JCB rejects Amnesty International claims over use of diggers in West Bank

JCB rejects Amnesty International claims over use of diggers in West Bank
The Israeli West Bank barrier between Jerusalem (right) and Bethany (left) (Andrew Parsons/PA)

A British heavy machinery company has denied allegations by an international rights group that it is complicit in alleged Israeli abuses in the occupied West Bank.

Amnesty International says J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited’s diggers and excavators have been used to demolish Palestinian homes and in the construction of Jewish settlements, both of which are widely seen as violations of international law.

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