Solidarity demo: Trial of the 7 against OIP/Elbit

Bourgondiëstraat 5/6, Oudenaarde, dinsdag 17 februari om 10:00 CET

17/02 - TRIAL OF THE SEVEN AGAINST OIP/ELBIT - SOLIDARITY DEMO - PROGRAM AND INFOS - OUDENAARDE 🚨

Solidarity Demo - Program

This Tuesday, February 17, seven activists will appear at the civil court of Oudenaarde, at 11 a.m., in room 08, after their criminal case was dismissed.

The hearing is public, let's show the judge our solidarity and support with the 7!

10 a.m. - Solidarity Demo

Speeches (FR/ENG/NL): StopElbit.be, Samidoun, Headquarters of a movement, Secours Rouge and Workers for Palestine and breakfast.

11 a.m.-1 p.m. - Hearing (indoor) - DUTCH

Stopelbit.be invite us to follow the 7 in the courtroom for those who wish!

From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Workshop School of Revolution (outside the Court) - FR/ENG/ARABIC

For those who do not wish to go inside.

1 p.m. - Speeches by the lawyers and the 7

The case in question

After a blocking action carried out on 24/03/2024 on the OIP/ELBIT site in Oudenaarde, seven activists are being prosecuted by OIP/ELBIT.

OIP/ELBIT is one of the main Israeli multinational arms companies. The blockade was intended to denounce the company's involvement in the ongoing genocide in Palestine, as well as to make its presence on Belgian soil visible.

Following numerous blockages on the Oudenaarde site, OIP/ELBIT is trying to intimidate the activists and set a precedent!

Today, OIP/ELBIT is claiming more than €65,000 in damages from the 7 activists.

Let's come together to show our support for the 7 and the solidarity struggles for the liberation of Palestine!

Let's also come together to prevent a multinational from threatening freedom of expression!

Let's come together against the repression of solidarity struggles for the liberation of Palestine!

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INFOS

📍Court address: Bourgondiëstraat 6, 9700 Oudenaarde

🕥 Trial length: 2 hours

☕ Coffees, teas and croissants

🚉 Collective departures from Brussels, Charleroi, Gent, Liège, Mons, Namur, Tournai and Vervier

🚗 Carpooling set up by Secours Rouge

🤓 More info on Stopelbit.be and @Stopelbit.be on Instagram.

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https://acties.todon.nl/event/solidarity-demo-trial-of-the-7-against-oipelbit

“Palestine Action Victory Vindicates Direct Action & Breaking Genocidal & Immoral Laws”

by veteran UK socialist & anti-Zionist campaigner Tony Greenstein in his latest blogpost

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@palestine@lemmy.ml

“However we should not be complacent. The decision is extremely problematic. The arguments that the three judges – Dames Victoria Sharp & Karen Steyn & Jonathan Swift - the most reactionary, pro-Zionist and security minded of the High Court, based their decision on, are extremely feeble and in places obscure and contradictory”

https://azvsas.blogspot.com/2026/02/palestine-action-victory-vindicates.html

#Press #SocialMedia #PalestineAction #Proscription #Unlawful #Victory #Vindication #Appeal #Judges #Reactionary #ProZionist #Labour #Starmer #Cooper #HomeOffice #Israel #Elbit

1/ “Despite being caught red handed with actual paint and on camera smashing up an arms factory with sledgehammers, the twelve good and true found all six activists not guilty of Aggravated Burglary”

juries - not the state - are acquitting activists as the people decide on punishment for crimes that aren’t crimes at all

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/02/05/filton-acquittals-the-start-of-a-sea-change/

2/ a jury had cleared the Filton 6 who were found not guilty of ‘aggravated burglary’ for property damage to Elbit Systems UK’s research & development site that supplies up to 85% of the land-based equipment & drones used by the Israeli military.

https://thebristolcable.org/2026/02/palestine-action-filton-6-cleared/

3/ jury nullification is becoming increasingly important as activists are acquitted of non-violent crimes (property damage is non-violence)

best zine on jury nullification:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ENK2g8EuNLi44GwL1C4DVyiWZFrlasU2/view

4/ as the people fight back. the UK High Court upholds the challenge to the banning of Palestine Action proscription in which 2,700 activists have been arrested under terrorism laws. this is a huge legal victory where the courts seemingly side with the people.

#palestineaction #elbit #filton24 #jurynullification #directaction
https://bsky.app/profile/hrw.org/post/3meqyb4jdno2c

Terrorism ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful by High Court

JOHN McEVOY, DANIA AKKAD and Martin Williams
13 February 2026

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6 min

The Home Office’s decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group last year was unlawful, a three-judge panel at the High Court has ruled.

In a hearing on Friday, Dame Victoria Sharp, one of the judges, said there had been “very significant interference with the right to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly”.

The court, she said, considered the proscription of the group “disproportionate”.

Despite the ruling, the group will remain proscribed until a further court order because it has “yet to hear argument on whether there should be a stay of any order setting aside the proscription order pending the possibility of appeal,” the judges said.

The judgment is a major blow for former home secretary Yvette Cooper as well as the Israeli arms companies who lobbied for a crackdown on the group.

It will be a relief for over 2,700 protesters who have been arrested for showing support for the group since the controversial ban.

,,,

Read the rest in the full article :

https://www.declassifieduk.org/terrorism-ban-on-palestine-action-ruled-unlawful-by-high-court/

#palestineaction #ukpol #uk #keirstarmer #yvettecooper #labour #israel #genocide #elbit #genocide #gaza #palestine

“UK Court Rules Palestine Action Terror Ban Unlawful, Government to Appeal”

By Palestine Chronicle Staff in The Palestine Chronicle on Substack

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“A British court has ruled that the government unlawfully designated the activist network Palestine Action as a terrorist organization, in a decision that challenges the use of counterterrorism powers against political protest while leaving the ban temporarily in place pending appeal”

https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinechronicle/p/uk-court-rules-palestine-action-terror

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Labour #Starmer #Cooper #HomeOffice #Elbit #PalestineAction #Proscription #Ban #Terrorism #AbuseOfPower #MetPolice #CounterTerrorism #PoliticalPolicing

“High Court rules that you can't pretend retired vicars and disabled people are terrorists”

by Ricky And Council Estate Media on Substack

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@palestine
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“In a decision that should spell the end of [UK Home Secretary] Yvette Cooper’s political career, the High Court has ruled the ban on Palestine Action is unlawful”

https://open.substack.com/pub/councilestatemedia/p/high-court-rules-that-you-cant-pretend

#Press #Socialmedia #UK #PalestineAction #Ban #Proscription #Unlawful #Cooper #PalestinanGenocide #Gaza #Israel #Elbit

Just Another Day at Elbit

She smiles as he hands her a cuppa
Looking up from her targeting grids
She likes it when he brings her coffee
While they shoot Palestinian kids

@protestfamily.com

#Palestine #Elbit #Genocide #Israel #Gaza #PalestineAction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK6rXNxhkcQ