{"id":227801,"date":"2026-01-08T19:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/227801\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T19:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:57:09","slug":"pro-palestinian-activists-pressure-uk-nursing-union-over-investment-policy-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/227801\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestinian activists pressure UK nursing union over investment policy \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A spokesperson for the RCN declined to say which companies were in its portfolio when contacted by POLITICO. The group said it was \u201ccommitted to social responsibility\u201d and stressed that it did not invest in weapons manufacturing or any \u201cethically unacceptable practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;True ethical investment&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Nurses for Palestine and NGO Corporate Watch report draws on a United Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/a-hrc-59-23-from-economy-of-occupation-to-economy-of-genocide-report-special-rapporteur-francesca-albanese-palestine-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">investigation<\/a> into what its human rights council calls Israel\u2019s \u201cEconomy of Genocide\u201d to identify companies that activists say link fund managers to Israel\u2019s occupation of the Palestinian Territories.<\/p>\n<p>The International Court of Justice is currently considering allegations of genocide against Israel, while an independent U.N. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2025\/09\/israel-has-committed-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">inquiry<\/a> found Israel was committing genocide against the Palestinians. Israel has adamantly rejected those allegations and argued it upholds its obligations under international law.<\/p>\n<p>The companies named in the UN report include U.S. tech firms that provide Israel with cloud and artificial intelligence technology. These are among the most widely held shares in the world and are mainstays in the portfolios offered by popular fund managers, which often track the performance of the stock market.<\/p>\n<p>A Palantir spokesperson told POLITICO the company rejected its inclusion in the U.N. report and referred to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/palantir-response-to-the-allegations-over-its-complicity-in-war-crimes-amid-israels-war-in-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">previous statements<\/a> clarifying its partnership with the Israeli military.<\/p>\n<p>The report \u2014 which follows two open letters whose signatories include 100 RCN members \u2014 does not present evidence that the union directly holds shares in companies more directly involved in the arms trade. But it argues that \u201ctrue ethical investment\u201d should look beyond investors\u2019 own portfolios and at their fund managers\u2019 \u201cwider practices.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A spokesperson for the RCN declined to say which companies were in its portfolio when contacted by POLITICO.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[343,4401,163,521,85,4427,1981,46,4319,190,2899,88768,48,4439,125,3793,1032,3803],"class_list":{"0":"post-227801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-artificial-intelligence","9":"tag-companies","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-healthcare","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-intelligence","14":"tag-investment","15":"tag-israel","16":"tag-manufacturing","17":"tag-markets","18":"tag-military","19":"tag-ngos","20":"tag-palestine","21":"tag-rights","22":"tag-technology","23":"tag-trade","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-weapons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}