Solidarity with Palestine: Is the Bank a New Tool for Marginalization?

Op-ed published in L'Humanité on October 19, 2026.

When Supporting Palestine Becomes Suspicious: Financial Apartheid Under the Pretext of Combating Money Laundering.

"More than 1,000 days. For more than 1,000 days, the Palestinian people have endured bombings, forced displacement, systematic starvation, and the collapse of the very conditions necessary for life.

Faced with this reality, international solidarity should be a given: supporting loved ones, funding organizations, and participating in educational, social, or humanitarian projects.”

Yet another, quieter form of lockdown is taking shape: a financial blockade. Under the guise of procedures presented as purely technical, banks are blocking transfers, closing accounts, and treating any connection to Palestine with suspicion.

What is at stake goes beyond mere administrative decisions. It is also the financialization of social control: when private banking institutions and algorithms become capable, in the name of risk management, of effectively restricting the exercise of solidarity—which is, after all, fully in accordance with international law."

Read more in L'Humanité.