A Jewish-owned enterprise in north London has been daubed in crimson paint and its store window smashed by pro-Palestinian campaigners in an incident police are treating as racially aggravated.
Three males had been caught on CCTV within the early hours of Thursday attacking an funding group in Stamford Hill, an space with a big group of orthodox Jews.
Additionally they spray painted the phrases “Drop Elbit” in crimson, a reference to Elbit Techniques UK, an Israeli arms producer.
Palestine Motion claimed accountability for the assault. The group mentioned it was concentrating on a enterprise that’s registered because the landlords of an Elbit weapons manufacturing facility in Kent.
A spokesperson for firm, which requested anonymity for worry of additional assaults, mentioned it had no reference to Elbit and that the incident had terrified workers. They mentioned: “I turned up this morning and saw the place vandalised. For Jewish people it is very, very scary now.”
Police have taken statements from workers and are investigating CCTV footage of the assault unfolding.
The Metropolitan police mentioned officers had been referred to as to the property at 7.23am. In an announcement the power mentioned: “Inquiries are ongoing and no arrests have been made at this stage. This incident is being treated as racially aggravated criminal damage.”
It added: “We understand the concern this may cause members of the Jewish community. Officers are working with community leaders and patrols have increased across the local area.”
In an announcement, Palestine Motion mentioned: “During the early hours of Thursday, activists from Palestine Action targeted the London-based landlords of Elbit’s Instro Precision weapons factory. The registered address … was covered in red paint and the front windows were shattered, to demonstrate against the company’s involvement in arming the Gaza genocide.”
It added: “Instro Precision is a weapons maker owned by Elbit Systems, Israel’s biggest weapons producer.”
The group claims that Instro Precision was granted greater than a dozen weapons export licences final 12 months for the cargo of arms to Israel. Palestine Motion says it targets all those that revenue from the operations of Israel’s greatest weapons producer, and demanded the landlords evict Instro Precision.
