HUNDREDS of activists blocked the Barclays headquarters in Canary Wharf today, protesting against the bank’s involvement in Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza.
The protest comes amid growing pressure for a permanent ceasefire as the Palestinian death toll exceeds over 27,000.
According to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Barclays has invested over £1 billion in companies supplying weapons and military technology to Israel.
The campaigners say the bank also provides the firms with over £3bn in loans and underwriting.
Rallying in front of the bank’s headquarters, a coalition of protesters from London for a Free Palestine, the Palestinian Youth Movement, Queers for Palestine and Black Lives Matter told passers-by to close their bank accounts and “stop banking on apartheid.”
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London For a Free Palestine activist Rebecca Rumford said: “British people cannot continue banking with Barclays as it actively funds the genocide on Palestinians.
“We ask everyone with a Barclays account to close it this February 9, until the bank cuts ties with Israel.”
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