Pro-Palestine activists acquitted of burglary at Israeli arms site in UK

In the United Kingdom, all defendants in the "Filton24" case, linked to the pro-Palestine group Palestine Action, have been acquitted of aggravated burglary at a UK branch of Israeli arms company Elbit Systems in Bristol. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) stated at a Woolwich Crown Court hearing on Wednesday that they could not provide evidence to support the charge. The defendants were accused of participating in a break-in at the Elbit Systems location. Five defendants, who had been held on remand for over a year, were released, with one awaiting bail in another case. This acquittal follows a recent High Court ruling that deemed the government's ban on Palestine Action unlawful. Previously, the first six defendants in the case were acquitted of aggravated burglary, with the jury reaching no verdicts on remaining counts.

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