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Norway wealth fund excludes Caterpillar and five Israeli banks
Al-Reuters ^ | August 25, 2025 10:20 PM UTC | Gwladys Fouche

Posted on 08/26/2025 2:52:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Norway’s $2 trillion wealth fund, the world’s largest, said it has divested from US construction equipment group Caterpillar as well as five Israeli banking groups on ethics grounds.

The five banks are Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, First International Bank of Israel and FIBI Holdings, the fund said in a statement.

The six groups were excluded “due to an unacceptable risk that the companies contribute to serious violations of the rights of individuals in situations of war and conflict”, said the fund, which is operated by Norway’s central bank. […]

The fund’s ethics watchdog, called the Council on Ethics, said that “in the council’s assessment, there is no doubt that Caterpillar’s products are being used to commit extensive and systematic violations of international humanitarian law”.

Bulldozers manufactured by Caterpillar “were being used by Israeli authorities in the widespread unlawful destruction of Palestinian property”, it said. …

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 4threich; antiamericanism; antisemitism; caterpillar; dorkwegians; fourthreich; gaza; hamas; israel; jerkway; lookwhohatesjews; norway; quisling; quislings; tds; ukraine; waronterror

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1 posted on 08/26/2025 2:52:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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Norway’s $2 trillion wealth fund, the world’s largest, said it has divested from US construction equipment group Caterpillar b/c Israel uses Caterpillar tractors “in the widespread unlawful destruction of Palestinian property”, together with five Israeli banking groups: Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, First International Bank of Israel and FIBI Holdings.

The reason: “an unacceptable risk that these companies contribute to serious violations of the rights of individuals in situations of war and conflict”, said the fund, which is operated by Norway’s central bank.


2 posted on 08/26/2025 2:58:25 PM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead (Irish blessing))
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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is excluding certain Israeli banks because they provide financing for the construction of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, which the fund’s ethics council deems a contribution to serious human rights violations in a situation of conflict.

The fund’s decision also relates to the broader context of the war in Gaza and humanitarian concerns.

The primary reason cited by the Norges Bank’s ethics council is that the banks in question, including Bank Leumi, Bank Hapoalim, and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, have been financing construction activities in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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The council concluded that these activities contribute to serious violations of rights in situations of war and conflict.

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The fund’s decision is also influenced by the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the deteriorating situation in the West Bank.

The exclusion process is not arbitrary; it follows a formal decision-making process involving the Norwegian Government Pension Fund’s ethics council.

The fund can exclude companies and banks that are involved in human rights violations or activities that contribute to serious problems in times of conflict.


3 posted on 08/26/2025 3:21:04 PM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead (Irish blessing))
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if you want to make money, invest in American construction equipment. If you want to make Tons of money, two simple words. Jew bank.

Suckers are going to lose out on quite a bit of wealth.


4 posted on 08/26/2025 3:22:05 PM PDT by MarlonRando
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the Nazis running the Norwegian government cut off their own noses to spite their faces.

Ha!

we pray for all the good Norwegian people and that they can get a moral government back ASAP!


5 posted on 08/26/2025 3:25:55 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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if you want to make money, invest in American construction equipment. If you want to make
Tons of money, two simple words. Jew bank. Suckers are going to lose out on quite a bit of wealth.


They’ve been doing pretty good so far.....
Norway’s $2 trillion wealth fund is the world’s largest,


6 posted on 08/26/2025 3:26:52 PM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead (Irish blessing))
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Invest in Qatar bitches


7 posted on 08/26/2025 4:30:48 PM PDT by JZelle
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Seems kinda late to get your knickers in a twist about Rachel Corrie...


8 posted on 08/26/2025 4:37:07 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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“unacceptable risk that the companies contribute to serious violations of the rights of individuals in situations of war”

The hot sun burns down on dry Gaza with unrelenting heat and does nothing but aid the atrocities in Gaza.

Clearly solar energy outfits that mock the troubles of Gaza are enemies. :)


9 posted on 08/26/2025 5:11:43 PM PDT by spintreebob
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“Seems kinda late to get your knickers in a twist about Rachel Corrie...”
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The real question is: Do they invest in Bisquick and Aunt Jenima? If so, that’s at least as bad as investing in CAT. St. Pancake and all….


10 posted on 08/26/2025 6:32:46 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Olog-hai

Quislings lecturing Jews on humanitarian law.


11 posted on 08/26/2025 6:43:13 PM PDT by RAldrich
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There seems to be a streak of anti-semitism in Norway, although I can’t understand why.


12 posted on 08/26/2025 7:48:32 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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Bulldozing building rubble of the people that attacked you....very bad.

Killing your own baby, not someone elses, LEGAL!!!!

2 Trillion isn’t enough to buy Jesus.


13 posted on 08/26/2025 8:33:35 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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