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Conservative Party took £1.3m from group linked to destruction of Palestinian villages

Amnesty International says Rishi Sunak must review donations from JCB and its directors after our findings

By The Dark Arts and Martin Williams
Conservative Party took £1.3m from group linked to destruction of Palestinian villages
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The Tories took more than £1m from a British construction giant and its directors after the UN linked it to the destruction of Palestinian villages.

Digger firm JCB was one of 122 firms identified in a UN report four years ago after photos showed its machinery being used to build Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The company, officially JC Bamford Excavators Ltd, was accused of being “involved” in the “supply of equipment and materials” that facilitated the construction of settlements.

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