Elbit Systems is Israel's largest weapons manufacturer and primary supplier to Israel’s genocidal army. Elbit develops, manufactures, and sells military and surveillance used by Israel in its ongoing genocide in Gaza, its apartheid system against the entire Indigenous people of Palestine, and its ongoing criminal aggression against the peoples of the region.
Elbit is not just a weapons company — it is a cornerstone of Israel's military-industrial complex, directly profiting from and enabling Israel's apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against Palestinians. The company's drones and surveillance systems enable Israel’s precision bombing of residential areas, and its military vehicles and weapons systems are used in attacks on Gaza. Elbit’s border control technology enables Israel’s siege of 2.3 million Palestinians, and its training systems prepare Israeli forces for carrying out ethnic cleansing operations.
The BDS campaign against Elbit Systems, Israel's largest weapons manufacturer and primary supplier to Israel’s genocidal army, started in 2007 and has grown worldwide ever since. The BDS movement called for a global week of action against Elbit 20 - 25 April. Civil society groups and activists answered the call and led coordinated, strategic, and peaceful disruptions of this central pillar of Israel’s military-industrial complex.
The BDS movement salutes all those who took part and calls for continued public pressure worldwide to shut down Elbit Systems and its supply of weapons and military materiel enabling Israel’s ongoing genocide and apartheid against Palestinians.
Shenstone, UK:
SouthStaff Palestine Solidarity
Activists from SouthStaff Palestine held two protests against Elbit Systems. Protesters engaged with workers, played voice clips about the genocide and sang resistance songs
Basel, Switzerland:
BDS Switzerland
Protesters held an action outside a branch of UBS bank, a major investor in Elbit Systems calling on UBS to divest immediately.
Cluj-Napoca, Romania:
Activists put up many posters against Elbit Systems around the city.
United States:
Elbit out of South Carolina
In Ladson, South Carolina, activists held a protest outside an Elbit Systems factory and spoke with port workers.
Aix-en-Provence, France:
BDS Aix-en-Provence
Activists held a protest outside the factory of weapons manufacturer Thales and distributed leaflets to employees and contractors. Thales manufactures a wide range of military equipment including components for Elbit’s drones.
Mexico:
BDS Mexico
In Aguascalientes, protests took place outside the FANUC office. FANUC is a Japanese robotics company provides Israeli military company Elbit Systems with crucial robots used to make 155mm projectiles, Israel’s most commonly used ammunition, particularly in its ongoing genocide.
At the headquarters of HSBC in Mexico City, protestors called on HSBC to divest from Elbit Systems, putting up banners and posters.
There are many ways to target Elbit in different countries – by pressuring suppliers to cut their business ties, as well as universities, banks and pension funds to divest from Elbit.
Israel could not sustain its genocide, apartheid, and military occupation without the military technology supplied by corporations like Elbit. Every strategic action that cuts into Elbit's profits or peacefully disrupts its operations is a direct challenge to Israel's ability to carry out its genocidal crimes against Palestinians.