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Thousands were out again in downtown Vancouver on Nov. 18 to demand #CeasefireNow and an end to the genocide in Gaza. Free, free Palestine! (Cover photo by Michael YC Tseng)
Brief video clip of BDS Vancouver rep at the rally/march calling out Scotiabank for its complicity in Israeli war crimes, as the largest foreign investor in Elbit Systems. #ShutElbitDown
Check out these highlights from the week of action to denounce Scotiabank for being the largest foreign investor in Israeli arms company Elbit Systems. Activists from Montreal to Vancouver to BC’s Fraser Valley were out on the streets to demand that Scotiabank stop investing in Israeli war crimes. We know Scotiabank is feeling the pressure; in Montreal, they called the police for the picket and in Vancouver (for the second time) the branch mysteriously closed early before the activists’ arrival.
Vancouver, Sept. 23 (photos Michael YC Tseng)
Montreal, Sept.21
Coverage on social media, including Kuffiya, Palestine Online and NorthStar:
And be sure to send your letter to Scotiabank demanding they stop investing in Israeli war crimes! Tell Scotiabank to Divest Now from Elbit Systems – Action Network
Join us on September 23 to highlight the complicity of Scotiabank in funding the killing of Palestinians.
Scotiabank is the largest foreign investor in the Israeli arms company Elbit Systems; their asset fund has invested half a billion dollars in an arms company whose weapons are routinely used to rain death and destruction on Palestinians.
We join with the Canadian BDS Coalition groups and other allies to demand that Scotiabank divest immediately from Elbit!
Cosponsored by BDS Vancouver, Canada Palestine Association, Canadian BDS Coalition, ILPS Canada and Samidoun.
FB event page: Shame on Scotiabank, #ShutElbitDown Picket | Facebook
Stay tuned for coverage of other flash pickets during the Week of Action!
Vancouver activists were out on the streets on July 22 to say Shame on Scotiabank and #ShutElbitDown. Scotiabank is the largest foreign investor in Israeli arms company Elbit. Although usually open on Saturdays, the Scotiabank branch we marched to was mysteriously “temporarily closed” when we arrived to tell Scotiabank they have Palestinian blood on their hands.
We joined with BDS Vancouver, Samidoun Vancouver, Masar Badil and Bayan Canada to Stand With Palestine and denounce Canadian complicity in Israeli war crimes. (Photos by Michael YC Tseng)
New article on Al Mayadeen English: Activists vow to #ShutElbitDown | Al Mayadeen English
And there was moving and important testimony at the July 18th Vancouver meeting “Stopping Israel’s Killer Drones”. Drone survivors and activists spoke about the horrific human cost of Israel’s use of armed drones, and there was an update on the campaign to demand Scotiabank divest from Elbit Systems.
More info here: Canada’s Scotiabank is funding Israeli war crimes
And be sure to send your letter to Scotiabank demanding they stop investing in Israeli war crimes! Tell Scotiabank to Divest Now from Elbit Systems – Action Network
Highlight reel from July 22 Action:
Two great events coming up in Vancouver.
On July 18, join us for an important evening on Palestine, the struggle for justice — and the campaign to shut down Elbit Systems and its murderous drone force. Scotiabank, one of Canada’s biggest banks, is the largest foreign investor in Elbit Systems, which produces 85% of Israel’s killer drones used to target Palestinians for assassination in Gaza, Jenin and throughout occupied Palestine.
And then join local solidarity groups in Vancouver on July 22 to Stand for Palestine, and demand that Scotiabank stop investing in Elbit Systems.
More info on Scotibank as the largest foreign investor in Israeli arms dealer Elbit here.
And be sure to send your letter to Scotiabank demanding they stop investing in Israeli war crimes! Tell Scotiabank to Divest Now from Elbit Systems – Action Network
