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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Anti-Israel activists vandalize UK offices of Germany’s Allianz with red paint for insuring Elbit
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists targeted the British offices of German financial services firm Allianz, daubing the outside with red paint in protest over the company’s links to Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems.
Palestine Action claims responsibility for the protest on social media platform X, and says demonstrators attacked 10 Allianz offices in the UK and “occupied” the insurer’s UK headquarters in Guildford, south of London, overnight.
“Without insurance, Elbit couldn’t operate in Britain,” Palestine Action says in its post, describing Allianz as “investors and insurers of Israel’s biggest weapons firm.”
UK-based spokespeople for Allianz, one of Europe’s biggest financial services groups, did not respond to a request for comment.
Ten Allianz offices targeted today to make it clear that Palestine Action will cost more than you gain from enabling genocide.
Allianz, it’s time to stop insuring and investing in Israeli weapons firm, Elbit Systems. pic.twitter.com/Ac4lzoRObd
— Palestine Action (@Pal_action) October 8, 2024
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