“Ethical necessity”: Hundreds of UK business leaders seek measures on Israel Israeli conflict news

London, UK – Hundreds of UK business leaders – including former consultant to the king and sustainability consultant descending from the Holocaust survivors – calls on the government to take action against Israel as the crisis in Gaza exacerbates.

As of Thursday morning, 762 people signed statement Britain’s call to stop all arms trade with Israel, and the sanctions of those accused of violating international law – including outwardly Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Since it is required to be arrested by the International Criminal Court, investing in the examination to prevent “colluding” financing companies in the United Kingdom, and imposing the principles of the United Nations on business and human rights through economic systems in the United Kingdom.

“We see this not only an ethical necessity, but as a matter of professional responsibility-in line with our duty to act in the best interests of societal and economic flexibility in the long term,” says the message. “The UK must ensure that there is no work – whether through products, services or supply chains – in these atrocities, directly or indirectly.”

Among the signatures of former Royal Adviser Jonatone Burit CBE; Sustainability Advisor Adam Garfanklk; Ferida Gormelly, founder of the brand for luxury interior design in Hakkini; The prominent prominent who once led Unilever, Paul Polman; Geetie Singh-Watson MBE, an organic businessman for food-in addition to other professionals who were honored with the Empire British Empire (MBE).

They pledged to support the UK government through “a continuous process of thinking and work – reviewing our operations, supply chains, financial flows, influencing to help promote peace, support human rights, and enhance respect for international law.”

“Business cannot succeed in the societies that collapse,” Polman said. “It is time for business leaders to show courage, speak, and use our influence to support international law.”

The number of professionals who sign the message is increasing as Palestinians in the Gaza Strip face their darkest days. Israel began for fear invasion In Gaza City, while thousands of hunger and famine bears due to the siege of the tape.

“We need as companies to justify our existence and realize that all people everywhere deserve to be treated fairly,” Garfonkel told Al -Jazeera. “My family fell into the Holocaust. My father was lucky enough to escape with his brother and parents to the United Kingdom. My elderly grandparents have been transferred to the forest, fired fire and was buried in a mass grave, and what I took from that is a strong belief that everyone is important, that everyone who has human rights, and that persecution on the basis of ethnic identity is always what happens.”

The recent Israel war on Gaza, which was called genocide by leading rights groups, has killed more than 60,000 people in 22 months since October 7, 2023, when Hamas led a penetration to southern Israel, where about 1,200 were killed and 250 of the captive – “serious crimes under international law”, were killed, according to the situation.

He added, “However, the continuous military campaign of the Israeli government amounts to the attacks that cannot be born and cannot be defended on civilians, and all of the moral borders and the basic principles of the Geneva Conventions calm down.”

Borit, who advised King Charles on environmental issues for 30 years when the monarch occupied the title of Prince of Wales and chaired a sustainable development committee established by former Prime Minister Tony Blair, that the message reflects the role of companies in society at a critical time.

“It has become so clear over the past few months that this situation is now completely unbearable. It is specifically genocide against the people of Palestine, Gaza,” he told Al -Jazeera Island.

He said that companies are obligated to be supportive in “achieving and preserving” human rights in the countries where they are trading. “This provides a very strong guidance about the reason for the need of individual business leaders to participate in this stage.”

Porritt recently received newspaper headlines in the British media to support him The work of PalestineIt is a protest group banned by the UK government weeks ago as a terrorist organization.

Among more than 500 citizens were arrested during a gathering on August 9 in London, where he raised a reading banner, “I oppose genocide, I support the Palestinians.”

A bail hearing was appointed in late October.