The Palestine Action activists arrested for previous acts of vandalism (pre October 2023 BTW - they aren't a new phenonemon) on Elbit factories, and companies associated with Elbit, were acquitted by juries when they explained their rationale. In more recent cases they were expressly forbidden to say in court why they took the action they did and so were found guilty. This is well described in the documentary "To Kill a War Machine" - but you may not be able to view it currently for legal reasons...
The Palestine Action activists arrested for previous acts of vandalism (pre October 2023 BTW - they aren't a new phenonemon) on Elbit factories, and companies associated with Elbit, were acquitted by juries when they explained their rationale. In more recent cases they were expressly forbidden to say in court why they took the action they did and so were found guilty. This is well described in the documentary "To Kill a War Machine" - but you may not be able to view it currently for legal reasons...
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