With lawyers for an on-remand Irish activist demanding prosecutors investigate a German company’s possible involvement in Israeli war crimes, The Ditch can reveal the firm is shipping “target acquisition” systems to Israel.
Dubliner Daniel Tatlow-Devally faces a possible five-year sentence over allegations of criminal damage at an Elbit Systems Deutschland weapons factory in Germany.
Records exclusively uncovered by The Ditch show the company shipped military goods to its sister companies in Israel at least seven times this year – including components for a device used “for acquiring targets and engaging fire from long ranges”.
Tatlow-Devally’s lawyers say the “actions of the Ulm 5 were clearly aimed at a legitimate goal, namely, to end the killing of civilians in Gaza”.
Involvement in Gaza genocide
Elbit Systems Deutschland sent shipments to Elbit Systems Land, Elbit Systems C4I & Cyber and Elop Limited – all subsidiaries of the Israeli arms-maker Elbit Systems, the largest supplier of weapons to the Israel Defense Forces.
It sent the shipments, which included laser warning systems and military communications equipment, both before and after activists targeted its offices in Ulm, Germany in September.
The most recent shipment identified by The Ditch was sent from Elbit Systems’ German facility to Elbit Systems Land in Yokneam Illit at the end of October.
Daniel Tatlow-Devally, along with four others, are on remand awaiting trial for criminal damage charges.
Their lawyers are calling for an investigation of Elbit Systems Deutschland.
“We call on the Stuttgart Public Prosecutor’s Office also to investigate the potential involvement of Elbit Systems Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG in war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Gaza,” said lawyers for the five accused.
Elbit Systems Deutschland has been contacted for comment.
