De Israëlische nederzettingenindustrie

Een database van Israëlische bedrijven (kijk hier voor Nederlandse bedrijven), opgesteld door de Coalition of Women for Peace, als gepubliceerd op whoprofits.org, die profiteren van en bijdragen aan de economie van de bezetting, en helpen de nederzettingen uit te breiden.
Deze activiteiten zijn volgens het internationale recht illegaal, in strijd met de Vierde Conventie van Genève en een schending van de Haagse Conventie.

Er zijn ongeveer 35 Nederlandse bedrijven die direct of indirect betrekkingen onderhouden met de Israelische bezetting, aldus het Profundo rapport dat werd opgesteld in opdracht van United Civilians for Peace. In 2010 werd een update van dit rapport uitgebracht.
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Since the 1967 military occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights, Israel has built in these occupied territories civilian colonies, or settlements, and encouraged Israeli citizens and industries to move into them. Presently there are 135 Israeli settlements in the occupied territories and dozens of additional “outposts” – settlements not yet officially recognized by the Israeli government. These house over 562,000 Jewish Israeli residents: 282,000 in the West Bank (excluding Jerusalem), 260,000 in neighborhoods built in Arab Jerusalem or annexed to Jerusalem, and 20,000 in the Golan Heights.

The Israeli civilian construction has been one of the methods in which occupied areas were effectively annexed, partially or in full, into Israel. The on-going construction includes housing developments as well as extensive infrastructure projects such as roads and water systems for the exclusive use of Israeli settlers, on lands confiscated from Palestinians or declared “state lands” in various ways. The Israeli colonizing efforts are illegal by international law that stipulates that an occupying power moving its citizens into an occupied area is in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and any permanent changes made in the occupied land for such settlers is in violation of The Hague Regulations.

In this section of the database, we distinguish between three different forms of corporate involvement in the settlement industry: Israeli companies which are located in the settlements and thus use the resources of Palestinian land and labor in their production; Companies involved in sustaining the settlements and connecting them to Israel; Companies involved in real estate deals and the construction of Israeli infrastructure and settlements on occupied land.

Settlements' Products

Israeli industrial zones within the occupied territories hold hundreds of companies, ranging from small businesses serving the local Israeli settlers to large factories which export their products worldwide. Several settlements, especially in the Jordan Valley and the Golan Heights, produce agricultural goods, such as fruits and flowers, and sell them in Israel and abroad.

Settlement production benefits from low rents, special tax incentives, lax enforcement of environmental and labor protection laws and other governmental supports. Palestinians employed in these industrial zones work under severe restrictions of movement or organization, and with hardly no governmental protections, this many times results in exploitative employment practices and labor rights violations.

The origin of exported settlement products is often intentionally obscured. Companies hold marketing addresses within Israel, or market their products under a label which mixes their products with products from within Israel.

