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A furious man drove his SUV toward a crowd of anti-Israel protestors as they blocked a road outside of a Lockheed Martin office building.
Demonstrators from the Bay Area Palestine Solidarity coalition arrived outside of the aerospace facility in Sunnyvale, California, around 6am Thursday.
They protested against the US sending weapons to Israel as the violent war between Israel and Palestine rages on.
As they blocked the road to the facility, an unidentified white man sped his car toward the crowd, nearly hitting them, before he stepped out and yelled at them while brandishing a knife.
'Get out of the way or somebody's gonna die,' the enraged man said as he wiped out a knife and pointed it at the crowd of people.
A furious man drove his car toward a crowd of anti-Israel protestors on Thursday morning outside of a Lockheed Martin facility in Sunnyvale, California. He is seen pointing a knife toward the crowd
The furious man repeatedly got in and out of his car as some protestors fought with him and others tried to get him to calm down
The group handcuffed themselves to each other and lay in the rain. Teachers, students and tech workers were among those in attendance
Video of the incident starts as the man drives his white SUV toward the protestors as they scream, begging him to stop.
He then stops his vehicle as a male protestor comes up to his driver's side window and says: 'Do you wanna go to prison?'
He asks the question again before the angry man, dressed in blue jeans, a dark zip up hoodie, baseball hat and glasses steps out of his car.
As he pulls a knife from his pocket, another protestor steps in front of him as the man says: 'Get out of the way or somebody's gonna die. I'm telling you right now!'
As the demonstrators scream in terror, the man says: 'Somebody's gonna die! Get out of my way!'
A protestor with a neon yellow vest then steps toward his open car door and reaches in his car as the man slaps him away.
'You're on video, put the weapon down,' a protestor tells him.
'If you wanna go to prison, think about--,' another says to him just before the driver interrupts them.
'If you wanna go to prison, you f******, get out of the way! I gotta get to my job,' the angry driver says.
'Think about your future,' someone says to him.
'I gotta get to my job. Get out of the f****** road,' he yells before getting back in the driver's seat.
The man is seen driving up to the protestors as one of them approached his window before the outburst started
More than 135 protestors blocked the entrance to the facility as they protested Lockheed's alleged supply of missiles , surveillance technology and fighter jets being sent to Israel
As he sits down, the same protestor in the neon vest reaches in to grab something before the driver backs up.
'Don't you dare,' the driver says as he stands up and points at the protestor.
'Are you gonna hurt people? We have eyes on you sir,' a female protestor screams at him as he slams his door shut.
A group of them then place their hands on the hood of his car as he slowly drives in an attempt to get past them.
'People are lying down,' a protestor says just before the video ends. It is unknown what happened after that.
It is unclear if the driver is a Lockheed Martin employee and whether the road in the incident happened is public property.
DailyMail.com contacted Lockheed Martin and the Sunnyvale Police Department for more information.
Around 135 protestors blocked the entrance to the facility as they protested Lockheed's alleged supply of missiles, surveillance technology and fighter jets being sent to Israel.
As he drove up to the demonstrators, the man got into a heated argument with them and said that he had to get to his job. It is unclear if he works for the company or not
In a statement, a Lockheed Martin spokesperson said: 'Lockheed Martin's core values are to do what's right, respect others and perform with excellence,' in response to the protest
At the end of the video, the protestors are seen placing their hands on the hood of the man's car in an attempt to get him to stop
'We have gathered here to disrupt Lockheed Martin's operations and demand that the U.S. stop all arms sales to Israel,' protester Maramiya Yensoon said in a statement.
The group handcuffed themselves to each other and lay in the rain. KTVU reported that teachers, students and tech workers were among those in attendance.
Carlos Rameriz, another protestor, said: 'I think this is a beautiful act of solidarity where we see people from all different diaspora communities all different countries here together trying to fight for what they believe in.'
In a statement, a Lockheed Martin spokesperson told KTVU: 'Lockheed Martin's core values are to do what's right, respect others and perform with excellence.'
'These values provide clear, unambiguous and uncompromising standards for how we treat each other with understanding and compassion.'
'We respect the right to peaceful protest and we are honored to partner with the U.S. military and our international partners to deliver strategic deterrence and security solutions.'
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