BOYCOTT APARTHEID ISRAEL
OUR PRIORITY TARGETS
The list of corporations that we are currently targeting and urge all Palestine supporters to boycott can be found here.
Please scroll further down to have a look at a larger list of companies with relations to the Apartheid state of Israel.
OUR STRATEGY
TARGETED BOYCOTTS
Nearly all Israeli companies are complicit to some degree in Israel’s system of occupation and apartheid, and we support principled boycotts against Israeli products. Our main impact, however, comes from targeting a small number of companies and products. We focus on companies that play a clear and direct role in Israel’s crimes and where we think we can have an impact.
The list of corporations that we are currently targeting and urge all Palestine supporters to boycott can be found here. Please scroll further down to have a look at a larger list of companies that are complicit in Israeli Apartheid.
Not targeted consumer boycott
A targeted consumer boycott focuses on a small number of companies
PRINCIPLED BOYCOTTS
BOYCOTT APARTHEID ISRAEL
Make your home or business an Apartheid-Free Zone by refusing to use or purchase products from the following companies:
HP ISRAEL HAS SUPPLIED THE BASEL SYSTEM TO THE ISRAELI MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, AND HAS TAKEN OVER ITS DEVELOPMENT, INSTALLATION, AND MAINTENANCE ON THE GROUND.THE BASEL ACCESS AND CONTROL SYSTEM IS A SYSTEM OF BIOMETRIC SENSORS.
THE CAPE UNION MART GROUP IS A CONGLOMERATE OF RETAIL CHAINS. BESIDES FOR CAPE UNION MART STORES, THE GROUP ALSO OWNS OTHER RETAIL BRANDS LIKE K-WAY, POETRY, OLD KHAKI, AND SPARKS & ELLIS. THE CONGLOMERATE IS OWNED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESSMAN, PHILIP KRAWITZ. KRAWITZ RECEIVED THE YAKIR KEREN HAYESOD AWARD IN 2015 FOR HIS FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR ISRAEL DURING THE 2014 ATTACKS ON GAZA, WHERE 2,310 PALESTINIANS WERE KILLED, INCLUDING 551 CHILDREN.
ZZ2 IS ALLIED WITH HISHTIL SOUTH AFRICA, A COMPANY WHICH HAS FIVE NURSERIES IN ISRAEL WHICH PRODUCES TOMATOES, ONIONS, AND AVOCADOS FOR INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION. THE ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH AFRICA AND PREMIER OF LIMPOPO PARTICIPATED IN INAUGURATION CEREMONIES FOR THE NURSERIES.
CLOVER IS OWNED BY THE ISRAEL-BASED MILCO / CENTRAL BOTTLING COMPANY. CBC OPERATES ON OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY AND LEVERAGE THE VIOLENCE OF APARTHEID POLICIES TO CAPTURE AND EXPLOIT THE PALESTINIAN MARKET. SINCE ACQUIRING THE COMPANY IN 2019, MILCO/CBC HAS CUT WORKERS' WAGES BY 65%, RETRENCHED THOUSANDS, AND CLOSED SEVERAL FACTORIES.
STARBUCKS CEO HAS BEEN PRAISED BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT FOR SPONSORING PRO-ISRAEL, ANTI-PALESTINIAN SEMINARS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND HIS COMPANY HAS SPONSORED A FUND-RAISING EVENT FOR THE ISRAEL EMERGENCY SOLIDARITY FUND, AN ORGANISATION WHICH ENGAGES IN CRASS ANTI-PALESTINIAN PROPAGANDA
CAESARSTONE, WHICH MANUFACTURES QUARTZ SURFACES USED FOR KITCHEN COUNTERTOPS WAS FOUNDED IN 1987 AND IS HEADQUARTERED IN HAIFA IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. CAESARSTONE IS COMPLICIT IN UPHOLDING ISRAELI APARTHEID AND BENEFITS DIRECTLY FROM THE OCCUPATION AND OPPRESSION OF PALESTINIANS.
