Blacklist

Iranian-American activist Gazelle Sharmahd speaks out on her dissident father’s kidnapping

Jamshid Sharmahd’s abduction highlights Iran’s use of state-sponsored kidnappings to silence dissent.

 Activist Gazelle Sharmahd.
 MK Avi Maoz attends an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2021.

LGBTQ+ org. calls for criminal investigation of Noam Party over blacklist

 Overview of the session of the Human Rights Council during the speech of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2020.

US pushes UN not to update 'threatening" Israeli settlement blacklist

 A man walks past the logo of Israeli cyber firm NSO Group at one of its branches in the Arava Desert, southern Israel July 22, 2021

US intel backed potential purchase of NSO Group by American firm - NYT


UN may update blacklist of companies operating in Israeli settlements

An initial list of 112 such companies was published in 2020. The mandate to make changes to that database on an annual basis, however, has been unfilled due to lack of funds.

Pro Israel rally outside UNHRC in Geneva‏

What does US blacklist mean for future of NSO? - analysis

The US Commerce Department's decision could be framed in terms of competition over which countries dominate the cyberattack sphere.

 A man walks past the logo of Israeli cyber firm NSO Group at one of its branches in the Arava Desert, southern Israel July 22, 2021

Nordic fund KLP boycotts 16 companies over ties to West Bank settlements

The companies, which span telecoms, banking, energy and construction, all help facilitate Israel's presence and therefore risk being complicit in breaches of international law, the fund said.

A Jewish settler walks past Israeli settlement construction sites around Givat Zeev and Ramat Givat Zeev in the West Bank, near Jerusalem June 30, 2020.

17 companies join Strategic Affairs Ministry's "Impact Nation" initiative

Ministry of Strategic Affairs launched a pilot program called "Impact Nation" with a budget of three million NIS to help companies promote sustainable business practices. The project started when MK

A general view of Tel Aviv's skyline is seen through a hotel window in Tel Aviv

US to blacklist dozens of Chinese firms including SMIC, sources say

In total, the United States is expected to add around 80 additional companies and affiliates to the so-called entity list, nearly all of them Chinese.

A man visits a booth of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), at China International Semiconductor Expo (IC China 2020) following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China October 14, 2020

Rami Levy sues UN for defamation after placement on settlement 'blacklist'

While the UN has immunity in general, Shurat HaDin claims that this case is an exception as the UN violated its charter and practiced "pure racism on the basis of nationality and religion."

Israeli soldiers walk past Rami Levy chain store in the Israeli Sha'ar Binyamin Industrial Zone in the West Bank

US adds 11 companies to blacklist over China's treatment of Uighurs

Blacklisted firms cannot buy components from US companies without US government approval.

An ethnic Uighur demonstrator wears a mask as she attends a protest against China in front of the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul

UNHRC members call for annual updates to settlement blacklist

The list was presented to the UNHCR on Monday, following a delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. Geneva, Switzerland June 15, 2020

State Department will help US businesses threatened by UNHRC blacklist

Pompeo announced that the State Department released official guidance on the subject only hours before his address.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks during the AIPAC convention at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, U.S., March 2, 2020.

The UN blacklist and a lesson on corporate responsibility

The UNHRC published a blacklist of companies that they claim do business with or in Israeli settlements.

UNHRC 370

This is what UN blacklisted Israeli companies really do

The UN commission has been working hard for three years and reputedly spending millions on this name-and-shame list of 112 companies. What has it come up with? Most of the companies are Israeli.

UN HIGH COMMISSIONER for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet reacts during a forum on women of African descent, in San Jose in December. (Juan Carlos