Following the UN Human Rights Council's list of 112 companies operating in the US, diplomacy and economics experts are trying to assess the implications • Prof. Omar Moab: "Political and not significant for Israeli economy" • Dr. Amazia Samkai: "Those who think the factories Judea and Samaria will be hit - will be disappointed

• UN Human Rights Council // Photo: AFP

A toothless statement, a clandestine boycott, or any decision to help reverse the list of companies, what are the implications of the UN Human Rights Council's "black list" listing 112 companies related to settlement in Judea and Samaria? "Israel Today" checked with a series of experts.

"This is a non-significant political decision for the Israeli economy, as most of the exporting companies do not produce in the US. Therefore, it is essentially a declarative political decision," says Professor Omar Moab. According to him, if it had an impact, it would only affect the settlers in Judea and Samaria and in a specific way.

Former Dr. Avi Primor, the Israeli ambassador to Germany, also believes that the decision does not mean much: "Such a message has no legal or declaratory effect. It's a statement without content. It will gain significance if the world treats it and it depends on whether there will be an anti-Israeli organization that will run its activities. But in my opinion, because Americans will not pay attention to the decision and not the Europeans. So in my opinion it has no real meaning. "

"This is a covert boycott of Israeli production in the Judea and Samaria area," says Dr. Michael Oren, former Deputy Foreign Minister, concerned about the decision and urging Israel and the United States to act against the UN Human Rights Council. "Companies like Kerem Psagot could be harmed if they have customers in Europe, for example because customers do not want to trade with a designated entity and therefore should not underestimate such an action that harms Israel even if it has no legal significance. This is a fairly visible product marking and I think Israel should act against the announcement and convince the US "B, which also works against the United Nations Human Rights Council, works more strongly. It must not be ignored and passed on to the agenda."

Economic commentator Dr. Amazia Samkai, who writes in "Israel Today", is also a faculty member at Bar-Ilan University, the founder of "Justice for Jewish Policy". He said the decision would actually help economic companies in Judea and Samaria. "This list will disappoint anyone who thinks it will be harmed in bio factories. "Q," says Samkai, "the reason is that every anti-Israeli in the world has a lot of evangelicals and pro-Jewish organizations, who will now buy from companies on this list. Not only will it not hurt companies, but they will have many more customers. And I think to buy, because they have now done the work for me and I have a neat list of factors to buy from them. The surprising, but the decision not only hurt but would help reverse the reverse. "

Dan Diker, a political warfare expert and BDS at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, said in response that the Palestinians are leading themselves to economic suicide by publishing the "black list." He said this step could cause severe unemployment among the Palestinian public working in joint areas with Israel, which would be the first casualties of the move. Dyker, who published a book about the economic and economic cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians about a year ago, says about 35,000 Palestinians could be injured after working for years alongside tens of thousands of Israeli workers.