Police have arrested four people after a break-in at Moog Aircraft Group’s Wolverhampton factory, where the group claimed the company’s products are used on fighter jets striking Gaza.
Staffordshire Police said they were called to Valiant Way in Pendeford at 3.50am on Tuesday after reports of criminal damage. “Four people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage offences following an incident at an industrial unit in south Staffordshire earlier today,” a spokesperson confirmed.
“Significant damage was caused to a number of sky lights and solar panels.”
The protesters, describing themselves as members of a group called Palestinian Martyrs for Justice, forced their way through security gates before climbing onto the roof and releasing a smoke flare. Footage shared online showed the group wearing T-shirts featuring Palestinians killed in the conflict, including surgeon Adnan al-Bursch and journalist Hossam Shabat.
The group said they targeted Moog because it manufactures components for the F-35 and F-16 aircraft used by Israeli forces. In their statement, they accused the Wolverhampton site of complicity in what they described as attacks on Gaza.
Moog’s Wolverhampton facility is one of the company’s largest outside the United States, employing several hundred engineers and technicians. The site designs and supports actuation systems and hydraulic equipment for both civil and military aircraft, including Airbus airliners, Rolls-Royce engines and the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet.
The UK Government responded to questions over the incident by reiterating its position on arms exports:
“As set out to Parliament last September, we have suspended licences for exports of military equipment to the IDF that might be used in military operations in Gaza, based on our assessment that these could be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of International Humanitarian Law. We have not suspended all export licences for military equipment, as some are not for use by the IDF in Gaza, including items such as trainer aircraft and components for missile defence systems, and parts for military systems that are re-exported to other countries, including NATO allies.”
Send them to Israel, they can protest in person.
Job done.
Hear hear
send these Tarquins to Gaza, or the West Bank
I think the Palestinians have enough illegal settlers to deal with.
Those being?
The Israelis
They’ve been there longer than many religions have even existed?
I would have thought they would have welcomed them- I doubt they would be considered illegals.
100% right on.
anyone sabotaging defense industry and military bases needs to be executed. our adversaries are using these idiots to strike our countries, if they aren’t actual agents themselves. these are military actions and need to be dealt with as such. a slap on the wrist just encourages it.
Tarquin and Henrietta (Hetty for short) are at it again.
Tarquin and Henrietta… are they pseudonyms for ****wit and dip****?
Make them pay for the damage ,
Absolutely.
I feel the recovery process for financial compensation following illegal acts of damage or injury is under used.
they want to be martyrs, i hope the justice system endulges them
you can protest peacefully, but this should not be tolerated one second and should face the full force of the law
I think any attack that threatens uk capability to defend itself should be treated as traitorous.
Agreed,
They are Putin’s useful idiots.
brain fart, i meant indulge. doh!
can’t recall these folk protesting the Hamas atrocities of 7 October 2023? strange that
The war didn’t start then
can’t recall these folk protesting the Hamas atrocities of 7 October 2023? strange that
Yeah gotcha the first time.
They don’t protest against the daily crimes done by Russia against Ukraine, not a peep.
The UK government has sold out to US and Israeli arms manufacturers and their need to sustain the slaughter in Gaza to grow richer.
Release the hounds.
The British government should be less ambigious, just like they are with Russia. Labour friends of Israel should go in the bin for a start.
They are probably the only people in the Labour party who are not racist shit who hate Jews.
How about we bin the rest of the party?
Ok then. Prosecute them and ruin their lives. If idiots want to do idiotic things and by consequence remove themselves from ever working in significant parts of public life ever again then let them.
These protestors have rights as UK citizens. It’s a pity they haven’t accepted their concomitant responsibilities. Hopefully a spell in jail will help them to sober up.
This not OK.
We are fighting a hybrid war and trying to rearm against existential threats to the democratic rules based order.
The penalties for this need to be escalated as a deterrent.
More clueless clowns with limited subject matter knowledge, brainwashed in the usual echo chamber. Bore off, get them sent over to Gaza for a bit of community service.
Send them to Gaza so they can fulfill their wishes of becoming Martyrs.
Another group that needs proscribing as a terrorist cult.
Can we not arrest them all, bung them on a plane and drop them out over Palestine/ Gaza. Parachutes optional. They can protest in person then, let’s see how brave and committed they are when they aren’t hiding behind the civil protections and human rights laws they abuse and take for granted.
The security at these sites are a joke. Thankfully they only threw a smoke bomb rather than a petrol bomb.
They are hardly helping their case to get their proscription as a terrorist organisation overturned are they. One would hope these continued actions at least result in others rethinking their blind support accordingly.