Trading with Illegal Settlements: How Foreign States and Corporations Enable Israel’s Illegal Settlement Enterprise
The “Trading with Illegal Settlements: How Foreign States and Corporations Enable Israel’s Illegal Settlement Enterprise” report highlights how foreign states and corporations directly enable the humanitarian crisis driven by Israel’s ongoing occupation through continuous trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). By examining the economic, humanitarian, and legal dimensions of settlements, the report argues that foreign trade of products and services with settlements sustains the occupation, contributes to the humanitarian crisis in the OPT, and violates international law. Thus, it addresses the urgent need for a ban on settlement trade as a mechanism to uphold international law, protect Palestinian livelihoods, and halt and reverse Israel’s settlement expansion and end its unlawful occupation.
The report was produced by a coalition of more than 80 global civil society organizations, including the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS). The report benefits from research contributions by MAS along with other research centers.