• A.L. Five Stars
• Abadi Bakery ("Mizrahiot" Cookies)
• Ability Computer and Software Industries
• AdaFresh
• Adir Plastic Packaging
• Adumim Food Additives
• Afic Printing Products
• Agrexco Agricultural Export Company
• Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories
• Ahdut Factory for Tehina Halva and Sweets
• Almog Tradex
• Aluminum Construction C.L. Israel
• Amir Marketing and Investment in Agriculture
• Amnon and Tamar (Pyramid Herbal Seasonings)
• Apax Partners
• Arava Export Growers
• Aridan Printing Productions
• Aroma Nama
• Arza Wine Cellars T.R.Z.
• Assa Abloy
• Atid Packaging
• Atzei Shitim
• Avgol Nonwoven Industries
• Ayelet Barkan
• B. Gaon Holdings
• B.R.B. Industries, BarBur Laundry
• Balfour Springs Industry
• Bar Mazon Produce
• Barkan Wineries
• Beigel and Beigel
• Beita Improving the Quality of Building
• Ben Hasharon
• Best Stones
• Beton Atarot (formerly: Elad Imported Cement)
• Better and Different
• Blue Square Israel
• Caesarea Carpets
• California Shayish and Carpenters
• Carmel Carpets
• Carmel Holdings (E.L.) (Betili)
• Carmel Wineries
• Cemex
• Chano Textile
• Chen Eastern Industries
• Chic Design Ltd. G&o Harel
• CIM Lustigman
• Citybook Services
• Clima Israel Aluminum
• Contact International (Kalia Israel Ammunition Co.)
• D.N.M Technical Equipment and Tools
• Danshar Holdings
• Dispobud
• Distek
• Doron Furniture Design
• E.P.R. Systems
• Eastern Lines
• Eden Springs
• Edom UK
• Eitan and Inon Herbs
• El Ez
• Electra
• Elyahu Zalman & Sons Metal Tubes Industries
• Elyakim Ben Ari
• Emek Ayalon Furniture
• Emilia Development (O.F.G.)
• Enercon Ariel
• Enter Net Computers and Equipment
• Ewyg Advanced Technology
• Extal
• FiberTech
• Field Produce
• Formula Systems
• Fried Brothers Feather Industries
• Fun Bak
• General Mills (Pillsbury)
• Geshuri Advanced Technologies
• Geshuri and Sons Industries
• Golan Heights Winery
• Golden Ryd Dyl
• Green Oil Energy
• Greenkote (Summet Hitech Coatings)
• Gush Etzion Wines
• H. Wagshal (H. Vagshal)
• Ha'alonim Marble 2000 (Haalonim)
• Ha'argaz Technopach Metal Industries
• Hacormim Vineyard
• Hadiklaim - Israel Date Growers Cooperative
• Hamashbir Holdings
• Hanson Israel (formerly: Pioneer Concrete Israel)
• Hatehof
• HeidelbergCement
• Hishatil
• Hofrey Hasharon
• Housing and Construction Holding Co.
• I.R.P.C. Rubber Products Co.
• Idan Camping
• IDB Group
• Ikoo Designs
• Impertech Industries
• Intellitech Engineering Mechanical and Aviation
• Ishai Zion and Sons
• Israel Weg Engineering
• Israphot Industries
• Isratoys
• Italek, Aldo Ice Creams, Tartufo Ice Creams
• Jordan Plains Development Corporation
• Jordan River Herbs
• K. Schleisner Works
• Katzenstein Adler
• Kerur Habikha
• Keshet Prima
• Keter Plastic (Keter Group)
• Kfar Giladi Quarries
• Koralek Almog Sifting Machines and Production Systems
• Krashin Shalev Metal Industries
• Kravitz
• Land of Choice Olive Oil (Meshek Achiya)
• Lipski Plastic Industries
• Lithotech Medical
• Lotar
• Malam Team
• Mapal Plastic Products
• Matrix IT
• Maya Foods, The Jerusalem Spice of Life
• Mayer's Cars and Trucks
• Medan General Contracting Earth Roads and Quarries
• Mega Print
• Meitarim Quarry
• Menachem Wagshal
• Meshek Zuriel Dairy
• Meytag High Tech Ventures
• Mofet B'Yehuda
• Mordechai Aviv Construction Industries
• Mordechai Binyamin and Sons Earth Works
• Mortan Marketing and Trade
• Motola Preserves
• Mul-T-Lock (formerly Rav Bariach)
• Neetuv Management and Development Co.
• New Noga Light
• Nitzanei Shalom Paper Industries
• Ofertex Industries
• Oppenheimer Manufacturing and Marketing
• Palphot
• Paz El Sinun
• Plasto Polish (Barkan)
• Plustic Solutions
• Ram Quality Products B.R. (Tip Top Toys Star)
• Ramat Hagolan Dairies
• Ratek Industries
• Readymix Industries
• Renaissan
• Rolbit Electronic Thermostats and Controllers
• Romix Mixing Equipment
• RonoPolidan Packaging
• Rosentoys, Buba-Li Industries
• Royalife (formerly: Royalnight)
• SA.D.R. Construction Works Co.
• Salit (Mishor Edomim) Quarry and Plant
• Shai Key Metal Trade
• Shaked Carpets (Vinter Carpets)
• Shalgal (Food)
• Shamir Salads
• Shamrock Holding
• Shapir Civil and Marine Engineering
• Shomron Barkalit Tires
• Shufersal
• Si Kirsum
• Soda Club
• Solel Boneh Building and Infrastructure
• Spiral Glass
• Spray Metal Coatings
• Spyro Plastics
• Star Night Technologies
• Supergum Industries
• Susya Dairy
• T.A.C. Accessory Corporation Israel
• Tal El Collection and Recycling
• Tara (Milco Industries)
• Tayar Doors
• Tekoa Mushroom Farm
• Teltone Electronics
• Tempo Beer Industries
• Tescom Software Systems Testing
• The Archivists
• The Central Bottling Company (Coca Cola Israel)
• The Metrontario Group
• The Solor Group
• The Trendlines Group
• Tishbi Estate Winery (Habaron Wine Cellars)
• Tnuva
• Top Greenhouses
• TopTrans Translation Services
• Twitoplast
• Tzarfati Metals Industries
• Tzifha International
• Unikowsky Maoz
• Unilever
• Villar International
• Von Roll Transformers (formerly: Enerco Industries)
• Yahav Oranit
• Yamit E.L.I. Filtration and Water Treatment
• Yardeni Locks Holdings
• Yatir Quarry
• Yerushalmi Rope Industries
• Zakai Agricultural Know-how and Inputs
• Zeev`s Technics
• Zriha Hlavin Industries

