Nationwide bank blocks Friends of Palestine account
Posted by scrabb on July 23, 2025, 2:23 pm
The following is a letter in the Morning Star from the Secretary of the Littleborough and Rochdale Peace Group. Anyone here moved to take up the cudgel is most welcome. --- scrabb
Dear Editor
I support Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine, who hold a bank account with Nationwide and now cannot access it. GMPF are an honourable organisation who support the Palestinians, innocent children, women and men, who are suffering so much at the moment. They, the Palestinians, have been shot by the Israeli Defence Force while they were queuing for food and water. It is a humanitarian crisis. I wonder if the bank has been directed to do this? I understand that the bank refuses to tell GMFP why they have stopped them from using what is their own money. They said "we'll be in touch "when things change". What things? GMFP have been with the bank for 40 years and had no problem. No donor is understood to have any financial or criminal issues. GMFP helps small NGOs in Palestine who are currently suffering Israeli genocide; the bank is now stopping GMFP continuing to send them vital aid. It seems to me that the bank is breaking international law by assisting this genocide. Permanently depriving GMFP of their own money is theft. The bank will not even let GMFP talk to anyone who could tell them what is wrong, or give them back their money. Yet they say on their web site, 'Discover banking that is fairer, more rewarding and for the good of society'. I do hope other MS readers will write in protest to Nationwide.
Byline Times: Palestine Campaign Group Says It Has Been ‘De-Banked’
All the Friends of the genocidal, baby-killing, civilian bombing, population starving, scientist assassinating, land-stealing pariah state groups are completely fine of course.
When is this going to end?The corporate media are complicit in the Gaza genocide. Never forget what they did. Never forgive them for it.
on July 23, 2025, 2:23 pm