12-11-25
From 5AM on Wednesday 12th November, 2
activists from the pro-Palestine direct action group, People
Against Genocide, scaled the roof of Keysight Technologies
UK Headquarters, at 610 Wharfedale Road, Winnersh Triangle,
Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5TP. Having reached the roof, the
pair unfurled a banner which read “UK: Stop Arming Israel”
and caused exterior damage to the building, with the aim of
shutting Keysight down.
Keysight produce military
electronic components, which have been used in the genocide
in Gaza. They export their deadly wares directly to the
Israeli military, as well as supplying them to UAV Tactical
Systems, a subsidiary of Elbit
Systems, who manufacture over 85% of the Israeli attack
drones responsible for so many Palestinian deaths. Keysight
also have business links to the French arms giant, Thales.
The
company have been the target of direct action before, and
just a few days ago, on November
7th, the ‘Autonomous Activist Group’ paid a visit to
Keysight’s offices in Edinburgh, with windows, lights, and
air-conditioning units smashed, and paint sprayed both
inside the offices, and on the exterior windows and walls.
Their Telford factory has also been targeted in the
past.
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At the time of issue, the activists were still
on the Keysight roof, and still determined to make their
mark.
A spokesperson for People Against Genocide said:
“While the pro-genocide governments, and the complicit
media, claim there is a ceasefire in Gaza, Palestinians
continue to be killed and maimed by weapons produced in this
country. By attempting to prevent this, we are upholding
international law, which Keir Starmer, and the equally
corrupt politicians around him, have trampled over. History
will be our judge. And
theirs.”
