\t\tProtest in solidarity with hunger striking Palestine actionists<\/p>\n
~ Scott Harris<\/strong> ~<\/p>\n Sheffield group Stop Arming Israel says its activists today blockaded the Ametek-Land factory in Dronfield, protesting the company\u2019s supply of infrared temperature measurement components to Israeli arms company Elbit.<\/p>\n Protestors closed off the entrances for about an hour, chanting and giving speeches in support of the hunger strikers currently on remand in British prisons for taking action against companies involved in Gaza genocide.<\/p>\n The prisoners demand a a shut-down of Elbit\u2019s operations in Britain as well as immediate bail, an end to the censorship of their communications, the right to a fair trial, and the de-proscription of Palestine Action.<\/p>\n All the hunger strikers have currently been hospitalised, with two of them\u2014Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib\u2014having passed 50 days without food. Several of their families have received little or no updates on their situations, according to the Prisoners for Palestine collective.<\/p>\n \u201cThe hunger strikers are on death\u2019s door\u201d, said the Sheffield group, \u201cKeir Starmer and David Lammy have Palestinian blood on their hands\u2014and they will have the hunger strikers\u2019 blood on their hands too if they do not act now\u201d.<\/p>\n