Protesters barricade Kent’s Israeli arms factory, demand ceasefire

Earlier today, over 400 trade union members blocked entrances to the BAE Systems site in Rochester, Kent, UK. The factory is accused of providing weapons and components for Israeli military aircraft being used to bomb Gaza. Members are calling for an immediate ceasefire and ‘an end’ to the UK government's ‘complicity in Israeli war crimes’ being committed in Palestine.

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