SNP government slammed for failing to implement Holyrood Israel boycott vote

Scottish campaign groups have accused the SNP-run administration of a "clear lack of will" to honour a Holyrood vote that urged a package of boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel and firms complicit in its operations. Earlier, First Minister John Swinney said public money would be withheld from arms manufacturers dealing with Israel or any state with "plausible evidence of genocide" and that the government would back legal experts in gathering evidence for international criminal cases.

Nevertheless, activists point to the Scottish Government's bond issuance plan, which involves banks like Barclays—identified by the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement as financing Israel's alleged genocide—as proof of inaction. The rebuke comes on the third anniversary of Israel's escalated assault on Gaza, which UN-led commissions and human-rights organisations have described as genocidal. Groups such as Scotland for Palestine and the Scottish Palestinian Society are urging the administration to fully implement the boycott, divestment and sanctions vote without further delay. The Scottish Government has been approached for comment.