BEIGEL BEIGEL IS A COMPANY WHICH MAKESPRETZELS AND IS HEADQUARTERED IN ISRAEL. BY OPERATING IN ISRAEL AND THEOCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, THEY ARE COMPLICIT IN UPHOLDING THE SYSTEM OF APARTHEID, WHICH SUBJUGATES MILLIONS OF PALESTINIANS. BEIGEL BEIGEL EXPORTS TO SOUTH AFRICA AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES.
THE BDS MOVEMENT OPPOSES THE SALE OF THE HUMMUS ON THE BASIS THAT THE US-BASED SABRA COMPANY, PARTLY-OWNED BY PEPSICO, FINANCIALLY SUPPORTS THE IDF'S GOLANI BRIGADE. THE BOYCOTT GROUP HAS ACCUSED THE INFANTRY BRIGADE OF “MERCILESS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST PALESTINIANS”
AXA INVESTS IN ISRAELI BANKS, WHICH FINANCETHE THEFTOFPALESTINIAN LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. CAMPAIGNSTARGETTHE FRENCH MULTINATIONAL INSURANCEGIANT AXA FOR ITSINVESTMENTSIN ISRAELI BANKS, WHICH ARE DEEPLY COMPLICITIN ISRAEL’S ILLEGALSETTLEMENT ENTERPRISEON OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN LAND
SODA STEAM IS ACTIVELY COMPLICIT IN ISRAEL'S POLICYOF DISPLACINGTHE INDIGENOUS BEDOUINPALESTINIAN CITIZENSOF ISRAEL IN THE NAQAB (NEGEV).SODASTREAM HAVE A LONG HISTORYOF MISTREATMENTOF AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PALESTINIAN WORKERS.
AHAVA DEAD SEA LABORATORIES, LIMITED IS AN ISRAELICOSMETICS COMPANY WITH HEADQUARTERSIN LOD, AN ILLEGAL ISRAELISETTLEMENT WHICH WASONCETHE PALESTINIAN VILLAGEOF LYDD,THAT MANUFACTURES SKIN CAREPRODUCTS MADE OF MUD AND MINERAL-BASED COMPOUNDSFROM THE DEAD SEA.
MOROCCAN OIL IS MANUFACTURED IN ISRAEL AND ONLY CONTAINS A SMALL PROPORTION OF RAW ARGAN OIL, WHICH IS SOURCED FROM MOROCCO. MOROCCAN OIL’S ISRAELI LINKS, HOWEVER, TAKE A BACK SEAT ON THE COMPANY’S WEBSITE.THE PRODUCT’S ORIGIN ONLY IS MENTIONED JUST TWICE ON THAT SITE IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SECTION.
IN ISRAEL, JOHNSON & JOHNSON HAS FOUR SUBCOMPANIES, ALL OF WHICH ARE GUIDED BY THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON'S CREDO.THEY EMPLOY OVER 1000 EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND OPERATE IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. IN 1998, JOHNSON & JOHNSON RECEIVED THEJUBILEE AWARD BY THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU.
OSEM INVESTMENTS LTD. IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FOOD MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS IN ISRAEL. THE GROUP IS OWNED (100%) BY NESTLÉ S.A. OF SWITZERLAND. THE GROUP OPERATES 10 DIFFERENT PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE, AND DISTRIBUTES ITS PRODUCE THROUGH ITS DISTRIBUTION CENTERS.
FROM 1966, COCA-COLA HAS BEEN A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF ISRAEL. IN 1997, THE GOVERNMENTOF 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 REFUSINGTO ABIDE BYTHE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL.
MCDONALD'S ISRAEL SAID ON ITS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS THAT IT HAS GIVEN THOUSANDS OF FREE MEALS TO ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES PERSONNEL. THIS WAS IN 2023, DURING ONE OF ISRAEL'S MOST LETHAL AND DEVASTATING ASSAULTS ON GAZA IN HISTORY.
NOKIA IS NOT ONLY THE PRIMARY TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER IN ISRAEL BUT ALSO IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, WHERE MOST OF THE PALESTINIAN VOICE AND INTERNET TRAFFIC RUNS THROUGH NOKIA GEAR. NOKIA HAVE STARTED TO INVEST HEAVILY IN ISRAEL. NOKIA ISRAEL COMMUNICATIONS LTD.,SETUP SHOP IN ROSH HA'AYIN.
