Palestine protesters warn Barclays they 'must stop' or they will pay more visits

Pro-Palestine protesters have sent a warning to Barclays bank after they covered their Bradford and Bolton branches with red paint.

Following the protests earlier today, Palestine Action wrote on X a warning directed to Barclays - insisting that unless they stopped alleged business with Elbit, the protests would continue.

They wrote: “Shattered windows and red paint is incomparable to the massacre of Palestinians and destruction of their homeland.

“If Barclays don’t want actionists turning up again, they must stop financing genocide and divest from Elbit.”

Palestine Action has issued a new warning to Barclays bank after activists smashed up two branches of the popular bank, and sprayed them with red paint in the early hours of this morning.

Palestine Action claimed responsibility for targeting both the Bolton and Bradford branches of Barclays.

On X, they wrote: “Palestine Action target the Bradford and Bolton branch of Barclays, demanding the bank divests from Israel’s biggest weapons firm, Elbit Systems.”

In response to the incidents, Barclays released a separate statement in which it urged the protesters to “respect” its workforce and its’ property.

A spokesperon for Barclays said: “We provide vital financial services to US, UK and European public companies that supply defence products to NATO and its allies. Barclays does not directly invest in these companies.

"The defence sector is fundamental to our national security and the UK government has been clear that supporting defence companies is compatible with ESG considerations. Decisions on the implementation of arms embargos to other nations are the job of respective elected governments.

“While we support the right to protest, we ask that campaigners do so in a way which respects our customers, colleagues and property.”