Wollongong Friends of Palestine are holding a 48-hour community picket at the gates of Bisalloy Steel’s Unanderra plant to protest the visit of Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog.
The action aims to shut down Bisalloy’s production for eight consecutive shifts from 8 pm on Sunday, February 8.
Safaa Rayaan from Wollongong Friends of Palestine said:
“Perhaps after the ceasefire announcement, Bisalloy Steel hoped they could quietly get on with profiting from the sale of armoured steel to Israel. But people can see that our actions to end genocide and occupation are still desperately needed. So we continue with our picket.”
Malcolm Turnbull supported Bisalloy Steel is Australia’s only manufacturer of quenched and tempered steel plates suitable for armour applications. The company has defended its longstanding trade relationships with Israeli weapons manufacturers such as Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Plasan Re’em.
An investigation by MWM in April 2025 found that Bisalloy’s exports of armoured steel to Israel are used to manufacture vehicles used by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) to kill Palestinians.
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Stephanie is a journalist with a background in both law and journalism. She has worked at The Guardian and as a paralegal, where she assisted Crikey’s defence team in the high-profile defamation case brought by Lachlan Murdoch. Her reporting has been recognised nationally, earning her the 2021 Democracy’s Watchdogs Award for Student Investigative Reporting and a nomination for the 2021 Walkley Student Journalist of the Year Award.