Tell Your MSPs to vote to stop Scottish Government support for companies that arm Israel
Action Date:
The Scottish Greens will use an opposition debate on Wednesday 26 February to hold a vote on ending all Scottish Government support for companies who have armed and supported Israel’s genocide against Gaza.
The motion states:
"That the Parliament notes with concern that at least £8 million of Scottish Enterprise grants have been awarded to 13 companies involved in arms dealing and manufacturing since 2019, including £700,000 to Leonardo and £500,000 to Raytheon Systems; further notes that a number of these businesses have directly supplied weapons and equipment to Israel during its assault on Gaza; understands that, despite this, no company has failed the current Scottish Enterprise human rights due diligence checks; believes, therefore, that the current due diligence process at Scottish Enterprise is failing to ensure that Scotland upholds its international obligations, and calls on the Scottish Government to end all public funding to companies complicit in the arms trade with Israel."
Please contact you MSPs urgently and ask them to support this motion.
If your MSP is Labour, please point out to them that this motion is in line with a resolution passed overwhelmingly at the Scottish Labour Party Conference. The conference resolution, besides calling for an end to arms sales to Israel, calls on the Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, Minister for International Development and Scottish Government to "end all funding for companies involved in supplying arms or parts for arms to Israel".
Given the urgency, you may wish to contact your MSPs by phone. Details can be found here. You can also contact your MSPs via www.writetothem.com.
