By Elliot Gulliver-Needham Israel and the companies that supply its war in Gaza have been under fire in recent months, and that pressure is starting to spread to the financial sector. Baillie Gifford has become the central target of this growing campaign, with its sponsorship of literary festivals like Edinburgh Book Festival. This weekend, Hay Festival dropped Baillie Gifford as a sponsor, with the literary gathering’s executive Julie Finch stating that the decision was made “in light of claims raised by campaigners and intense pressure on artists to withdraw”. Now, City A.M. can reveal that …