jewish-students-barricade-library-pro-palestinian-mob-hammers-doors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">barricading them in libraries<\/a>, and hurling racist epithets at them.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anti-Israel protesters physically attack Jewish people for carrying Israeli flags in St Louis, USA.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R6XNz6wiUP\">pic.twitter.com\/R6XNz6wiUP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Visegr\u00e1d 24 (@visegrad24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visegrad24\/status\/1721354788498002326?\">November 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Similar activities took place all over the world.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These Palestinian pro-Hamas-ISIS gangsters attacked &#038; assulted British police officers in London. \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7<\/p>\n<p>If you can identify them \u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metpoliceuk?\">@metpoliceuk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hamas_is_ISIS?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hamas_is_ISIS<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4pcert8lcT\">pic.twitter.com\/4pcert8lcT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Halawa \u2013 \u0645\u0627\u0631\u0643 \u062d\u0644\u0627\u0648\u0647 \ud83c\udf97\ufe0f (@HalawaMark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HalawaMark\/status\/1723732748588757009?\">November 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  Pro-Palestinian groups chant for peace while causing disruptions and inciting violence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should this brand of \u201cactivism\u201d be considered enemy action?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In Edinburgh, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-scotland-leader-gives-update-independence-united-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scotland<\/a>, a group of pro-Palestinian activists claimed responsibility for sabotaging internet cables and defacing property at a major arms manufacturer\u2019s factory in the Scottish capital early Tuesday morning, according to the Scottish news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/news\/24350999.activists-sabotage-internet-cables-edinburgh-arms-factory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The activists released videos showing them accessing cable boxes at the Leonardo factory on Ferry Road, cutting wires, and spraying expanding foam inside to disrupt operations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Palestine Action cut Leonardo\u2019s Edinburgh factory\u2019s internet cables, disrupting the producers of targeting systems for Israel\u2019s F-35 fighter jets. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u45n1KmSk8\">pic.twitter.com\/u45n1KmSk8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Palestine Action (@Pal_action) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pal_action\/status\/1795437306893193325?\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Actionists sprayed Leonardo\u2019s fighter jet display after they cut off internet access to the Edinburgh factory which produces targeting systems for Israel\u2019s F-35 fighter jets <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wShYtb2TtV\">pic.twitter.com\/wShYtb2TtV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Palestine Action (@Pal_action) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pal_action\/status\/1795471778652754216?\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They also sprayed red paint and the message \u201cStop Arming Israel\u201d on displays of fighter jet models produced at the factory.<\/p>\n<p>Palestine Action <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-scotland-leader-gives-update-independence-united-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scotland<\/a> stated the actions were aimed at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leonardodrs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company Leonardo<\/a> due to its supply of aircraft, laser targeting systems, and other military components to Israel, which the group accuses of committing \u201congoing genocide\u201d through its bombardment of Gaza, according to a left-leaning British outlet called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/trending\/2024\/05\/29\/palestine-action-leonardo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet said, \u201cThe Edinburgh Leonardo weapons factory specialize in \u2018high-energy military lasers,\u2019 which are rigged to F-35 fighter jets, which Israel have been using extensively to bomb Gaza. Leonardo also supply Israel with Aermacchi M-346 aircraft and components for its Apache attack helicopters, all while benefitting from millions in Scottish Enterprise funding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe weapons firm also merged with Israeli arms company RADA Electronic Industries, in a move that gives Leonardo a \u2018stable domestic presence in the Israeli industrial context,&#8217;\u201d the website claimed.<\/p>\n<p>While protest and civil disobedience are protected forms of expression, intentionally sabotaging industrial infrastructure and military supply chains goes beyond activism \u2014 possibly affecting national security operations.<\/p>\n<p>Where is the line between supporting terrorist governments and participating in terrorist activity?<\/p>\n<p>The sabotage of military equipment is a lot worse than a few painted plane displays.<\/p>\n<p>It could mean delays in the shipment of lifesaving defense equipment, which could cost lives.<\/p>\n<p>It could mean failure of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/piece-heavy-military-equipment-reportedly-moved-moscow-rooftop-russia-preparing-big-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military equipment<\/a> in the field, possibly endangering the lives of the very people these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-protesters-rally-outside-of-u-s-capitol-to-pressure-lawmakers-for-bigger-stimulus-checks\/\" title=\"D.C. protesters rally outside of U.S. Capitol to pressure lawmakers for bigger stimulus checks\">protesters claimed<\/a> to be fighting for.<\/p>\n<p>Activists who go beyond carrying placards and cause or attempt to cause actual harm to others should be treated as enemy combatants.<\/p>\n<p>The definition of war has changed, and so has the definition of \u201cenemy.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. 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Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45763\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45763\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45763\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45763\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45763\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rachel Emmanuel has served as the director of content on a Republican congressional campaign and writes content for a popular conservative book franchise.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Rachel M. Emmanuel has served as the Director of Content on a Republican Congressional campaign and writes for a popular Conservative book franchise. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary by Rachel M. Emmanuel on May 30, 2024, at 4:37 pm, a paradox emerges in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Those advocating for peace appear to be instigating violence. 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