"The Foreign Ministry is waging a silent campaign against the pending publication of the UN Human Right's Council blacklist of Israeli and international companies doing business over the Green Line.
This includes West Bank settlements, east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
The extent to which the Foreign Ministry believes publicity is bad for its campaign was highlighted by its request this week that Bezeq CEO Stella Handler remove a Facebook post condemning the UNHRC and the blacklist...
Israel holds that the best hope for preventing publication is to maintain a low profile on its work and keep media stories about the blacklist at a minimum.
The Foreign Ministry is working with the ministries of justice, strategic affairs and trade, as well as with the United States.
The Trump administration and its Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley have been outspoken in criticizing the list. It is believed the US would pull out of the UNHRC if the list is published..."