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Join the Twitter storm on 14th September 2019, calling on @HSBC to #StopArmingIsrael!

Over 25 actions are taking place across the UK on the 14th September, targeting the bank HSBC, whom invest over £830million worth of shares in companies arming Israel. Support the day of action and spread the word online!

Background info

HSBC invests in and provides financial services for companies providing military technology and weapons to Israel, which the Israeli military has used to commit war crimes and systematically violate international law. This includes investments of nearly £100million in the company Caterpillar.

Caterpillar supplies the Israeli military with bulldozers which are weaponised and used to assist in Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people, including the demolition of Palestinian homes, schools, villages and civilian infrastructure – in order to make way for the ever-expanding illegal Israeli Jewish-only settlements.

Since 1967 the Israeli military has demolished nearly 50,000 Palestinian houses, and Caterpillar equipment has been involved at many of these demolitions, which amount to war crimes. Currently Caterpillar Bulldozers are being used by the Israeli military to aid in the demolition of 70 Palestinian homes in the Sur Baher village in East Jerusalem. Over 1000 Palestinians are being displaced from their homes, forcing them to live in exile

Caterpillar also provides equipment used to reinforce Israel’s apartheid infrastructure, including Israel’s checkpoints, separation wall alongside the West Bank as well as the wall in Gaza, and for the construction of illegal settlements and settlement infrastructure on stolen Palestinian land.

Public pressure led HSBC to divest from Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms company, but HSBC remains deeply complicit with Israel’s war crimes.

Take action online for HSBC to #StopArmingIsrael!

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People across the country are taking action today against #HSBComplicity with Israel’s arms trade. @HSBC must divest from @CaterpillarInc and #StopArmingIsrael

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HSBC invests nearly £100mil worth of shares in Caterpillar – who supply the Israeli army with bulldozers which are weaponised & used to demolish Palestinian communities & build Israel’s apartheid infrastructure. @HSBC #StopArmingIsrael 

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.@HSBC Stop investing in @CaterpillarInc and other companies arming Israel. @HSBC_UK must end all complicity with the brutal oppression of the Palestinians and #StopArmingIsrael

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.@HSBC Stop the complicity with Israel’s apartheid, massacres and oppression of the Palestinian people. Divest from @CaterpillarInc now and #StopArmingIsrael

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Over 30 actions are taking place across the UK today outside @HSBC_UK branches to call on @HSBC to end its involvement with @CaterpillarInc and all companies arming Israel. #StopArmingIsrael 

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