The UK’s Palestine solidarity movement is continuing to ramp up its actions to support the Palestinian people’s fight for justice.

Currently, one of the most prominent forms of activism is the campaign advocating for divestment from Israel. These principles have long been pushed by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which has achieved significant successes in recent weeks.

In early August, Britain’s largest private sector pension fund, the Universities Superannuation Scheme or USS, announced that it would sell £80 million of Israeli assets in “response to the financial risks that became apparent”. ….more