Green Parliamentary candidate Stuart Jeffery joined protesters outside
Barclays in Canterbury as part of a national day of action to call on
Barclays to end its investment in the company that supplies drones to
Israel. Local CAAT activists demonstrated with support from the
Whitstable and Faversham Palestine Solidarity Campaign handing out
leaflets and asking people to sign a petition.
Stuart Jeffery, Green Parliamentary Candidate for Canterbury and
Whitstable: "I have added my voice to calls for Barclays to disinvest in
Elbit Systems, the company that makes drones for Israel. These drones
have killed over a thousand people in the disproportionate war by Israel
against the Palestinians.
"I demonstrated outside Barclays in Canterbury alongside the local
Campaign Against Arms Trade group and the Whitstable and Faversham
Palestine Solidarity Campaign as part of a national day of action.
"Barclays are a named investor in Elbit Systems with $2.9m of shares.
1.8 million people have signed a petition calling on Barclays to divest
themselves of these shares.
"The response from people was overwhelmingly positive and I was proud to help out and support this campaign."