Danya Cebus
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דניה סיבוס בע"מ
1 Yoni Netanyahu St., Or Yehuda 603760 Israel. Tel.: +972-3-5383838
A publicly traded Israeli construction company. Danya Cebus Group is one of the largest Israeli construction and infrastructure companies. The company specializes in executing large and complex infrastructure projects that include paving roads, building railway infrastructure, bridges, parking lots, tunnel mining and developing associated infrastructure.
The Group is involved in the construction of housing and transportation projects in settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. In addition, the company provides construction services for military projects for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
The Jerusalem Light Rail
Danya Cebus is the establisher and operator of the Blue Line of the Jerusalem Light Rail.
The company holds 50% of the Blue Line project concessionaire and 75% of the project construction contractor.
The Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) network is a large-scale Israeli transport infrastructure project connecting large settlement blocks in occupied East Jerusalem to the center of the city and its western side and is contingent on the expropriation of Palestinian land and the further territorial fragmentation of the city’s Palestinian neighborhoods.
In September 2023, the company’s consortium, JTrain, was awarded the tender for the financing, planning, construction, maintenance and operation of the JLR’s third light rail line for a period of 25 years. The JTrain consortium was established for the benefit of the project and is jointly owned by Danya Cebus and Dan Public Transportation Company. In July 2025, the JTrain consortium received approval to start construction work.
The JLR Blue Line is to be the third and longest main axis of the JLR network. The line route stretches for 31 km connecting the settlement neighborhood of Ramot in the north to the settlement neighborhood of Gilo in the south, passing through the city center, with 53 stations, of which 17 are located in settlement neighborhoods of Ramat Eshkol, Ramot, Gilo and Givat Hamatos in occupied East Jerusalem. As part of the project, estimated at NIS 9 billion, the company will establish, operate, and maintain the Blue Line, including constructing a train depot complex, an elevated and underground track section, and the construction of 3 underground stations.
The project is financed by a consortium led by Bank Leumi.
For more on the Jerusalem Light Rail Blue Line, see Who Profits’ Update: Developments in the Expansion of the JLR Network: The Blue Line.
Construction on Occupied Land
Danya Cebus has been involved in the construction of several real estate projects in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
In January 2020, the company’s fully owned subsidiary Cebus Rimon won a tender to supply and install prefabricated transformer rooms in the settlement of Modi’in Illit in the West Bank.
In 2019, Danya Cebus won a tender to carry out infrastructure and development works for the southern section of the American Road in East Jerusalem. The American Road is part of the eastern ring road, which connects the northern and southern parts of East Jerusalem. The project benefits Israeli settlers while cutting off Palestinian neighborhoods from one another.
The company also built a commercial complex for Rami Levy in the Atarot settlement Industrial Zone in occupied East Jerusalem. The complex takes up 23,000 square meters and includes a 3-story building with a supermarket, shops and parking areas.
The company built the Hebrew University's residential student dormitories, the "Students Village", in the settlement neighborhood of French Hill in occupied East Jerusalem. The project was carried out in partnership with the Minrav Group. The residential complex includes 9 buildings spanning 40,000 square meters and can accommodate 1,600 students. The project also included infrastructure works and road development.
The company’s fully owned subsidiary Cebus Rimon was involved in the construction of the Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (A1), which crosses into the occupied West Bank in two sections. For more on the A1 Train, see Who Profits’ Update Crossing the Line.
In previous years, the Group was involved in the construction of housing units in the settlement neighborhoods of Har Homa and Gilo in East Jerusalem, in the "Green Park" neighborhood in the settlement of Modi'in Illit, and the "Nofei Hasela" neighborhood in the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank.
Exploitation of Occupied Resources
In 2022, Danya Cebus along with Electra won a NIS 600 million tender by Mekorot Water Company for planning and drilling of around 70 water wells. the company is carrying out the planning and execution of 36 water well drilling and installation of pumping stations including in the occupied West Bank and the Syrian Golan expected to last 4 and a half years.
