According to a poll released on Thursday, the majority of people in five countries, including Spain, Brazil, Colombia, Greece, South Africa, and Spain, think that weapons companies should cut or stop trading with Israel as the conflict continues.
Spain received the most votes in favor of ending arms deals, with 58% of respondents saying they should completely end them, followed by Greece, with 57%, and Colombia, with 52%. In Brazil, 22% of respondents thought sales of arms should be drastically reduced, compared to 37% who said they should stop altogether. These percentages were 46 and 20 percent, respectively, in South Africa.
The poll was created by the Global Energy Embargo for Palestine network, supported by the left-wing Progressive International movement, and released last month by the Pollfish platform in response to a call made by Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory, to cut financial ties with Israel as she decried an “economy of genocide.”
The people have spoken, and they don’t want to be complicit. Ordinary people across the globe demand the end of colonialism, apartheid, and genocide, according to Ana Sanchez, a Palestine-based campaigner for Global Energy Embargo.
No nation can justify maintaining diplomatic, military, or economic ties with Israel while it executes a genocide in Palestine, according to the constitution. People’s ability to cut the supply lines of oppression are at the center of this, not just trade.
The survey locations were chosen because of the countries’ direct involvement with Israel’s energy import and export.
To assess public attitudes toward responsibility, more than 1, 000 people from each country were questioned about Israeli governmental and private relations.
The highest level was held by Greece and Spain, and the lowest level was held by Brazil as the humanitarian crisis grew worse.
Israel’s current “military actions” in Gaza are being opposed by 61 and 60 percent of the population in Greece and Spain, respectively, while 50 percent of Colombia and 61 percent of the population opposed them. 30% of Brazilians and 20% of South Africans opposed Israel’s war, respectively, while 30% and 20% both supported the campaign.
More than 60, 000 people have been killed by Israel’s genocide in Gaza to date, the majority of them children and women. The Strip’s besieged Strip is in a state of ruin as the population starves, with the highest per capita child amputee population ever. Arms dealers and those who facilitate their deals are in greater need of scrutiny as the crisis worsens.
Following a campaign accusing the Danish shipping giant of having ties to Israel’s military and occupation of Palestinian territory, Maersk announced in June that it had abandoned all businesses connected to Israeli settlements, which are deemed to be prohibited by international law.
Norway made the announcement on Tuesday that its sovereign wealth fund’s investments in Israel would be reviewed in light of its ownership stake in an Israeli company that provides fighter jet components to the Israeli military. Numerous wealthy and pension funds have recently distanced themselves from businesses connected to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank or its conflict with Gaza.
41 percent of Spanish respondents said they would “strongly” support a state-level action to halt trade in weapons, fuel, and other goods in an effort to pressure Israel into halting the conflict. In Colombia and South Africa, this percentage was 33 percent, and Greece and Brazil, this percentage was 28 and 24 percent, respectively.
Source: Aljazeera
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