{"id":126858,"date":"2026-07-10T09:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/126858\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:35:13","slug":"bristol-activists-blockade-elbit-contractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/126858\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol activists blockade Elbit contractors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\tWorkers at logistics provider DSV were \u201cvery supportive\u201d, say organisers<\/p>\n<p>~ Scott Harris ~<\/p>\n<p>Disarm Bristol says a group of almost 40\u00a0protesters this morning blockaded the gates of DSV Road, a logistics and transport company contracted by Israeli weapons giant Elbit Systems.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters held banners saying \u201cDSV Drop Elbit\u201d\u00a0and \u201cDisarm Bristol Now\u201d, and prevented truck deliveries to the site for 3\u00a0hours.<\/p>\n<p>According to the group, \u201cafter initial confusion and confrontation, workers at the site were very supportive\u201d of the action once it was explained to them.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s blockade follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/global\/world-news\/2026\/05\/26\/palestine-action-global-dsv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">string of actions<\/a> against DSV in multiple countries. The company in 2024 replaced a Switzerland-based logistics giant, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20240202-transport-company-cuts-ties-with-israel-weapons-manufacturer-elbit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cut ties with Elbit<\/a> as a result of continued pressure from direct action groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can crack down on peaceful protest in order to protect the arms trade, but people will always continue resisting, because it is right\u201d, said a participant<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Workers at logistics provider DSV were \u201cvery supportive\u201d, say organisers ~ Scott Harris ~ Disarm Bristol says a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[273],"tags":[4781,282,4175],"class_list":["post-126858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dsv","tag-activism","tag-dsv","tag-palestine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116895005074656624","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}