A Grassroots Occupation Business Report & Guide to Advocacy

by Grassroots Jerusalem

August 22, 2013

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Table of Contents

An Introduction to the Settlement Industry in Jerusalem .............................. 2

A Summary in Maps and Figures.................................................................... 4

Settlement Business Profiles .......................................................................... 8 Alstom, France ........................................................................................................ 8 Caterpillar, United States ...................................................................................... 10 G4S, United Kingdom .............................................................................................14 REMAX, United States ............................................................................................ 17 Toyota, Japan .........................................................................................................19 Veolia, France ........................................................................................................ 21 Volvo, Sweden ....................................................................................................... 27 Cape Gate, Great Britain ........................................................................................ 29 Cemex, Mexico ...................................................................................................... 30 Tahal Group, the Netherlands and Israel ................................................................ 31 Metrontario Group, Canada .................................................................................. 32 General Mills, United States .................................................................................. 33

Conclusion .................................................................................................... 34

Appendix A: Additional Companies in Jerusalem Settlements ...................... 35 Industrial Production ............................................................................................ 35 Finance ................................................................................................................. 36 Infrastructure/Construction ................................................................................. 39 Retail ..................................................................................................................... 44 Transportation ...................................................................................................... 45 Security ................................................................................................................. 46

Appendix B: Direct Action Advocacy Guide ................................................... 47

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An Introduction to the Settlement Industry in Jerusalem In view of the continued policy of illegal settlement expansion throughout Palestinian Jerusalem, Grassroots Jerusalem is calling for a renewed look at the deliberate violation of international law and profiteering being pursued by numerous international businesses operating in Palestine. While the issue of settlement profiteering has been widely publicised in the West Bank, Jerusalem is often overlooked in this examination. Jerusalem is the largest Palestinian metropolitan city and the capital of Palestine. There are over 200,000 illegal settlers living in 11 settlements in the middle of Palestinian neighbourhoods and villages of Jerusalem.

In Palestinian neighbourhoods and villages, municipal planning priorities deny development and basic services such as waste management, proper drainage/sewage, and road upkeep. Throughout the decades of occupation since 1967, infrastructure, education, and economic development have been drastically limited in the Palestinian communities of Jerusalem. Since the 1967 occupation, no new master plans for Palestinian neighbourhoods have been created, causing an almost five-decade freeze in any development in Palestinian Jerusalem. Thousands of families have lost their homes to demolition and theft.

Meanwhile, during this period, large settlement neighbourhoods such as Gilo, Ramot, East Talpiot, Pisgat Ze’ev, Neve Ya’aqov, and Har Homa were prioritised for swift development on occupied lands. Development over the decades includes new infrastructure, roads and streets, schools, community centres, parks, swimming pools, and shopping centres. The economy in the settlements functions in line with the mainstream Israeli economy, and in fact, they are one and the same. Israeli and multinational corporations such as the Egged transportation bus company, together with the French Veolia public transportation, connect settler residents to the centre of town as regularly as any other neighbourhood. Additionally, the light rail train in Jerusalem, operated by the company Citypass, provides services to settlements. A UN Human Rights Council resolution was passed in 2010 condemning the operation of the light rail between West and East Jerusalem as a violation of international law and UN resolutions. Furthermore, investment in private security companies reaches multi-million shekel amounts for each of the settlement enclaves. This economic development focuses on benefiting settlements, usually to the detriment of Palestinian residents.

Currently, 75 per cent of Palestinians in Jerusalem live under the poverty line. The workforce in the suburbs is severed from the Central Business District of the largest Palestinian metropolitan area by an eight metre high wall. Over 5,000 businesses have shut down over the last decade. Gradual mass displacement in Jerusalem has been a bureaucratic method of ethnic cleansing since the 1948 occupation when over half the city’s Palestinian population was forced out of their homes. Today, over 200,000 settlers live on stolen Palestinian land in Jerusalem. Over the past five decades, the Israeli priority has been to develop Israeli neighbourhoods as much and as fast as possible. Billions of dollars are invested in settlement expansion and industry.

