Gilroy's Trial Over Protest Of BAE Weapons Used By Israel In Gaza

Published: July 2, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

On June 26th, 89-year-old Jack Gilroy, a member of Veterans for Peace and Pax Christi Upstate NY, faced a trespass charge in Endicott Village Court for participating in Civil Resistance, protesting local BAE Systems weapons used in Israel\u2019s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Israel uses BAE Howitzers that fire 155-millimeter shells. Jack was arrested after trying to deliver a \u201c5 broken laws\u201d letter which included the Leahy Law saying the employees & managers are in danger of being complicit in violating US laws that say we can\u2019t send weapons to countries committing genocide. Jack talked to Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.