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Activists sit on the floor behind police cordon tape, attached to a suitcase-lock-on in front of the exterior of Allianzs offices that is covered with red paint with a banner saying Allianz Insures Genocide during the action. Palestine Action target Allianz insurance offices in Bristols Victoria Street spraying the outside of the building with red paint and activists using lock-on devices in suitcases to block entrances. Palestine action are targeting Allianz because they insure and invest in Israeli arms company Elbit Systems, whose weapons are used on Palestinian people in Gaza and elsewhere. They are targeting many of the companies Elbit Systems does business with to try to get them to cut ties using persistent direct action to try to leave them them isolated and make it impossible for the Israeli arms company to conduct business in the UK.