On 16 June 2025, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967, Francesca Albanese, published a new report titled From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide. Spanning over thirty-nine pages, the report indicts several major multinational corporations of profiting from the occupation and genocide of Palestinians. Among the implicated are familiar names: Amazon, Blackrock, Google, Lockheed Martin, and Volvo. Each of these firms, and many universities (particularly the Massachusetts Institute for Technology), have differential investments in the displacement of Palestinians and their replacement by Israeli settlers. Albanese ends her report with reasonable requests: stop profiting from the genocide and cut ties with Israel.
On 9 July, the United States State Department sanctioned Albanese…
