{"id":484299,"date":"2025-10-09T00:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T00:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/484299\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T00:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T00:37:15","slug":"sheffield-protesters-shut-down-arms-factory-linked-to-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/484299\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield protesters shut down arms factory linked to genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sheffield group Stop Arming Israel shut down the Sheffield-based factory of arms manufacturer Forged Solutions<\/a> for hours today:<\/p>\n

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Sheffield arms factory: shut down<\/p>\n

Protesters suspect the Sheffield arms factory is complicit in Israel\u2019s genocide<\/a> in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Early on 8 October, Stop Arming Israel blockaded the River Don Site for a second time, having successfully done so in August too. The group had previously blockaded the company\u2019s Meadowhall factory back in July on two occasions.<\/p>\n

There was reportedly a heavy police presence, but protesters managed to stop numerous cars and lorries from entering in the morning:<\/p>\n

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A larger protest followed at 11am outside the Meadowhall site.<\/p>\n

According to a press release from the group, \u201cForged Solutions is listed<\/a> on the Open General Export Licence for the F-35\u2033 fighter jet that Israel has used to decimate Gaza. The company denies making F-35 parts in Sheffield.<\/p>\n

Other protests targeting the F-35 supply chain took place<\/a> in Rochester, Havant, Cheltenham, and Brough.<\/p>\n

If politicians keep choosing not to act, ordinary people will keep coming back<\/p>\n

A Stop Arming Israel spokesperson said the group:<\/p>\n

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aims not only to target complicity but also direct participation in the genocide in Palestine. Forged Solutions has a long history of supplying parts to companies like Pratt and Whitney and Safran Aero Booster which go on to make engines for fighter jets like the F-35, F-16 and F-15. All of these planes are used by the occupation in its genocide of the Palestinians meaning that Forged Solutions is a participant in the genocide.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A protester, meanwhile, explained that:<\/p>\n

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As Sheffield residents, we are left with no choice but to take matters into our own hands and blockade the Forged Solutions factories once more. We have lobbied the council and the mayoral authority countless times about the city\u2019s complicity in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. We are two years into this genocide; campaigning is not enough. The most effective action we can take is to directly halt the activities of these factories \u2013 as we have successfully done on multiple occasions \u2013 and disrupt the supply chain of weapons being exported to Israel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Another added:<\/p>\n

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We will be back!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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