Jewish-owned property firm vandalized by anti-Israel group in London; police treating incident as ‘racially aggravated’

London police are investigating after a business in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Stamford Hill was vandalized earlier this week by anti-Israel activists who claimed that it was connected to Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems.

According to local media, the windows of the Jewish-owned property firm were smashed in and the storefront was covered in red paint. The words “drop Elbit” were painted on the road in front of the store.

Furniture and computers within the store were also said to have been vandalized.

A Jewish-owned business in north London was targeted in a "traumatic antisemitic" attack overnight. Windows smashed, red paint daubed and 'Drop Elbit' graffiti stamped on the pavement. The property company in Stamford Hill has no known connection to Israel. pic.twitter.com/qvMceMqInF

— Jane (@janeprinsley) May 29, 2025

The anti-Israel Palestine Action activist group later took responsibility for the incident, claiming on X that the property business, Discovery Park,  “owns the business park which houses Elbit’s factory Instro Precision.”

“Instro Precision continues to export targeting gear to Israel, making both the Israeli weapons maker and its landlord, perpetrators of genocide,” it declares, referring to Israel’s ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.

A spokesperson for Discovery Park tells the Standard, however, that it has no connection to the Elbit subsidiary factory located within its Kent business park.

BREAKING: Palestine Action target the London-based landlords of Kent's Elbit weapons factory, Instro Precision.

Instro Precision continues to export targeting gear to Israel, making both the Israeli weapons maker and its landlord, perpetrators of genocide. pic.twitter.com/TDN2yrEump

— Palestine Action (@Pal_action) May 29, 2025

Speaking to the Jewish Chronicle, the president of Jewish neighborhood watch group Shomrim, Herschel Gluck, says he believes the incident to have been antisemitic in nature, rather than anti-Israel.

The owners of the company “are visibly Jewish,” says Gluck. “The people who run the business and this business itself have nothing to do with Israel.”

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police tells the Jewish Chronicle that it has yet to make any arrests, but that it is treating the incident as “racially aggravated criminal damage.”

The spokesperson says police presence has been increased in the area.