UN lists 214 companies involved in Israeli settlement-related business activities

The UN Human Rights Office has identified 214 companies from 11 countries as involved in specified business activities linked to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, according to an updated database released on Monday. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said it added 61 companies to the database and removed five after determining that they had ceased the activities covered by its mandate. The database, first published in 2020 under a mandate from the UN Human Rights Council, examines corporate involvement in a defined set of activities connected to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. Companies included in the latest update operate across sectors including agriculture, transportation and storage, waste management, energy, food […]