New UN database of companies complicit in Israel's occupation

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<p>‘Last mo th, i a la mark ecisio , the U ite Natio s H ma Rights Co cil eci e to establish a atabase of all compa ies implicate i Israel’s illegal settleme t e terprise i the occ pie Palesti ia West Ba k, i cl i g the city of East Jer salem.</p>
<p>Fi ally, after years of toothless UN co em atio s of settleme ts – which are a flagra t violatio of i ter atio al law a a major obstacle to j stice a peace i the regio – there will be a official UN list that ames a exposes b si esses that have for eca es e able a profite from Israel’s theft of Palesti ia la a other h ma rights ab ses.</p>
<p>Establishme t of s ch a UN atabase is lo g over e. Alrea y i the 1970s a 1980s, the UN Sec rity Co cil calle o all states to ot recog ize or provi e assista ce, eco omic or otherwise, to Israel’s illegal a exatio a settleme t policy. I 1982 the Ge eral Assembly calle for sa ctio s agai st Israel for the same reaso .’</p>
<p><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/co gress-blog/278164- ew- – atabase-of-compa ies-complicit-i -israels-occ patio " target="_bla k">Rea more: New UN atabase of compa ies complicit i Israel’s occ patio </a></p>