List of companies to boycott – Israel

A list of Israeli companies to boycott who have factories / offices etc on occupied land also includes Israeli companies in Israel who are complicit with stealing land or minerals or assets or just Israeli – will be updated regularly

Abadi Bakery – Manufactures savoury bagel cookies. The company offices and factory are located in Atarot Industrial Zone, which is an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.

Ackerstein Industries – Manufacture paving stones and construction elements used in the Separation Wall, at checkpoints and in settlements

AdaFresh – herbs and other agricultural goods – the company exports products from settlements in the occupied Jordan Valley

Adir Plastic Packaging – Manufactures plastic bags. The company is located in the industrial zone of Mishor Edomim, which is a West Bank settlement

Aeronautics Defense Systems – Aeronautics manufacture UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) systems, aerial surveillance systems, and perimeter control systems. Reportedly, the Israeli army has been using their UAVs in Gaza

Africa Israel – The company builds in multiple settlements through its subsidiary construction firm, Danya Cebus

Agrotop – construction project in Ariel West industrial zone, which is a settlement in the occupied West Bank

Ahava – cosmetics manufactured in the Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Shalem, located on the Dead Sea in the West Bank

Ahdut Factory for Tehina Halva and Sweets – company located in the industrial zone of the Barkan settlement, which is in the West Bank

Alstom –  involved in the light rail project in Jerusalem which is designed to connect the city of Jerusalem with settlements around it

Arava Export Growers – Some of the produce is grown in settlements in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, including peppers, grapes, tomatoes, herbs and organic products

Apax Partners – A private equity investment group fund.  The fund is a major shareholder of companies that are involved in the occupation, mainly Tnuva, Agrexco (through Tnuva) and Bezeq

Arison Investments part of Arison Group – An investment fund which operates as the business arm of the Arison Group. The fund is invested in several companies that are involved in the occupation. The fund is one of the major shareholder of Bank Hapoalim (20%), the controlling shareholder of Housing and Construction (48.4%) and the full owner of Israel Salt Company

AS&E American Science and Engineering – A security technology company. The company was chosen by Chemonics International to supplied cargo inspection scanner systems to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, to be used in West Bank and Gaza cargo terminals. Supplied scanners produced by Chinese manufacture Nuctech. The Israeli company Eltal Technologistics provides the installation and maintenance services for these scanners.

Avniv – Grower, marketer and exporter of fruit and vegetables. Avniv is located in the Nativ Hagdud settlement in the Jordan valley.  The company markets grapes, pitaya, table grapes, kumquats, figs, passion fruit, peppers and cherry

Avner Oil Exploration – have signed a deal with Israel to extract gas from Gazan water – basically stealing from the Palestinians for the Israelis

Bank Hapoalim – One of the largest banks in Israel. The Bank provides financing for the construction of housing projects in Israeli settlements in occupied territory, provides mortgages for homebuyers in settlements, provides loans and financial services to local authorities of settlements and benefits from access to the Palestinian monetary market as a captive market

Blockbuster – Operate video and DVD rental vending machines in the following settlements in the West Bank: Ariel, Giv’at Ze’ev, Ma’ale Edomim, Sha’arei Tikva

Bobcat Company –  Manufacturer of construction vehicles. Through its Israeli exclusive representative, Emcol, tools of the company are used for the construction of checkpoints and settlement infrastructure in the West Bank

Bomag – A manufacturer of compaction equipment. Machinery of the company was used in the paving of roads leading to settlements in the West Bank, including apartheid roads which are only for Israelis, and roads at West Bank military checkpoints

British Israel Investments – The company owns Adumim Mall in the settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim in the occupied West Bank

Caesaria Carpets – The company manufactures and sells carpets. Company’s offices are located in the Barkan industrial zone in the occupied West Bank

Cape Gate – Owns Yehuda Welded Mesh which supply fencing to the Separation Wall.

Carmel Carpets – company’s factory is located in the Barkan industrial zone, an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank

Carmel Holdings Il – Subsidiary companies of Carmel Holdings include Barkan Carpets, now Caesarea Carpets, which owns factories and warehouses in the Industrial Zones of the illegal settlements of Shahak and Barkan in the occupied West Bank. Two other subsidiaries, Carmel Carpets and Ikoo Designs, operate factories in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank

Carmy – sweet potatoes

 Castro – Owns and operates a store in the shopping mall of Ma’ale Adumim settlement in the occupied West Bank.