IN 1960, MOTOROLA BEGAN PRODUCING COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT IN ISRAEL AND MOTOROLA ISRAEL LTD. WAS CREATED. IN 1972, MOTOROLA ISRAEL BECAME A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF MOTOROLA INC., AND IN 1979 MOTOROLA OPENED ITS FIRST DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN ISRAEL.
LIFEBOUY ISRAEL WAS CO-FOUNDED BY ISRAELI BUSINESSWOMAN, YAEL TEPPER, WHO NOW WORKS AS THE CEO OF THE COMPANY. LIFEBOUY HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS IN REHOVOT AREA IN ISRAEL AND OPERATES ACROSS THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. LIFEBOUY EXPORTS ITS PRODUCTS ACROSS THE GLOBE.
LAY’S OPERATES ACROSS ISRAEL AND THEOCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES UNDER THE NAME ‘TAPUCHIPS’. LAY’S IS COMPLICIT IN UPHOLDING APARTHEID AND ACTIVELY MAKES USE OF FARMLANDS IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE. LAY’S EXPLOITS PALESTINIAN WATER SOURCES WHILE THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION HAS NO ACCESSTO WATER SOURCES.
PEPSICO HAS MULTIPLE TEAMSIN ISRAEL, INCLUDING SODASTREAM, WHICH IT ACQUIRED IN 2018 FOR $3.2 BILLION. THE SOFT-DRINK AND SNACK MAKER ALSO HAS A JOINT VENTURE WITH STRAUSS GROUP LTD., AN ISRAELI FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANY. PEPSICO OWNS SEVERALSUBSIDARIES, INCLUDING LIPTON AND OTHERS, ALL OF WHICH ARE COMPLICIT IN ISRAELI APARTHEID.
WIX WAS FOUNDED IN 2006 BY ISRAELI DEVELOPERS AVISHAI ABRAHAMI, NADAV ABRAHAMI, AND GIORA KAPLAN. WITH ITS MAIN OFFICESIN TEL AVIV, WIX WAS BACKED BYINVESTORS INSIGHT VENTUREPARTNERS, MANGROVECAPITAL PARTNERS, BESSEMER VENTUREPARTNERS, DAG VENTURES, AND BENCHMARK CAPITAL
REVLON’S LARGEST STAKEHOLDER, RONALD PERELMAN, IS A MAJOR TRUSTEE OF THE SIMON WEISENTHAL FOUNDATION, WHICH RUNSTHE MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE. IT HAS BEEN CRITICISED FOR ITS PRESENTATION OFTHE HOLOCAUST AS JUSTIFICATION FOR THE ZIONIST TAKEOVER OF PALESTINE AND FOR ITS DECISION TOOPEN A BRANCH ON THEGROUNDSOFTHE MAMILLA CEMETERY.
JERUSALEM VENTURE PARTNERS (JVP), A LEADING INTERNATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL FUND, ANNOUNCED A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH MARS, INCORPORATED,ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN ISRAEL AIMINGTOPURSUE INNOVATIVETECH SOLUTIONS FOR GLOBAL FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION CHALLENGES. INCLUDESTWIX AND BOUNTY
15 YEARS AGO, DIPLOMAT DISTRIBUTORS BEGAN REPRESENTING PRINGLES IN ISRAEL. EVER SINCE, PRINGLES OPERATES ACROSS ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. THE FARMING OF POTATOES FOR PRINGLES IS NOT DONE EITHER IN ISRAEL OR THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, YET PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION GO AHEAD.
LEX WEXNER OWNS LEADING COMPANIES INCLUDING VICTORIA'SSECRET AND BATH & BODY WORKS. HE HAS CLOSE TIES WITH THE ISRAELI STATE AND RECENTLY CALLED FOR HARVARD UNIVERSITY TO CLAMP DOWN ON PRO-PALESTINE STUDENTS AND ORGANISATIONS
L’OREAL’S OPERATIONS IN ISRAEL BEGAN IN THE MID-1990S. SINCE THEN, L'OREAL ISRAEL HAS OPERATED A FACTORY IN THE ISRAELI TOWN OF MIGDAL HA'EMEK IN THE LOWER GALILEE. THE SETTLEMENT OF MIGDAL HA'EMEK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1952 ON LANDS BELONGING TO THE ETHNICALLY-CLEANSED PALESTINIAN VILLAGE OF AL-MUJAYDIL.