Israeli Construction on Occupied Land

In the occupied territories, including East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, Israeli housing and infrastructure projects effectively serve two goals: annexing more land and resources to Israel, and cutting off the local residents from the same.

In the West Bank, the jurisdiction area of the settlements takes up approximately 40% of the area while the built-up area covers only 3%. The construction of an Israeli road system, the use of which is forbidden for Palestinian residents, supports the creation of a separate Jewish-Israeli space on top of the fragmented Palestinian space. The roads and the settlements thus become part of the separation system, which also includes fences, walls, gates and checkpoints.

The Israeli construction industry in the West Bank and the Golan Heights includes real estate dealers and realtors, contractors, planners, and suppliers of materials, security and maintenance services to the construction sites.

• A.M.S. Barzani Brothers
• Ackerstein Industries
• Africa Israel
• Ahim Hasid
• Ahim Uzan
• Allied Holdings
• Almog C.D.A.I
• Alstom
• Ashdar Building Company
• Ashlad
• Ashtrom Group
• Aspen Real Estate
• Avi Cranes
• Avisror Moshe & Sons
• B. Yair Building Corporation
• Bank Leumi
• Barad Company for Landworks, Development and Roads
• Baran Group
• Ben Hasharon
• Bezeq - The Israeli Telecommunication Corporation
• Binyanei Bar Amana Construction and Development
• Biri Barashi Land Works, Development, Infrastructure and Roads
• Bobcat Company
• British Israel Investments
• Cape Gate
• Caterpillar
• Cellcom Israel
• Cement Roadstone Holdings (CRH)
• Cemex
• CIM Lustigman
• Clal Group
• D. Rotshtein
• Danya Cebus
• Digal Investments and Holdings
• Dona Engineering and Construction
• E.D.I.G Construction Management
• Efgad Engineering and Construction Works
• Egis Rail
• Electra
• Electra Construction
• Eli Yohanan Engineers
• Emcol
• Eyal Itzkin Architects
• Hagihon Company
• Hofrey Hasharon
• Housing and Construction Holding Co.
• IDB Group
• Industrial Buildings Corporation (IBC) - Mivney Taasiya
• Isra Marine Manufacture of Structures
• Israel Discount Bank
• Jerusalem Economic
• Kal Binyan
• Kotler-Adika
• Leader Management and Development (formerly: Leader Company)
• Liebherr
• Meshulam Levinstein Group Contracting and Engineering
• Metal Factory Hamachresha
• Minrav Group
• MIRS Communications
• Mishab Building and Development
• Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
• Mordechai Aviv Construction Industries
• Mordechai Binyamin and Sons Earth Works
• N.R.S Consulting and Engineering
• Neot Hapisga Modi'in Illit
• Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises
• New Way Traffic
• Om Brothers Construction Works Investment and Development Company
• Partner Communications (Orange)
• Peled - Klein Civil Engineering
• Pelephone Communications
• Peretz Louzon Construction & Development
• Peretz Sela Civil Engineering
• Readymix Industries
• SA.D.R. Construction Works Co.
• Salit (Mishor Edomim) Quarry and Plant
• Sasi Building Earth and Road Contractors
• Shapir Civil and Marine Engineering
• Siemens
• Solel Boneh Building and Infrastructure
• Stern Group
• The Metrontario Group
• Tzifha International
• Veolia Environnement
• Volvo Group
• Y.H.Dimri Construction and Development
• Yael Hill
• Yehuda Welded Mesh
• Z.M.H. Hammerman
• Zoko Enterprises (Zoko Shiluvim)

