Keysight Technologies targeted over links to Israel’s genocide

At approximately 4am on Sunday, 12th April, three people from the direct action group People Against Genocide successfully evaded security and stormed the Keysight Technologies research and development plant in Hampshire:

Once inside, the activists destroyed computers, servers and machinery, directly linked to the murder of Palestinian, Lebanese, and Iranian civilians.

All three were arrested inside the factory:

Keysight Technologies: complicit in Israel’s genocide

US-owned Keysight Technologies manufactures radar and electronic warfare systems for military use. They supply UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS), a drone factory which is now entirely owned by Elbit Systems, Israel’s biggest weapons maker.

Amongst other drones, U-TacS are responsible for developing the Watchkeeper drone, based on Elbit’s Hermes 450 drone, which has been central to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and linked to the killing of seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen in April 2024. They have been used to surveil and kill innocent citizens across West Asia, on behalf of the Israeli regime, and other genocidal regimes around the world.

As well as supplying Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems, Keysight Technologies works with the US Army, US Air Force and US weapons companies, including Lockheed Martin. Keysight Technologies also specialises in 5G technology for military applications. The firm collaborates with Lockheed Martin on a 5G military solution called ‘5G.MIL Unified Network Solutions’ which provides a high-speed connection for weaponry and military applications used by the US military. Keysight Technologies also has a manufacturing plant in Israel.

In addition to Elbit weapons being used to kill thousands in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, the Israeli weapons firm also made a $2.3billion deal with the UAE, which is accused of arming the Congolese genocide.

Shutting it down

Keysight Technologies has been targeted for some time by anti-genocide activists, with several previous actions at their site at Winnerish in Berkshire, as well as Keysight facilities in Scotland. So far, rather than cutting their ties to Elbit, which supplies the Israeli military with 85% of their killer drone fleet, Keysight has chosen to invest millions in infrastructure and security.

A spokesperson for People Against Genocide said:

Keysight Technologies makes a killing by supplying the necessary components for the weapons used to commit mass murder in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran and the Congo. By dismantling Keysight’s research and development site, we are taking necessary direct action against the US and Israeli military industrial complex, responsible for the killing of people across West Asia and in the Congo.

So long as they are directly involved in genocide, we will continue to target this murderous company, exposing their role in supplying the Israeli and US military, and shutting them down.

One action taker said:

Keysight Technologies is a key supplier of Elbit Systems, who are are supplying and supporting the genocidal Israeli army. Wherever there’s genocide, Elbit Systems is involved. They’ll participate in any and every other illegal war. Their tag line is “battle-tested” on the Palestinian people. That is their marketing line.

Recently the UAE who is heavily involved in genocide has signed a billion dollar contract with Elbit Systems. Elbit has been looking to the Congo genocide for business opportunities, and their bombs have been used in the Congo. All of the struggles are absolutely the same struggle, connected by the same genocidal maniacs.

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