Caterpillar Maker of weaponized bulldozers that destroy Palestinian homes. One of these machines was used as a weapon by the Israeli soldier who killed Rachel Corrie, a young American volunteer as she tried to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian house in 2003

Cement Roadstone Holdings (CRH) main headquarters are in Ireland – The company holds 25% of the shares of Mashav Initiating and Development. Mashav is a holding company which is the sole owner of Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises. Nesher provided cement for the construction of the separation wall, checkpoints, West Bank settlements and Israeli construction in the occupied territories

Coca-Cola – 1997 the Government of Israel Economic Mission honored Coca-Cola at the Israel Trade Award Dinner for its continued support of Israel for the last 30 years and for refusing to abide by the Arab League boycott of Israel – In 2009 a Coca-Cola sponsored award went to Israel’s Lobby AIPAC for its successful lobbying of the Senate to reject of the UN call for “immediate ceasefire” and endorse the continuation of the Israel military assault on Gaza – in 2008 Coca-Cola tasked the Israeli venture capital Challenge Fund to locate suitable investments in Israel with a promise of “a blank cheque” . This agreement is exceptional in the Israeli venture capital industry. – In 2009 Coca-Cola hosted a special reception at the Coca-Cola world headquarters to honour Brigadier-General Ben-Eliezer. Ben-Eliezer is a wanted war criminal, during the Six-Day War his unit was responsible for the execution of over 300 Egyptian POWs. Under Sharon, Ben-Eliezer served as Defence Minister presiding over the massacre at Jenin. – For the past two decades, nearly every year, Coca-Cola has sponsored the JCC Maccabi Games whose stated aim is to cultivate Jewish youth in an informal setting to “encourage their identification with the state of Israel”. As part of this, Coca Cola has sponsored young children to visit Israeli military bases and spend time with war criminals in order to engender empathy, in their own words “visit an air force base.. talk with the pilots that are the elite Israel Defense Force units..meet fighters of the army.” – Coca-Cola Israel, Israel’s third largest food & beverages company, owns dairy farms in the illegal Israeli settlements of Shadmot Mechola in the Jordan Valley and a plant in the industrial zone of Katzerin in the occupied Golan Heights.

Israeli Bickel Export Group has acquired Agrexco (Carmel Agrexco) subsidiaries Agrexco (France), Agrexco (US), Carmexco (Italy), Eclectic, Carmel Cor, LACHS, Dalia (Germany) – fruit, vegetables and herbs grown in Israel and on its settlements in the West Bank

 

Delek Drilling – have signed a deal with Israel to extract gas from Gazan water – basically stealing from the Palestinians for the Israelis

Eden Springs – steals water from the Salukia spring in the the illegally occupied Syrian Golan Heights

Edom – peppers, tomatoes and mangoes

Elbit – drone manufacturer – drones used to kill Gazans and Palestinians

Estee Lauder – company’s chairman Ronald Lauder is also the chairman of the Jewish National Fund, a quasi-governmental organization that was established in 1901 to acquire Palestinian land and is connected to the continued building of illegal settlements. Estee Lauder’s popular brands include Clinique, MAC, Origins, Bumble & Bumble, Aveda, fragrance lines for top designers, and many others

G4S Israel – company has provided equipment and maintenance services to Israeli military checkpoints in the West Bank, offers security systems and security guards to businesses in Israeli West Bank settlements, and are thus supporting these illegal settlements, has also provided security systems for the Israeli police headquarters in the West Bank which is located next to the Ma’ale Adumim settlement,

Hadiklaim –  the Israeli Date Growers Cooperative, which includes illegal settler plantations in the Jordan Valley, sells 65% of all Israeli dates. Its dates have brand names King Solomon, Jordan River, Tamara, Karsten Farms / Kalahari and Bomaja. Agrexco date brands include Jordan Plains and Jordan Valley

H&M – opened its second store in Israel.  The store is in Malha, a village in Jerusalem that activists say was ethnically cleansed during the Nakba – the ‘catastrophe’ that accompanied the creation of the Israeli state in 1948

Estee Lauder –  This company’s chairman Ronald Lauder is also the chairman of the Jewish National Fund, a quasi-governmental organization that was established in 1901 to acquire Palestinian land and is connected to the continued building of illegal settlements. Estee Lauder’s popular brands include Clinique, MAC, Origins, Bumble & Bumble, Aveda, fragrance lines for top designers, and many others.

Intel:built a facility on the land of former village Iraq Al Manshiya, which was cleansed in 1949

Interstar toys – made in the illegal Barkan settlement and sold on Amazon and independent toy stores worldwide – Tip Top Toys and Ram toys

Israels Keter Group – 2 of their factories are in the illegal settlements – Keter  and Lipski Plastics – sold in argos, amazon.co.uk, homebase, b&q – has factories in the Barkan industrial zone and Oranit settlement as well as within Israel. It does not appear to be possible to distinguish between settlement and Israeli products on product packaging – includes furniture, garden sheds, compost bins, storage systems,
tool boxes, kitchen utensils, rubbish bins, bathroom products, toys

L’Oreal / The Body Shop –  This cosmetics and perfume company is known for its investments and manufacturing activities in Israel, including production in Migdal Haemek, the “Silicon Valley” of Israel built on the land of Palestinian village Al-Mujaydil, which was ethnically cleansed in 1948. In 1998, L’Oreal was given the Jubilee Award by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for strengthening the Israeli economy.

