PRESS RELEASE – 24th November 2025
VICTORY FOR DIRECT ACTION, AS EDWARDS ACCOUNTANTS DROP ELBIT SYSTEMS
For Immediate Release
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Pro-Palestine Activists are claiming a substantial victory, after Edwards Chartered Accountants, who have being doing Elbit Systems‘ books since 2015, dramatically resigned.
In letters published by Companies House, dated 27th October 2025, Edwards announced that they were severing ties with the Israeli weapons giant, which supplies more than 85% of Israel’s killer drones, and land-based military equipment. The letters were sent to Elbit Systems UK, and their subsidiary arms manufacturers, based in Britain, UAV Engines, Instro Precision, and UAV Tactical Systtems. In a report, issued on June 30th, Francesca Albanese, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, detailed how Elbit Systems had reaped huge profits from the Genocide in Gaza
Edwards, based at 34 High Street, Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, have been acting as auditors and accountants to the weapons-makers for a decade, but have now ended the relationship. Prior to this, the company were considered complicit in the Gaza Genocide by pro-Palestine campaigners, and targeted for direct action on a number of occasions. On October 16th, 2 activists from People Against Genocide scaled the roof of Edwards’ Walsall offices, where they hung anti-Genocide banners and Palestinian flags. Edwards were forced to shut up shop for the day.
Previously, Palestine Action had repeatedly targeted the firm by damaging the premises, before the group was proscribed on July 5th.
In a statement issued at the time, People Against Genocide said: “By book-keeping for Israel’s biggest weapons producer, Edwards accountants is directly profiting from the continued oppression and mass murder of the Palestinian people. Edwards clients, Elbit Systems, continue to use the Palestinians as test subjects for their weaponry, so that they can market their weapons as “battle-tested”. Elbit’s business of death would not be able to operate in Britain without firms such as Edwards accountants directly enabling them. Today, we’re here to shut down Edwards accountants, to demand they stop working with Elbit Systems.”
“As activists opposed to Israel’s genocidal slaughter, it is not a time to stand down, but to escalate in support of international law, targeting all those companies with Palestinian blood on their hands. So long as Edwards continue to assist Elbit, and to profit from genocide, they will be a legitimate target for direct action. Free Palestine.”
The action appears to have been the final straw for the accounting firm, as just over a week later, they resigned from their contract with Elbit and its subsidiary manufacturers, severing all ties with the Israeli weapons makers.
A spokesperson for People Against Genocide said, “This is a major victory in the struggle against Elbit Systems, and leaves the Israeli arms company without their long standing accountants to count their blood money. If Edwards are replaced, we will know. So long as Elbit continues to build weapons in Britain, that are sent to murder Palestinians, we will use direct action to shut them, and all who are complicit with them, down. Free Palestine!”
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