BAE Systems
BAE Systems, the world's seventh-largest military contractor headquartered in London, supplies the Israeli military with components for combat aircraft, munitions, missile launching kits, and armored vehicles. The company manufactures electronic warfare systems, fighter jet components, combat vehicles, gun systems, explosives, and drones, with 96% of its $25.7 billion annual revenue derived from defense contracts. According to the documented sources, these weapon systems have been routinely used in military operations against Palestinians.
Defendants in the Filton case have been prevented from arguing that their actions amounted to reasonable force to prevent war crimes.
Read more →A petition signed by over 1,000 people in August 2024 revealed Wandsworth's pension fund held ~£32 million in companies including BAE Systems, demanding divestment with limited council action to date.
Read more →BAE Systems is among the key companies highlighted in LGPS divestment campaigns, with the LGPS Scheme Advisory Board seeking a legal opinion after funds were accused of acting unlawfully.
Read more →Al-Haq and GLAN appealed the High Court ruling, noting Foreign Secretary Lammy was photographed visiting BAE Systems — the primary manufacturer of UK F-35 parts — during the case.
Read more →UK High Court judgment confirmed government accepted continuing F-35 exports breached its own arms policy, but justified the BAE-supplied components carve-out on international security grounds.
Read more →Twenty Islamic scholars issued a fatwa declaring it prohibited to work for companies such as BAE Systems and Elbit Systems that supply the Israeli military with arms.
Read more →PSC maintains a dedicated profile on BAE Systems, identifying it as a large British arms producer manufacturing weapons and military technology used by Israel against Palestinians.
Read more →Parliamentary committee raises concerns over weapons exports to Israel amid Gaza conflict.
Read more →BAE manufactures the M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer used by the IDF in Gaza; Amnesty found IDF M109s fired white phosphorus shells in October 2023.
Read more →LGPS funds invest over £450 million in BAE Systems; Tower Hamlets Council committed to divest from arms companies and Bristol City Council called on Avon Pension Fund to follow suit.
Read more →UK Local Government Pension Scheme funds collectively hold over £450 million in BAE Systems shares, prompting campaigns across Britain to pressure councils into divestment.
Read more →As of 30 June 2024, AXA holds $150.43 million in shares and bonds in eleven companies arming Israel, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, and RTX.
Read more →BAE Systems responded to UN demands to halt arms transfers to Israel, stating it 'operates under the tightest regulation and complies fully with all applicable defence export controls.'
Read more →UN experts explicitly named BAE Systems among arms manufacturers that should immediately end transfers to Israel, citing risk of complicity in international crimes including genocide.
Read more →BAE Systems share price rose 31% after 7 October 2023; CEO Charles Woodburn sold over £10.9 million in shares in 2024 as the company posted record profits partly attributed to the Gaza conflict.
Read more →AOAV report confirms BAE Systems directly sells howitzers to Israel and is part of the F-35 consortium supplying Israel, raising serious international humanitarian law concerns.
Read more →AOAV report identifies Israel as the country recording the highest civilian harm (16,281) linked to BAE Systems exports over 2013–2023, with F-35 use in Gaza raising major concern.
Read more →BAE Systems supplies Israel via the US Foreign Military Sales program with F-35 components and F-16 missile-launching kits; the M109-52 howitzer has been reported in use along the Gaza Strip.
Read more →The Hague Court of Appeal in February 2024 ordered the Netherlands to stop supplying F-35 parts to Israel — the same programme for which BAE Systems is the UK's largest component manufacturer.
Read more →BAE Systems received $35 million in US CHIPS Act subsidies to expand F-35 chip production, and manufactured 155mm artillery shells sold by Secretary Blinken to Israel in December 2023.
Read more →BAE Systems provided over £20 million to UK universities and sponsored UCL's Centre for Ethics and Law, even as protesters blockaded its factories over arms supplies to Israel.
Read more →Over 1,000 workers and trade unionists blockaded BAE Systems factories in Glasgow, Bournemouth, Lancashire and Brighton, demanding the company sever all connections with Israel.
Read more →Workers for a Free Palestine blockaded BAE Systems sites in Bournemouth, Glasgow, Brighton and Lancashire, calling for an end to the company's arms supply to Israel.
Read more →Hundreds of pro-Palestine trade union activists blockaded BAE Systems' factory in Kent as part of a coordinated international day of action against arms supply to Israel.
Read more →Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Programme gathered compelling evidence documenting the use of white phosphorus artillery shells by the Israeli army in densely populated civilian areas in Gaza, many of which may be considered unlawful indiscriminate attacks.
Read more →Surveillance armoury at the disposal of UK government is clearly extensive, if not total.
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