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Article

11 Jun 2012

Author:
Al Bawaba

UK Olympics security worked as 'hired guns' for radical Israeli settlers

The company set to provide security for the 2012 Olympics has been operating in illegal settlements in the West Bank and at Israeli prisons...In the Occupied Palestinian Territories, armed G4S agents provide security for settlers and operate checkpoints. They have also worked in Iraq and Afghanistan as private security agents…The British government has…come under fire for employing a company with such a murky track record…David Cameron, will be challenged in Parliament next week over whether he has ensured that G4S will no longer provide services for illegal settlements in the West Bank. Some politicians have questioned if the presence of operatives in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including in prisons that hold children, violates the terms of the Olympic charter. G4S said: "Our policy is always to comply with national law in any jurisdiction in which we operate. We take our ethical responsibilities very seriously and operate to high standards around the world."