In August 2025, the company received additional 12 water well drillings from Mekorot, estimated at NIS 150 million.
For more on the extraction of occupied Palestinian and Syrian water resources and Mekorot’s involvement in the Israeli occupation see Who Profits’ report Dried Up: Mekorot’s Involvement in the Israeli Occupation.
Exploitation of Occupied Water Resources
Danya Group’s Metsada conducts geophysical testing of water wells in the occupied West Bank for the Israel Water Authority.
In September 2024, Danya Cebus was contracted by the Israel Water Authority, with an exemption from tender, for the monitoring of observation wells for 2025 as the sole supplier for NIS 700,000. The project includes monitoring, water sampling, and pumping in the Mountain Aquifer, which is the main groundwater basin in the West Bank.
The project in the Mountain Aquifer has been carried out by Metsada team since 2005 through a contract with Danya Cebus' parent company, Lapidoth Capital.
Metsada also provides services to international companies drilling gas and oil wells offshore Israel in the Mediterranean.
In September 2024, Danya Cebus was contracted by the Israeli Water Authority, with an exemption from tender, for the monitoring of observation wells for 2025 as the sole supplier for NIS 700,000:
The observation well monitoring project includes monitoring in the mountain aquifer and the coastal aquifer, including water sampling, television photography, and pumpings for water sampling and cleaning of wells.
The project in the Mountain Aquifer has been carried out since 2005 through a contract with the Metsada team of the Lapidot company.
The Metsada team performs geophysical tests on oil, water, research and observation wells drilled, including in the occupied West Bank. In addition, international companies drilling gas and oil wells in the sea off the coast of Israel use the services of the Metsada team.
The Mountain Aquifer is the main groundwater basin in the West Bank, extending across both sides of the Green Line.
Services for the Israeli Ministry of Defense
Gaza Barrier
In 2017, Danya Cebus won three tenders worth NIS 770 million for the construction of a wall as part of the Israeli barrier surrounding the besieged Gaza. The tender included the construction of three sections of a 16.8 kilometer long wall using the hydro-mill method for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
As part of the works, the company’s subsidiary Geo Danya Ltd. carried out drilling to a depth of tens of meters with special machines. In October 2019, the company's employees attacked protesters who demonstrated near the work site near the border with Gaza.
Israeli Military ICT Campus (Kiryat HaTikshuv)
Danay Cebus carried out construction works for the Israeli military Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Campus in the Naqab.
The company carried out the construction of the Israeli military ICT Campus together with Shikun & Binui under a 2018 tender. The works included the construction of all-purpose buildings on 173,000 square meters for the military's technology units, including the ICT Corps’ technology unit, the Air Force’s technology unit and the Southern Command headquarters. The project was part of the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s "Relocation to the South" project, which includes the relocation of Israeli military units to the Naqab region. In April 2023, Danya Cebus sold its shares in the construction contractor to Shikun & Binui for NIS 7.5 million plus VAT.
Camp Ariel Sharon Military Base
Between 2013 and 2016, Danya Cebus carried out construction work in Camp Ariel Sharon, also known as the “City of Training Bases” (Ir HaBahadim in Hebrew). The campus is a complex of military bases stretched on 250,000 square meters located in the Naqab region. The company constructed 12 training buildings of 3.5 floors, in a total area of approximately 74,000 square meters.
For more on development and military projects in the Naqab, see Who Profits interactive map Tools of Dispossession in the Naqab: Development & Military Projects.
Collaborations with the Military
In November 2025, the company launched the "Building a Future for Combatants" program in collaboration with the Israeli military's 7186th Military Engineering Unit of the Technology and Logistics Division. The program offers professional training in the field of civil engineering for combatants and military engineering operators, provided by company employees and the unit's reservists.
Services for the Israeli Police
Danya Cebus constructed the Isreali Police’s Tel Aviv District Police Headquarters office building.
A publicly traded Israeli construction company. Danya Cebus Group is one of the largest Israeli construction and infrastructure companies. The company specializes in executing large and complex infrastructure projects that include paving roads, building railway infrastructure, bridges, parking lots, tunnel mining and developing associated infrastructure.
