We’ve just  disrupted  Barclays’ Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Posted: 12th May 2025

We’ve just disrupted Barclays’ Annual General Meeting (AGM) to protest against its bankrolling of Israel’s genocide in Palestine.  

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This week, Israel has committed to intensifying its genocide in Gaza by sending yet more Israeli soldiers to invade the territory. An Israeli government minister has said Gaza is “to be entirely destroyed”. We must respond by escalating our campaigning against corporations that enable Israel’s atrocities.

Today, we protested outside and inside Barclays AGM to send a clear message to its senior management – we won’t stop protesting until you stop enabling Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

Barclays has an agreement with Israel to act as a ‘primary dealer’ for its government bonds. This means it directly helps Israel sell bonds to raise money to fund its genocide against Palestinians. Barclays has underwritten at least £500million of Israel government bonds since October 2023.

In addition, Barclays provides investment and loans worth BILLIONS to arms companies supplying Israel with the weapons and military technology it uses in its crimes against Palestinians.

If you’re a Barclays (or Barclays-owned Tesco Bank) customer, click below to pledge to close your account on our next collective account closure day, Thursday 22 May. We’ll send you all the information you need to make a difference.

If you’re not a Barclays customer, write to the bank’s senior management and tell them you won’t use Barclays services while it is complicit in Israel’s genocide and apartheid against Palestinians.

There must be no business-as-usual for companies like Barclays while they enable Israel’s genocide.  

Join your local PSC branch to get involved in campaigning against Barclays near you.

In solidarity,

Lewis

PSC Campaigns Officer