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G4S to quit key contracts in Israel
“G4S, the world’s biggest security company by revenues, has confirmed it is planning to quit key contracts in Israel amid protests against its involvement in settlements within Occupied Palestinian territories.” writes Gill Plimmer in today’s Financial Times.
The company employs 6,000 people in Israel, where it provides and maintains screening equipment for several West Bank military checkpoints. It also manages security systems at the controversial Ofer Prison in the Occupied West Bank.
But with sporadic international protests continuing both outside the FTSE 100’s headquarters in London and internationally, the company said it would exit the contracts covering Ofer, the checkpoints and the West Bank police headquarters when they terminate in 2015 …. http://stephensizer.blogspot.co
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2013/05/g4s-to-quit-key-contracts-in-israel.html
