Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has sold all its shares in Israel's Bezeq as it provides telecoms services to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has sold all of its shares in Israel's Bezeq, which provides telecommunications services to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund said it has sold all of its shares in Israel’s largest telcoms firm Bezeq, as it provides services to the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, announced it has sold all of its shares in an Israeli telecommunications company as it provides telecoms services to the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has sold all of its shares in Israel's Bezeq as it provides telecoms services to the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, it said late on Tuesday.

The decision by the world's largest sovereign fund follows a trend of European financial entities divesting from Israel's firms over its actions in Gaza and the West Bank

Norway's sovereign wealth fund has divested from Bezeq, Israel's largest telecom company, due to the services it provides for illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Norway’s $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund said it decided to exclude Israeli telecommunications company Bezeq from the fund over concerns the company could be contributing to human-rights violations.

The largest single investor in the world is selling its stakes in a Russian steel company and an Israeli telecommunications group.