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February 13, 2020

U.N. Releases List of 100 Companies Linked to Israeli-Occupied West Bank Settlements
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The United Nations human rights office has released a list of more than
100 companies linked to the Jewish-only settlements in the
Israeli-occupied West Bank, which are illegal under international law.
The long-awaited report included 94 companies based in Israel and 18
international companies, which it said are complicit in the violation of
Palestinians' human rights. The companies include Airbnb, the American
Israeli Gas Corporation, Delta Israel, the Bank of Jerusalem, Expedia,
Booking.com, General Mills, Trip Advisor and Motorola. This is Rupert
Colville of the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Rupert Colville: "The fact-finding mission highlighted 10 types of
business activities it viewed as being of particular concern, given the
well-established illegal nature of the settlements in the occupied
Palestinian territory and their impact on the daily lives and the human
rights of the Palestinian people on whose land the settlements have been
built and continue to be built."

The U.N. report does not accuse the companies of violating international
law, but it does come amid the global nonviolent Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions movement that calls for the boycott of companies linked to
illegal settlements.