Amnesty Campaign to Boycott Israel Sparks Outcry from Jewish Groups
by TheTower.org Staff | 03.14.19 5:20 pm
Amnesty International, an NGO known for its hostility toward Israel, has come under fire after sending a press release to top British firms informing them that operating in the West Bank and East Jerusalem makes them complicit in “Israeli war crimes,†The Jewish Chronicle reported Wednesday.
Along with the press release, the London-based branch of Amnesty sent copies of a report titled “Think Twice: Can companies do business with the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories while respecting human rights?†to all chief executives of companies featured in Britain’s top financial indexes.
“It’s very simple,†said Peter Frankental, Amnesty International UK’s Economic Affairs Programme Director, “if you’re a company operating in or doing business with the settlements, then you’re involved in systematic injustice, discrimination and other human rights violations perpetrated by the state of Israel against Palestinians.â€
Read more at: http://www.thetower.org/7340-amnesty-campaign-to-boycott-israel-sparks-outcry-from-jewish-groups/
Bad amnesty international, they do some things right and some things wrong, such as this.
