Editor’s Note: The following press release was issued on February 2, 2021 by Palestine Action. Mondoweiss occasionally publishes press releases and statements from organizations in an effort to draw attention to overlooked issues. Eight activists from Extinction Rebellion North and Palestine Action were arrested yesterday after causing £20,000 worth of damage after shutting down an Israeli arms factory in Oldham, UK. The activists stormed the factory in the early hours of Monday morning, February 1, with six blockading three entrances and another two climbing onto the roof. The Ferranti Technologies plant, owned by Israel’s largest arms firm Elbit Systems, was left emblazoned with red paint, smashed windows and missing its “Cairo House” sign. The action received widespread support including from Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters and the national Extinction Rebellion group.