HAMPDEN Park in Glasgow has officially been renamed to the Barclays Hampden on Monday , after the bank became the headline sponsor.

The Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee released a statement calling the decision “truly shocking and shameful".

The bank has been criticised for its links to Israel amid the Palestinian genocide, but what level of involvement does the bank have?

Involvement

Barclays has an agreement with Israel to act as a "primary dealer" for the Government’s bonds. This means that the bank helps the Israeli government to directly to raise money, which in turn may be spent on weapons and IDF supplies.

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) conducted research that revealed that Barclays holds over £2 billion in shares to nine companies whose weapons, components and

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