Albanese details companies complicit in 'economy of genocide' at UN HR Council meeting
Central to her presentation was a report she compiled - naming more than 60 companies that she says are involvement in what she calls "the transformation of Israel's economy of occupation to an economy of genocide".
Companies named in the report include firms such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Palantir, Chevron, BP, Caterpillar, Glencore, Booking.com, Airbnb, Volvo, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Lockheed Martin, Fanuc, Leonoardo, Rada Electronic Industries among others.
Albanese also called for a full arms embargo, and withdrawal of international support for the 'economy of genocide'.
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