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PALESTINE supporters from across northern England came together on Saturday to target a BAE Systems factory supplying parts for F35 jets used by Israel in attacks on Gaza.
An estimated 500 protesters blockaded the entrance to the factory, which manufactures fuselages for the warplane, in the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, between Preston and Blackburn.
They included activists from Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine, which brings together a dozen campaign groups from the area.
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