A United Nations expert has called dozens of multinational companies to stop trading with Israel, warning them that they risk being complicated in war crimes at Gaza and occupied West Bank.
Franceska Albanis while presenting his report to the United Nations Human Rights Council stated what he said to the “genocide economy”, in which conflict with Hamas provided a test ground – which had no accountability or monitoring – for new weapons and technology.
Israel has rejected its report as “baseless”, saying that it will “join the dustbin of history”.
The United Nations specialist, or special coordination, is independent of the United Nations, but has been appointed by it to advise on human rights matters.
Ms. Albanis is an international lawyer from Italy, and she is known for her bluntness; In previous reports, he has suggested that Israel is massacre in Gaza.
On Thursday, he reiterated the claim, accusing Israel of “reducing one of the genocide of cruelty in modern history”.
In this report, she says companies named Ms. Albanis, and therefore earning profits in war crimes in Gaza.
Their list includes arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin, and tech firm, and tech firm alphabet, IBM, Microsoft and Amazon to provide technology that allows Israel to track and target Palestinians.
She also lists caterpillars, Hyundai and Volvo, in which the claims of her report have supplied vehicles used to demolish homes and level bombing communities.
Financial institutions have also been included – Ms. Albanis claims that the bank BNP Pariba and Barclays are underlining Israel’s Treasury Bonds throughout the struggle.
The BBC has contacted the above companies for comments.
Lockheed Martin said that foreign military sales were government-to-government transactions, and discussions were best addressed by the US government.
Volvo said it did not share the criticism of Ms. Albanis, which believes that “insufficient and partially incorrect information” was based. It states that it is committed to respecting human rights and continues to work to strengthen its proper hard work. But it has been said that since its products have a long life and often change hands “unfortunately there is a limit on how and where our products are used during our products.
For designated companies, business is attractive, says reports, and helps Israel to continue the war. Ms. Albani says that all companies should stop dealing with Israel immediately.
But how much it is likely? Such a United Nations report has no legal power, but they attract attention.
Ms. Albani, in targeting economic relations, is trying to remind multinational companies and governments, which took place with South Africa.
For some time many businesses traded good money with South Africa, but the injustice of apartheid attracted global condemnation and United Nations restrictions, forcing disintegration and eventually, helping to end the apartheid regime.
By listing companies that are domestic names, Ms. Albani is probably expecting millions of consumers around the world with information that they can choose to buy something or not, as she did with South Africa.
But what they suggest in possible genocide is that multinational companies can take themselves the most seriously. The law on the massacre is strict, it needs to be determined by a court of law, and in fact the International Court of Justice is currently considering a case against Israel on this question brought by South Africa.
The complexity is defined as an individual or institution that is engaged in the tasks whose future results may contribute to the massacre, but without personally intended to commit massacre.
It is an allegation that Ms. Albanis suggests that anything can be sold against businesses that can contribute to Israeli war attempt. It is known that international lawyers have privately advised European governments to continue arms sale to Israel, which could lead to complication allegations.
Israel, who has long been accused by Ms. Albanis, and even Antismitic, has rejected her latest report as “baseless, defamation and a major misconduct of the office”.
Israel denied the massacre, claiming the right to self -defense against Hamas.
But when Ms. Albanis presented her report to the UN member states, she received mainly praise and support.
African, Asian and Arab states supported their call for disintegration, many people agreed that the massacre was taking place, and some warned Israel against provoking international lawyers such as Ms. Albani to do their work too.
European states, traditionally more accessories from Israel, also condemned Gaza’s refusal to help, and said that Israeli had a legal responsibility, because as an occupied power, as an occupied power, to ensure that the Palestinians had a means of survival.
But Israel’s biggest colleague, the United States left the United Nations Human Rights Council when President Donald Trump took over in January. Washington’s response to the report has only accused Ms. Albanis, whose team contacted American companies for information about her behavior with Israel for the unacceptable campaign of political and economic war against the economy worldwide.
It is unlikely that the US administration will pay more attention to the words of an international lawyer. But big American companies nominated in their report, listening to the condemnation of so many countries where they have financial interests, can start questioning their relations with Israel.
