"G4S withdrawal from Israeli apartheid a victory for activism,"

Private security firm Allied Universal, the owner of G4S, has decided to sell all its remaining business in apartheid Israel.

In 2016, G4S already dropped its Israeli security business which provided services to Israel’s prison system, military checkpoints and illegal settlements.

Allied Universal will now pull out of Israel’s national police academy.

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The final push to convince Allied Universal to end its complicity in Israel’s human rights abuses appeared to have come with position taken by a large Canadian public pension fund manager, Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ), according to the [ Palestinian BDS National Committee].

Trade unions, BDS campaigners and American Friends Service Committee pressurized CDPQ to use its influence as the largest shareholder in Allied Universal.

That led to Allied Universal’s decision to sell its stake in Israel’s police academy to G1 Secure Solutions, formerly G4S Israel. The sale is pending approval of the Israeli authorities.