Norway wealth fund divests from second Israeli company since Gaza war – Middle East Monitor

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, said it had sold all of its shares in Israel’s Paz Retail and Energy PAZ.TA because the company owns and operates infrastructure supplying fuel to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Reuters reports.

The divestment, announced yesterday, was the second of its kind by the fund after its ethics watchdog in August adopted a tougher interpretation of standards for businesses that aid Israel’s…