UKUNQOBA OKUKHULU eCanada: I-Scotiabank Ihlukana Ngokugcwele Ne-Elbit Systems

By World BEYOND War, Februwari 20, i-2026

NgoMsombuluko sijoyine nabalingani bethu ukuze umemezele ukunqoba okukhulu kwenhlangano – iScotiabank's ngokugcwele ukuphucwa inkampani evela kumkhiqizi wezikhali wase-Israel i-Elbit Systems. Leli bhange lake laba nesabelo ku-Elbit esikhulu ngokuphindwe ka-60 kunezinye amabhange amakhulu aseCanada, okwenza i-Scotiabank Elbit ibe ngumnikazi wamasheya wangaphandle omkhulu kunabo bonke. Okwamanje abanamasheya enkampanini, okuyiyona ekhiqiza izikhali ezinkulu kakhulu kwa-Israyeli.

Lokhu kunqoba okukhulu kuwumphumela womkhankaso weminyaka eminingi World BEYOND War uhlonishwe ngokuba yingxenye yabalingani ababalulekile. Ukuhlukaniswa okukhulu okufana nalokhu komtshali-zimali obalulekile kunkontileka omkhulu wezempi wakwa-Israyeli bekungeke kwenzeke ngaphandle kokuhlela okumangalisayo nokuqhubekayo okwenziwa amaqembu amaningi nabantu ngabanye, ngezindlela ezihlanganisiwe nezihlukaniswe ngokwezigaba, ezweni lonke.

Njengoba umngane wethu uJody Chan we-No Arms in the Arts echaza, “lezi zindaba ziza ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi yokucindezeleka okuqhubekayo ezweni lonke, lapho izinkulungwane zibhikisha emagatsheni aseScotiabank, amakhulu abaculi benqaba ukuvumela umsebenzi wabo ufihle ukubandakanyeka kwebhange, kanye nabanye abaningi bevala ama-akhawunti abo. Ngokumelene nemizamo kahulumeni wethu yokusebenzisa ubuso bokumiswa kwempi ukuze kulungiswe ukuvinjezelwa kweGaza yi-Israyeli, lokhu kubonisa amandla ethu ahlangene okuchaza lokho esikuthola kungamukeleki ngokokuziphatha futhi kuphoqelele ushintsho lwangempela.” 

Kusukela ekuhleleni nasekucwaningeni kwe-Canadian BDS Coalition kanye ne-Just Peace Advocates mayelana nokutshalwa kwezimali kwe-Scotiabank e-Elbit ekuqaleni kuka-2023; kuya ekuphazamisekeni kokusakazwa bukhoma kwe-2023 Giller Prize exhaswe yi-Scotiabank, okwaholela ekuboshweni kwabantu abaningana kanye nokunqamula ubudlelwano ne-Giller prize e-Scotiabank; kuya ekuthathweni okuphindaphindiwe kwendlunkulu ye-Scotiabank ngamaJuda ethi Cha kuHlaselo Lobuhlanga; kuya ezinsukwini zezwe ezihleliwe zonyaka zesenzo eziqondiswe emagatsheni anqamula izwe, ukumelana kwethu bekulokhu kungapheli futhi

Funda kabanzi nge- isitatimende eshicilelwe ngumhleli oholayo we-No Arms in the Arts kanye nokusakazwa kwabezindaba okunokuqonda ngu Ukuqhekeka futhi I-Maple.