UN issues report on companies with business ties to West Bank settlements

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UN issues report on companies with business ties to West Bank settlements

AFP, Geneva Wednesday, 12 February 2020

The UN has released a list of 112 companies with activities in Israeli settlements, which are considered illegal under international law, including Airbnb, Expedia and TripAdvisor.

The report comes in response to a 2016 UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for a “database for all businesses engaged in specific activities related to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.”

The UN rights office said the claim about the companies was “not, and does not purport to be, a judicial or quasi-judicial process.”

Read more at: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/02/12/UN-issues-report-on-companies-with-business-ties-to-West-Bank-settlements.html

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