Chaos and controversy mark start of Palestine Action trial over Elbit Germany break-in

Five Palestine Action activists are on trial for breaking in to Elbit Systems' German HQ in Ulm last fall. Hearings are ending in walkouts, the indictment has yet to be read, and even the venue – the high-security Stuttgart-Stammheim prison – is drawing ire

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Chaos and controversy mark start of Palestine Action trial over Elbit Germany break-in

Supporters of five Palestine Action activists rallying in support of the defendants outside the high-security Stammheim prison's court prior to the first hearing on April 27, near Stuttgart, southern Germany. Credit: Julian Rettig/DPA via AFP

Five Palestine Action activists are on trial for breaking in to Elbit Systems' German HQ in Ulm last fall. Hearings are ending in walkouts, the indictment has yet to be read, and even the venue – the high-security Stuttgart-Stammheim prison – is drawing ire

11:37 AM • May 13 2026 IDT

BERLIN - On the night of September 8, 2025, five Berlin-based activists from Palestine Action, a British activist group, arrived in the southern German city of Ulm and documented themselves damaging property, plus spray-painting and chanting slogans, inside the German offices of Elbit Systems – Israel's largest private arms company.

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