<article data-history-node-id="425158" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/francesca-albanese-tech-firms-profiting-israeli-economy-genocide" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/francesca-albanese-tech-firms-profiting-israeli-economy-genocide" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Francesca Albanese: Tech firms profiting from Israeli 'economy of genocide'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A UN expert has called on corporations to cut ties with&nbsp;Israel&nbsp;and for executives to be held accountable for enabling and profiting from crimes including illegal occupation, apartheid and genocide in the occupied Palestinian territories.</p> <p>UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's call for action comes in a scathing new report in which she names over 60 companies, including major technology firms like Google, Amazon and Microsoft, alleging their involvement in what she calls "the transformation of Israel's economy of occupation to an economy of genocide".</p> <p>"By shedding light on the political economy of an occupation turned genocidal, the report reveals how the forever-occupation has become the ideal testing ground for arms manufacturers and Big Tech . . . while investors and private and public institutions profit freely," Albanese writes in the report.</p> <p>"Too many influential corporate entities remain inextricably financially bound to Israel’s apartheid and militarism."&nbsp;</p> <p>The detailed, 24-page report, which is set to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday, identifies dozens of corporate actors, including those involved in the&nbsp;arms, technology, construction and energy sectors, which it says are complicit.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-israel-corporations-economy-genocide-report-reveals">Francesca Albanese: Tech firms profiting from Israeli 'economy of genocide'</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese speaking in The Hague in February 2025 (Robin Utrecht/AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="39686117-ce34-4a1e-8979-3d62f93d34bb" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/UN-FrancescaAlbanese-AFP-2025.jpeg" width="1400" height="788" alt="UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese speaking in The Hague in February 2025 (Robin Utrecht/AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image"> </div> <figcaption>UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese speaking in The Hague in February 2025 (Robin Utrecht/AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>