US: Activists protest against Capital One over loan to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems

Every weekend for the past three weeks, demonstrators have banged pots and pans outside Capital One’s Cafe in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The protestors are targeting Capital One, one of the ten largest banks in the US, which operates five “cafes” in Boston, because it is part of a consortium of six banks that have loaned $545m to Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest defence contractor.

The cafes are designed to attract young consumers through a mix of cafe spaces, customer perks, and banking services. 

The picketers are led by Boycott, Divestment Sanctions Boston (BDS Boston), a local pro-Palestine group that has been campaigning against Elbit Systems for years. 

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