A controversial United Nations special investigator is calling for a boycott of international businesses “engaged in profit-making” in what he called Israeli settlements.
Acknowledging the move was an “innovation,” Richard Falk said he hoped the boycott by “civil society” would help pressure Israel to stop building in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.
The independent special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian Territories singled out 13 companies, including Hewlett Packard, Motorola, Volvo and Caterpillar.
