UN Takes First Concrete Step to Hold I$raHell Accountable for Violating Palestinian Human Rights
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UN Takes First Concrete Step to Hold Israel Accountable for Violating Palestinian Human Rights
By Palestinian BDS National Committee
Mondoweiss
Today’s media reports revealed that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights began sending letters two weeks ago to 150 companies in Israel and around the globe, warning them that they could be added to a database of complicit companies doing business in illegal Israeli settlements based in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
The letters reminded these companies that their operations in and with illegal Israeli settlements are in violation of “international law and in opposition of UN resolutions.” They also requested that these companies respond with clarifications about such operations.
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