Dutch company terminates project in Jerusalem due to intl law violations

Dutch civil engineering group Royal HaskoningDHV has decided to terminate a contract for the Kidron wastewater treatment plant project in Jerusalem. "In the course of the project, and after due consultation with various stakeholders, the company came to understand that future involvement in the project could be in violation of international law," said the company in a press release late Friday. This has led to the decision of Royal HaskoningDHV to terminate its involvement in the project, it noted. Dutch media reports said the waste water project included the construction of a sewage treatment plant in occupied East Jerusalem. The project was in the early stages of the preliminary design phase