RAMALLAH, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinians will address letters next week to various countries asking them to close their companies that are working in the West Bank Israeli settlements, a senior Palestinian official announced on Thursday.
Saeb Erekat, secretary general of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee said the letters will be directly addressed to Britain, Holland, Luxemburg, and Thailand asking them to shut down their companies.
"Companies in the United States will be directly addressed to close down because ties with the American administration have been severed," Erekat told reporters in Ramallah.
He added that the Palestinian side "will prosecute these companies in the international courts and request financial compensation for using the Palestinian resources and working in settlements."
On Wednesday, the United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights (UNHCHR) published a report, which unveiled the names of international companies and factories that work in the Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
"Publishing the report and unveiling the companies is a victory for the Palestinian right and for the international law," said Erekat.
