University of Derby

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.

ABB is a Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, operating mainly in robotics, power, heavy electrical equipment and automation technology areas. Its equipment has been used at solar energy fields in the occupied Palestinian territory.

ABB equipment has been documented in the Kalia settlement solar energy field in the Jordan Valley in the illegally occupied West Bank.TThe Kalia Solar Field is a joint project of Clal Sun Ltd and Kibbutz Kalia, a settlement in the occupied Jordan Valley. The Field is one of the largest commercial solar fields built on occupied Palestinian land.

AirBnB is an American business, which operates an online holiday and home rental marketplace. Due to listing properties in Israel’s illegal settlements, based on stolen Palestinian land, the company was included on the UN OHCHRs list of business enterprises active in Israel’s illegal settlements.

In 2018, Airbus signed a $600 million deal with Israel Aerospace to lease Heron TP drones to the German military. Israel uses drones such as these patrol the skies of the besieged Gaza Strip. Between 2008 and 2021 Airbus applied to the British government for an export license to supply weapons and military technology to Israel.

Albemarle Corporation is a US based chemicals manufacturer. It entered into a long-term supply arrangement with Israel Chemicals Ltd (ICL) to supply global flame-retardants. Israel Chemicals Ltd was the sole provider of white phosphorus to the US Army from 2008 to 2013. The US has supplied white phosphorus projectiles to the Israeli military which deployed them in its assault on the besieged Gaza Strip in 2009. 

The supply arrangement means the product will be manufactured in ICL’s locations in Israel. ICL conducts business activity in, and with, illegal agricultural settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Alstom is a French transportation conglomerate. It was included on the United Nations OHCHR’s list of business enterprises active in Israel’s illegal settlements, based on stolen Palestinian land. WhoProfits report that Alstom is involved in the construction and operation of the Jerusalem Light Rail project, directly as well as through its fully owned subsidiary, Citadis Israel, which is the maintenance contractor for the project. The JLR project contravenes international law since it solidifies Israel’s grip on occupied Palestinian land, including East Jerusalem.

Altice is a French telecommunications company. As reported by WhoProfits, Altice, “through its Israeli subsidiary, Hot Telecommunication Systems, holds a special permit from the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) for the provision of cable telecommunication services to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.” Altice is included in the UN OHCHR’s list of business enterprises active in Israel’s illegal settlements, on stolen Palestinian land.

Investigate reports that Amazon, alongside Google, is the main provider of cloud infrastructure for the Israeli government and military, dubbed Project Nimbus.

Amot Investments Ltd is an Israeli real estate investment firm. As reported by Investigate, it owns an industrial building in an illegal settlement industrial zone in the occupied West Bank.

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.

BAE Systems is a large British arms producer. As reported by Investigate, it manufactures weapons and military technology used by Israel in its militarised attacks on Palestinians.

Bank Hapoalim is Israel’s largest bank. It facilitates the construction of illegal Israeli settlements, based on stolen Palestinian land. It was included in the UN OHCHR’s list of companies active in illegal Israeli settlements, based on stolen Palestinian land.

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.

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.

Bezeq the Israeli Telecommunication Corporation, provides telecommunication services to all Israeli settlements, army bases and checkpoints in the occupied West Bank and to Israeli settlements in the occupied Syrian Golan. The company builds and maintains telecommunication infrastructure throughout the West Bank and Golan, as reported by Who Profits. Bezeq has also been listed on the UN list of companies involved in Israel’s illegal settlement economy.

Boeing is a US headquarted manufacturing company. It is the second largest arms manufacturer in the world. It manufacturers the Apache attack helicopter. These helicopters played a prominent role in Israel’s 2006 Invasion of Southern Lebanon, which killed nearly 2000 civilians. To this day, the helicopters are used by Israel for both surveillance and attacks of the Gaza Strip.

In addition, Boeing JDAM guiding systems have been utilised in Israel’s attacks on Palestinians in Gaza. Defense for Children International documented at least 13 children killed by missiles fired directly from Apache helicopters in its report on Israel’s attack on besieged Gaza.

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.

Cemex is a holding company primarily engaged in the production of cement and other construction materials. According to research group WhoProfits “The company owns the Israeli Readymix Industries, which has plants in the occupied West Bank and has provided concrete elements for construction of infrastructure in the occupied West Bank.”

Check Point Software Tech is a large Israeli internet security and software company.

As reported by Corporate Watch, it is closely intertwined with the Israeli military and security services. Several of Check Point’s directors worked in cyber intelligence for the Israeli military before starting careers in the private sector. The company works in partnership with some of Israel’s biggest arms companies, including drone manufacturer Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Like other parts of Israel’s hi-tech sector, such as the companies making a profit out of Israel’s drone industry, Check Point profits from the incubator provided by the Israeli state repression of Palestinians.

