Pax Christi raps profiteers in Palestinian occupation

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The international Catholic peace movement, Pax Christi, has joined a British campaign against major companies whose businesses provide support for Israel's occupation of Palestine.

The Universe reports that Pax Christi has backed a report from campaigns group War on Want which has highlighted the role of international companies like Tesco, Connex and Volvo in Israel's occupation of Palestine. snip

UK supermarkets such as Tesco, Sainsburys and Waitrose stock wines, snacks and other goods which are produced in illegal settlements in the Occupied West Bank and Golan Heights but sold as "Made in Israel." Construction companies such as Caterpillar, Volvo and Daewoo supply bulldozers which are used by the Israeli army in the construction of its illegal separation wall, as well as in the demolition of Palestinian homes.

War on Want points out that Israel's actions have been identified as war crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, as well as being in contravention of the Fourth Geneva Convention.