WSP is a Canadian, Quebec-based, company that provides technical expertise and strategic advice on construction and infrastructure. WSP Global is a major participant in Israel’s settler colonial apartheid regime and unlawful occupation in Palestine.
WSP is a Canadian, Quebec-based, company that provides technical expertise and strategic advice on construction and infrastructure. WSP Global is a major participant in Israel’s settler colonial apartheid regime and unlawful occupation in Palestine. It is the project manager for the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) and supported the Tel-Aviv Jerusalem Fast Train (A1) project located in unlawfully annexed and occupied Jerusalem. They are also significantly involved in the ongoing occupation of Kashmir, through their construction of the Chenab railway bridge.
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On September 1, “Globes”, an Israeli business newspaper, reported that “Canadian engineering consultants WSP leaving Israel.” The article stated that WSP claimed this “is part of an organizational change to close offices in small countries and that it will continue to support the projects to which it has committed, first and foremost the Tel Aviv metropolitan region Metro.” However, “Globes” noted that sources told them that it is more about “bowing to anti-Israel political pressure” than organizational changes. Notably, WSP has not made any announcements or put out any official statements about leaving Israel (and they did not respond to a journalists request for comments).
Despite this recent announcement from WSP and “Globes”, more is required from WSP. Closing its Israel office without ceasing all operations in occupied Palestinian territory is insufficient. If WSP continues to support the JLR in any way, whether or not they have an office, they remain active participants complicit in Israel’s unlawful occupation and apartheid. There is no evidence WSP is planning to end its participation and complicity in war crimes. You can read more on this in this press release.
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