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/petition/tell-citibank-do-right-by-haitians-palestinians?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-tell-citibank-do-right-by-haitians-palestinians' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> MPower Change https://actionnetwork.org/groups/mpower-change https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/438/499/normal/citibank-genocide-rectangle.png A damning New York Times investigation confirmed Citibank's active role in instigating a violent, decades-long U.S. occupation of Haiti in 1915, leading to unimaginable suffering for the Haitian people and enormous profits for Citibank.¹ It is unacceptable that Citibank has never acknowledged or taken responsibility for the harm it caused. And now Citibank, the largest U.S. bank in Israel, is complicit in the ongoing oppression of another people living under occupation: Palestinians. At this critical time, with the rise of a new ultra-right-wing government, billions of dollars are being funneled out of Israel.² But Citibank, the largest U.S. bank in Israel, is legitimizing its new ultra-rightwing government. They even met with the extremist anti-Palestinian Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich,³ just days after he called for the destruction of a Palestinian village.⁴ Citibank, a single institution, is involved in two historic oppressions, denying freedom to both Haitians and Palestinians. Haitians, Palestinians, and their allies share a common interest in holding Citibank accountable for its active role in denying self-determination to both the Haitian and Palestinian peoples. We demand that Citibank: Provide comprehensive financial reparations to the Haitian people as the primary U.S. banking institution that stole from Haiti and prompted U.S. occupation.⁵ Cease sponsoring the Israeli government's relentless land theft and occupation of Palestinians as the largest U.S. bank operating in apartheid Israel.⁶ Sign our letter to Citibank. Sources: “Invade Haiti, Wall Street Urged. The U.S. Obliged,” The New York Times, May 20, 2022. “Report: Bank officials believe $4 billion moved out of Israel in recent weeks,” Times of Israel, Feb. 15, 2023. “Israel FinMin says immediate liquidity risk averted after SVB collapse,” Reuters, March 15, 2023. “U.S. considering denying Israeli minister visa after call to "wipe out" Hawara,” Axios, March 4, 2023. “The Case for Haitian Reparations,” Jacobin, Jan. 14, 2017. “Citigroup: Global Presence — Israel” Citi. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-citibank-do-right-by-haitians-palestinians