Who was added? The 61 companies newly linked to illegal Israeli settlements
The Palestine Chronicle reports on 30 September 2o26:
Key Developments
- The updated UN database includes 214 companies from 11 countries, with 61 businesses added following the latest assessment.
- The list includes major companies such as Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia, Tripadvisor, Motorola Solutions, JCB, Re/Max and Heidelberg Materials.
- The UN found that every listed company either contributed to or was directly linked to adverse impacts on Palestinian self-determination.
Palestine has called on companies worldwide to review their relationships with businesses named in an updated UN database of enterprises involved in activities supporting illegal Israeli settlements.
The UN Human Rights Office listed 214 companies from 11 countries, including 61 businesses added following its latest investigation.
Palestine’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Ibrahim Khraishi, welcomed the update during a session of the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday.
“It is abundantly clear at this juncture that many enterprises of the 214 among the list are Israeli companies that have links with different companies in many countries around the world,” Khraishi said.
214 Companies from 11 Countries
According to the UN report, 192 of the 214 listed companies are based in Israel.
The remaining 22 include eight US companies, three Spanish companies, two each from China, France and Britain, and one each from Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands and South Africa.