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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Israeli envoy slams UN for report on companies that operate in settlements
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael’s ambassador to the UN Danny Danon is slamming the world body for releasing a report on settlement-friendly companies today.
“That they chose to release this list …on the same day as the UN is marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day is a stain that will never be wiped off the history of the UN,” Danon says, calling it an “embarrassment.”
The UN human rights office says 206 companies — mostly Israeli and American — are facing a review of their business practices involving Israeli settlements that are considered illegal under international law.
But the UN office does not list the names of the companies on the blacklist, apparently following US and Israeli pressure.
Danon vows to keep working to stop the list of companies being published.
The Times of Israel Community.