TORONTO – Protestors early Monday morning blocked entrance to TTM Technologies' manufacturing facility in Toronto to protest the company's production of circuit boards that are used by Israel's military.
TTM has produced circuit boards for Elbit Systems, one of Israel’s largest military contractors, for use in F-15 and F-16 fighter jets, as well as the power distribution system of Elbit’s Lizard guidance kits which convert general purpose bombs to precision strike munitions.
More than one hundred picketers blocked the company's morning shift from entering the plant and demanded that Canada impose an arms embargo on Israel, including canceling the permits that allowed TTM to export printed circuit boards to Elbit.