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Time to End Business as Usual in Unlawful West Bank Settlements

By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People collect scrap timber in the Mishor Adumim industrial zone near the Israeli settlement of Maaleh Adumim, November 22, 2010. © 2010 Sebastian Scheiner/AP Photo The United Nations’ core human rights agency is mandated to produce a database, updated annually, of businesses involved in Israel’s unlawful policy of establishing Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.So far, this has been a political football, with some states like the United States rejecting the mandate and attempting to limit the agency’s resources, and the Office…


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