The Group is involved in the construction of housing and transportation projects in settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. In addition, the company provides construction services for military projects for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
The Jerusalem Light Rail
Danya Cebus is the establisher and operator of the Blue Line of the Jerusalem Light Rail.
The company holds 50% of the Blue Line project concessionaire and 75% of the project construction contractor.
The Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) network is a large-scale Israeli transport infrastructure project connecting large settlement blocks in occupied East Jerusalem to the center of the city and its western side and is contingent on the expropriation of Palestinian land and the further territorial fragmentation of the city’s Palestinian neighborhoods.
In September 2023, the company’s consortium, JTrain, was awarded the tender for the financing, planning, construction, maintenance and operation of the JLR’s third light rail line for a period of 25 years. The JTrain consortium was established for the benefit of the project and is jointly owned by Danya Cebus and Dan Public Transportation Company. In July 2025, the JTrain consortium received approval to start construction work.
The JLR Blue Line is to be the third and longest main axis of the JLR network. The line route stretches for 31 km connecting the settlement neighborhood of Ramot in the north to the settlement neighborhood of Gilo in the south, passing through the city center, with 53 stations, of which 17 are located in settlement neighborhoods of Ramat Eshkol, Ramot, Gilo and Givat Hamatos in occupied East Jerusalem. As part of the project, estimated at NIS 9 billion, the company will establish, operate, and maintain the Blue Line, including constructing a train depot complex, an elevated and underground track section, and the construction of 3 underground stations.
The project is financed by a consortium led by Bank Leumi.
For more on the Jerusalem Light Rail Blue Line, see Who Profits’ Update: Developments in the Expansion of the JLR Network: The Blue Line.
Construction on Occupied Land
Danya Cebus has been involved in the construction of several real estate projects in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
In January 2020, the company’s fully owned subsidiary Cebus Rimon won a tender to supply and install prefabricated transformer rooms in the settlement of Modi’in Illit in the West Bank.
In 2019, Danya Cebus won a tender to carry out infrastructure and development works for the southern section of the American Road in East Jerusalem. The American Road is part of the eastern ring road, which connects the northern and southern parts of East Jerusalem. The project benefits Israeli settlers while cutting off Palestinian neighborhoods from one another.
The company also built a commercial complex for Rami Levy in the Atarot settlement Industrial Zone in occupied East Jerusalem. The complex takes up 23,000 square meters and includes a 3-story building with a supermarket, shops and parking areas.
The company built the Hebrew University's residential student dormitories, the "Students Village", in the settlement neighborhood of French Hill in occupied East Jerusalem. The project was carried out in partnership with the Minrav Group. The residential complex includes 9 buildings spanning 40,000 square meters and can accommodate 1,600 students. The project also included infrastructure works and road development.
The company’s fully owned subsidiary Cebus Rimon was involved in the construction of the Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (A1), which crosses into the occupied West Bank in two sections. For more on the A1 Train, see Who Profits’ Update Crossing the Line.
In previous years, the Group was involved in the construction of housing units in the settlement neighborhoods of Har Homa and Gilo in East Jerusalem, in the "Green Park" neighborhood in the settlement of Modi'in Illit, and the "Nofei Hasela" neighborhood in the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank.
Exploitation of Occupied Resources
In 2022, Danya Cebus along with Electra won a NIS 600 million tender by Mekorot Water Company for planning and drilling of around 70 water wells. the company is carrying out the planning and execution of 36 water well drilling and installation of pumping stations including in the occupied West Bank and the Syrian Golan expected to last 4 and a half years.
In August 2025, the company received additional 12 water well drillings from Mekorot, estimated at NIS 150 million.
For more on the extraction of occupied Palestinian and Syrian water resources and Mekorot’s involvement in the Israeli occupation see Who Profits’ report Dried Up: Mekorot’s Involvement in the Israeli Occupation.
