| Dutch engineering giant cancels Israel project | 15:16 | 16\06\1392 |
Royal HaskoningDHV announced it has decided to withdraw from a project it planned with occupied al-Quds
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Dutch infrastructure giant Royal HaskoningDHV announced Friday that it
has decided to withdraw from a project it planned with the 'Jerusalem'
(occupied al-Quds) municipality because it will be built over occupied
Palestinian lands.
Two weeks ago, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported that the Dutch government has asked the company, Holland's largest engineering company to rethink its participation the sewage treatment plant because the project was based on the PA-controlled side of the 1967 border, and that this would violate international law. In a statement issued Friday, the Dutch company said that it had "advised the client it has decided to terminate the contract for the Kidron wastewater treatment plant project." "The project is in the early stages of the preliminary design phase. Royal HaskoningDHV carries out its work with the highest regard for integrity and in compliance with international laws and regulations," it stated. "In the course of the project, and after due consultation with various stakeholders, the company came to understand that future involvement in the project could be in violation of international law. This has led to the decision of Royal HaskoningDHV to terminate its involvement in the project." The Dutch government warned Royal HaskoningDHV about the possible consequences of carrying out projects for Israeli companies in the area. Dutch Foreign Ministry officials told Royal HaskoningDHV that such a project would violate international law, leading the company to consider pulling out of the project to avoid financial, legal and image problems. In the project, a sewage treatment plant would be built to battle the pollution in the Kidron stream, which runs from the Mount of Olives and the village of Silwan in the occupied al-Quds toward the Jewish settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim and the Dead Sea. |
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