Magal Security Systems Technology – used to against Palestinians to fence them in their open air prisons

Mapal Green Energy – wastewater treatment and other water technology looking for contracts with Europe already taken contracts with United Utilites and Anglian Water and Thames Water

McDonald’s – major corporate partner of the Jewish United Fund and Jewish Federation – McDonalds Israel discriminates against its Arab workers, in 2004 it sacked an Arab worker in Israel because she was caught speaking arabic to another Arab employee – in July 2001 immediately pulled an advertising campaign in Egypt when the ADC contacted them to complaint that the singer featured in the advert had in the past performed a song critical of Israel. Within 24 hours of the complaint, the advert was cancelled and according to the Egyptian franchise of McDonald’s “all copies of the tapes were whisked ‘back to the main offices’”!

Mehadrin Tnuport Export (MTEX) – JAFFA most recognisable brand

Mekorot – illegally appropriates Palestinian water and diverts it to illegal israeli settlements and towns inside israel

Mekorot, who lost out on a $170m contract with Argentinian authorities earlier this year following similar protests, illegally appropriates Palestinian water, diverting it to illegal Israeli settlements and towns inside Israel – See more at: http://www.bdsmovement.net/2014/mekorot-loses-portugal-deal-11985#sthash.XCxHW2dR.dpuf
Mekorot, who lost out on a $170m contract with Argentinian authorities earlier this year following similar protests, illegally appropriates Palestinian water, diverting it to illegal Israeli settlements and towns inside Israel – See more at: http://www.bdsmovement.net/2014/mekorot-loses-portugal-deal-11985#sthash.XCxHW2dR.dpuf
Mekorot, who lost out on a $170m contract with Argentinian authorities earlier this year following similar protests, illegally appropriates Palestinian water, diverting it to illegal Israeli settlements and towns inside Israel – See more at: http://www.bdsmovement.net/2014/mekorot-loses-portugal-deal-11985#sthash.XCxHW2dR.dpuf

Motorola  develops and manufactures bomb fuses and missile guidance systems.  Motorola components are also used in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or “drones”) and in communications and surveillance systems used in settlements, checkpoints, and along the 490 mile apartheid wall.

Naot shoes –  Noat maintains a factory outlet in one of Israel’s illegal settlements inside Palestine’s West Bank

Osem – Osem is Israels 4th largest food & beverages company (by turnover) after Tnuva, Strauss and Coca-Cola – product range includes chilled meats and Yarden wines from the Golan Heights Winery, located in Katzrin on the occupied Syrian Golan Heights

Rami Levy Chain Stores – shopping malls on occupied land  in Beitar Illit, Gush Etzion, Ramot and in the settlement industrial zones of Mishor Adumim and Shaar Binyamin

Sara Lee – 30% stake in Delta Galil and is the world’s largest clothing manufacturer, which owns or is affiliated with such brands as Hanes, Playtex, Champion, Leggs, Sara Lee Bakery, Ball Park hotdogs, Wonderbra, and many others. Sara Lee received the Jubilee Award from Netanyahu for its commitment to business with Israel.

SodaStream – company’s main plant is located in the industrial zone of Mishor Edomim which is an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank

Starbucks – implicated in the production and distribution of the infamous islamophobic film ‘Obesession’

The Strauss Group and Pepsico – sabra Humus; Osem; Tribe Humus; Pampers; Yes to Carrots and other foods is co-owned by Israel’s second-largest food company The Strauss Group and Pepsico. On the “Corporate Responsibility” section of its website, The Strauss Group boasts of its relationship to the Israeli Army, offering food products and political support – deep rooted support for the Israeli army, and in particular the infamous Golani platoon, known for its brutality, which the Strauss group has “adopted” for over 30 years.  brands in the USA include Sabra (hummus dips) and Max Brenner (chocolate cafes). Strauss Coffee is currently the fifth-largest coffee company in the world, dominating the central and eastern European markets (Doncafe) as well as Brazil

Tali – table grapes

Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd – sells pharmaceuticals to UK, USA, Asia and Europe – BOYCOTT and DIVEST ask your pharmacy to stop selling

Tivall – has a manufacturing base at Kibbutz Lochamei Hagetaot in Northern Israel as well as Czech Republic – makes meat substitute products  sold in Holland & Barrett, Fresh & Wild, and Planet Organic. But most of their sales are through the supermarkets who rebrand Tivall products as part of their own frozen “Meat-free” range. This includes Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s. Morrisons also stocks Tivall brand Frankfurter. Waitrose online site Ocado sells a full range of Tivall products

Veolia“the company is directly implicated in the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory and is playing a key role in Israel’s attempt to make its annexation of the Palestinian territory of east Jerusalem irreversible.”

Victoria‘s Secret –  Most of Victoria’s Secret’s bras are produced by Delta Galil, and much of the cotton is also grown in Israel on confiscated Palestinian land

 

 

 

 

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