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Council fund invested £7m in Israeli bank fined for football bribe scandal
A council pension fund has shares worth nearly £7m in an Israeli bank fined in the US for its involvement in a Fifa corruption scandal.
Pension funds can divest from Palestinian occupation firms, court rules
Campaigners in Scotland have welcomed a UK Supreme Court ruling which means council pension funds can divest from firms operating in Palestinian territories occupied by Israel.
UK arms sales condemned after 12,000 children killed or maimed
The UK government has been condemned for arming states named in a UN report revealing that 12,000 children were killed or maimed last year in armed conflicts.
Scots pension fund sells shares in controversial Israeli bank
A council pension fund has sold its shares in an Israeli bank at the centre of a global divestment campaign due to its financing of illegal settlements in the West Bank.
New airline route brings Israel’s ‘apartheid system’ to Scotland, say critics
A new airline route between Israel and Scotland has been criticised as most Palestinians are barred from using Ben Gurion Airport.
Revealed: Scots pension funds invest in firms blacklisted by UN
Scotland's two largest council pension funds have invested in companies reportedly on a UN blacklist for doing business in illegal Israeli settlements.
Mordechai Vanunu: a defiant spirit
The whistleblower who revealed Israel's secret nuclear missile programme and was jailed for 18 years has been sentenced again.
SNP MPs wined and dined by arms companies
An SNP MP who criticised UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia has received more than £400 worth of hospitality from a defence lobby group.
Revealed: UK government’s secret arms deals to Israel after Gaza offensive
A new report reveals the UK Government sanctioned licences for surface-to-surface missiles, combat helicopters and military communications equipment to be sold to Israel.
