Another non-violent direct action has stepped up to fill Palestine Action’s shoes and target companies complicit in Israel’s genocide. From 4am on Tuesday 26 August, Palestinian Martyrs for Justice took aim at Moog Aircraft Group in Wolverhampton.

Palestinian Martyrs for Justice: new group takes action

Members of the new group, each wearing a T-shirt featuring the face of a Palestinian martyr, crashed a vehicle through two entrance gates to the Moog facility:

They then proceeded to scale the roof, where they set about putting the building out of commission using both hand and power tools:

They are still occupying the roof of the factory based at Moog, Valiant Way, Wolverhampton:

Moog Aircraft Group: propping up Israel’s genocide in Gaza

During the ongoing Genocide in Gaza, and despite British arms export restrictions, US-owned Moog has sent at least ten shipments of military equipment since December from Britain to Israel’s Hatzerim airbase. Israel’s biggest weapons firm, Elbit Systems operates the base.

The shipments relate to M-346 Lavi combat aircraft, which Israel uses to train pilots to fly F-16 and F-35 jets. Both of these have been central to the sustained slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has also used them in bombing raids against Lebanon and Syria.

Moog designed the flight control system for the M-346, and also provide maintenance for the jet aircraft.

Direct action dedicated to Palestinian martyrs

The action against Moog is the first by Palestinian Martyrs for Justice, and establishes them as a new direct action group challenging British participation in genocide.

The inaugural operation of Palestinian Martyrs for Justice is dedicated to the Palestinian martyrs depicted on the T-shirts of the activists taking part in this action. They are as follows:

• Hossam Shabat, journalist, killed by Israel in a targeted airstrike on 24 March 2025, aged 23.
• Refaat Alareer, writer, poet, and academic, killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike, together with several family members, on 6 December 2023, aged 44.
• Adnan al-Bursch, surgeon, tortured to death in Israel’s Ofer prison, on 19 April 2024, aged 50.
• Raghd al-Jabri, killed by Israel in a targeted airstrike, together with her mother and siblings, on 11 December 2023, aged 17.

Dismantling a ‘key player in the genocidal supply chain’

Whilst on the roof and wearing a t-shirt featuring the face of Raghd Al-Jabri, one of the action takers said:

We are Palestinian Martyrs for Justice and each of us here today on the roof of Moog are wearing a t-shirt of one of the martyrs that have been murdered by Israel in the genocide. Raghd was 17 years old when she was killed by an Israeli air strike. We are currently on the roof of Moog who are a key supplier of the F-35 chain that have been killing Palestinians in airstrikes.

Palestinians Martyrs for Justice said:

Each of us are representing a Palestinian martyr killed by Israel in the past two years. They are: Journalist Hossam Shabat, Professor Refaat Alareer, Surgeon Adnan Al-Bursh and child Raghd Al-Jabri.

Throughout the genocide, Moog has continued to supply Elbit Systems Israel with the parts needed to train Israeli pilots to use F-35 and F-16 fighter jets, which are used to massacre Palestinians. Britain has failed to prevent the Gaza genocide. Instead, our government and companies on our doorstep continue to benefit from the destruction of Palestine. So today, we are dismantling a key player in the genocidal supply chain, for all the Palestinian martyrs and those fighting to survive in Gaza.

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