Exploitation of Occupied Water Resources
Danya Group’s Metsada conducts geophysical testing of water wells in the occupied West Bank for the Israel Water Authority.
In September 2024, Danya Cebus was contracted by the Israel Water Authority, with an exemption from tender, for the monitoring of observation wells for 2025 as the sole supplier for NIS 700,000. The project includes monitoring, water sampling, and pumping in the Mountain Aquifer, which is the main groundwater basin in the West Bank.
The project in the Mountain Aquifer has been carried out by Metsada team since 2005 through a contract with Danya Cebus' parent company, Lapidoth Capital.
Metsada also provides services to international companies drilling gas and oil wells offshore Israel in the Mediterranean.
In September 2024, Danya Cebus was contracted by the Israeli Water Authority, with an exemption from tender, for the monitoring of observation wells for 2025 as the sole supplier for NIS 700,000:
The observation well monitoring project includes monitoring in the mountain aquifer and the coastal aquifer, including water sampling, television photography, and pumpings for water sampling and cleaning of wells.
The project in the Mountain Aquifer has been carried out since 2005 through a contract with the Metsada team of the Lapidot company.
The Metsada team performs geophysical tests on oil, water, research and observation wells drilled, including in the occupied West Bank. In addition, international companies drilling gas and oil wells in the sea off the coast of Israel use the services of the Metsada team.
The Mountain Aquifer is the main groundwater basin in the West Bank, extending across both sides of the Green Line.
Services for the Israeli Ministry of Defense
Gaza Barrier
In 2017, Danya Cebus won three tenders worth NIS 770 million for the construction of a wall as part of the Israeli barrier surrounding the besieged Gaza. The tender included the construction of three sections of a 16.8 kilometer long wall using the hydro-mill method for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
As part of the works, the company’s subsidiary Geo Danya Ltd. carried out drilling to a depth of tens of meters with special machines. In October 2019, the company's employees attacked protesters who demonstrated near the work site near the border with Gaza.
Israeli Military ICT Campus (Kiryat HaTikshuv)
Danay Cebus carried out construction works for the Israeli military Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Campus in the Naqab.
The company carried out the construction of the Israeli military ICT Campus together with Shikun & Binui under a 2018 tender. The works included the construction of all-purpose buildings on 173,000 square meters for the military's technology units, including the ICT Corps’ technology unit, the Air Force’s technology unit and the Southern Command headquarters. The project was part of the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s "Relocation to the South" project, which includes the relocation of Israeli military units to the Naqab region. In April 2023, Danya Cebus sold its shares in the construction contractor to Shikun & Binui for NIS 7.5 million plus VAT.
Camp Ariel Sharon Military Base
Between 2013 and 2016, Danya Cebus carried out construction work in Camp Ariel Sharon, also known as the “City of Training Bases” (Ir HaBahadim in Hebrew). The campus is a complex of military bases stretched on 250,000 square meters located in the Naqab region. The company constructed 12 training buildings of 3.5 floors, in a total area of approximately 74,000 square meters.
For more on development and military projects in the Naqab, see Who Profits interactive map Tools of Dispossession in the Naqab: Development & Military Projects.
Collaborations with the Military
In November 2025, the company launched the "Building a Future for Combatants" program in collaboration with the Israeli military's 7186th Military Engineering Unit of the Technology and Logistics Division. The program offers professional training in the field of civil engineering for combatants and military engineering operators, provided by company employees and the unit's reservists.
Services for the Israeli Police
Danya Cebus constructed the Isreali Police’s Tel Aviv District Police Headquarters office building.
A publicly traded Israeli construction company. Danya Cebus Group is one of the largest Israeli construction and infrastructure companies. The company specializes in executing large and complex infrastructure projects that include paving roads, building railway infrastructure, bridges, parking lots, tunnel mining and developing associated infrastructure.
The Group is involved in the construction of housing and transportation projects in settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. In addition, the company provides construction services for military projects for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
The Jerusalem Light Rail
Danya Cebus is the establisher and operator of the Blue Line of the Jerusalem Light Rail.
