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AXA is a French insurance company. It invests in a range of companies active in Israel’s illegal settlements, including Israeli banks financing the construction and expansion of Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land. This includes Bank Leumi and Israel Discount Bank.

Bank Leumi is one of Israel’s largest banks. It routinely provides loans for the construction in illegal Israeli settlements, based on stolen Palestinian land. It is included on the UN OHCHR’s list of companies active in illegal Israeli settlements, based on stolen Palestinian land.

Barclays is a British multinational bank and financial services company. According to research released by PSC, War on Want and Campaign Against Arms Trade, it holds over £1bn in shares in, and provides financial services to, nine companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology, used in its militarised violence against Palestinians.

Booking.com is a travel metasearch engine for lodging reservations. It is owned and operated by and is the primary revenue source of United States-based Booking Holdings and is headquartered in Amsterdam. It lists accommodation located in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land.

It was included in the UN OHCHR’s list of businesses active in illegal Israeli settlements based on stolen Palestinian land.

Carrefour is a French multinational retailer. The BDS movement has called for a boycott of the company because it is complicit in Israel’s violations of Palestinian rights. In 2022 Carrefour announced a franchise agreement in Israel with Electra Consumer Products and its subsidiary Yenot Bitan, both active in the illegal Israeli settlement enterprise.

US Company Caterpillar supplies the Israeli military with D9 bulldozers which are weaponised and used to demolish Palestinian homes, schools, villages and civilian infrastructure, including sewage and water pipes.

Caterpillar also provides equipment used to reinforce Israels apartheid wall in the West Bank and for the construction of illegal settlements and settlement infrastructure on stolen Palestinian land.

In addition, these bulldozers have been involved in constructing Israel’s military checkpoints in the occupied Palestinian territory. These constitute war crimes under international law.

Cisco is an US-based public company that designs and sells a broad range of technologies, with a wide range of involvement in Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land, as outlined by Investigate, a project by the American Friends Service Committee.

HeidelbergCement is one of the world’s largest cement producers. As reported by Investigate, it operates quarries and other facilitates in the occupied West Bank. In addition, its products have been used to build and expand illegal Israeli settlements, on stolen Palestinian land.

HP-branded corporations supply IT equipment used by Israel in its violations of Palestinian rights, including supplying IT equipment to Israel’s police and prison services. In 2023, it was contracted by the Israel Prison Service to provide maintenance for its IT equipment until 2024.

HSBC is a large British bank. Research by War on Want in 2017 found that HSBC invests over £830million in, and provides financial services worth up to £19billion for, companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology used in its militarised attacks on Palestinians.

Mitsubishi is a Japanese automotive manufacturer. As Investigate reports, the Mitsubishi Pajero model serves dozens of senior officers in the Israeli Army since 2007, and has been used in the demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Puma is a global sportswear manufacturer. It currently sponsors the Israeli Football Association, which includes teams in illegal Israeli settlements, on Occupied Palestinian Territory. All Israeli settlements are considered war crimes under international law. As one of the worlds top athletic apparel makers, Pumas sponsorship brings international legitimacy to the IFA and helps maintain its direct involvement with violations of human rights and international law off the field.

Rockwell Automation own Avnet cyber security firm. Avnet boasts of “harnessing the unique skillsets of former IDF intelligence officers and OSCE/OSCP/CISSP-certified hackers, each Avnet ops team benefits from peerless experience and specialist expertise.”

Its clients include Elbit Systems, one of Israel’s largest private arms manufacturers, as well as Bank Leumi and Bank Hapoalim, both included on the UN OHCHR’s list of business enterprises active in Israel’s illegal settlements on stolen Palestinian land.

According to research group Corporate Occupation “Traffic control systems of the company are installed by its Israeli representative, Orad Group, on apartheid roads (roads on which only Israelis are allowed to travel).”

In addition Siemens Israel is participating in the electrification of the  Tel-Aviv Jerusalem high-speed train (A1), which is currently under construction. The A1 train route crosses the Green Line into the occupied Palestinian West Bank in two areas.

The BDS movement has called for a boycott of Siemens for its role constructing the EuroAsia Interconnector, a submarine electricity cable from Israel via Cyprus to Greece, that will connect apartheid Israel’s electricity grid with that of the EU and enable it to export electricity produced from fossil gas to Europe,

Sony Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation. Its diversified business includes consumer and professional electronics, gaming, entertainment and financial services.

During a June 2018 field tour in the Old City of Jerusalem, Who Profits documented the use of Sony cameras as part of Israel’s surveillance system in the occupied area. At least six Sony cameras were installed at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate. As part of its military occupation, Israel maintains a regime of intense surveillance against Palestinians in Jerusalem.

Valero Energy are a San Antonio based energy multinational. In 2013 they landed a multi-million contract to supply jet fuel for use by the Israeli military. It therefore provides Israel with fuel for military aircrafts used in attacks on Palestinians.

As reported by research group WhoProfits, Volvo machines have been photographed and videotaped destroying Palestinian properties, including homes and schools, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. They have also been used in the construction of Israeli illegal settlements and of the Apartheid Wall, built on stolen Palestinian land.

Volvo machines have also been used in the attempted demolitions of Palestinian villages, including in Susiya and Khan Al-Ahmar.