Grassroots Jerusalem is calling on the international community to take action against the businesses profiting off of settlement construction and expansion. The information enclosed in this package contains the tools needed to facilitate direct action against these businesses. Business profiles and templates for petitions are provided to assist citizens in petitioning their governments to take action against the illegal businesses based in their home countries and operating in settlements in Palestinian Jerusalem.

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A Summary in Maps and Figures

Countries hosting the headquarters of the largest multinational corporations involved in settlements in Palestinian Jerusalem

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Map of Jerusalem Settlements

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Settlement Business Profiles

Alstom

The French-based multinational corporation Alstom is among the world’s most important suppliers of high-speed transport infrastructure, maintenance equipment, and global rail systems. It operates projects worldwide and in 2012 achieved 19 billion Euros in revenue and a net profit of 744 million Euros.1 As such, it also involved in the Jerusalem light rail project. The company supplied the project with 46 trains. Although the corporation sold its stake in the Citypass consortium running the project, they continue to hold shares of EPC and Citadis Israel.2 At the end of March 2013 Alstom won their case in front of the French court of appeal, in which the company was charged with the breach of international law. Recently the company made headlines by facing allegations of bribery spanning several countries worldwide. According to the Financial Times, it has already faced investigations by US (most recently), UK, French and Swiss authorities regarding cases of bribery.3 Charges also came up in a number of other countries such as: South Africa,4 Sambia,5 Brazil,6 and Algeria.7 According to the Swiss corporate watchdog-organisation Public Eye: "The frequency of known cases is such that one wonders if this is a deliberate business strategy.”8 Alstom’s top five shareholders are Aperio Group LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates, United Financial INC, Indpeendent Portfolio Consultants INC, Sterling Capital Management LLC . Activities The Israel Light Rail project (ILR) aims to connect the settlements in East Jerusalem to the city centre. It therefore serves to cut off Palestinian Jerusalem from its natural connection with the rest of the West Bank and irreversibly annex occupied territory. As such it constitutes a breach of international law and possibly a war crime. The International Court of Justice has, in its 2004 Advisory opinion on the "Legal consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory", clearly stipulated that: "those settlements have been established in breach of international law9" Furthermore Israel’s settlement policy constitutes a breach of article 49 of the fourth Geneva convention which determines that: "The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.10" Contact Information: Alstom Group Headquarters 3, Avenue André Malraux 92309 Levallois-Perret Cedex France Phone: + 33 (0)1 41 49 20 00 Alstom Transport Headquarters 48, rue Albert Dhalenne 93482 Saint-Ouen FRANCE Phone: + 33 (0)1 57 06 90 00

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Alstom Power Headquarters Brown Boveri Strasse 7 CH-5401 Baden SWITZERLAND Phone: +41562057733 Alstom Grid Headquarters Immeuble Galilée, 51 Esplanade du Général de Gaulle Quartier Michelet - La Défense 10, 92907 La Défense Cedex, France Phone: + 33 (0)1 49 01 61 00 References 1 http://www.alstom.com/Global/Group/Resources/Documents/Investors%20document/FY11-

12%20Notes%20annexes%20version%20anglaise%20(03-05-12%2019h30)%20valeur.pdf 2 http://www.whoprofits.org/company/alstom 3 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a831498-a6d0-11e2-95b1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2adT3pE6W 4 http://www.iol.co.za/business/companies/alstom-and-prasa-reject-claims-of-tender-fraud-1.1547832 5 http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/07/01/world-bank-debars-china-energy-

conservation-environmental-protection-technology-investment-new-hope-talroad 6 http://www.dw.de/cartel-accusations-against-siemens-in-brazil/a-16960997 7 http://www.eurasiareview.com/25072013-critical-times-for-algeria-analysis/ 8 http://www.publiceye.ch/en/vote/alstom/ 9 http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?pr=71&code=mwp&p1=3&p2=4&p3=6 10http://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/xsp/.ibmmodres/domino/OpenAttachment/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/AE2

