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UN report names 112 companies doing business with Israeli settlements
The United Nations' human rights office on Feb. 12 named 112 companies it said have business ties to Jewish settlements in the West Bank, angering Israel and...
A long-delayed report issued in Geneva said 94 of the companies were domiciled in Israel and 18 were listed in six other countries — the United States, Britain, Luxembourg, the…
- GENEVA-Reuters
- Hurriyet
A spokesman for Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the report was not a “blacklist” and was not intended to qualify any of the…
But it is a sensitive issue as companies named could be targeted for boycotts or…