[scroll down] Corporate Involvement in Settlements [:] Israeli and international businesses that benefit from settlements...play an indirect role in the harmful treatment that Palestinians receive due to discriminatory Israeli policies. Business interests in settlements take a number of forms...construction companies...Corporations also invest in settlement industrial zones and agricultural production...Commercial agriculture in settlements benefits from discriminatory access to enormous quantities of water...Other companies, including multinationals, extract natural resources from the West Bank primarily for the benefit of Israelis...The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on business and human rights in 2008 published a framework—endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council—according to which businesses have the responsibility to “respect” human rights...Another set of principles relevant to multinational businesses with operations or subsidiaries in Israeli settlements are the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises....Israel...acceded to the OECD in September 2010. [refers to the Agrexco Agricultural Export Company]