AMOS: a partner company of OIP-Elbit in Belgium targeted by activists

AMOS: a partner company of OIP-Elbit in Belgium targeted by activists
Free Palestine
March 2, 2026
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On the night of March 1-2, AMOS, a company collaborating with OIP and specialising in the manufacture of space surveillance equipment components, was targeted by activists.

Despite the supposed ceasefire, the genocide in Palestine is still ongoing. The daily bombings and the acceleration of the annexation of the West Bank are tragic realities for the population of Palestine. Since the beginning of February this year, Israel has been extending its colonial grip by controlling, occupying, harassing, and killing in the West Bank, even in areas under the control of the Palestinian Authority. On the other hand, the palestinian suffering is constantly minimised or ignored by the mainstream media, either because of their reactionary bias or because they are simply indifferent.

The media's agenda is largely determined by political forces seeking to minimise the gravity of events. This happens often in direct support to the israeli government for reasons of colonial complicity. This silence, or rather the constant noise of disinformation, makes it difficult for the public to grasp the reality behind the atrocities taking place. It seems more obvious theese days to hold a minute's silence for the death of a french fascist than for the 72,000 Palestinians killed in this genocide. This situation once again highlights the existence of hierarchical consideration of human lives, allowing genocides to be committed. This climate of confusion creates a pathway for governments and companies aligned with Israel to continue to act without ever being held accountable.

This reality benefits companies such as Elbit Systems, a pillar of Israel's colonial occupation of Palestine. By producing drones used to surveil and assassinate Palestinians, these companies contribute to the equipment of the apartheid wall in the West Bank and supply military equipment to Israeli settlements, while testing weapons on the Palestinian population before marketing them as ‘combat proven’ on the international market.

Elbit doesn't only profit from war, it also reinforces the infrastructure of colonial oppression, notably through its subsidiary OIP, based in Belgium. Their role in this genocide must be actively denounced and combated.

These companies thrive on contracts, international investments and partnerships with other operators in the war market. To be clear: working for or in collaboration with Elbit Systems means actively supporting its activities. It is essential to highlight and hold accountable the entire economic and productive chain that enables and facilitates these mass murders.

Faced with entities that profit from and facilitate the genocidal military-industrial complex, an urgent call for resistance is needed. Indifferent governments and complicit companies must be put under pressure: every moment plunges us further into horror, so it is crucial that we join forces to take action. As colonial genocide unfolds before our eyes, and the arms economy dominate the agenda, our front is committed to organising resistance. It is time to turn our outrage into collective action to stop the spiral of violence and oppression.

We support all popular struggles around the world that oppose genocide. We affirm our solidarity with the armed struggle of the Palestinian people. For our part, we are continuing the popular response in Belgium, following on from the actions against Sciensqo and OIP in June, the demonstrations at the Stock Exchange, the graffiti on embassies and the student occupations... We will not stop. Despite the Belgian state's complicity in protecting the interests of the genocidal state, we are taking action. We are the grains of sand trying to stop the economic and military machine that makes genocide possible.

AMOS is a company based in the Liège Science Park. It has been designing and manufacturing high-precision optical and mechanical equipment for the space industry for several decades. Comfortably established in the Belgian space sector, AMOS explicitly promotes its partnerships with players in the war market, including OIP (Elbit). Their commercial message exudes a chilling cynicism, promising to ‘support customers in achieving their goals with great attention to the environment in which [AMOS] operate[s].’ In 2025, only 1.5% of Gaza's agricultural land was still suitable for farming. The land is burnt, lives destroyed and history forever marked by those manufacturing this violence for their own profit.

In 2020, two separate contracts were signed between OIP and AMOS. One for the “ALTIUS” (February 2020) and one for the “Cloud Imager” (December 2020). “Cloud Imager” was delivered for the Copernicus programme, with none other than Thales acting as prime contractor. This is a demonstration that collecting genocidal collaborators is not a problem for AMOS's business strategy. In a press release published on 27 February 2020 when the first contract was signed, the sales director in charge explained that the company was proud to be working with OIP, a ‘repeated customer of AMOS’. This statement suggests that their relationship goes back much further than the last six years. We also know that the two companies are often commissioned together by the European Space Agency (ESA) for various projects in the same field.

The space research sector proclaims itself to be ‘pure science’, while a significant part of its activities directly feed into surveillance, targeting and military intelligence systems. High-resolution optical sensors, hyperspectral imagers, miniaturised cameras and star trackers: these technologies manufactured by Belgium for satellites are identical to those used by the military to identify targets, monitor borders and guide missiles.

Depending on usage, the names differ: ‘Earth observation’ or ‘scientific imaging’ according to space agencies, ‘ISR’ (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) according to defence ministries. The equipment is identical, the supply chains intertwined, and research frequently co-financed by the same governments that arm conflicts elsewhere.

This is the silent truth behind the Western ‘Space dream’. Space science research relies on the same industrial base that fuels wars, occupation and mass murder. Belgium is a key player in this industry, playing a central role in enabling the EU to develop these dual-use technology programmes, maintaining the infrastructure that allows everything to be seen at all times, in order to kill and destroy more effectively.

On the night of 1 to 2 March, activists targeted the premises of the AMOS company in Liège. In the heart of imperialism, these actions support the Palestinian resistance. An accountability demand for facilitating genocide has been issued. The facades of the Amos premises in Liège were covered with messages (‘OIP, ELBIT, AMOS, GENOCIDE’, ‘Dual use = Sabotage’, ‘Free Palestine’), the entrance door and numerous windows were broken, and office spaces were sprayed with red paint. In addition, content about the action was published on the social media accounts of the collective “Stop Arming Israel Belgium”.

This action denounces the complicity of AMOS and all companies around the world that fuel Elbit's activities and indirectly profit from genocide in Palestine and elsewhere. Serving as a reminder not to turn a blind eye, this act of retaliation is but a drop in the ocean compared to the violence suffered every day by the Palestinian people internationally. A violence orchestrated by our governments and their technological actors. Continuing to act in the face of repression is a choice. Self-defence in the face of genocide is a right.

We must stand firm against companies that collaborate with Elbit and demand that Elbit be expelled from Belgium, as their complicity can no longer be tolerated. All companies with ties to Elbit or its subsidiaries will be held accountable, as we will not accept any collaboration with this genocidal company. 

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