Dorset Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Bournemouth Palestine Solidarity Movement are calling on Dorset Council and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP) to divest from companies complicit in genocide in Gaza and gross breaches of international law.

Dorset Pension Fund complicit investments total over £173 million across 71companies. These include companies that supply components for combat aircraft, bombs, drones and F-35 jets and cluster bombs used against civilians, and in the systematic destruction of residential buildings, hospitals, schools, and shelters for the displaced.

Over 62,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 14,000 are missing,
presumed dead. Almost all Gaza’s homes have been damaged or destroyed. Crimes against humanity include the targeted killing of aid workers, journalists, doctors and health workers.

Billions of pounds are funnelled globally through pension funds into companies involved in war crimes and apartheid policies. It is our responsibility, here in Dorset, to ensure that our funds are not part of this cycle. 10 councils have voted to divest from companies complicit in the arms trade and violations of international law, including arms manufacturers complicit in the genocide in Gaza, and companies operating from illegal Israeli settlements.

Such complicity contravenes ethical investment principles and the values of justice and equality that our communities stand for.

Join us in taking a stand against complicity in genocide, crimes against
humanity and violations of international law. We call on our councils to act with conscience and integrity.

Sign this petition and stand with the people of Palestine. Let’s put an end to complicit financial investments made in our name.

Your signature can contribute to the growing movement to stop Britain’s arms supplies to Israel and all complicit investments. Let's make a difference today.

Dorset Council Pension Fund invests in 71 companies that are complicit in
Israeli genocide, war crimes and apartheid. These include:

1. 
   BAE Systems - Investment value: £5,825,410
   BAE Systems is a large British arms producer, manufacturing a range
   of weapons and military technology used by Israel in its attacks on
   Palestinians, including components for combat aircraft, munitions,
   missile launching kits, and armoured vehicles.
2. 
   Babcock International - Investment value: £2,891,233
   Babcock International partners Israeli arms companies including
   Elbit Systems, Rafael and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
3. 
    Caterpillar - Investment value: £2,516,215
   US Company Caterpillar supplies the Israeli military with D9
   bulldozers, weaponised and used to demolish Palestinian homes,
   schools, villages and infrastructure in the illegally occupied West
   Bank, and in Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza.
4. 
   Honeywell - Investment value: £2,009,285.
   Honeywell is a US-based arms company. It manufacturers
   components for bombs, missiles and drones used by the Israeli
   military in its attacks on Palestinians.
5. 
   Smiths Group - Investment value: £1,563,217.
   Smiths Group is British arms company that has supplied components to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting II fighter jet used in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
6. RTX Corporation - Investment value: £1,478,656
   RTX Corporation, previously known as Raytheon, is a US-based arms
   company that has supplied Israel with a range of weapons including
   guided air-to-surface missiles used by Israel in Gaza.
7.  GE Aerospace - Investment value: £1,390,452
   GE Aerospace, formerly General Electric, is one of the world’s largest
   weapons manufacturers. Its engines are integrated into Israel’s fighter jets, attack helicopters, and surveillance aircraft, used in its assaults on Palestinians in Gaza.
8. General Dynamics - Investment value: £526,671 General Dynamics is an American company that manufacturers weapons including artillery shells and bodies for MK-80 series bombs, used in Israel’s assaults on Gaza, causing massive civilian casualties and widespread destruction.
9. 9. Elbit Systems - Investment value: £18,926 Elbit Systems is Israel’s largest private arms company. Elbit plays a central role in Israel’s attacks on Gaza. Elbit produces drones and bombs extensively deployed in Gaza, as well as weaponised white phosphorus, cluster bombs, and flechette projectiles.