D398352C5B028C12563CD002D6B5C/FULLTEXT/ATTXSYRB.pdf

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Caterpillar

Caterpillar is a US-based company specializing in heavy building machinery. In 2012 the company had a revenue of 66 Billion Dollars and a net income of 8,6 Billion Dollars11. Activities House Demolitions Caterpillar equipment has been and is being used in house demolitions in Palestinian Jerusalem, as well as other places in the OPT. The Israeli company Zoko enterprises represents Caterpillar in Israel, it is also responsible for upgrading Caterpillar vehicles for military use (armouring them).12 Since the beginning of the occupation Israel has destroyed more than 18,000 Palestinian homes in the OPT.13 While some of these demolitions are punitive measures against the families of individuals involved in armed actions against Israel (and therefore constitute the crime of collective punishment14) or serve the purpose of "clearing territory" for military measures,15 in other cases and specifically so in Palestinian Jerusalem, house demolitions are employed against illegally built structures. The existence of the latter is mostly due to the fact that Israel pursues a discriminatory policy regarding the issuance of housing permits, which often leaves Palestinian families with no other possibility other than to build illegally.16 In more than a few cases houses were bulldozed with residents still inside or with indiscriminate destruction wreaked on local communities through bulldozing actions for alleged military purposes. A high-profile incident occurred during the "Operation Defensive Shield" operation of the Israeli army in Jenin in 2002.17 One of the drivers of a D9 bulldozer talked about his experiences afterwards:

"For three days I just erased and erased. The entire area. I took down any house from which there was shooting. To take it down, I would take down several more. The soldiers warned with a speaker, that the tenants must leave before I come in, but I did not give anyone a chance. I did not wait…. I would give a house the hardest push, so it would fall as fast as possible… Others may have been more restrained. Or they say the have. Don’t believe their stories… There were many people in the houses we started to destroy… I did not see a house fall on a live person. But if there was such a case, I don’t give a damn. I’m sure that people died in these houses, but it was hard to see, there were tons of dust and we worked a lot at night. I enjoyed seeing each house fall, because I knew that they don’t mind dying, but a house hurts them more… If something hurts me, it’s that we did not erase the entire camp.”18

Israel mainly uses Caterpillars D9 and D10 bulldozers for house demolitions.19 The company is well aware of the use of its products and the board of director repeatedly and unanimously came out against divestment from Israel when conscious shareholders raised the issue20.

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An Armoured D9 Bulldozer21 The Tel Aviv Jerusalem High Speed Train The Tel Aviv Jerusalem High Speed train project was originally conceived in 1996. It is supposed to connect the two cities via a bi-hourly train line, which will be running partly through occupied territory. Part of the train line will cross the Latrun Enclave close to the illegal settlement of Horon,22 as well as, intrude into the OPT north of Mevasseret Zion.

Planned Path of the Train Line

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Caterpillar construction equipment is used in building these parts of the train line.23

Contact Information: Headquarters 100 North East Adams St. Peoria, Illinois 61629 USA Tel: 1 (309) 675-1000 Website: www.cat.com Zoko Enterprises 8 Hamanor St. Holon 58101 Tel: 972-3-5571555 Website: www.zoko.co.il

References 11 http://www.caterpillar.com/cda/files/2674611/7/2012_Year_in_Review.pdf 12 http://www.whoprofits.org/company/caterpillar 13 http://ccrjustice.org/learn-more/faqs/factsheet%3A-home-demolitions-and-caterpillar 14 See article 33 of the 4th Geneva convention: http://www.icrc.org/ihl/COM/380-600038?OpenDocument 15 http://www.israelsoccupation.info/sites/default/files/Razing%20Rafah.pdf See also:

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE15/033/2004/en/2193fae2-d5f6-11dd-bb24-1fb85fe8fa05/mde150332004en.pdf

