Since October 2023, the war waged by Israel in Gaza has resulted in over 50,000 deaths according to Palestinian health authorities. Behind this humanitarian catastrophe, dozens of multinational corporations continue to supply weapons, technologies, funding, and infrastructure to the Israeli state. In July 2025, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese published a groundbreaking report: 48 distinct companies identified as complicit in the system of occupation, apartheid, and genocide. Here's what the reports, NGOs, and institutional sources say.
This article is factual and documented. It relies on official reports from the UN, Amnesty International, the Who Profits collective, and the Association France Palestine Solidarité (AFPS). It does not constitute a call for boycott, but rather an assessment of the documented economic ties between these companies and the Israeli state.
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Summary table: companies linked to Israel
The BDS movement and several institutional reports (UN, Amnesty International, AFPS) document the links between these companies and the Israeli state, categorized here by sector of activity.
| Company | Sector | Documented nature of the link |
|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin | Armaments | Supplier of F-35s used in Gaza |
| Boeing | Armaments | Supplier of GBU-39 bombs and missiles |
| RTX (Raytheon) | Armaments | $5.5 billion in Middle East sales since Oct. 2023 |
| General Dynamics | Armaments | 155 mm artillery ammunition used in Gaza |
| Leonardo (Italy) | Armaments | Helicopters, drones, radars delivered to Israel in 2024-2025 |
| Maersk (Denmark) | Armaments | Transport of F-35 parts to Israel |
| Elbit Systems | Armaments | Main Israeli arms manufacturer, drones and surveillance |
| Thales | Armaments | Essential components for Israeli military industry (Disclose) |
| Safran | Armaments | Military components via subcontracting networks (Disclose) |
| Google / Amazon | Military Technology | Project Nimbus: $1.2 billion cloud contract with Israeli army |
| Microsoft | Military Technology | Azure: military use multiplied by 64 since Oct. 2023 |
| HP | Military Technology | Biometric technology for Israeli checkpoints and prisons |
| Dell Technologies | Military Technology | Main server provider for the Israeli Ministry of Defense |
| Motorola Solutions | Military Technology | Sole provider of Israeli military 4G network |
| BNP Paribas & FR banks | Finance | €13.2 billion in loans to Israeli arms suppliers |
| AXA | Finance | Investments in Elbit Systems and Israeli colonial banks |
| Carrefour | Retail | Sales in settlements, packages for Israeli soldiers |
| Airbnb / Booking / Expedia | Retail | Undisclosed accommodations in illegal settlements |
| Coca-Cola | Retail | Distribution center in Atarot settlement, wines from settlements |
| McDonald's | Retail | Israeli franchisee offered thousands of free meals to soldiers in Gaza |
| SodaStream | Retail | Historical production in illegal West Bank settlements |
| L'Oréal | Industry & Cosmetics | Industrial facilities in occupied West Bank for 30 years |
| Yves Rocher | Industry & Cosmetics | Sabon subsidiary offers packages to Israeli soldiers |
| Optical Center | Industry & Cosmetics | Store in Ariel settlement, donations to Israeli soldiers |
| Teva | Industry & Pharma | Israeli pharmaceutical multinational, profits from captive Palestinian market |
| SFR / Altice | Media & Telecom | Owner funds infrastructure for Israeli army |
Sources: BDS Movement, OHCHR report July 2025, AFPS, Amnesty International, Who Profits.
The shocking UN report: 48 companies in the crosshairs
In July 2025, Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, presented a report to the Human Rights Council titled "Forever Occupation, Genocide and Profit." Her conclusion is clear: "For some, genocide is profitable."
The report identifies 48 distinct companies — as well as their subsidiaries, franchisees, and partners — involved in various sectors: arms manufacturers, tech giants, construction companies, energy players, and even tourism platforms. According to the OHCHR, since October 2023, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has surged by 213% in dollars, accumulating $225.7 billion in market gains. "Companies are deeply involved in the system of occupation, apartheid, and genocide," Albanese declared. The International Court of Justice had already, in January 2024, concluded that there was a "real and imminent risk" of genocide in Gaza.
The arms industry: companies that supply weapons
According to Amnesty International, which published a report in September 2025 titled "Ending the political economy that enables Israel's crimes," 15 companies have been identified as directly participating in what it calls "the death trade." Among them are American defense giants. Israel's military spending between 2023 and 2024 jumped by 65%, reaching $46.5 billion — one of the highest per capita levels in the world.
