On October 12, the RBC sent an initial donation of $250,000 CD to “Israel” to be divided between the Canadian Red Cross Middle East Humanitarian Crisis Appeal and the United Jewish Appeal.
The following day, RBC announced an additional $1 million USD donation to United Jewish Appeal Federation of New York, American Friends of Magen David Adom and Save the Children
On October 13, RBC employees received this message:
RBC holds USD $57.7 million in Palantir Technologies Inc.
(from article by Brent Patterson on November 6, 2023, PBI Canada)
Just Peace Advocates has noted: “As of November 2021, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has 2,403,812 shares of Palantir Technologies Inc Class A (US:PLTR) with total holdings valued at $57,787,000 USD. The RBC holdings in Palantir have been steadily increasing quarter over quarter.”
They add: “Palantir provides Artificial Intelligence (AI) predictive system to Israeli security forces, to identify people in occupied Palestine.”
Earlier this month, Palantir Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp stated: “We are on the front lines fighting what amounts to evil.”
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