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HS2 has the “legal right and moral obligation” to exclude a firm “involved in Israeli war crimes” from its tender process, lawyers have claimed.
Spanish manufacturer CAF is one of five bidders hoping to secure a £2.75 billion contract to supply high-speed trains to the HS2 rail project.
Palestinian rights groups have been calling on HS2 Ltd to drop CAF over its role in the Jerusalem Light Rail (JRL) expansion which links illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land to West Jerusalem.
Now a legal brief drafted by Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights and the European Legal Support Centre, which was submitted to the government today, claims that the rail project is “legally entitled” to reject CAF’s bid on the grounds of “grave professional misconduct” and breaches of international law.
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