Chevron is a US energy company. The BDS movement has called for a boycott of Chevron for its role as the “main international actor extracting gas claimed by Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean since it acquired Noble Energy in 2020. With its extracting activities, Chevron is implicated in Israel’s policy and practice of depriving the Palestinian people of their right to sovereignty over their natural resources. Chevron is potentially complicit in Israel’s pillage of Palestinian gas reserves off the shores of the occupied Gaza Strip, a war crime 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.

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.

CNH Industrial is implicated in activities supporting Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. According to the research by WhoProfits, the company’s machinery has been used in constructing illegal Israeli settlements, the apartheid wall, and infrastructure projects, as well as in demolishing Palestinian homes.

Delek is an Israeli conglomerate in energy and infrastructure. As reported by Investigate, it owns and operates gas stations and shops in illegal Israeli settlements, on stolen Palestinian land. It was included in the UN OHCHR’s list of companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements, on stolen Palestinian land.

Elbit Systems is Israel’s largest private arms company. According to WhoProfits “Elbit supplies 85% of UAVs used by the Israeli army. One of Elbit’s most famous UAVs the Skylark – an intelligence gathering drone, operational in the Israeli army since 2008 – which is used during military operations of house arrest in the occupied West Bank.”

During Israel’s deadly aerial bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza in 2014, Elbit’s 7.5 Skylark, as well as its lethal UAV, the Hermes 900, were used. Moreover, Elbit-equipped F-16 jets and Apache helicopters have been utilised in numerous attacks on Palestinians in the besieged Gaza strip.

Elbit Systems has produced controversial weapons, including weaponised white phosphorus, cluster bombs, and flechette projectiles.

Expedia is an American online travel shopping company. It appeared on the UN OHCHR’s list of companies active in illegal Israeli settlements, based on stolen Palestinian land, due to listing properties in illegal settlements.

Exxon Mobil Corp is one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies. As reported by Investigate, it provides Israel with fuel for fighter jets used in its militarised attacks on Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

FANUC is a Japanese industrial robot manufacturer. Its robots are used by Israeli weapons manufacturers, including Elbit Systems. More information here.

First International Bank is a major Israeli commercial bank. It is deeply involved in facilitating the construction and expansion of illegal Israeli settlements, built on stolen Palestinian land, as reported by Investigate, a project by the American Friends Service Committee.

Ford Motor Company is an American car manufacturer. As reported by WhoProfits, Ford vehicles have been used by the Israeli military, and in infrastructure projects that support illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

General Dynamics is an American aerospace and defence company. It manufacturers weapons used by Israel in its attacks on Palestinians. This includes the Namer armoured vehicle. The Namer armoured vehicle was used by the Israeli military in its 2014 attack on the besieged Gaza Strip, which killed over 2,200 civilians, nearly a quarter of them children.

As reported by research group WhoProfits, General Electric engines are used in Israel’s primary air and naval military platforms.

F-16 jets, Apache helicopters, Sa’ar ships, and other weapons systems with engines manufactured by General Electric have been used repeatedly in Israeli attacks on densely populated civilian areas, resulting in thousands of civilian casualties in Lebanon, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip.

HeidelbergCement is one of the world’s largest cement producers. As reported by Investigate, it operates quarries and other facilities 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.

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.

Honeywell is a US-based arms company. Corporate Watch have reported that components produced by Honeywell were used by Israel in its 2014 aerial bombardment and ground invasion of the besieged Gaza Strip in 2014. Between 2008 and 2021, Honeywell applied to the British government for 30 export licenses to supply weapons and military technology to Israel.

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.

Israel Discount Bank is a commercial Israeli bank. It finances construction in, and provides services to, illegal Israeli settlements, based on stolen Palestinian land. It is included on the UN OHCHR’s list of business enterprises active in illegal Israeli settlements.

L3Harris Technologies is a US-based arms company.  As reported by Investigate, it supplies Israel with weapons components and military technology which are used in its attacks on Palestinians.

Leonardo, formally Finmeccanica, is an Italian defence and Arms trade, currently the world’s ninth largest Arms trade. Its products include military helicopters, fighter aircraft, drones, missiles, naval guns, artillery and armoured combat vehicles. It has exported arms to a number of oppressive regimes, including Israel.

AgustaWestland, a subsidiary of Italian firm Leonardo, makes components for Apache attack helicopters used by Israel in attacks on the besieged Gaza. Defence for Children International-Palestine have documented how at least 13 children were killed by missiles fired from Apache helicopters during Israel’s 2014 attack on the besieged Gaza Strip.

In addition, Israel’s Defence Ministry has purchased seven training helicopters from Leonardo.

Lockheed Martin is one of the world’s largest arms companies. It is a long-time supplier of the Israeli army, having supplied them since 1971. Weapons and military technology produced by Lockheed Martin has been used by Israel in its militarised violence against Palestinians.

