UN Rights Body to Create Blacklist of Companies in West Bank
- Move part of effort against goods made in occupied territory
- Netanyahu has said boycott movement is a threat to Israel
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The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution to create a list of all Israeli and international companies operating directly or indirectly in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
Egypt, Pakistan and other Muslim nations helped advance the resolution, which also condemned Israel’s occupation of and “settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”