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26 sep 2025

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United Nations

Israel/OPT: UN updates database of businesses involved in illegal Israeli settlements, listing 158 enterprises from 11 countries

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"UN Human Rights Office updates database of businesses involved in Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank", 26 September 2025

The UN Human Rights Office...issued an update to its database of businesses involved in certain activities in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, listing a total of 158 business enterprises from 11 countries.

It identifies businesses involved in specific activities listed by the Council resolution, including: supplying equipment and materials that facilitate the construction and maintenance of illegal settlements, demolition of houses and property of Palestinians, surveillance activities, the use of natural resources for business purposes, and the pollution and dumping of waste in Palestinian villages...

A total of 68 new companies were added to the list published in 2023, while seven of those listed in 2023 were removed as they were no longer involved in any of the activities concerned, taking the total number to 158 businesses in the current update.

The companies covered by the 2025 update focus primarily on business activities related to construction, real estate, mining and quarrying...

The report calls on companies to “take appropriate action to address the adverse human rights impacts” of their activities. “Where business enterprises identify that they have caused or contributed to adverse human rights impacts, they should provide for or cooperate in remediation through appropriate processes,” the report says...

The report also highlights the role of the State to “act with diligence to ensure that business enterprises operating in conflict-affected areas are not involved in or otherwise materially contributing to serious human rights violations or abuses”.

Most of the concerned companies listed in the latest update are based in Israel, while others are based in Canada, China, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States of America...