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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
UN said to postpone publication of blacklist of settlement-friendly companies
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein is indefinitely postponing publishing a blacklist of companies operating in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, following pressure from the US and Israel, the Walla news site reports.
The list reportedly includes some of the biggest firms in Israeli industry as well as some household names in the US, including Coca-Cola, TripAdvisor, Airbnb, and Caterpillar.
The US has threatened to withdraw from the international forum if the list is published.
Israeli companies on the list reportedly include pharmaceutical giant Teva, the national phone company Bezeq, bus company Egged, the national water company Mekorot and the country’s two largest banks, Hapoalim and Leumi.
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