The company holds 50% of the Blue Line project concessionaire and 75% of the project construction contractor.
The Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) network is a large-scale Israeli transport infrastructure project connecting large settlement blocks in occupied East Jerusalem to the center of the city and its western side and is contingent on the expropriation of Palestinian land and the further territorial fragmentation of the city’s Palestinian neighborhoods.
In September 2023, the company’s consortium, JTrain, was awarded the tender for the financing, planning, construction, maintenance and operation of the JLR’s third light rail line for a period of 25 years. The JTrain consortium was established for the benefit of the project and is jointly owned by Danya Cebus and Dan Public Transportation Company. In July 2025, the JTrain consortium received approval to start construction work.
The JLR Blue Line is to be the third and longest main axis of the JLR network. The line route stretches for 31 km connecting the settlement neighborhood of Ramot in the north to the settlement neighborhood of Gilo in the south, passing through the city center, with 53 stations, of which 17 are located in settlement neighborhoods of Ramat Eshkol, Ramot, Gilo and Givat Hamatos in occupied East Jerusalem. As part of the project, estimated at NIS 9 billion, the company will establish, operate, and maintain the Blue Line, including constructing a train depot complex, an elevated and underground track section, and the construction of 3 underground stations.
The project is financed by a consortium led by Bank Leumi.
For more on the Jerusalem Light Rail Blue Line, see Who Profits’ Update: Developments in the Expansion of the JLR Network: The Blue Line.
Construction on Occupied Land
Danya Cebus has been involved in the construction of several real estate projects in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
In January 2020, the company’s fully owned subsidiary Cebus Rimon won a tender to supply and install prefabricated transformer rooms in the settlement of Modi’in Illit in the West Bank.
In 2019, Danya Cebus won a tender to carry out infrastructure and development works for the southern section of the American Road in East Jerusalem. The American Road is part of the eastern ring road, which connects the northern and southern parts of East Jerusalem. The project benefits Israeli settlers while cutting off Palestinian neighborhoods from one another.
The company also built a commercial complex for Rami Levy in the Atarot settlement Industrial Zone in occupied East Jerusalem. The complex takes up 23,000 square meters and includes a 3-story building with a supermarket, shops and parking areas.
The company built the Hebrew University's residential student dormitories, the "Students Village", in the settlement neighborhood of French Hill in occupied East Jerusalem. The project was carried out in partnership with the Minrav Group. The residential complex includes 9 buildings spanning 40,000 square meters and can accommodate 1,600 students. The project also included infrastructure works and road development.
The company’s fully owned subsidiary Cebus Rimon was involved in the construction of the Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (A1), which crosses into the occupied West Bank in two sections. For more on the A1 Train, see Who Profits’ Update Crossing the Line.
In previous years, the Group was involved in the construction of housing units in the settlement neighborhoods of Har Homa and Gilo in East Jerusalem, in the "Green Park" neighborhood in the settlement of Modi'in Illit, and the "Nofei Hasela" neighborhood in the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank.
Exploitation of Occupied Resources
In 2022, Danya Cebus along with Electra won a NIS 600 million tender by Mekorot Water Company for planning and drilling of around 70 water wells. the company is carrying out the planning and execution of 36 water well drilling and installation of pumping stations including in the occupied West Bank and the Syrian Golan expected to last 4 and a half years.
In August 2025, the company received additional 12 water well drillings from Mekorot, estimated at NIS 150 million.
For more on the extraction of occupied Palestinian and Syrian water resources and Mekorot’s involvement in the Israeli occupation see Who Profits’ report Dried Up: Mekorot’s Involvement in the Israeli Occupation.
Exploitation of Occupied Water Resources
Danya Group’s Metsada conducts geophysical testing of water wells in the occupied West Bank for the Israel Water Authority.
In September 2024, Danya Cebus was contracted by the Israel Water Authority, with an exemption from tender, for the monitoring of observation wells for 2025 as the sole supplier for NIS 700,000. The project includes monitoring, water sampling, and pumping in the Mountain Aquifer, which is the main groundwater basin in the West Bank.