Services to the Settlements

This section of the database includes companies that provide services to the settlements, with an emphasis on discriminatory services that are provided solely to the Jewish settlements and not to their surrounding Palestinian neighbors, services that help connect the settlements to Israel and normalize their status, and security services dedicated to keeping Palestinians out of the settlements.

• A.M.S. Barzani Brothers
• Ace Hardware
• AdaFresh
• Afikim - Public Transportation
• Almog Tradex
• Alon Group
• Alstom
• Amir Marketing and Investment in Agriculture
• Amisragas
• Anglo Saxon Israel
• Aroma Espresso Bar
• Artivision Technologies
• Ashlad
• Aspen Real Estate
• Avi Cranes
• B. Gaon Holdings
• Bank Hapoalim
• Bank Leumi
• Bezeq - The Israeli Telecommunication Corporation
• Blockbuster
• Blue Square Israel
• BO Technologies
• British Israel Investments
• Cafe Cafe
• Castro
• Cellcom Israel
• Chen Eastern Industries
• Clal Group
• Commax
• Dan Public Transportation Co.
• Delek Israel Fuel
• Dexia Group
• Dexia Israel (formerly: Local Municipality Treasure Bank)
• Dor Alon
• E.P.R. Systems
• Eastern Lines
• Egged Israel Transport Cooperative Society
• Egis Rail
• Electra
• First International Bank of Israel
• Forum Film (Israel Theaters Group)
• G.M. Advanced Fencing and Security Technologies
• Group4securicor (G4S)
• Hadiklaim - Israel Date Growers Cooperative
• Hagihon Company
• Hishatil
• IDB Group
• Industrial Buildings Corporation (IBC) - Mivney Taasiya
• Israel Discount Bank
• ISS
• ISS Israel Comprehensive Business Services
• Jerusalem Economic
• Jordan Plains Development Corporation
• KalRam Yacobowitz
• Kerur Habikha
• Marom Technologies
• Matimli ml
• Mayer's Cars and Trucks
• Merkavim Transportation Technologies
• Meytag High Tech Ventures
• Minrav Group
• MIRS Communications
• Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
• Modi'in Ezrachi
• Mofet B'Yehuda
• Momentum S.O.S.
• Motorola Israel
• N.R.S Consulting and Engineering
• NaanDan Jain Irrigation
• Partner Communications (Orange)
• Paz Oil
• PazGas
• Peled - Klein Civil Engineering
• Pelephone Communications
• Peretz Sela Civil Engineering
• Radwin
• Ral Electric Holdings (formarly: Adir Electric Boards)
• Rami Levi - Hashikma Marketing
• RE/MAX Israel (Impact Property Developers)
• SAE Afikim (AfiMilk)
• Shamrad Electronics
• Shufersal
• Siemens
• Super Pharm (Israel)
• Superbus
• Teva Naot
• The Solor Group
• The Trendlines Group
• Tzarfati Car Services
• Veolia Environnement
• Yahav Oranit