Albanese details companies complicit in 'economy of genocide' at UN HR Council meeting

The United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, called on the international community to completely cut trade and financial ties with Israel during a presentation she gave at the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday.

Central to her presentation was a report she compiled - naming more than 60 companies that she says are  involvement in what she calls "the transformation of Israel's economy of occupation to an economy of genocide".

Companies named in the report include firms such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Palantir, Chevron, BP, Caterpillar, Glencore, Booking.com, Airbnb, Volvo, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Lockheed Martin, Fanuc, Leonoardo, Rada Electronic Industries among others.

Albanese also called for a full arms embargo, and withdrawal of international support for the “economy of genocide”.