An alliance of more than 80 organizations asks for the end of economic and commercial activities in settlements
An alliance of more than 80 civil society organizations has claimed on Monday the end of commercial and economic activities by international companies in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and has affirmed that these actions contribute directly to the humanitarian crisis in the occupied Palestinian territories, amid the expansion of colon -construction projects in these territories.
The report Commercial activities with illegal settlements: how foreign states and companies enable the illegal Israel settlements companyemphasizes that “the illegal settlement project of Israel has fragmented the West Bank and destroyed the Palestinian economy, causing generalized poverty and suffering.”
“Despite the devastating humanitarian impact and the illegality of Israeli settlements under international law, foreign states continue to support settlements,” he says, before remembering that the EU and its member states “represent the main commercial block of Israel”, while “the policies of these states continue to support financially and normalize the economy of settlements.”
Thus, it emphasizes that these countries, acting “in violation of international law”, “main Bank.
“The illegal Israeli military occupation and the increase in the economy of settlements have devastated the Palestinian communities. The Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories face a systematic discrimination and violations of human rights by the Israeli authorities, with especially acute impacts on vulnerable populations, including children, women and the elderly,” he says.
In this way, he says that “the violence of settlers against Palestinian communities is widespread, including physical attacks, harassment, destruction of farmland and attacks against olive groves and other crops that support thousands of families”, before indicating that “these attacks often take place with impunity”, amid the rebound of violence after the attacks of October 7, 2023.
“The Israeli legal system applies a separate and unequal legal framework for the Palestinians and the settlers living in the same occupied territory,” the document states, which states that “the poverty rate in the West Bank has increased significantly, with particularly serious conditions in areas close to settlements and in area C, under total Israeli control.”
“In contrast, settlements and industries in settlements receive lucrative subsidies, tax benefits and preferential treatment of the Israeli government,” he says, something that is enhanced by commercial ties with foreign countries and companies, something that “has supported and helped to facilitate the humanitarian crisis in the occupied Palestinian territories.”
Among the companies indicated in the report are the German Tui, a conglomerate of tourism companies that offers visits to settlements; The British construction company JC Bamford Excavors, the German Siemens or the French Carrefour, among others.