Maersk, is the world’s largest logistics and shipping company. As reported by the Palestinian Youth Movement and Progressive International, Maersk transports weapons and weapons components used by Israel in its attacks, making it complicit in genocide.

McDonald’s Israeli franchisee provided free meals to Israeli soldiers during the genocidal assault on Gaza, while McDonald’s Malaysia filed a lawsuit against BDS Malaysia to silence solidarity activism. The BDS Movement calls for a global boycott until McDonald’s ends its ties with the Isreali franchisee and stops its Malaysian franchisee’s attempts to suppress advocacy for Palestinian rights.

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.

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank is an Israeli commercial bank. It finances construction projects in Israel’s illegal settlement construction, on stolen Palestinian land. The bank has also been included on the UN OHCHR’s list of business enterprises active in Israel’s illegal settlements.

Motorola is a US communications and telecommunication equipment provider.  Motorola’s equipment is installed in illegal settlements and on the apartheid wall in the occupied West Bank. It is used by the Israeli military, police, and prison service. It is listed on the UN OHCHR’s list of business enterprises active in Israel’s illegal settlements on stolen Palestinian land.

NICE Ltd is a global software and artificial intelligence company. It was formed by members of Unit 8200 which is the largest unit in the Israel Defense Forces, comprising several thousand soldiers. Unit 8200 is Israel’s cyber spy unit, tasked with spying on Palestinians living under Israeli apartheid.

NICE Ltd’s clients have included Israeli arms firm Rafael, and Elta Systems Ltd – both of whom have supplied military technology used in Israel’s militarised repression of Palestinians.

According to Investigate, by the American Friends Service Committee “Northrop Grumman is a US-based defense technology company that manufactures military aircraft and precision missile systems, as well as military drones. It supplies the Israeli Air Force with the Longbow missile delivery system for its Apache helicopters and with laser weapon delivery systems for its fighter jets. It has also supplied the Israeli navy with Sa’ar V missile gunships” which enforce the illegal siege of the Gaza Strip.

Palantir is a US-based surveillance company. As reported by Investigate, Palantir entered into a “strategic partnership” with Israel’s Ministry of Defense in 2024. It provides advanced AI tools to the Israeli military, enabling Israel’s attacks on Palestinians. The company has close ties with Israeli intelligence and supplies technology that facilitates mass surveillance and targeting of Palestinians.

Rolls-Royce is a British manufacturer that produces military aircraft engines, naval engines and cores for nuclear submarines. It is still the world’s 17th largest Arms trade.

It is a supplier of the US F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme. F-35 fighter jets have been used on numerous occasions in Israel’s attacks on the besieged the Gaza Strip, including in May 2021.

In 2014, the year of Israel’s aerial bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza, which killed over 2,200 civilians, nearly a quarter of them children, Rolls-Royce was granted export licenses for engines for military aircrafts to Israel.

Safran is a French multinational company. It has provided equipment including finger print scanners, used by Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Alongside CAF, Shapir manage the Jerusalem Light Rail. The rail line connects illegal Israeli settlements in the East, with the Western part of the City. Shapir is on the UN Human Rights Office’s list of business enterprises active in Israel’s illegal settlements.

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,

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,

Smiths Group is a British large and technology arms company. From 2008 to 2021 it applied to the British government for 32 arms export licenses to Israel.  It has supplied a number of components to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting II programme. The F-35 Lightning II was first used by Israel in 2018, and has been used in Israel’s May 2021 aerial bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip.

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.

The Strauss Group materially supports and sends care packages to the Golani Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces, a fact that was once stated on the company’s website but has since been removed due to pressure from pro-Palestine groups. Credible allegations of the brigade’s role in human rights abuses, including arbitrary murders, assaults and detentions have been made by a variety of Palestinian civil society groups.

Teva is an Israeli pharmaceutical company. Investigate, a project by the American Friends Service Committee reports it is part of an oligopoly of companies who benefit from selling to the Palestinian captive market.” It “enjoys the advantages generated by the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands allowing the company to exploit the Palestinian market.”

Textron is a US-based arms company. Investigate, a project by the American Friends Service Committee, report that “the Israeli Air Force 100 Squadron uses Textron aircraft, including the Beechcraft King Air, Queen Air, RC12-D Guardrail, and Bonanza A-36, mostly for reconnaissance, freight, and training purposes. At least some of these aircraft were given to Israel through the U.S. government foreign military sales program.”

Textron Aviation, a subsidiary of Textron, produced the T-6 series of trainer aircrafts, known to be used by the Israeli military.

Thales is a French IT and arms company. Jointly with Elbit Systems, Thales is in a partnership with the British Ministry of Defence, producing the armoured Watchkeeper WK 450 Drone, based on the Israeli Hermes 450 which is in regular use over the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including in Israel’s deadly assaults on the besieged Gaza Strip.

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.