A MULTI-MILLION pound pension fund for public servants across Gwent will be asked to review investments linked to Israel’s war in Gaza.

A United Nations commission of inquiry has said Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and there are reasonable grounds to conclude that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out since the start of the war with Hamas in 2023.

Members of Monmouthshire County Council agreed at its September meeting, on Thursday, it should review its own investments and take steps to end them if there are any direct or indirect holdings in companies supplying arms, military technology, or logistical support “which enable breaches of international law in Gaza”.

It will also ask the Greater Gwent Pension Fund, which it is a member of and is responsible for investing millions of pounds on behalf of current and retired public sector workers across the area, do the same.

The fund has said it has exposure to seven companies domiciled in Israel as of June 2025, totalling £3.8m or 0.08 per cent of total fund assets while campaigners estimate its holds £233 million in companies active in, or trading with, illegal Israeli settlements, or supplying the........

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