Britain has awarded £10.7 million in new public contracts to companies linked to Israeli settlements in the West Bank, despite government promises to impose sanctions on businesses that profit from settlement activity, an Al Jazeera investigation has revealed.
￭ An analysis of procurement records, company submissions and data from the British public sector market intelligence firm Tussell identified 18 new contracts awarded to companies and subsidiaries flagged by the United Nations for settlement-related activities.
￭ The companies include the German construction materials group Heidelberg Materials, the American technology company Motorola Solutions, the Chinese conglomerate Fosun International and the French engineering group Egis.