16 http://www.icahd.org/sites/default/files/Demolishing%20Homes%20Demolishing%20Peace_1.pdf 17 http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE15/143/2002/en/c4ef6642-d7bc-11dd-b4cd-

01eb52042454/mde151432002en.pdf 18 http://electronicintifada.net/content/i-made-them-stadium-middle-camp/4459 19

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http://www.caterpillar.com/cda/files/1470827/7/2005%20Annual%20Meeting%20Proxy%20Statement.pdf

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http://www.caterpillar.com/cda/files/1470827/7/2005%20Annual%20Meeting%20Proxy%20Statement.pdf; most recently 2013: http://www.caterpillar.com/cda/files/4394403/7/2013_notice%20&%20proxy%20(final%20color%20print%20version-front).PDF

21 http://www.army-technology.com/projects/armoured-d9r-dozer/armoured-d9r-dozer3.html 22 http://whoprofits.org/sites/default/files/Train%20A1.pdf 23 http://www.whoprofits.org/company/caterpillar Maps:

http://www.whoprofits.org/sites/default/files/Train%20A1.pdf

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G4S

Group 4 Securicor (formerly Group 4 Falck) is a corporation that provides private security services worldwide in over 125 countries. It is located in the UK. In 2011 G4S had 7.5 billion pounds in revenue and a net profit of 198 million pounds.24 Through its Israeli subsidiary Hashmira, G4S works in various sectors directly related to the Israeli system of occupation. G4S’s prominent shareholders include Invesco (15.03%), Prudential (6.33%), Tweedy Brown LLC (5.06%), William H Gates III (3.2%). Activities Al Mascobiyya (Russian Compound) Detention Centre The Russian Compound is a detention centre located in the centre of Jerusalem. Originally under jurisdiction of the Jerusalem Police it was transferred in 2007 to the Israeli Prison service.25 Several human rights organisations among them the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, Amnesty International, and B'Tselem have documented countless instances of torture in this particular facility. The forms of torture documented involved: Being shackled in painful positions for hours, being beaten, verbally abused, threatened (including the threat of harming family members) and other forms of torture. Often prisoners were also denied access to their lawyers.26 Furthermore Palestinian detainees (which include child detainees27) suffer from being incarcerated in unsafe, unhygienic and overcrowded conditions in the Russian Compound.28 G4S supplies this facility with security systems and the equipment for the central control room, this includes "computerized control and monitoring systems, entrance and visitation control systems, control rooms with touch screens, internal and external CCTV monitoring and recording systems and optic fibre communication lines.”29 Ofer Prison The Ofer compound is a prison for Palestinian political prisoners located close to Ramallah. It also includes a military court whose jurisdiction only applies to Palestinian residents of the OPT. In these courts only 0,29% of all defendants are found not guilty, sentenced by judges which are themselves military officers. Adequate access to lawyers is regularly denied, so is the possibility for families of the detainees to attend court proceedings. Verdicts are often reached based on "confessions" extracted through torture30. G4S provided the compound with a perimeter defence system and central command room for surveillance31. Checkpoint 300 // Qalandiya Checkpoint Both checkpoint 300 and Qalandiya checkpoint are located well within the OPT. Both checkpoints are incorporated into the separation wall, which de facto annexes large swaths of Palestinian territory to Israel. It separates Palestinian framers from their lands, has a devastating effect on the

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Palestinian economy and severely infringes on the right to free movement of the Palestinians often making the daily way to work an hours long ordeal. Many communities in and around Jerusalem are severed from their natural social and economical connection to Jerusalem. Others (for example the Shufat Refugee Camp) are becoming completely isolated enclaves. G4S supplies these checkpoints with luggage and full body scanning devices.

