Paul Weller intent on a cause to his accountant study

Paul Weller intent on a cause to his accountant study

Fresh from having released the cover album “Find El Dorado” (Read the review here), the British musician Paul Weller He is now engaged in a legal action against the study of accountants Harris and Trotter. As reported by Sky News, the study has been collaborating with Weller for thirty years. According to what reported, last March the study communicated to Weller that their accountants and tax consultants would no longer collaborate with him or his companies because he said that Israel is committing a genocide against the Palestinian people. In response, Paul Weller He intended a cause against the study, claiming that he is discriminating at his legally protected philosophical beliefs.

In the legal letter, the lawyers of Paul Weller they would have included a WhatsApp message that Weller would receive from a partner of Harris and Trotter. This is the alleged text of the message: “It is well known what your political opinions are in relation to Israel, to the Palestinians and to Gaza, but we as a study are offended by the statements that Israel is committing any type of genocide. Everyone has the right to their opinions, but she claims to have anti-Israeli opinions such that we, as a law firm with Jewish roots and many Jewish partners, are not willing to collaborate with someone who thinks so. “

Weller then replied with this message: “I have always expressed myself against injustice, whether it is Apartheid, ethnic cleaning or genocide. What is happening to the Palestinian people in Gaza is a humanitarian catastrophe. I believe they have the right to self -determination, dignity and protection pursuant to international law, and I believe that Israel is committing a genocide against them. Take silent those who say this truth is not only censorship, it is complicity.

Paul Weller He undertook to donate any sum obtained in the cause to humanitarian aid in Gaza. In addition, he will be the protagonist of a charity concert for Gaza, who has sold out to the London Troxy next October.

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