"January 2016"--Table of contents page. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Annex III-XV: Human Rights Watch Letters. Summary -- How Businesses Contribute to and Benefit from Discrimination -- How Businesses Contribute to and Benefit from Land Confiscation and Restrictions -- How Businesses Support the Infrastructure of Unlawful Settlements -- How Businesses Contribute to and Benefit from Labor Abuse -- Recommendations: Impact of Restrictions on Farmers' Access to their Land -- To Israel -- To Third-Party States -- Methodology -- I. The Problematic Human Rights Impact of Settlement Businesses -- II. International Legal Obligations: International Humanitarian Law -- Human Rights -- Business and Third-Party State Obligations -- III. How Businesses Contribute to and Benefit from Discrimination: Encouraging Settlement Business: Government Financial Incentives -- Stifling Palestinian Businesses and Economy: Discriminatory Restrictions -- Case Study: Quarrying in the West Bank -- A Study in Contrasts: Nahal Raba Quarry and Beit Fajar -- Development of Israeli Policies on the Palestinian Economy -- IV. How Businesses Contribute to and Benefit from Land Confiscations in the West Bank: Ariel -- Case Study: Financing Settlement Construction -- Case Study: Settlement Real Estate -- Land Confiscation -- Confiscation of Private Palestinian Land -- V. How Business Contribute to and Benefit from Supporting Settlements: Case Study: Waste Management -- Providing Employment and Taxes -- VI. How Business Contribute to and Benefit from Abuse of Palestinian Labor Rights in Settlements: Case Study: Textile Manufacturer -- Exploiting Legal Ambiguity -- Lack of Oversight -- Palestinian Dependence on Israeli-Issued Permits -- A Flimsy Excuse for Labor Abuses -- Annex I: Settlement Industry: "Made in Israel" -- Industrial Zones -- Settlement Agriculture -- Annex II: Freedom of Movement and Restricting Access to Lands: Impact of Restrictions on Farmers' Access to their Land -- Annex III-XV: Human Rights Watch Letters.
Summary:
"This report documents how settlement businesses facilitate the growth and operations of settlements. These businesses depend on and contribute to the Israeli authorities' unlawful confiscation of Palestinian land and other resources. They also benefit from these violations, as well as Israel's discriminatory policies that provide privileges to settlements at the expense of Palestinians, such as access to land and water, government subsidies, and permits for developing land"--Publisher's description.
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