Community group Wollongong Friends of Palestine (WFOP) set up a 300-strong community picket at Bisalloy Steel on June 14. Two shifts have been successfully blocked and the picket is holding strong.

WFOP plan to stop work at the factory for 72 hours. However, 50 NSW Police, including riot police, tried to break it up at 6am on June 15. One person was arrested and they remain in police custody at the time of writing.

Around 10 pickets have been organised over 24 months, since 2023, with the last successful 48-hour picket in February.

Bisalloy Steel sells products to Israeli armoured vehicle manufacturers Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. Rafael is a........

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