{"id":628146,"date":"2026-09-26T13:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/628146\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T13:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:14:10","slug":"un-adds-61-firms-to-settlements-blacklist-over-alleged-human-rights-violations-against-palestinians-west-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/628146\/","title":{"rendered":"UN adds 61 firms to settlements blacklist over alleged human rights violations against Palestinians | West Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of the total 214 companies, which are based in 11 countries, are Israeli. Five of the 158 companies listed last year were removed in the latest update.<\/p>\n

The blacklist, first published in 2020, was born of a vote by the UN\u2019s human rights council, which has no ability to force companies to act. Its main goal is to name and shame businesses with ties to the settlements.<\/p>\n

It is unclear how the inclusion on the list has affected the companies financially.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis report is another reminder to companies that they have human rights responsibilities and are expected to conduct due diligence to ensure that they do not become involved in human rights violations or abuses,\u201d said Volker T\u00fcrk, the UN human rights chief, in a statement.<\/p>\n

Israel<\/a> said it \u201ccategorically rejects\u201d the publication. \u201cThis database is meant to serve as a blacklist against businesses that have committed no wrongdoing,\u201d the Israeli diplomatic mission in Geneva said in a statement. \u201cWe call on friends not to yield to this ugly attempt to blacklist Israeli firms.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UN office said it had advised the companies of their listing and given them a right of reply.<\/p>\n

The latest report comes as Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas have faced new scrutiny.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Britain banned trade with Israeli settlements<\/a> in the occupied West Bank, where it says \u201csettler terrorists\u201d are carrying out \u201cethnic cleansing\u201d of Palestinians. France and Canada announced they would take similar action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UN human rights office has added 61 more companies to a blacklist of firms that it says…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-628146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}