🛑 Take Action
Whether you’re an individual, part of a mosque committee, work with a charity, or just concerned about justice — you have the power to make a difference.
Boycott Banks for Palestine is about breaking the silence around financial complicity. Through research, outreach and pressure, we aim to build a UK Muslim community that banks with integrity — and stands in full solidarity with Palestine.
1. 🔍 Start With Yourself
Before we call on institutions to change, we must first take responsibility for our own financial choices.
Every account, transaction, and direct debit contributes to a larger system — and collectively, tens of billions of pounds from the UK Muslim community flow through banks complicit in the oppression of Palestinians.
✅ Check where you bank.
Some high-street banks invest in arms companies, illegal settlements, and surveillance tech used to uphold apartheid.
Use resources like the Which Banks Support Israel or BDS-aligned boycott list to see where your bank stands.
✅ Move your money.
If your bank is complicit, consider switching to an ethical alternative that doesn’t invest in weapons, apartheid, or occupation.
✅ Talk to family and friends.
Start conversations about ethical banking and how financial systems contribute to injustice in Palestine.
2. 🧠 Educate Yourself — Then Others
Before we can shift institutions, we must first shift ourselves — and the conversation around us.
Banking complicity in oppression is often invisible by design. That’s why learning the facts is a form of resistance — and a first step toward change.
- Read our research and understand how UK banks are implicated in apartheid and occupation.
- Learn how the BDS movement frames financial boycotts as part of a broader justice strategy.
- Ask critical questions in your own spaces: “Why don’t we talk about where our money goes?”
📢 Changing the public discourse begins when more of us speak — in khutbahs, community meetings, group chats, and boardrooms. The silence around banking is not neutral. It sustains the status quo.
3. 🕌 Reach Out to Your Institutions
Many UK mosques, charities, schools and community centres bank with major institutions — some of which fund arms companies, illegal settlements, and apartheid infrastructure.
💬 Ask the question:
“Where do we bank — and is it aligned with our values?”
📢 Share our research with charity trustees, mosque committees, or board members. Many simply don’t know the implications of their bank’s activities.
📄 Encourage a review of financial partners. Propose ethical banking alternatives. Offer to be part of the process.
4. 📣 Raise Awareness & Amplify
Silence enables complicity. Help spread the message in your networks.
📲 Share our research and graphics on WhatsApp, Instagram, and community groups.
🔗 Link to us from your personal or organisational platforms.
5. 🤝 Connect With Us
We’re building a growing database and network of individuals and organisations ready to take action. Be part of the movement:
👉 Contact us to share tips or leads
👉 Get updates on new research
Together, we can raise the cost of complicity