(MENAFN) With more than 18, 000 people contacted HSBC's chief executive to express concern; campaigners are protesting the company's links to the Zionist entity of Israel's human rights violations.
According to activists, the bank "profits from Israel's military violence against Palestinians through investments and loans to companies which supply military equipment to Israel".
Such weapons are used by Israeli forces "for brutal and illegal violence against Palestinians, including extrajudicial executions, attacks on unarmed protesters, house demolitions using armoured equipment, mass arrests and the military blockade and large-scale bombings on the Gaza Strip."
In a press release issued yesterday, campaigners " including War on Want, Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Defense for Children International-Palestine- said HSBC currently holds EUR831 million worth of shares in companies that sell weapons and military equipment to Israel.
On Friday 20 April, meanwhile, protesters outside the Queen Elizabeth II Centre will be telling shareholders at HSBC's annual general meeting to "Stop Arming Israel", they also use the hash tags #StopArmingIsrael and #HSBComplicity on social networks.
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