A Closer Look at Israeli Company ICL Group

Highlights:

• Residents of Amsterdam Noord and other neighbourhoods of Amsterdam are suffering from chemical odors caused by ICL, which emits a terrible stench as well as high levels of hydrochloric acid (HCl). Despite years of complaints and fines, ICL continues polluting.In Catalonia (Spain), ICL Iberia caused widespread water pollution, leaving the Catalan government with massive debts, yet the company seeks to expand.
• ICL profits from the Israeli illegal occupation of Palestine. It extracts minerals and water from the Dead Sea in the occupied West Bank, contributes to environmental destruction and settlement agriculture. ICL’s activities have already caused major ecological disasters, still it plans harmful new mines.
• ICL directly funds the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) through it’s ‘Adopt a Soldier’ program, a project aimed at providing assistance to combat soldiers. ICL has adopted two regiments which actively took part in several mass atrocities, including the Nakba and the ground offensive in Gaza that started in October 2023.
• ICL is one of only three companies involved in the supply chain of white phosphorus ammunition production. Its use as an incendiary weapon civilian areas constitutes a war crime. Amnesty International has documented its recent use by Israel in Gaza and Lebanon, causing horrible civilian suffering.

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