![A group of people gather to stage a demonstration calling on the tennis tournament to drop Barclays as a sponsor on day one of Wimbledon in London, United Kingdom on June 30, 2025. The group says Barclays is a “primary dealer” of Israel government bonds, meaning it helps Israel raise money to fund. [Raşid Necati Aslım - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/AA-20250630-38429287-38429277-DEMONSTRATION_ON_DAY_ONE_OF_WIMBLEDON_TENNIS_TOURNAMENT_AGAINST_THE_BARCLAYS.jpg)
Pro-Palestine campaigners on Monday held a demonstration outside the Wimbledon Championships to protest Barclays’ sponsorship of the annual tennis tournament, Anadolu reports. Dozens of protesters assembled near Centre Court in response to a call from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Europe’s largest pro-Palestine advocacy group. Other organizations, including War on Want and Campaign Against Arms Trade, also participated, all calling to “boycott Barclays.” The 138th Wimbledon Championships run from June 30 to July 13. According to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Barclays, a British multinational universal bank headquartered in London, “provides billions in investments and loans to companies arming Israel and acts as a primary dealer of Israel’s government bonds.” “Barclays, you can’t hide; we charge you with genocide” was among the […]
