Pro-Palestine activists in Brighton and Hove on Wednesday celebrated the closure of an arms factory in the southern English city, which they accused of playing a role in Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza. Crowds celebrated outside the town hall after Brighton and Hove City councillors unanimously rejected the application submitted by weapons manufacturer L3 Harris for a permanent licence for its factory extension, on the grounds of risks to “community cohesion”. The facility was given a temporary licence in 2018 to operate in the city, but activists pointed out they had been operating without a l…