Following our victory in the Supreme Court, upholding the right of Local Government Pension Funds to take ethical investment decisions, we have written to the chair of every local government pension fund committee, calling on them to live up to their ethical responsibilities, and ensure their funds are not invested in companies complicit in Israel’s …
Source: Ammar Awad Key Updates 325 confirmed cases in the West Bank with 4 fatalities 17 confirmed cases in the Gaza Strip ‘State of Emergency’ including school closures and travel restrictions in effect in the West Bank A rise in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in East Jerusalem is creating health access problems for …
HSBC must end its complicity in Israel’s gross violations of international law and Palestinian human rights by severing its relationship with companies that supply Israel with weapons and technology, like Caterpillar. Successful campaigning has forced HSBC to divest from Israeli arms company Elbit Systems in December 2018. But HSBC continues to hold financial relationships, through …
2 years on from the start of the Great Return March, join us in taking action online against Israel’s violations of international law and in support of the rights of the Palestinian people! #ExistResistReturn #EndtheSiege Two years ago, Palestinians in Gaza began marching against the inhumane living conditions created by Israel’s illegal 12 year …
This is a PSC statement in response to this week’s Israeli elections With the passing of Israel’s third round of elections in less than a year, nothing has meaningfully changed for the Palestinian people. The reality is that racism, discrimination and institutional oppression against Palestinians are embedded within Israel’s entire political system. Benjamin Netanyahu, who …
At the end of last year, we released our groundbreaking research uncovering UK universities’ investments in and institutional ties with companies complicit in Israel’s arms trade and illegal settlement economy. We discovered UK universities invest over an estimated £450million in companies arming Israel and compiled this information in our user-friendly database. On 12th February 2020, …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign Annual General Meeting 2020 Report Over 300 PSC members from across the UK packed Conway Hall for the 2020 PSC AGM. The members came together to plan the next 12 months of our crucial campaigning, discussing and debating PSCs Annual Plan for 2020. Members overwhelmingly adopted an Emergency Motion calling on PSC …
Yesterday the United Nations published the long awaited list of companies active in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Write to the companies to tell them to immediately withdraw from all activity in Israel’s illegal settlements! The 112 companies on the list contribute to and support Israel’s ever-expanding Jewish-only settlements. Every settlement amounts to …