Elbit systems, a weapons and surveillance company established in 1966 by the Israeli tech company Elron and the Israeli Ministry of Defense, is a key focus of pro-Palestine activists who want their governments to stop supplying it with component parts.

It pivoted from producing computers to weapons in the 1980s, producing parts for Israel’s Lavi fighter jets and Merkava tank turrets, for which it supplies the technology today.

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According to Disrupt Land Forces, Elbit made US$6 billion from weapons sales in 2023, “with $17.8 billion worth of weapons on back order”.

From the Merkava tank turrets that have blasted and flattened so many Gazan homes to the bomber drones used during Operation Cast Lead and the current phase of the genocide, to the surveillance systems along the wall of separation running through the West Bank, Elbit has profited handsomely from the genocide of Palestinians.

Elibt has also profited from Israel’s many invasions of southern Lebanon. It told Israel the drones used to kill Red Cross workers in 2006 as well as the 500 pound “control fragment” bombs used to kill seven civilian aid volunteers on March 27, 2024. The tank shells that killed a Reuters journalist in 2024 and the illegal white phosphorus Israel used in mid-Ocotber 2023 are both suspected of being Elbit products.

Elbit’s partnership with Israel has earned them not just blood money, but a brand-new weapons testing facility at the expense 36,000 Bedouin Naqab/Negev residents,

Israel’s use of Elbit’s weapons in Palestine and Lebanon has allowed the company to market itself as “field tested” and “combat-proven”.

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