Lockheed Martin is the main supplier of F-35 fighter jets used by the Israeli army. Israel was the first country to use these aircraft in 2025 during bombings on Gaza. Lockheed Martin's missiles and fire control segment saw its sales increase by 13% in 2024, to $12.68 billion. RTX (formerly Raytheon) recorded $5.5 billion in sales to the Middle East since October 2023, according to filings with the US SEC. General Dynamics, the fifth-largest arms manufacturer globally, supplies 155 mm caliber artillery ammunition massively used in the Gaza bombings. According to the Gaza Media Office, over 100,000 tons of explosives had been dropped on the enclave by May 2025 — the equivalent of more than six Hiroshima bombs.
Boeing supplies GBU-39 precision bombs and missiles. Elbit Systems, the main publicly traded Israeli arms manufacturer, produces drones, surveillance systems, and guided munitions. The Israeli collective Who Profits lists it as one of the main beneficiaries of the war. Leonardo, the second-largest Italian military industrial group, shipped helicopters, naval guns, radars, drones, and military aircraft components to Israel in 2024 and 2025, according to Lutte Ouvrière. The Danish shipping company Maersk has been cited for its role in transporting F-35 parts to Israel. A 2024 US report itself concluded that it is "reasonable to assess" that American weapons have been used in circumstances "inconsistent" with Israel's obligations under international law.
Tech giants: artificial intelligence and mass surveillance
Albanese's report highlights what she calls a "live-streamed genocide," made possible by the technologies of American digital giants. Three companies are specifically named: Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), and Amazon.
Google and Amazon — Project Nimbus. In 2021, Google and Amazon jointly signed a $1.2 billion cloud contract with the Israeli government, dubbed "Project Nimbus." According to internal documents obtained by the Washington Post and The Intercept, Google directly collaborated with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) from October 2023, providing artificial intelligence tools including facial recognition and sentiment analysis — despite public statements claiming to only work with civilian ministries. Amazon Web Services (AWS), for its part, reportedly provided the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate with a dedicated server farm capable of indefinitely storing surveillance data collected on almost all Gaza residents, according to Agence Média Palestine. In March 2024, Google strengthened its ties with the Israeli Ministry of Defense by signing a new contract creating a "landing zone" in its cloud infrastructure for several military units. In April 2024, dozens of Google and Amazon employees were fired after protesting these contracts at their companies' headquarters.
Microsoft. The use of Microsoft Azure by the Israeli army increased by an average of 60% monthly during the first six months of the war, according to Agence Média Palestine. The use of Azure's machine learning tools multiplied by 64 compared to pre-war levels. In March 2024, the use of Microsoft and OpenAI technologies by Israeli forces was nearly 200 times higher than in the week before October 7, 2023. The amount of data stored on Microsoft's servers had doubled, reaching over 13 petabytes.
HP (Hewlett Packard) collaborates according to the AFPS with the Israeli prison system, checkpoints, and biometric cards used in the occupied territories. Motorola Solutions has been the sole provider of the Israeli army's 4G cellular network since 2023. Dell Technologies won the largest tender for servers from the Israeli Ministry of Defense in 2023, becoming the main provider of Israeli military IT infrastructure.
French companies involved
France is not left out. Several French companies are mentioned in NGO reports and investigative media.
Carrefour is the French company most targeted by boycott campaigns. The Association France Palestine Solidarité (AFPS) documents several forms of complicity: agreement with Israeli companies active in colonization, sale of Carrefour products in West Bank settlements, marketing of Israeli products in France, and distribution of packages to Israeli army soldiers. A divestment campaign is actively led by AFPS and its partners.
BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Banque Populaire, Caisse d'Épargne, and Société Générale are among the ten European financial institutions that have invested the most in companies linked to illegal Israeli settlements. According to AFPS, these five French banks have provided a total of 13.2 billion euros in loans to arms companies supplying the Israeli army. AXA invests in Israeli banks active in the settlements, as well as in Elbit Systems, the Israeli arms manufacturer. Thales and Safran, according to French investigative media Disclose, supply essential components to the Israeli military industry through subcontracting networks. SFR is part of the Altice group, whose Franco-Israeli owner finances the construction of infrastructure for the Israeli army. Yves Rocher owns the Israeli company Sabon, which offers packages to Israeli soldiers in Gaza, according to AFPS. L'Oréal has a strong presence in Israel for 30 years, with industrial facilities in the occupied West Bank.
Companies involved in the war in Gaza: sector by sector
Beyond armaments and technology, several economic sectors are concerned.
Construction and infrastructure: according to Albanese's report, construction companies have continued to provide the equipment that "turned Gaza into ruins" and prevented the reconstruction of Palestinian life. The Who Profits collective lists a wide range of companies involved in the management of prisons, checkpoints, and occupation infrastructure.
Energy: according to the report, international oil and gas companies fueled the Israeli blockade by continuing their activities in the region despite warnings from human rights organizations.
Digital and AI: apart from the three giants already mentioned, lesser-known companies are involved in providing facial recognition systems, mass surveillance, and data analysis used by the Israeli army in the occupied territories.
