Israel rejects U.N. report on companies linked to settlements

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

#WORLD NEWS JANUARY 31, 2018 / 8:11 AM / UPDATED 24 MINUTES AGO

Israel rejects U.N. report on companies linked to settlements

Stephanie Nebehay
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights office said on Wednesday it had identified 206 companies doing business linked to unlawful Israeli settlements in the West Bank and it urged them to avoid any complicity in “pervasive” violations against Palestinians.

Israel fears that companies listed on any U.N. “blacklist” could be targeted for boycotts or divestment aimed at stepping up pressure over its settlements, which most countries and the world body view as illegal.

“Businesses play a central role in furthering the establishment, maintenance and expansion of Israeli settlements,” the U.N. report said.

“In doing so, they are contributing to Israel’s confiscation of land, facilitate the transfer of its population into the Occupied Palestinian Territory and are involved in the exploitation of Palestine’s natural resources,” it said.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-un-settlements/israel-rejects-u-n-report-on-companies-linked-to-settlements-idUSKBN1FK1UO

[procon]

1. Waiting for the release of the US companies who enable Israeli settlements.

The majority of the companies, or 143, are domiciled in Israel or the settlements, followed by 22 in the United States, it said. The remainder are based in 19 other countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, France and Britain.

The report, which did not name the companies...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-un-settlements/more-than-200-companies-have-israeli-settlement-ties-u-n-idUSKBN1FK1UO

[Mosby]

2. is taking jobs away from Palestinians the goal here?

I don't really understand the motive, the UN seems to want the Palestinians to live on handouts in "refugee" camps.

The "land theft" is their opinion, nothing more.

[aranthus]

3. What makes you think that this is about the Palestinians?

Can't the members of the UN Human Rights Committee just hate Israel enough to want to hurt them despite what it will do to anyone else?