SNP pushed to end funding for companies complicit in war crimes | #FMQs
The First Minister must take immediate action to end public contracts for companies with links to the atrocities and genocide of Palestinians being carried out by the Israeli government.
Last year the SNP government voted in favour of a motion brought forward by the Scottish Greens, committing to bring in a range of boycotts, divestments and sanctions on Israeli-linked companies, but action was never taken.
The Greens used an opposition debate last week to bring a vote on strengthening the boycott, with a motion that passed calling for any company, parent company or subsidiary involved in illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine to be automatically disqualified from public contracts.
Yet, there are still companies with links to Israeli war crimes in Palestine getting taxpayer contracts in Scotland. It's time to fully implement the boycott and cancel these contracts.