Retail and tourism: according to the AFPS report, platforms Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia, and Tripadvisor offer accommodation in illegal Israeli settlements without clearly indicating it to their users. FIDH also documented in 2024 that these platforms are among the companies receiving the most funding from European financial institutions despite their links to the settlements.
Coca-Cola is particularly targeted. According to research by the Who Profits collective, its exclusive franchisee in Israel, the Central Beverage Company, operates a regional distribution center and cold storage facilities in the industrial zone of the Israeli settlement of Atarot in the West Bank. Its subsidiary Tabor Winery produces wines from vineyards located on occupied land in the West Bank and the Syrian Golan. As the ICJ affirmed in July 2024 that all Israeli settlements built on occupied land are illegal, these activities are considered by the BDS movement as complicity in a war crime. Israeli soldiers have also been regularly photographed with Coca-Cola cans offered by pro-Israeli groups during the war in Gaza. SodaStream, a brand widely distributed in France and Europe, long produced its machines in illegal settlements in the West Bank before moving the factory under pressure from the BDS — while maintaining strong economic ties with Israel.
McDonald's is also among the most targeted brands. From the beginning of the war in Gaza, the brand's Israeli franchisee — which operates more than 225 restaurants in Israel — offered thousands of free meals and drinks to Israeli army soldiers, publicly promoting this gesture as a contribution to the "national effort." The American parent company tried to distance itself, stating that franchisees operate independently — before acquiring all 225 Israeli restaurants in April 2024, thus taking direct control of its operations on the ground. The BDS movement officially included McDonald's in its boycott targets, alongside Burger King and Pizza Hut, after their local franchisees publicly supported the Israeli army. According to McDonald's CEO himself, the boycott campaigns had a "significant business impact" on several markets in the Middle East and beyond.
The international boycott movement
In light of these observations, the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement — launched in 2005 by 172 Palestinian civil society organizations — calls for international economic pressure on Israel until international law is respected. Its three objectives are: an end to the occupation and colonization, equal rights for Palestinians in Israel, and the implementation of the right of return for Palestinian refugees.
The movement has seen a spectacular acceleration since October 2023. American universities (Columbia, Harvard, MIT), Scandinavian pension funds, British and Australian trade unions, and dozens of cities worldwide have adopted divestment resolutions targeting companies mentioned in UN and Amnesty International reports. In France, several local authorities have voted motions supporting BDS, despite attempts to criminalize the movement — which the Constitutional Council rejected.
The Puma case illustrates the effectiveness of these campaigns: for five years, more than 200 Palestinian sports clubs called for a boycott of the German brand due to its partnership with the Israeli Football Association, which included teams located in illegal settlements. In 2022, under international pressure, Puma ended this contract — a historic victory for the BDS movement.
In parallel, the Free Palestine movement has taken on a global dimension since 2023, with mobilizations in dozens of countries. Public figures, universities, trade unions, and pension funds have begun to divest from companies linked to the Israeli state. To understand which states have taken a diplomatic stance, consult our article on countries that support Palestine.
Rima Hassan, a Franco-Palestinian MEP, has brought several initiatives to the European Parliament to compel European companies to comply with the opinions of the International Court of Justice. In particular, she called for the suspension of trade agreements between the European Union and Israel as long as violations of international law continue. Discover who Rima Hassan is and her struggle within European institutions.
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Your frequently asked questions about companies and Israel
Which companies are cited in the UN report on the genocide in Gaza?
In July 2025, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese identified 48 companies in her report "Forever Occupation, Genocide and Profit," including Microsoft, Google (Alphabet), Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and RTX. These companies are cited for their involvement in armament, military technology, and Israeli occupation infrastructure.
Which French companies are involved in Israeli settlements?
According to the Association France Palestine Solidarité (AFPS), the main French companies concerned are Carrefour, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, AXA, SFR, Yves Rocher, and L'Oréal. French banks reportedly granted a total of 13.2 billion euros in loans to Israeli arms suppliers, according to AFPS.
What is the BDS movement and how does it work?
BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) is an international economic pressure movement launched in 2005 by 172 Palestinian organizations. It calls for boycotting Israeli products and companies complicit in the occupation, divesting from companies linked to the Israeli state, and demanding international sanctions until Israel respects international law.
Are tech giants like Google and Amazon involved in the war in Gaza?
Yes, according to the UN's Albanese report (July 2025) and internal documents revealed by the Washington Post. Project Nimbus — a $1.2 billion cloud contract between the Israeli government, Google, and Amazon — powered Israeli military artificial intelligence systems. The Israeli army's use of Microsoft Azure increased by an average of 60% monthly during the first six months of the war.