PROCTER & GAMBLE, WHICH PRODUCES PAMPERS, ISONE OF THE LARGEST CLIENTS OF AN ISRAELI COMPANY THAT SUPPLIES DIAPER PRODUCT MATERIALS, AVGOL NONWOVEN INDUSTRIES. P&G ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY HALF OF THE COMPANY’S SALES. THEREFORE, IFYOU ARE BUYING PAMPERS,YOU WILL BE BUYING PRODUCTS WITH ISRAELI PRODUCTS IN THEM.
LEGO,THE DANISH TOYMAKER CONSISTING MAINLY OF PLASTIC INTERLOCKING BRICKS OPENED ITS FIRST OFFICIAL STORE IN ISRAEL IN 2022. THE STORE IN ISRAEL CAME WITH A SIGNIFICANT PRICE-CUT ON ALL OF ITS PRODUCTS. THE TOY GIANT HAS APPOINTED ISRAELI ENTREPRENEUR ERAN TOR, OWNER AND CEO OF TOR GAMING TO HEAD ITS ESTABLISHMENT.
BILL FORD, CURRENT EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OFTHE FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND HENRY FORD’S GREAT GRANDSON, VISITED ISRAEL IN 2019 TO INAUGURATE THE NEW FORD RESEARCH CENTER IN TEL AVIV. HENRY FORD II PERSONALLY PRESENTED ISRAEL’S FIRST PRESIDENT WITH A FORD LINCOLN COSMOPOLITAN. THE FIRST FORD ESCORTS – “MADEIN ISRAEL” – CAME IN 1968.
UNDER THE BANNER OF UNILEVER, DOVE OPERATES IN APARTHEID ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. ALTHOUGH CERTAIN UNILEVER PRODUCTS, SUCH AS BEN AND JERRY’S, HAVE WITHDRAWN FROM TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL IN 1967, DOVE REMAINS COMPLICIT IN ISRAELI CRIMES.
ARIEL IS OWNED BY U.S. MULTINATIONAL PROCTER & GAMBLE AND AND OPERATES IN ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. ARIEL HAS HAD MANY CONTROVERSIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, INCLUDING CALLS FOR THE BOYCOTTOF ARIEL BECAUSE SOME SUSPECTED IT WAS NAMED AFTER ARIEL SHARON - THIS WASLATER DEBUNKED.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE MAKER MONDELĒZ INTERNATIONAL, THE MANUFACTURER OF BRANDS SUCH AS TOBLERONE CHOCOLATE, HAS COLLABORATED WITH TECH INCUBATOR ‘THE KITCHEN’ TO TAP IN TO THE ISRAELI FOOD TECH SCENE. THECOLLABORATION WILL EXPOSE MONDELĒZ TO ISRAELI STARTUPS. THE US-BASED FIRM PROVIDED THE LOCAL STARTUPS WITH EXPERTISE.
PROCTER & GAMBLE ISRAEL HAS BEEN PART OFTHE DISTRIBUTOR MARKET AS OF 2001. P&G BRANDS ARE IN 98% ISRAELI HOUSEHOLDS, INCLUDING PANTENE, H&S, GILLETTE, ORAL-B, FAIRY, PAMPERS, ARIEL,TIDE, ALWAYS AND MANY MORE. THESEPRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLEIN ISRAEL AND THEOCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES.
OUR CAMPAIGNS
BOYCOTT APARTHEID ISRAEL
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement works to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law.
Academic Boycott
Israeli universities are major, willing and persistent accomplices in Israel’s regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid.
PAPSN
The Pan-African Palestine Solidarity Network is a pan-African network in solidarity with the liberation struggle of the Palestinian people.
