Palestine Action defendants targeted Elbit's use of ‘deadly AI’, court hears

Palestine Action defendants targeted Elbit's use of ‘deadly AI’, court hears Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Fri, 04/24/2026 - 16:50 Zoe Rogers, Fatema Rajwani and Jordan Devlin describe targeting Israeli arms company's computers and drones An Israeli Da-Vinci unmanned aerial vehicle manufactured by Elbit Systems on display (AFP) Off Palestine Action defendants charged in connection with a break-in at an Elbit Systems factory targeted the Israeli arms company’s use of artificial intelligence, an English court heard on Friday. Leona Kamio, 30, Charlotte Head, 29, Jordan Devlin, 31, Fatema Rajwani, 21, Zoe Rogers, 22, and Samuel Corner, 23, face charges of criminal damage in connection with the break-in at the factory at Filton, near Bristol, in August 2024. Testifying at London’s Woolwich Crown Court on Friday, Rogers said she and fellow defendant Kamio had sought to destroy computers in the Elbit factory because the company “uses AI to target its victims”.