Newham Pension Fund - Divest for Palestine

Write to the members of the Newham Pensions Committee to ask that they divest from companies enabling Israel's violations of international law

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Councillor John Gray

Councillor Joshua Garfield

Councillor Jane Barbara Lofthouse

Councillor Rohit Kumar Dasgupta

Councillor Jennifer Bailey

Councillor Larisa Zilickaja

Councillor Caroline Adaja

Councillor Winston Vaughan

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<div class="x_x_elementToProof">I am contacting you as a Newham resident to urge you to take steps to ensure that Newham's Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) fund, is not invested in companies that facilitate and enable Israel's grave breaches of international law. </div><div class="x_x_elementToProof"> </div><div class="x_x_elementToProof">Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed many tens, if not hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. The blockade on food and humanitarian aid entering Gaza since 2 March 2025 has left the population facing famine.</div><div class="x_x_elementToProof"> </div><div class="x_x_elementToProof">In the occupied West Bank, Israel continues its military attacks, which have killed more than 900 Palestinians since October 2023.) </div><div class="x_x_elementToProof"> </div><div class="x_x_elementToProof">In January last year, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the world court, handed down an interim ruling affirming there is plausible evidence Israel is committing genocidal acts against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. As a State Party to the Genocide Convention, the UK has a binding obligation to employ all means reasonably available to prevent and deter further genocidal acts. </div><div class="x_x_elementToProof"> </div><div class="x_x_elementToProof">Last July, the ICJ issued an advisory opinion ruling that Israel's military occupation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is unlawful and must end, and that Israel is in breach of the international prohibition of the crime of apartheid. The court affirmed that all states are under an obligation not to render aid or assistance to this unlawful situation. </div><div class="x_x_elementToProof"> </div><div class="x_x_elementToProof">Stemming from these obligations, councils must avoid procuring from or investing in companies that facilitate Israel's breaches of international law. This includes: companies producing weapons and military technology used by Israel in its attacks on Palestinians; financial institutions providing investment and loans to these arms companies; and companies conducting business activity in Israel’s illegal settlements on stolen Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. </div><div class="x_x_elementToProof"> </div><div class="x_x_elementToProof">I am asking you to make a commitment to divest Newham Pension Fund  from companies complicit in Israel’s crimes against Palestinians. Many councils have already committed to end their financial ties with companies complicit in Israel’s breaches of international law, and I hope that you will join them.  </div><div class="x_x_elementToProof"> </div><div class="x_x_elementToProof">As a member of the Newham Council Pensions Committee please commit to ensure the fund is not invested in companies enabling grave human rights abuses.</div><div class="x_x_elementToProof"> </div><div class="x_x_elementToProof">I look forward to hearing from you about actions you have taken. </div>

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