A hundred demonstrators, supported by the Palestinian cause, were arrested Thursday October 2 afternoon in Marseille while trying to block access to the site of the Eurolinks armament company, accused of selling military components in Israel, learned the France-Presse (AFP) agency from the Bouches-du-Rhône police prefecture.
“This afternoon, a group of individuals again tried to block the Eurolinks site in Marseilleaccording to the same source. More than one hundred people were arrested and placed in police custody during this unconvinced rally, for participation in a crowd after summons, and some for degradations or violence on a person who is the depositary of the public authority. “
On social networks, images filmed by demonstrators showed Palestinian flags on the premises of the company, and inscriptions “Eurolinks assassinates the children of Palestine”or « Stop arming Israel ».
In recent months, actions – Events and collages of posters – multiplied in front of the site of the Marseille company, targeted by a complaint of the line of human rights (LDH), in particular for complicity of crimes against humanity and complicity of genocide.
On September 18, a hundred people had already blocked the site with garbage cans and a banner “Let’s close the genocidal factory”. At the beginning of June, the CGT dockers of the port of Marseille-Fos refused to load the pallets of the Eurolinks company leaving for Israel, to mark their refusal to “Participate in the current genocide orchestrated by the Israeli government”.
In its complaint filed on June 12, the LDH accuses Eurolinks of providing links for gunmen to the Israeli company Imit Systems, subsidiary of Elbit Systems “Known to be the largest weapons company in Israel”.
“The involvement of the weapons of the company Elbit Systems in the violations committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip has been formally identified on multiple times”says the LDH which also filed a complaint against IMI Systems. Interviewed several times by theAgency France-PresseEurolinks has never responded to requests.
