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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Pro-Palestinian activists will claim damage to company in UK was lawfully justified

A cardboard sign reads 'UK people stand with Palestine'
A sign attached by activists to the gate at Elbit Systems in Sandwich, Kent. Photograph: Martin Pope/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

Palestine Action activists will argue they had “lawful justification” to commit burglary and criminal damage against a company they wanted to shut down, a court has heard.

The eight defendants, including the group’s co-founders, are charged with offences relating to a campaign to put Elbit Systems’ UK arm “out of business”.

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