Ma'an reports that an ethics committee from the Norwegian gov't will be going to the West Bank at the end of the month to investigate what the government pension fund has invested in. It owns shares of the Africa Israel Investments Ltd, diamond merchant Lev Leviev's company, which builds settlements in Palestinian territory, and is said to be helping to build the confiscatory wall, too.
The ethics committee has been preceded by 7 member of the country's socialist left party:
After under a week in the area Member of Parliament Ågot Valle,
spokesperson on foreign affairs for the party, spoke out about
Norwegian investment in the Africa Israel Investments company. “No
doubt we as a party cannot support investment in a company that
violates human rights, contributes to an occupation and war,” Valle
said in a telephone interview…Valle’s party is encouraging the ethics committee to be thorough in its
assessment, but added that if it finds investing in Africa Israel
Investments ethical, “then the ethics guidelines must be re-written.”
