A cease fire was called between Israel and Lebanon. May be good news for some but true to fashion it has diverted attention back of Gaza for Israel to finish its intended erasure of Palestine. This is a call to deal with Chevron specifically but it is just one of major organs of Capitalism funding the unending and unspeakable violence including children, women and men with aid workers, jounalist reporting this as key targets. Words are in abundance and ever more images of degradation and suffering shared. World leaders? They make it possible for this to happen in the first place. Now Palestine is alone again after a "cease fire" was announced. It may have stopped in one place, but this was only to intensify the horror in another.
We're left with signing petitions again: https://action.eko.org/a/chevron-stop-fueling-genocide-in-palestine?source=homepage
Eko sum up the situation succinctly:
We are watching Israel set fire to hospitals, homes, shelters, and nurseries in Gaza, killing tens of thousands of Palestinians and burying countless more under the rubble. The survivors are being left to die slowly, as Israel continues to cut off access to food, clean water, gas, and medical care to over 2 million people.
Chevron is profiting from this violence. It supplies Israel's war machine with light and power through its operation and co-ownership of Leviathan and Tamar -- two major gas fields off the coast of occupied Palestinian land.
Now we are joining Palestinian civil society to call on Chevron to end its support for Israel’s ongoing genocide and systematic violation of Palestinian human rights. We've successfully targeted Chevron before, let's do it again. Tell Chevron: stop supporting the genocide in Gaza and divest from Israel's illegal occupation.Chevron also operates and partially owns the EMG pipeline, which connects Israel and Egypt, passing west of the Gaza shoreline. This pipeline is not under Israeli jurisdiction, and any economic gain in this area without Palestinian agreement is illegal under international law.
After the International Court of Justice issued its ruling that the Israeli occupation is illegal and that genocide in Gaza is plausible, top legal experts around the world have been warning that companies that are aiding and abetting Israel's crimes could be held complicit.
We've successfully targeted Chevron before. When the Myanmar military staged a coup in 2021 our community went after Chevron and helped push the company to leave Myanmar. It took several months of relentless pressure from Ekō and partners. We can do it again.
More Information
Fact Sheet: Chevron Fuels Israeli Apartheid and War Crimes
Action Center for Corporate Accountability 01 March 2024
Want to Support Palestinian Liberation? Boycott Chevron
Truthout 18 August 2024
BDS movement Calls for a Consumer Boycott of Chevron-branded gas stations
BNC 30 January 2024
Protesters urge Chevron to divest amid war in Gaza
NBC Bay Area 29 May 2024
Top war-crimes court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and others in Israel-Hamas fighting
AP 21 November 2024
John Tyrrell, Socialist Labour Party 30/11/2024
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