Employees accuse Apple of donating to groups funding West Bank settlements

Current and former employees and shareholders of the US tech giant Apple have signed an open letter calling on the company to stop matching employee donations to organisations that further illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and others that support Israel's military.

The letter is the latest form of dissent from within Apple, and builds upon a campaign recently started called Apples4Ceasefire, which called on the company to remove two organistations from its donation platforms that fund West Bank settlements.

"We stand in solidarity with our colleagues in Apples4Ceasefire who have requested Apple remove two organisations funding illegal settlements from Benevity," the letter said.

"We are amplifying that message, and asking that Apple must promptly investigate and cease matching donations to all organisations that further illegal settlements in occupied territories and support the IDF [Israeli army]," it added.

The organisations listed in the open letter include Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, HaYovel Inc, One Israel Fund, the Jewish National Fund and IsraelGives.

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