Seventy activists protest at the beginning of Aviation Week over Israel’s participation

A seventy activists have protested these claims against Aviation Weekan aeronautical market fair that took place at the Gran Via venue, with both presence of Israeli companies. They have been called for a series of entities and environmental platforms in support of Palestine, among them ZeroPort, Prou ​​Complicitat amb Israel, Center Delàs, Ecologistes en Acció, EndFossil i Rebel·lió or Extinció.

Protest for the participation of public and private companiesIsraelis and internationals “who are profiting from the current situation of genocide and ecocidi in the Gaza Strip.” According to their argument, the week of MRO aviation also “contributes to the promotion of pollution and global scavenging, the hypertourism of our cities and, also, genocide.”

The councilor of Barcelona in Comú Jess Gonzalez He has called it a “deep mistake” that the Generalitat and the Barcelona City Council allowed the “macabre” celebration of Aviation Week at the Fira and has accused the administrations of “posing the red catifa” to military companies that are profiting from the genocide to the Gaza Strip.

The bell No Aviation Weekwith the support of a hundred organizations, launched this fira to “destroy the planet” and “promote the genocide” of the Palestinian people. “It is a development of the promotion of the aeronautical sector and involves companies linked to the military industry and the genocide in Gaza,” he said. Claudia Custodio, platform holder. The entities criticize the administrations for not canceling the fair.

The manifesto is promoted by the entities involved in the company, such as Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), ensuring that it is 100% owned by the Israeli government, “one of the largest arms manufacturers” in the country and the creator of the “Assassi Heron drone”, both a ” fundamental role in the attacks” against the Gaza Strip. They also charge against TAT Technologies, a supplier to the Israeli Air Forces and that its developers have increased its services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, as well as Qualtero, which also serves the Israeli military among its clients, always according to the text.