The project in the Mountain Aquifer has been carried out by Metsada team since 2005 through a contract with Danya Cebus' parent company, Lapidoth Capital.
Metsada also provides services to international companies drilling gas and oil wells offshore Israel in the Mediterranean.
In September 2024, Danya Cebus was contracted by the Israeli Water Authority, with an exemption from tender, for the monitoring of observation wells for 2025 as the sole supplier for NIS 700,000:
The observation well monitoring project includes monitoring in the mountain aquifer and the coastal aquifer, including water sampling, television photography, and pumpings for water sampling and cleaning of wells.
The project in the Mountain Aquifer has been carried out since 2005 through a contract with the Metsada team of the Lapidot company.
The Metsada team performs geophysical tests on oil, water, research and observation wells drilled, including in the occupied West Bank. In addition, international companies drilling gas and oil wells in the sea off the coast of Israel use the services of the Metsada team.
The Mountain Aquifer is the main groundwater basin in the West Bank, extending across both sides of the Green Line.
Services for the Israeli Ministry of Defense
Gaza Barrier
In 2017, Danya Cebus won three tenders worth NIS 770 million for the construction of a wall as part of the Israeli barrier surrounding the besieged Gaza. The tender included the construction of three sections of a 16.8 kilometer long wall using the hydro-mill method for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
As part of the works, the company’s subsidiary Geo Danya Ltd. carried out drilling to a depth of tens of meters with special machines. In October 2019, the company's employees attacked protesters who demonstrated near the work site near the border with Gaza.
Israeli Military ICT Campus (Kiryat HaTikshuv)
Danay Cebus carried out construction works for the Israeli military Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Campus in the Naqab.
The company carried out the construction of the Israeli military ICT Campus together with Shikun & Binui under a 2018 tender. The works included the construction of all-purpose buildings on 173,000 square meters for the military's technology units, including the ICT Corps’ technology unit, the Air Force’s technology unit and the Southern Command headquarters. The project was part of the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s "Relocation to the South" project, which includes the relocation of Israeli military units to the Naqab region. In April 2023, Danya Cebus sold its shares in the construction contractor to Shikun & Binui for NIS 7.5 million plus VAT.
Camp Ariel Sharon Military Base
Between 2013 and 2016, Danya Cebus carried out construction work in Camp Ariel Sharon, also known as the “City of Training Bases” (Ir HaBahadim in Hebrew). The campus is a complex of military bases stretched on 250,000 square meters located in the Naqab region. The company constructed 12 training buildings of 3.5 floors, in a total area of approximately 74,000 square meters.
For more on development and military projects in the Naqab, see Who Profits interactive map Tools of Dispossession in the Naqab: Development & Military Projects.
Collaborations with the Military
In November 2025, the company launched the "Building a Future for Combatants" program in collaboration with the Israeli military's 7186th Military Engineering Unit of the Technology and Logistics Division. The program offers professional training in the field of civil engineering for combatants and military engineering operators, provided by company employees and the unit's reservists.
Services for the Israeli Police
Danya Cebus constructed the Isreali Police’s Tel Aviv District Police Headquarters office building.
Danya Cebus
דניה סיבוס בע"מ
1 Yoni Netanyahu St., Or Yehuda 603760 Israel. Tel.: +972-3-5383838
A publicly traded Israeli construction company. Danya Cebus Group is one of the largest Israeli construction and infrastructure companies. The company specializes in executing large and complex infrastructure projects that include paving roads, building railway infrastructure, bridges, parking lots, tunnel mining and developing associated infrastructure.
The Group is involved in the construction of housing and transportation projects in settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. In addition, the company provides construction services for military projects for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
The Jerusalem Light Rail
Danya Cebus is the establisher and operator of the Blue Line of the Jerusalem Light Rail.
The company holds 50% of the Blue Line project concessionaire and 75% of the project construction contractor.
The Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) network is a large-scale Israeli transport infrastructure project connecting large settlement blocks in occupied East Jerusalem to the center of the city and its western side and is contingent on the expropriation of Palestinian land and the further territorial fragmentation of the city’s Palestinian neighborhoods.
In September 2023, the company’s consortium, JTrain, was awarded the tender for the financing, planning, construction, maintenance and operation of the JLR’s third light rail line for a period of 25 years. The JTrain consortium was established for the benefit of the project and is jointly owned by Danya Cebus and Dan Public Transportation Company. In July 2025, the JTrain consortium received approval to start construction work.
The JLR Blue Line is to be the third and longest main axis of the JLR network. The line route stretches for 31 km connecting the settlement neighborhood of Ramot in the north to the settlement neighborhood of Gilo in the south, passing through the city center, with 53 stations, of which 17 are located in settlement neighborhoods of Ramat Eshkol, Ramot, Gilo and Givat Hamatos in occupied East Jerusalem. As part of the project, estimated at NIS 9 billion, the company will establish, operate, and maintain the Blue Line, including constructing a train depot complex, an elevated and underground track section, and the construction of 3 underground stations.
The project is financed by a consortium led by Bank Leumi.
For more on the Jerusalem Light Rail Blue Line, see Who Profits’ Update: Developments in the Expansion of the JLR Network: The Blue Line.
Construction on Occupied Land
Danya Cebus has been involved in the construction of several real estate projects in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
In January 2020, the company’s fully owned subsidiary Cebus Rimon won a tender to supply and install prefabricated transformer rooms in the settlement of Modi’in Illit in the West Bank.
In 2019, Danya Cebus won a tender to carry out infrastructure and development works for the southern section of the American Road in East Jerusalem. The American Road is part of the eastern ring road, which connects the northern and southern parts of East Jerusalem. The project benefits Israeli settlers while cutting off Palestinian neighborhoods from one another.
The company also built a commercial complex for Rami Levy in the Atarot settlement Industrial Zone in occupied East Jerusalem. The complex takes up 23,000 square meters and includes a 3-story building with a supermarket, shops and parking areas.
The company built the Hebrew University's residential student dormitories, the "Students Village", in the settlement neighborhood of French Hill in occupied East Jerusalem. The project was carried out in partnership with the Minrav Group. The residential complex includes 9 buildings spanning 40,000 square meters and can accommodate 1,600 students. The project also included infrastructure works and road development.
The company’s fully owned subsidiary Cebus Rimon was involved in the construction of the Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (A1), which crosses into the occupied West Bank in two sections. For more on the A1 Train, see Who Profits’ Update Crossing the Line.
In previous years, the Group was involved in the construction of housing units in the settlement neighborhoods of Har Homa and Gilo in East Jerusalem, in the "Green Park" neighborhood in the settlement of Modi'in Illit, and the "Nofei Hasela" neighborhood in the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank.
Exploitation of Occupied Resources
In 2022, Danya Cebus along with Electra won a NIS 600 million tender by Mekorot Water Company for planning and drilling of around 70 water wells. the company is carrying out the planning and execution of 36 water well drilling and installation of pumping stations including in the occupied West Bank and the Syrian Golan expected to last 4 and a half years.
In August 2025, the company received additional 12 water well drillings from Mekorot, estimated at NIS 150 million.
For more on the extraction of occupied Palestinian and Syrian water resources and Mekorot’s involvement in the Israeli occupation see Who Profits’ report Dried Up: Mekorot’s Involvement in the Israeli Occupation.
Exploitation of Occupied Water Resources
Danya Group’s Metsada conducts geophysical testing of water wells in the occupied West Bank for the Israel Water Authority.
In September 2024, Danya Cebus was contracted by the Israel Water Authority, with an exemption from tender, for the monitoring of observation wells for 2025 as the sole supplier for NIS 700,000. The project includes monitoring, water sampling, and pumping in the Mountain Aquifer, which is the main groundwater basin in the West Bank.
