Pro-Palestine protestors have smashed and graffitied windows of branches of Barclays Bank. <br /><br />Palestine Action said it attacked banks in Bristol and Manchester among other cities to demand it ‘divests from Israel’s weapons trade and fossil fuels’.<br /><br />A spokesperson for Palestine Action said: “Barclays is funding the crises of climate collapse and genocide in Palestine.<br /><br />“Decades of polite campaigning, petitions, letter writing and lobbying MPs have failed. <br /><br />''We will continue to escalate until Barclays pulls its finger out and stops funding genocide and climate destruction.<br /><br />Activists also sprayed the names of Palestinians killed in the Israeli military action in Gaza on the walls of the Barclays branch.<br /><br />A spokesperson for Barclays said: “We provide vital financial services to US, UK and European public companies that supply defence products to Nato and its allies. <br /><br />''Barclays does not directly invest in these companies.<br /><br />"The defence sector is fundamental to our national security and the UK government has been clear that supporting defence companies is compatible with ESG considerations. <br /><br />''Decisions on the implementation of arms embargos to other nations are the job of respective elected governments.<br /><br />“While we support the right to protest, we ask that campaigners do so in a way which respects our customers, colleagues and property.''
