UN adds 61 companies to blacklist for alleged Palestinian rights violations

On September 25, the UN human rights office added 61 companies to a blacklist for alleged involvement in violating Palestinian rights through business ties to Israeli settlements. Israel rejected the list on September 27, calling it an "ugly attempt" to blacklist Israeli firms and claiming the companies had committed no wrongdoing.

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UN adds 61 firms to settlements blacklist over alleged human rights violations against Palestinians

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Israel ‘categorically rejects’ publication and says businesses on database have committed no wrongdoing The UN human rights office has added 61 more companies to a blacklist of firms that it says are involved in violating Palestinian human rights through business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The vast majority of the total 214 companies, which are based in 11 countries, ar