BDS Movement hails victory as Scottish-Korean oil firm ditches Palestine ‘pillage’

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The Korean-owned, Aberdeen-based company had come under pressure for its role in a consortium which the Israeli government has given free rein to drill for oil and gas in Palestinian waters it illegally occupies.

BDS movement international campaigns manager Juman Muhammad welcomed Dana’s decision as a “major win,” after Italian oil and gas giant Eni exited in the summer.

He said: “Two major international energy companies have now been compelled to withdraw from an illegal deal with genocidal Israel to pillage Palestinian gas, showing the sheer scale of what grassroots pressure can achieve.

“BDS is truly unstoppable and no corporation is too big to be forced to walk away from complicity in Israel’s crimes.”

Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) energy apartheid campaign lead Dave Black said: “We welcome the news of Dana’s exit from this partnership, which had aimed to profit from Israel’s proposed pillage of Palestinian resources.

“Let this be a lesson to other companies — there can be no business as usual with apartheid and genocide.

“Murphy Oil, which has now taken the place Dana and Eni abandoned, should expect exactly the same treatment.”

Summing up the project, Friends of the Earth Scotland’s Kate Whitaker said: “Right now, families in Gaza are living in tents and facing deadly flooding.

“Drainage systems are failing due to fuel being withheld by Israel.

“Meanwhile they are selling gas from Palestine’s Exclusive Economic Zone to fossil fuel companies looking to profit in the midst of these atrocities.”

Dana Petroleum, Ratio Energies and Murphy Oil Corporation were contacted for comment. 

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