BELFAST CITY COUNCIL MUST ACT! CLOSE ALL ACCOUNTS WITH BARCLAYS BANK

The genocidal attack on Gaza isn't just fought with weapons; it's fought with money.

Every penny to Belfast City council, rates, events in Waterfront, Titanic, employee wages, goes through Barclays Bank which is profiting from the genocide and handling Israeli war bonds.

Barclays Bank holds the tender for Belfast City Council banking services, and we call on Council to take its money, your money, elsewhere.

Since October 2023, Israel has raised nearly $20 billion through government bonds, explicitly stating it's for the war.

Major financial institutions, including Barclays and the Central Bank of Ireland, have played a direct role in this, facilitating the sale of these bonds as ‘primary dealers’. And investors, like Allianz, have poured in hundreds of millions of dollars. We need to ask ourselves: what are the ethical implications of profiting from bloodshed and conflict?

To do business with Barclays is to do business with a state perpetrating genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and apartheid. Barclays is bankrolling Israel's assault, investing over £2 billion and providing £6.1 billion in financial services to companies arming Israel.

For months, activists from IPSC Belfast and the BDS movement have been on the streets,  protesting outside Barclays every week since October. We have collected signatures, spoken to countless members of the public, informing them of Barclays’ link to funding a genocide, and implored them to boycott Barclays and stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza. 

Their voices, our voices, are a testament to the growing demand for justice for the Palestinian people.