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Pompeo Blasts UN Over List of Firms Doing Business in West Bank Settlements

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   U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed anger over the United
   Nations' disclosure of a list of companies it says are conducting
   business in Israel's West bank settlements, considered a violation of
   international law by most of the global community.

   The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
   said Wednesday it found 112 businesses with activities in Israeli
   settlements, including 94 headquartered in Israel and 18 in the U.S.
   and other countries.

   The U.N. Human Rights Council ordered OHCHR in 2016 to create a list of
   companies considered to be supportive of the settlements over U.S.
   objections.

   "I am outraged that High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle
   Bachelet published a database of companies operating in
   Israeli-controlled territories," Pompeo declared in a statement
   Thursday.

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