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A banner attached to a fence by Extinction Rebellion protesters after they climbed onto the canopy of the HS2 offices on Eversholt Street in London
by Bethany Rielly
News Reporter
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.
The electoral cost of Labour’s stance on Gaza is impossible to ignore – the new leadership must take heed, argues PETER LEARY
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
