Resources

Barclays: Arming Apartheid

UK banking giant Barclays provides billions of pounds worth of investment, loans, and financial services to arms companies, including Elbit Systems, known to be supplying Israel with weapons used to repress the Palestinian people.

Statement on 15 years of the Gaza blockade

UK charities call for immediate end to closure of Gaza after 15 years of collective punishment and imposed fragmentation

UK-Israel trade deal consultation response

The UK’s current trading relationship with Israel raises serious questions for the UK government across a range of important foreign policy issues including its duties under international law.

Israeli Government’s attacks on six Palestinian civil society groups must be resisted

On 19 October  2021,  the  Israeli Defence  Minister  Benny  Gantz declared  six Palestinian  civil  society groups as ‘terrorist organisations’.

Briefing: UK weapons and Israel's use of force against civilians

The UK Government has approved export licences for weapons to Israel used in militarised repression against Palestinians. This means that the UK is providing material support for Israel’s illegal use of force. Updated September 2021

Joint Letter to UK Gov on Palestinian Mass Arrests by Israeli Security Forces

War on Want, Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights, and Amnesty International UK have written to the UK government

Judge, Jury, and Occupier

Israel's military court system in the occupied West Bank

Parliamentary Briefing: A Corporate Duty to Prevent Negative Human Rights and Environmental Impacts

We urgently need a new law to hold companies to account when they fail to prevent human rights abuses and environmental harms

UN Binding Treaty Briefing – UK Working Group

UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights briefing

Challenging Agribusiness and Building Alternatives in Tunisia and Morocco

Working Group on Food Sovereignty in Tunisia and ATTAC Maroc

The SABL Land Grab: Papua New Guinea’s ongoing human rights scandal

This report highlights the devastating impact of Special Agricultural Business Leases (SABL) land grabs on the people of Papua New Guinea. It also shines a spotlight on the ongoing resistance, led by communities and War on Want’s partner, ACT NOW!