GGEC asks that Glasgow City Council initiate the following motion:
1. send a message of condolence and solidarity to the mayor of Bethlehem noting the Israeli military extra-judicial killings of citizens of the city and the reign of terror the city is living under.
2. call for a permanent ceasefire
3. follow Barcelona and other cities in breaking all links with the state of Israel.
4. launch a public consultation on the Israeli military-grade surveillance system currently deployed in Glasgow City Centre.
5. suspend GCC’s adoption of the flawed IHRA definition of antisemitism that protects Israel from the condemnation it merits for the killing of tens of thousands of children, woman and men in Gaza.
6. issue an emergency call for the Scottish Government to act in all its available capacities to help prevent the production and transfer of weapons components for Israel from arms companies in Scotland.
7. endorse the Scottish Government 2014 call for an arms embargo on Israel
8. commission a study of Strathclyde Pension Fund to identify any investments in companies that supply arms to Israel.
9. remove BAE director Sir Simon Lister from its State of the City Economy board.
10. fly a Palestinian flag in solidarity from the City Chambers building.