rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/tell-the-illinois-state-treasurer-divest-from-israeli-bonds?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-tell-the-illinois-state-treasurer-divest-from-israeli-bonds' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Anti-War Committee Chicago https://actionnetwork.org/groups/anti-war-committee-chicago https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Sign this petition to demand that Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs and the Illinois State Board of Investment divest from the Israeli genocide and apartheid of Palestinians. Israel is an apartheid state that has been occupying Palestinian lands and systematically repressing the Palestinian people for decades. For nearly 2 years, Israel has been committing a genocide in Gaza, wiping out entire families and slaughtering at least 63,000 individuals, including 19,000 children. Israel has destroyed most of Gaza’s infrastructure, including its education, health, and water systems, and the majority of housing. For almost 2 years, Palestinians in Gaza have suffered constant bombardment, outbreaks of preventable disease, man-made malnutrition that has been classified as a full-blown famine due to the Israeli blockade, and countless other atrocities. Yet, governing bodies in Illinois continue to enable the atrocities occurring in Palestine by investing our taxpayer dollars and pension funds in genocide. The Illinois State Board of Investment (ISBI) manages over $32 billion in pension funds, much of it invested in corporations that profit from Israel’s genocide in Gaza and apartheid in the West Bank, such as weapons manufacturers like Lockheed Martin and Boeing, tech giants like Palantir and Microsoft, and companies that benefit from Israel’s colonial expansion project like Caterpillar and Trip Advisor. The Vice Chair of ISBI is State Treasurer Michael Frerichs who has over $100 million of Illinois taxpayer dollars invested in Israel Bonds which give the Israeli government funds to use without restriction. The President and CEO of Israel Bonds, Dan Naveh, stated, "At a time when Israel is under attack, we are highly gratified by this meaningful investment, which reflects that the State of Illinois stands with Israel in a powerful way." The masses of Illinois do not want to stand with Israel at all. We must demand that our hard-earned money be immediately divested from any company or fund that supports an apartheid state committing genocide by starving, bombing, and slaughtering innocent civilians. Sign to demand that State Treasurer Frerichs and ISBI divest all public money under their control from Israel Bonds and companies complicit in the genocide of the Palestinian people. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-the-illinois-state-treasurer-divest-from-israeli-bonds