The Aporia
The United Nations human rights office released an updated list on Friday, adding 61 more companies to its database of businesses operating in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. This brings the total number of firms listed to 214, with new additions including Israeli pesticide maker ADAMA (part of Chinese-owned Syngenta Group) and Spain's Salvat Logistica, alongside previously included companies like travel agency Expedia and home-rental company Airbnb. The database aims to pressure Israel over its settler expansion in territory that is home to over 3 million Palestinians, though the Israeli mission to the UN dismissed it as a "political tool" meant to persecute the Jewish state.