CITIBANK.
IT’S TIME TO DO RIGHT BY PALESTINIANS
& HAITIANS.
A damning New York Times investigation confirmed Citibank’s active role in instigating a violent, decades-long U.S. occupation leading to unimaginable suffering for the Haitian people and enormous profits for Citibank. And now Citibank, the largest U.S. bank in Israel, is complicit in the ongoing oppression of another people living under occupation: Palestinians.
Sign Our Petition Demanding Citibank:
Provide financial reparations
to both Haiti and the Haitian people as the primary U.S. banking institution that stole from Haiti and prompted U.S. occupation and;
Stop sponsoring land theft
and occupation of Palestinians as the largest U.S. bank operating in apartheid Israel.
Campaign Background:
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.
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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.
- “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.
