On recently published UNHRC blacklist: 1) There is absolutely no prohibition in international law from doing business in occupied or disputed territories. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
2) Everyone knows this. Even the most progressive governments don ban their firms from such business.
2) Everyone knows this. Even the most progressive governments don ban their firms from such business.
3) The UNHRC knows there is no rule against such business activity. As @KoheletForum has shown, many leading multinationals do massive business in occupied territories around the world, but UNHRC has not thought to blacklist them. en.kohelet.org.il/publication/wh…
4) Thus either UNHRC does not care about the rights of most humans, or they know such business is not illegal, and are creating a blacklist of businesses with ties to Jews. Its a little bit of the former, but mostly the latter.
5) Even groups that have called for such blacklists get donations from companies doing business in occupied territories, and they see no problem with this, because it does not involve Israel. jpost.com/Middle-East/EU…
6) This is an attempt at a true secondary boycott, like the Arab League had. Many companies on the list have no direct business in the territories, they just do not boycott them. So they are being blacklisted for not blacklisting, not even for their direct activities.
