Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Putin approvesexperts for talks with Ukraine: Kremlin
Russian Deputy FM Galuzin, Head of General Staff Kostyukov, Deputy Defense Minister Fomin will participate in Istanbul talks: Kremlin
Russian presidential aide Medinsky will lead Russia delegatioon at Ukraine talks: Kremlin
Putin approves composition of Russian delegation for negotiations with Ukraine: Kremlin
Abu Obeida posts on X, commenting on the West Bank operation amid Israeli rumors that he was assassinated
Israeli media: An Israeli settler was killed and two others were injured in the shooting near Salfit
Israeli emergency service: The shooting near Salfit resulted in two injuries, one in extremely critical condition and the other in serious condition
Palestinian sources: Two Israelis were injured in a shooting operation near Nablus in the northern West Bank
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky: I am waiting to see who will arrive from Russia. Then I will decide what steps Ukraine should take
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky: Ukraine ready for any format of negotiations to end war with Russia

Elbit Cambridge to close following months of pro-Palestine protests

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: News websites
  • 22 Aug 2024 18:42
4 Min Read

While there are several Elbit jobs advertised on LinkedIn, there are none available in Cambridge.

Listen
  • x
  • Elbit Cambridge to close following months of protests: Reports
    Palestine solidarity activists shut down the Elbit Systems office in Cambridge Massachusetts in October 2023. (X photo)

The Cambridge headquarters of KMC Systems, a subsidiary of Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems, is mostly vacant with "99.9 percent" of staff working from home, according to police.

Other signs indicate that the company is leaving the city.

For months, pro-Palestine demonstrations have targeted the building that housed KMC. Despite workers going remote, protesters turn up every Wednesday, Cambridge Police Superintendent of Operations Pauline Wells told Cambridge Day on Thursday.

It is worth noting that Elbit Systems is known for supplying the Israeli occupation forces with drones, munitions, combat vehicles, missiles, and various other types of weaponry. According to the British newspaper Morning Star, "The majority of their arms are marketed as 'battle-tested,' meaning they have been deployed in bombardments against the Palestinian people."

According to BDS Boston, “We will continue organizing until Elbit Systems leaves Cambridge," warning real estate companies that Elbit is a "difficult tenant" as disruptive protests will follow wherever the firm goes.

This Monday, some 25 to 30 people got there, yelling chants like "Elbit is not welcome here" and "Palestine will be free." Police have stated that their policy is to stop traffic and safeguard persons participating in peaceful protests.

Other building tenants, including Reed Hilderbrand landscape architects, HMFH Architects, and Workbar coworking space, have allegedly informed demonstrators that the Cambridge Elbit facility is no longer in use and that the firm is seeking a new location.

KMC's website currently lists employment vacancies for Merrimack, New Hampshire. While several Elbit jobs are advertised on LinkedIn, none is available in Cambridge.

Israel's largest arms company, Elbit Systems, has been forced to permanently vacate its site in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, by Palestine Action US and BDS Boston.

This is the first success of its kind in the United States.

— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) August 20, 2024

Related News

Democrats to push bill against Trump ending birthright citizenship

Roche says Trump drug price order threatens $50bln US investment plans

Back in March, Palestine Action compelled Elbit Systems, "Israel’s" largest arms company, to permanently close yet another weapons factory in the UK, despite facing arrests, raids, and imprisonment.

The group announced that its efforts have led to the permanent closure of Elbit Systems' Elite KL factory in Tamworth, Staffordshire, marking the third Elbit Systems site in the UK to be forced to shutter permanently by Palestine Action.

BREAKING: Palestine Action permanently shut Elbit down in Tamworth!

After sustained direct action, the Israeli weapons maker was forced to sell due to increased security costs which cut their profits by 75%.

The new owners wrote to Palestine Action to confirm the factory is no… pic.twitter.com/MCwlknGtUr

— Palestine Action (@Pal_action) March 28, 2024

French insurance giant AXA cuts ties with major Israeli banks: BDS

In another win for the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction movement (BDS) in Europe, French insurance giant AXA has reportedly divested from all major Israeli banks.

The move comes as part of ongoing efforts by BDS to pressure companies complicit in supporting the Israeli occupation's settler-colonial regime, as announced in a new report published on Wednesday by the corporate accountability organization Eko.

Israeli banks are considered the backbone of the Israeli colonial project, providing substantial direct support for the expansion and maintenance of illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land.

The global campaign against AXA targeted the company's investments in these banks and in Elbit Systems, a leading Israeli defense contractor implicated in various human rights violations against Palestinians.

Under pressure from the campaign, AXA had previously partially divested from Elbit in December 2018 and March 2019. By the end of 2022, it had also withdrawn its investments from two Israeli banks, Mizrahi-Tefahot and First International Bank of Israel.

Eko, which is part of the broad coalition pushing AXA to cease its complicity in Israeli crimes against Palestinians, commissioned independent research by Profundo, revealing that as of September 2023, AXA still held over $20 million in shares in three Israeli banks: Hapoalim, Discount, and Leumi. However, by June 24, 2024, amid escalating global pressure, AXA had divested from these banks as well.

The report confirms that AXA has no longer invested in Mizrahi-Tefahot or First International Bank of Israel since at least the end of 2022, and it has now sold its remaining investments in the other Israeli banks, with only a few shares left in Bank Leumi.

  • United States
  • Boston
  • Elbit
  • Massachusetts
  • Elbit Systems
  • Israel
  • Israeli occupation
  • Cambridge

Most Read

Trump cut off contact with Netanyahu, senior Israeli official says

Trump cut off contact with Netanyahu: Israeli media

  • US & Canada
  • 9 May 2025
Saree

Yemeni Armed Forces target key Israeli sites, USS Truman

  • MENA
  • 7 May 2025
A boy draped in a Palestinian flag carries a mock rocket during a weekly anti-US and anti-Israeli rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, May 9, 2025 (AP)

Yemen announces hypersonic missile strike on Ben Gurion Airport

  • Politics
  • 9 May 2025
President Donald Trump, left, greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Monday, April 7, 2025, in Washington (AP)

US pressures 'Israel' for Gaza deal; Witkoff's Israeli rebuke leaked

  • US & Canada
  • 9 May 2025

Coverage

All
Gaza prevails against genocide

Read Next

All
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer with his wife Victoria make their way through supporters as they arrive at the count for the Holborn and St Pancras Parliamentary constituency where the Starmer is standing for election, in London, Friday, July 5, 2024 (AP)
Politics

UK Labour MPs urge government to recognize Palestine

Israeli exodus: 60,000 Israelis fled last year without return
Politics

Israeli exodus: 60,000 settlers fled last year on one-way tickets

Hollywood actors condemn Gaza violence days before Cannes Festival
Arts and Culture

350+ Hollywood actors condemn Gaza genocide ahead of Cannes Festival

Likud minister calls Trump as ‘unpredictable,’ unreliable
Palestine

Likud minister rebukes Trump, calls him 'unpredictable', unreliable

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS