{"id":24647,"date":"2025-09-28T05:21:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T05:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=24647"},"modified":"2025-09-28T05:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T05:21:38","slug":"un-lists-158-firms-tied-to-illegal-israeli-settlements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=24647","title":{"rendered":"UN lists 158 firms tied to illegal Israeli settlements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Report exposes global firms profiting from Israel\u2019s unlawful settlement enterprise in the occupied West Bank.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An Israeli settler, left, and a soldier stand in front of the Palestinian Ayoub Abdel-Basit al-Tamimi family home, which was taken over by Israeli settlers overnight, in Hebron city near the Israeli settlement area of Tel Rumeida in the occupied West Bank on March 24, 2025 [Hazem Bader\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>The United Nations has released a\u00a0report<\/a>, revealing that more than 150 companies, including Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor, are profiting from Israel\u2019s illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UN human rights office on Friday updated its database, listing 158 firms operating inside settlements deemed unlawful by the\u00a0International Court of Justice<\/a>\u00a0(ICJ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While most of the companies are Israeli, the list also includes multinationals registered in the United States, Canada, China, France, and Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report emphasised that businesses have a duty to avoid fuelling abuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhere business enterprises identify that they have caused or contributed to adverse human rights impacts, they should provide for or cooperate in remediation through appropriate processes,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The update added 68 companies since the last publication in June 2023, and it removed seven firms, including British-registered online travel company Opodo and Spanish-domiciled online travel agent eDreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The majority of the other firms were tied to construction, real estate, mining, and quarrying sectors that are central to Israel\u2019s settlement expansion efforts. More than 300 additional firms remain under review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said the findings highlight corporate responsibility in conflict zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis report underscores the due diligence responsibility of businesses working in contexts of conflict to ensure their activities do not contribute to human rights abuses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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