French bank BNP Paribas is #1 financier of the illegal Israeli settlements
– bankrolling an Occupation regime of land thefts, home demolition,
detention, torture, rape, cold-blooded murders…

As we did with the insurer giant AXA, you can make BNP backtrack from the
settlements' enterprise.

Tell BNP to stop bankrolling these war crimes – add your name:

[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 

   
John,

Palestinians are caught in the crossfire: while they’re being massacred in
Gaza, the Israeli army and settlers in the illegally occupied West Bank
have intensified their deadly attacks on Palestinians and land thefts. 

While we are all pulling together to get a ceasefire for Gaza and stop the
weapons shipments, we mustn't fail the Palestinians of the West Bank,
living under a brutal Occupation regime robbing them of their lives and
homes. 

This illegal occupation doesn’t exist alone – it is kept alive by big
banks like BNP Paribas.

The French giant BNP Paribas is N°1 creditor of these horrific abuses and
land thefts. Between loans, investments, and other financial support, BNP
is pouring over 32 million USD in Israel’s illegal settlement industry.

As insurer AXA used to do when we targeted them for their investments in
the illegal settlements, BNP is lying. Refuting the very nature of their
own financial data. Our recent win on moving AXA away from the settlements
enterprise is showing us one thing: together, we can make the most
powerful financial actor to backtrack. Are you ready to stop them?

[ [link removed] ]Tell BNP: Stop bankrolling illegal Israeli settlements!

With its public face, BNP is bragging about its “human rights commitments”
and “ethical investments”, but the ugly truth is this: BNP is the Top 1
European creditor of both the illegal settlements AND the weapon
manufacturers delivering arms to Israel! By targeting BNP, we’re checking
two boxes at once. 

The UN has exposed: 97 companies have enabled and profited from illegal
Israeli settlements in Palestine – and nearly half of these receive
investments from BNP. These loans and underwritings amount to a whopping
28 million USD and to 4.6 million USD in shares and bonds in these
companies.

Palestinians are human beings, parents, doctors, teachers, bakers,
grandchildren, students, friends, engineers, elders, robbed of each one of
their most basic human rights. They have been undergoing an unimaginable
amount of suffering over generations and the ongoing genocide has inspired
even more settler violence, with at least 1,423 violent attacks by
settlers — resulting in severe destruction, injuries, humiliation, and
deaths and more land grabs. 

It’s time to make financiers like BNP ashamed of their actions. Leaving
them no rest until they respect basic human rights and international law.
Are you in?

[ [link removed] ]Tell BNP: Stop your shameful business with illegal Israeli settlements.



[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 



Thanks for all that you do,
Leyla and the team at Ekō


More Information:

[ [link removed] ]Don’t Buy into Occupation IV report - November 2024
DBIO 01 November 2024
[ [link removed] ]Mapping 1,400 Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank over the past
year
Al Jazeera 10 October 2024
[ [link removed] ]Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in
the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
International Court of Justice 19 July 2024

 

 

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