This category of involvement encompasses corporate involvement in Israel’s brutal, restrictive and increasingly institutionalized systems of control over Palestinian and Syrian communities.
Since its 1967 occupation of Palestinian and Syrian land, Israel developed an intricate system of oppression combining military force, technology, infrastructure and regulations to exert control over Palestinian and Syrian populations and further entrench control over land and resources. Populations living under Israel’s military rule are denied basic civil liberties and subject to arbitrary repressive violence by the Israeli military, police force and private security personnel.
In the occupied West Bank, around two and a half million Palestinians live within a complex mosaic of areas carved through the 1993 Oslo Accords. Under the Accords the West Bank was divided into three administrative areas (A, B, and C). Area A makes up 17% of the West Bank and is nominally under full Palestinian control. Area B, 22% of the West Bank, is under the full administrative control of the Palestinian Authority but under the military control of Israel. Area C, which comprises 61% of the West Bank, is under the full control of Israel through the Civil (Military) Administration in the West Bank.
These areas are separated and surrounded by a system of roadblocks, fences, walls and barriers, terminals and checkpoints, as well as Israeli settlements and roads designated for the exclusive use of Israelis. The movement of Palestinians between roadblocks and the separate areas is controlled by an elaborate permits regime. Further, Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza require special permits to enter into areas annexed to Jerusalem and Jerusalem itself. Permits are allocated by the Israeli authorities according to secret security and economic considerations. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are blacklisted and cannot pass any checkpoints, including for travel inside their own enclave to the next town or to the surrounding area.
In the Gaza Strip, around two million people have been living under an Israeli imposed land, air, and sea siege since 2007. Movement of people, goods and services in or out of Gaza is almost completely blocked; on-going military attacks cause mounting casualties and infrastructure destruction. The United Nations declared that Gaza will be an ‘unlivable’ place by 2020 if the siege continues.
This control of population and arbitrary movement restrictions separates families, severely limit the Palestinians' access to health care, education and employment, and hinders Palestinian economic development.
Israel also utilizes its force and technology to survey and intimidate populations, as well as to quell any form of political activity and resistance, including the routine and officially sanctioned use of live fire on civilian demonstrators. Israeli military and police forces routinely raid homes looking to intimidate, arrest or assassinate activists and militants on both sides of the Green Line.
Collective punishments in the form of military assaults, house demolitions, curfews, closures and mass arrests are common. Presently, there are around 7,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli incarceration centers. Hundreds are held under “administrative detention”, i.e., without having been charged, tried or sentenced.
Who Profits has identified three sub-categories of corporate involvement in Israel’s Population Control: Private Security and Surveillance Technology, which refers to corporate involvement in Israel’s growing Private Security and Surveillance Technology industries; The Wall and Checkpoints, which refers to Israel’s intricate mechanisms of control, physical segregation and restrictions on movement of Palestinians in the oPt; and, Specialized Equipment and Services, which refers to corporate involvement in the provision of services and equipment it the Israeli military and security apparatus.
This sub-category of involvement refers to Israeli and international corporations who provide services and equipment to the Israeli... Read More
- Ackerstein Industries
- Actuonix Motion Devices
- Aeronautics
- Afcon Holdings
- AM General
- Ashtrom Group
- Atlas Copco
- B.G. Ilanit Gates and Urban Elements
- Baran Group
- Beit Alpha Technologies (B.A.T)
- Benny & Tzvika
- Bladeworx
- BlueBird Aero Systems
- Bnei Eli Etkes Surveying and Engineering Instruments Ltd
- C. Mer Group
- Caterpillar Inc.
- CEIA Costruzioni Elettroniche Industriali Automatismi
- CETCO Mineral Technology Group
- Chemonics International
- Chim Nir
- Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Limited
- CNH Industrial
- Colmobil Corporation
- Combined Systems (CSI)
- Comodan Far East
- Contact International (Kalia Israel Ammunition Co.)
- Controp Precision Technologies
- CTI- Computech International
- DefenSoft
- Dell Technologies
- DJI - DaJiang Innovation Technology Company
- Doosan Corporation
- DXC Technology
- E.T. Legal Services
- Efco Equipment
- El Go Team
- El-Far Electronics Systems
- Elbit Systems
- Eltal Technologistics
- ENI Advanced Security Solutions
- Falcon (WF) Technologies
- Fassi
- Ford Motor Company
- Formula Systems
- G1 Secure Solutions (formerly G4S Israel)
- Garrett Metal Detectors
- General Electric
- General Motors Company
- Geoda
- Gilat Satellite Networks
- Ha'argaz Technopach Metal Industries
- Hai Dolev Holdings Ltd.
- Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
- Hidromek
- Hitachi
- HOS Technology R&D
- Hot Mobile (formerly: Mirs Communications)
- Hyundai Heavy Industries
- I.R.P.C. Rubber Products Co.