The project in the Mountain Aquifer has been carried out by Metsada team since 2005 through a contract with Danya Cebus' parent company, Lapidoth Capital.
Metsada also provides services to international companies drilling gas and oil wells offshore Israel in the Mediterranean.
In September 2024, Danya Cebus was contracted by the Israeli Water Authority, with an exemption from tender, for the monitoring of observation wells for 2025 as the sole supplier for NIS 700,000:
The observation well monitoring project includes monitoring in the mountain aquifer and the coastal aquifer, including water sampling, television photography, and pumpings for water sampling and cleaning of wells.
The project in the Mountain Aquifer has been carried out since 2005 through a contract with the Metsada team of the Lapidot company.
The Metsada team performs geophysical tests on oil, water, research and observation wells drilled, including in the occupied West Bank. In addition, international companies drilling gas and oil wells in the sea off the coast of Israel use the services of the Metsada team.
The Mountain Aquifer is the main groundwater basin in the West Bank, extending across both sides of the Green Line.
Services for the Israeli Ministry of Defense
Gaza Barrier
In 2017, Danya Cebus won three tenders worth NIS 770 million for the construction of a wall as part of the Israeli barrier surrounding the besieged Gaza. The tender included the construction of three sections of a 16.8 kilometer long wall using the hydro-mill method for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
As part of the works, the company’s subsidiary Geo Danya Ltd. carried out drilling to a depth of tens of meters with special machines. In October 2019, the company's employees attacked protesters who demonstrated near the work site near the border with Gaza.
Israeli Military ICT Campus (Kiryat HaTikshuv)
Danay Cebus carried out construction works for the Israeli military Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Campus in the Naqab.
The company carried out the construction of the Israeli military ICT Campus together with Shikun & Binui under a 2018 tender. The works included the construction of all-purpose buildings on 173,000 square meters for the military's technology units, including the ICT Corps’ technology unit, the Air Force’s technology unit and the Southern Command headquarters. The project was part of the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s "Relocation to the South" project, which includes the relocation of Israeli military units to the Naqab region. In April 2023, Danya Cebus sold its shares in the construction contractor to Shikun & Binui for NIS 7.5 million plus VAT.
Camp Ariel Sharon Military Base
Between 2013 and 2016, Danya Cebus carried out construction work in Camp Ariel Sharon, also known as the “City of Training Bases” (Ir HaBahadim in Hebrew). The campus is a complex of military bases stretched on 250,000 square meters located in the Naqab region. The company constructed 12 training buildings of 3.5 floors, in a total area of approximately 74,000 square meters.
For more on development and military projects in the Naqab, see Who Profits interactive map Tools of Dispossession in the Naqab: Development & Military Projects.
Collaborations with the Military
In November 2025, the company launched the "Building a Future for Combatants" program in collaboration with the Israeli military's 7186th Military Engineering Unit of the Technology and Logistics Division. The program offers professional training in the field of civil engineering for combatants and military engineering operators, provided by company employees and the unit's reservists.
Services for the Israeli Police
Danya Cebus constructed the Isreali Police’s Tel Aviv District Police Headquarters office building.
Ownership
The company is publicly traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol: DNYA.
The company is owned by Lapidoth Capital (TASE: LAPD) (61.05%) through its holdings in Africa Israel Investments Ltd.
additional shareholders include Migdal Insurance and Financial Holdings Ltd. (12.21%), Phoenix Financial (7.34%).
Chairman of the Board: Jacob Luxenburg.
CEO: Ronen Ginsburg.
Subsidiaries
The company is owned by Lapidoth Capital (TASE: LAPD) (61.05%) through its holdings in Africa Israel Investments Ltd.
additional shareholders include Migdal Insurance and Financial Holdings Ltd. (12.21%), Phoenix Financial (7.34%).
Chairman of the Board: Jacob Luxenburg.
CEO: Ronen Ginsburg.
Partners
Luzon Group, Newpun, Dan Public Transportation, Leumi Bank, Rami Levy , Minrav Group
* This section refers to the company's general business partners