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Wanneer: 13/08/2025 - 00:00

In the early hours of August 13, several businesses across Amsterdam complicit in the colonization of Palestine and the genocide in Gaza were targeted. These businesses had their locks glued and their facades sprayed with graffiti that urged action to sabotage colonialism and genocide.

The locations were:

* KPN on Europaboulevard
* KPN on Rokin
* ING on Vijzelstraat
* McDonald's on Ferdinand Bolstraat

KPN sponsors the Rotterdam AHOY arms fair, which promotes such profiteers of death as Elbit Systems. KPN is also developing AI technology which will doubtlessly be used for surveillance and repression. A text describing a previous action against KPN was shared here: https://www.indymedia.nl/node/55333. A call to action against the AHOY arms fair was shared here: https://www.indymedia.nl/node/55236.

ING funds the Israeli system of apartheid and genocide. Palestine Action NL recently targeted ING and provided more information here: https://indymedia.nl/node/55924.

McDonald's publicly supports the IDF and the genocide they are committing. They provide free food to soldiers killing and repressing Palestinians.

These businesses were sabotaged autonomously in response to the international call for actions starting from August 9 which can be found, for example, here: https://www.nenjp.org/calendar/2025/8/9/89-global-call-to-action-unite-o....

Actions such as these, which directly and materially attack the facilitators of colonialism and genocide, can be carried out by almost anyone. No change in policy or business practices is demanded from capital or the state. The purpose is to attack and sabotage. We hope to see actions like these continue and grow in the spirit of the international call-out.

Greetings to those in the UK who continue to fight despite the repression against Palestine Action and others who decide to act. Greetings to those across the world who continue to fight despite state persecution.