- IBM
- Ispra - Israel Product Research
- JCB (J. C. Bamford Excavators)
- L-3 Communications
- Land Rover
- Lesico
- Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD)
- M.R. Hunter
- Maavarim Civil Engineering
- Magal Security Systems
- Magna B.S.P
- Malam Team
- Matrix IT
- Mayer's Cars and Trucks
- MDT Armor
- MDT Protective Industries
- Menorah Mivtahim Holdings
- Meprolight
- Merkavim Transportation Technologies
- Microsoft
- Mifram Group
- Migdal Insurance and Financial Holdings
- Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
- Motorola Solutions
- mPrest Systems
- N. Jan
- Naska Industries - SK Group
- Ness A.T
- Nextcom Group
- Nuctech
- Odortec
- One Software Technologies
- Orad Group
- OSI Systems
- Phoenicia America-Israel (Flat Glass)
- Polimil
- Rad-Bynet
- Rapiscan Systems
- Roboteam
- RT LTA Systems
- Schwing
- Shamrad Electronics
- Siemens
- Smart Shooter
- Stentofon Israel
- Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.
- Supergum Industries
- Sysnet Software
- Telrad Networks
- Teltone Electronics
- Terex Corporation
- The Phoenix Holdings
- Toyota Motor Corporation
- Union Motors
- Volvo Group (AB Volvo)
- Y. Zamberg Metal Products
- Yaaz Construction & Development
- Yechezkel Morad
- Yehuda Welded Mesh
- YSB - Ya'acobi Brothers Group
- Zalman Barashi
- Zoko Enterprises (Zoko Shiluvim)
This sub-category of involvement refers to Israeli and international commercial involvement in the planning, construction, operation and... Read More
- Ackerstein Industries
- Afcon Holdings
- AM General
- AnyVision Interactive Technologies
- Ashtrom Group
- Atlas Copco
- Avi Cranes
- B.G. Ilanit Gates and Urban Elements
- Barad Earth Development & Road Works
- Bardarian Brothers
- Bezeq - The Israeli Telecommunication Corporation
- Bomag
- C. Mer Group
- Caterpillar Inc.
- CEIA Costruzioni Elettroniche Industriali Automatismi
- Cemex
- Chemonics International
- Clal Industries
- CNH Industrial
- Comodan Far East
- Controp Precision Technologies
- D.N. Kol Gader
- DefenSoft
- Denya Cebus
- Doosan Corporation
- DXC Technology
- El Go Team
- El-Far Electronics Systems
- Elbit Systems
- Eli Yohanan Engineers
- Eltal Technologistics
- F.K. Generators and Equipment
- Falcon (WF) Technologies
- G1 Secure Solutions (formerly G4S Israel)
- Garrett Metal Detectors
- General Motors Company
- Gilat Satellite Networks
- Ha'argaz Technopach Metal Industries
- HaShomrim Guarding and Security Group Company (S.B. Shmira Ubitahon)
- Housing and Construction Holding Co. (Shikun & Binui Group)
- Isra Marin Manufacture of Structures 3000
- JCB (J. C. Bamford Excavators)
- K-9 Solutions
- KalRam Yacobowitz
- L-3 Communications
- Lesico
- Liebherr International
- Maavarim Civil Engineering
- Magal Security Systems
- Magna B.S.P
- Malam Team
- Manitou
- Mayer's Cars and Trucks
- Mifram Group
- Modi'in Ezrachi
- Motorola Solutions
- N. Jan
- Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises
- Ness A.T
- New Way Traffic
- Nuctech
- Olenik Transportation Earth Work and Road Constructions
- Olizki Infrastructure Ltd
- One Software Technologies
- Orad Group
- Orkal Industries and Mechanization
- OSI Systems
- P.L.H. Lighting Engineering
- Peretz Sela Civil Engineering
- Phoenicia America-Israel (Flat Glass)
- Polimil
- Ral Electric Holdings (formerly: Adir Electric Boards)
- Rapiscan Systems
- Readymix Industries Israel
- Reshef Security
- Shamrad Electronics
- Smart Shooter
- Taavura Holdings
- Tandu Technologies and Security Systems Ltd
- Tedem Civil Engineering
- Terex Corporation
- Volvo Group (AB Volvo)
- White Snow (Sheleg Lavan)
- Yechezkel Morad
- Yehuda Welded Mesh
- Zalman Barashi
- Zoko Enterprises (Zoko Shiluvim)
This sub-category of involvement refers to commercial involvement in Israel’s growing private security and surveillance technology... Read More
- Ackerstein Industries
- Afcon Holdings
- Altice International
- AnyVision Interactive Technologies
- Ben Security
- BriefCam
- C. Mer Group
- Caliber 3
- Cisco systems
- Elbit Systems
- Evron Systems Ltd.
- Galshan Marketing Human Resources Guarding & Security
- Geoda
- Group 5 Security (Tzevet 5)
- HaShomrim Guarding and Security Group Company (S.B. Shmira Ubitahon)
- Housing and Construction Holding Co. (Shikun & Binui Group)
- Human Safety Company for Accidents Investigation & Prevention
- IDS – Integrated Detection Systems
- Ispra - Israel Product Research
- K-9 Solutions
- Maavarim Civil Engineering
- Magalcom
- Magna B.S.P
- Mikud Guarding Security Services & Cleaning
- Modi'in Ezrachi
- Moked Matara
- Nof Yam Security
- Reshef Security
- Roboteam
- Shamrad Electronics
- Sony Corporation
- T&M Protection Resources Holdings Israel (T&M Israel)
- Tandu Technologies and Security Systems Ltd
- Top Sky Line Engineering Systems
- Tshuva Research
- Videotec
- White Snow (Sheleg Lavan)
- Yahav Oranit
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