This is where ordinary people who are deeply opposed to what the Israeli's are doing can have an additional impact; don't buy anything Israeli, hit them economically.
Re: The Cradle: Hundreds of thousands of Israelis unemployed as war intensifies
This is where ordinary people who are deeply opposed to what the Israeli's are doing can have an additional impact; don't buy anything Israeli, hit them economically.
Agree. It was effective with South Africa in the 70s and 80s.
BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement does the trick on Palestine.
I've been encouraging people to at least do this...
..if they few frustrated, powerless and unable to do anything,then check the origin or product code and knowingly buy no apartheid & murder goods.
Aside from hitting them a little economically it gives you a reminder to yourself every time you shop that the fight goes on. I've been doing it for over forty years. Got rid of my beloved Sodastream when the bastards bought over the company: have us the best carbonated natural spring water in the UK too but buying gas refills from Israel?. Nope.
In April 2020 Palestine Solidarity Campaign defeated the UK government in the Supreme Court, overturning guidance that advised LGPS funds against taking ethical investment decisions that contravened UK government foreign policy, restricting the ability of funds to remove investments from companies complicit in Israel’s violations of international law and Palestinian human rights.
Israel can only maintain its grave breaches of international law and Palestinian human rights because of products, equipment and services it receives from a range of companies and financial institutions. These companies either supply the Israeli military, provide technology and equipment for Israel’s infrastructure of military occupation, or are active in illegal Israeli settlements, based on stolen Palestinian land.
LGPS funds invest in two ways. Directly by holding shares in specific companies, and indirectly through investment funds, which holds shares on their behalf.
This database produced by Palestine Solidarity Campaign lists the investments of 55 LGPS funds in companies that aid Israel’s breaches of international law. It contains a mixture of direct investments, and investments through funds.
The investments listed below are indicative of the widespread complicity of all LGPS funds. Through our research we have found that the LGPS invests over £4.4bn billions in a range of complicit companies.
We found 85% of funds we analysed invest in companies listed in the UN Human Rights Office’s list of enterprises active in Israel’s illegal settlements based on stolen Palestinian land. Given the rigorous engagement the UN OHCHR has undertaken with these companies, this provides a starting point for campaigning.
Companies on the UN Human Rights Office’s list of companies active in illegal Israeli settlements are marked with an asterisk. While the list is not exhaustive, it provides a good place to begin campaigning, as the UN OHCHR has undertaken rigorous engagement with these companies.
# 63 local government pension funds have known complicit investments
# £4,666,573,048 known complicit investment for all funds
Re: Disinvestment ..
Posted by Keith-264 on January 10, 2024, 3:04 pm, in reply to "Disinvestment .."
I stopped paying into the ERPF in 2019 or 2020 for several reasons, one being that it was fingered here for collusion. I stopped drinking Coke etc a few months ago for the same reason. Diet lemonade is satisfactory and I'll soon find somewhere that does diet Dandelion and Burdock.The last working-class hero in England.
Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016 Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018 Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021
BDS selection of companies to target fyi
Posted by Ian M on January 10, 2024, 5:25 pm, in reply to "Re: Disinvestment .."
worth a repost IMO, and something to send to friends & family: