Pro Palestians protest as eight appear in court accused of attack on Israeli defence contractor

Pro Palestinian demonstrators protested outside the Old Bailey as eight activists appeared in court accused of taking part in an attack on an Israeli defence firm where a police officer was beaten with a sledgehammer. Raiders from Palestine Action smashed their way into Elbit Systems UK in Patchway, Bristol on August 6 armed with flares, fireworks and whips. They are accused alongside ten others of aggravated burglary after they bulldozed their way into the compound in an old prison van…