Two UN human rights experts have called on BP, Chevron and Exxon to stop supplying oil to the Israeli military amid the ongoing war on Gaza, reports Al Jazeera.
Michael Fakhri, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food cited research from Oil Change International showing the three companies were supplying oil to the Israeli military, through the United States, Brazil, Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
Fakhri said that the companies “are likely complicit in genocide” and called for called for “economic sanctions”.
Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing supported Fakhri’s call and said “corporations should cease and desist or face potential liability tomorrow”.
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