Overview

• On June 30, two dozen Palestine Solidarity Campaign activists held a peaceful rally outside Wimbledon’s Centre Court entrance to protest Barclays’ sponsorship and its ties to arms suppliers used by Israel in Gaza.
• Demonstrators accused Barclays of genocide and chanted slogans such as “Barclays bank you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide” to demand the bank drop its high-profile sports partnerships.
• An artist displayed a reconstruction of five-year-old Hind Rajab’s bullet-riddled evacuation car to memorialize her death by an IDF tank and underscore civilian suffering in Gaza.
• Barclays countered that it only trades defense-sector shares on behalf of clients, does not use its own capital to fund arms suppliers and remains “proud” of its Wimbledon partnership.
• Protesters cited Gaza Ministry of Health data showing at least 54,607 Palestinians killed and 125,341 wounded since October 2023, while Israel denies allegations of genocide.