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Glasgow University has a total of £751,568 invested in companies linked to West Bank settlements. SCOTTISH universities have shares worth more than £2 million in companies linked to settlements in the West Bank which are considered illegal under international law, The Ferret can reveal. Companies backed financially by Scots academic institutions include a bank which finances construction in the West Bank and major global financial institutions underwriting Airbnb, which has around 200 properties for rent in illegal Israeli settlements. Critics have raised concerns over these investmen...

News Reporter HS2 has the “legal right and moral obligation” to exclude a firm “involved in Israeli war crimes” from its tender process, lawyers have claimed. Spanish manufacturer CAF is one of five bidders hoping to secure a £2.75 billion contract to supply high-speed trains to the HS2 rail project. Palestinian rights groups have been calling on HS2 Ltd to drop CAF over its role in the Jerusalem Light Rail (JRL) expansion which links illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land to West Jerusalem.  Now a legal brief drafted by Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights and the Europ...