PALESTINE supporters staged nationwide protests throughout Britain on Saturday at branches of HSBC against its investments in firms supplying arms to Israel.

HSBC invests in firms including Caterpillar which supplies militarised bulldozers used to demolish Palestinian communities to make way for Israeli settlements.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to take over more land in the West Bank in breach of international law if he is re-elected head of state in forthcoming elections.