- This Saturday. Protest against HSBC's support of Israel's oppression of Palestinians Archived Message
Posted by Mary
on August 19, 2020, 10:03 pm
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Stop Arming Israel: Take Action against HSBC. 6 years ago Israel’s aerial bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza killed over 2,200 Palestinians, nearly a quarter of them children. Attacking densely populated civilian areas, it destroyed 18,000 residential units, and left over 100,000 Palestinians homeless. Even in the face of widespread condemnation of Israel’s deliberate targeting of civilians by the UN, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and others, the UK continues to arm Israel. HSBC's complicity in Israeli Apartheid HSBC bank provides services worth millions to companies that supply Israel with equipment - including BAE Systems, whose weapon components were used in the attacks six years ago, and Caterpillar, who sell Israel bulldozers used to demolish Palestinian homes. HSBC's support gives these companies the cash and social license to continue to profit from human rights abuses. But we can use bad PR to shame HSBC into action. It's worked before - in 2018 HSBC announced it had divested from Israeli arms company Elbit Systems under public pressure. https://blog.caat.org.uk/2020/08/13/stop-arming-israel-take-action-against-hsbc-saturday-22-august/ and PSC. #stoparmingisrael |
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