Dutch pension fund divests from Israeli banks over #illegal_settlements
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Dutch pension asset manager PGGM, one of the largest in the country, said on Wednesday it was divesting from five Israeli banks because they finance illegal settlements. The announcement comes a month after a major Dutch water supplier ended a partnership with an Israeli water company which supplies Israeli towns and settlements in the occupied West Bank. “PGGM recently decided to no longer invest in five Israeli banks,” said the company, which manages about 153 billion euros in funds. read more