PRO-PALESTINE protesters have targeted JPMorgan Chase offices in Glasgow over the company's alleged ties to Israel, claiming the firm is “profiting from the killing of babies” in Gaza.
Mothers Against Genocide Scotland (MAGS) held a demonstration outside the offices of JPMorgan Chase & Co on Argyle Street on Monday, calling on the firm to end its investment in the weapons firm Elbit Systems UK.
The campaign group, which is formed by pro-Palestine mothers in Scotland, accused the bank of profiting from the killing of babies in Gaza through its $22 million shareholding in the Israeli weapons manufacturer.
Elbit Systems provides around 85% of Israel's drones and land-based military equipment and has played a major role in supplying Israel with weaponry for its genocide in Gaza.
Protesters attached a sign to a barrier outside JPMorgan Chase offices demanding a criminal investigation into Elbit Systems UK.
Mothers Against Genocide Scotland added they have tried to report Elbit Systems to Police Scotland for alleged war crimes, and stated that companies profiting from the weapons firm, including JPMorgan, are also “complicit in those crimes”.
Cat, a member of Mothers Against Genocide Scotland, said the protest is in solidarity with hunger striker Umer Khalid.
She added: “The Hunger Strike is not over, now is not the time to relax.
“Umer Khalid has said he will go on thirst strike in 5 days if the Government don’t begin a conversation. We must raise the alarm and apply as much pressure as we can.”
Rosie, a member of Mothers Against Genocide Scotland, added: “The majority of Glaswegians we have spoken to are shocked and appalled that JP Morgan Chase has $22 million in shares in Elbit, Israel’s largest arms company. J P Morgan Chase are complicit in Elbit’s war crimes”
Khalid is on day nine of his hunger strike and has warned he will undertake a thirst strike if the UK Government continues to refuse a meeting with those who have been on hunger strike since November.
It comes after the University of Edinburgh’s campus was targeted with graffiti by pro-Palestine protesters who have claimed the institute is helping to “fund” the genocide in Gaza.
Protesters targeted the George Square area of the university’s campus on Monday with graffiti saying “UoE [University of Edinburgh] funds genocide” and “Free Palestine”.
Students have demanded the institute’s divestment from companies complicit in the genocide in Gaza and the severing of research collaborations with arms companies.
In July, the University of Edinburgh was named as one of the “most financially entangled” institutions in the UK with Israel by a United Nations (UN) report on corporate complicity with Israel’s occupation and the genocide in Gaza.
JPMorgan Chase & Co declined to comment.
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