Blacklist

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Evelyn GordonFebruary 19, 2020
Turning human rights into a bad joke
The U.N. anti-Israel blacklist asserts that the most basic essentials—food, water, transportation, communication—raise “particular human rights concerns.” But if every human activity is a “human rights concern,” then nothing is.
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NGO MonitorFebruary 14, 2020
An analysis of the United Nation’s BDS blacklist 
A major category of listed companies are those providing consumer goods and services (food, telecommunications, transportation, gas, water) to both Palestinians and Israelis.
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UNHRC worked with NGOs with terror ties to compile blacklist of firms
February 14, 2020
“The UNHRC, which consists of tyrannical states and despot regimes, proves once again that it is a rotten institution that makes delusional decisions which have no connection to actual human rights,” said Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan.
The United Nations building in New York City. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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US lawmakers condemn UN blacklist of companies with ties to Israeli settlements
Jackson RichmanFebruary 13, 2020
In a statement released by the Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas)—the committee’s ranking member—Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) called this move by the United Nations “abrupt and inappropriate” and “another anti-Israel stunt that will not further peace in the region.”
U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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Pompeo says blacklist confirms ‘unrelenting anti-Israel bias’ at UN
February 13, 2020
“The world body’s endless hypocrisy and double standards towards Israel are staggering,” said American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris in a statement. “Of all the situations in the world in which territory is disputed, the U.N. chooses only to focus on Israel. Why?”
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 10, 2019. Credit: State Department. Photo by Ron Przysucha/Public Domain.
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Israel takes fight to UNHRC following release of settlement blacklist
Ariel Kahana and Efrat ForsherIsrael HayomFebruary 13, 2020
“We strongly reject this contemptible effort,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel reaches out to governors in U.S. states hosting firms on the U.N list, asking them to condemn the initiative.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Likud Party event in Lod on Feb. 11, 2020. Photo by Flash90.
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Ben CohenFebruary 12, 2020
Breaking down the UNHRC blacklist
The fact the overwhelming majority of the companies are Israeli indicates that there is a more sinister aim at work here.
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UN releases blacklist of firms with ties to Israeli settlements
February 12, 2020
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz blasted the decision to release the blacklist, calling it a “shameful surrender to pressure by countries and organizations interested in harming Israel.”
Michelle Bachelet, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights at a Human Rights Council 39th regular session on Sept. 10, 2018. Photo by Jean-Marc Ferré/U.N. Photo.
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Iranian chief of staff: Being blacklisted would ‘deal a heavy blow’ to Iran’s economy
December 26, 2019
“If Iran were serious about combating terror financing and adhering to global anti-money laundering and terrorism financing standards, it would ratify the Palermo Convention and the Terrorist Financing Convention immediately,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Then-Iranian Minister of Communication and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi (right) addresses the media during a working meeting in Tehran on Oct. 25, 2015, with then-Russian Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications Nikolay Nikiforov (left). Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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