We,
the undersigned, call on Westmorland & Furness Council (and Cumberland Council) to:
1.
Divest all funds administered by the Council, including Local
Government Pension Scheme funds, from companies complicit in Israel’s
genocide and apartheid against Palestinians. This includes arms
companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology;
companies providing infrastructure for Israel’s unlawful military
occupation of Palestinian land; and companies conducting business
activity in Israel’s illegal settlements on stolen Palestinian
land.
2.
Commit to end procurement contracts with companies complicit in
Israel’s attacks. For example, end all banking arrangements with
Barclays, which provides substantial financing to companies supplying
Israel with weapons used in its attacks on Palestinians.
