More than £260m of Yorkshire local councils' pension funds are held in stocks of companies complicit in Israeli 'violations of international law'

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Yorkshire council pension funds have invested over £260m in companies accused of being complicit in Israeli human rights abuses and violations of international law.

The Yorkshire Post approached the four administrators of the Local Government Pensions Scheme in the region - West Yorkshire Pension Fund , South Yorkshire Pensions Authority , East Riding Pension Fund and North Yorkshire Pension Fund - to confirm the value of investments held in companies which were identified by pressure group Palestine Solidarity Campaign as having “clear and rigorous evidence that they are involved in activities contributing to Israel's violations of international law.

also holds over £1 billion of assets in fossil fuel companies. A spokesperson said: “

 

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