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Campaigners to target arms fair at Twickenham Stadium

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A Premiership match at Twickenham Stadium, London, December 30, 2023

CAMPAIGNERS are targeting the world’s best-known rugby stadium for protests against an arms fair which features exhibitors dealing weapons to Israel for its genocidal attacks on Gaza.

Twickenham Stadium in south-west London is the home of the English Rugby Union.

Every year the stadium hosts a conference which brings together arms manufacturers and buyers from some of the world’s most oppressive regimes.

Companies involved include Israeli-owned Elbit which has four factories in Britain manufacturing drones for the Israeli military,

Raytheon, another participant, produces guided missiles including a delivery system for cluster bombs, which have been ruled illegal under international law.

Opponents of the event are running regular stalls outside the stadium handing out leaflets exposing its use in the arms trade.

The stadium will be targeted when the event is due to take place on Monday January 22.

The campaign is being led by Twickenham and Richmond Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

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Campaigners protest arms fair in Twickenham

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Anti-arms campaigners outside Twickenham Stadium

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ACTIVISTS protested today outside Twickenham rugby stadium, where “human rights-abusing nations” were taking part in an armoured vehicle trade fair.

About 70 people took part in the demonstration in south-west London organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and supported by Campaign Against Arms Trade.

The local PSC group said that Israeli defence ministers were among the delegates at the International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) 2023 fair, along wth representatives of Israeli weapons giant Elbit Systems.

Also among the attendees was Italian arms firm Leonardo, part of a consortium of firms producing the Typhoon jets used by Saudi Arabia in its war on Yemen, according to the fair’s events programme.

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