Map of Jerusalem: Blue line indicates municipal boundaries, the red line the planned, currently being built, or already erected parts of the separation wall32

The Israeli Police Headquarters G4S also provides security equipment for the Israeli police headquarters in the Westbank which are located in the E1 area East of Jerusalem. This area is considered to be of vital strategic interest for the Israeli settlement schemes since it constitutes the potential link between Ma'ale Adumim and the East Jerusalem settlements. In November 2012 the Israeli government announced the erection of 3000 new housing units in this area33. The Police headquarters in this area are part of the Israeli land-grapping scheme that will serve to seal off Jerusalem even further from the Westbank making the realization of a workable two-state settlement increasingly unlikely. Further Developments In 2011 G4S Israel has won the tender to build a training center for the Israeli police in Beit Shemesh. The tender includes design, construction, management, operation, maintenance, provision of training.34 According to the Financial Times, G4S plans to quit its involvement in the Ofer prison, the Qalandiya and 300 checkpoints and the West Bank police headquarters by 2015. There are, however, no immediate plans to divest from Israel altogether.35

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Contact Information: UK Headquarters G4S plc The Manor Manor Royal Crawley West Sussex RH10 9UN UK Tel: 44 (0) 20 8770 7000 Website: www.g4s.com G4S Israel 11 Homa Umigdal St. POB 52157 Tel Aviv 61521 Tel: 972-3-6899292 Website: www.g4s.co.il References 24 http://www.g4s.com/~/media/Files/Annual%20Reports/g4s_annualreport_2011.ashx 25 http://www.hamoked.org/items/13200_eng.pdf 26 See for example: http://www.stoptorture.org.il/en/node/1563;

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE15/002/2013/en/2a2d124f-6a29-4bc2-b69f-4db838bba21a/mde150022013en.html; http://www.btselem.org/printpdf/120187

27 http://www.dci-pal.org/english/publ/research/CPReport.pdf; http://www.phr.org.il/uploaded/False%20Confessions%20PP_3.pdf

28 http://www.addameer.org/files/Reports/violations_against_palestinian_prisoners.pdf 29 http://www.waronwant.org/news/press-releases/17819-g4s-accused-over-links-to-palestinian-torture-

death-jail- 30 http://www.yesh-din.org/site/images/BackyardProceedingsEng.pdf 31 http://whoprofits.org/sites/default/files/WhoProfits-PrivateSecurity-G4S.pdf 32 Map: http://eng.ir-amim.org.il/_Uploads/dbsAttachedFiles/GreaterJerusalem2009Eng.pdf 33 http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/in-response-to-un-vote-israel-to-build-3-000-new-

homes-in-settlements.premium-1.481695 34 http://www.g4s.co.il/he-IL/Who_we_are/History/ 35 http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/14e992ca-aa7a-11e2-9a38-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2azwjhUKv

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REMAX

Remax is an international real estate agency network. It is the number one seller of real estate in the US36 and the biggest real estate company in the world, working in more than 87 countries through its franchise system. Remax also rents and sells real estate in all major settlements in the OPT. It runs offices in the West Bank settlements of Ma'ale Adumim, Pisgat Ze'ev, Ramot, and the French Hill.37 Remax is owned by Bernard Raskin & Pengold Holdings (Israeli franchise), David & Gail Lingier (international company). Israeli Settlements in the OPT Jerusalem is surrounded by concentric rings of Israeli settlements, which serve to cut off Palestinian Jerusalem from its natural connection with the rest of the West Bank and irreversibly annex occupied territory. Its main strategic objective is to make it possible for any part of Jerusalem to become part of a Palestinian state in any future settlement. Jerusalem, however, has always been the social, economic, and cultural centre of the West Bank, organically linked with both Ramallah in the North and Bethlehem in the South, and is the capital of Palestine. Therefore, the policies to which Remax is an accomplice actively serve to undermine and make impossible any settlement of the conflict that is based on democracy, equality, and international law. The Israeli settlement policy constitutes a breach of international law and possibly a war crime. The International Court of Justice has, in its 2004 Advisory Opinion on the "Legal consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory", clearly stipulated that: "those settlements have been established in breach of international law.”38 Furthermore Israel’s settlement policy constitutes a breach of article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which determines that: "The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies."39 Contact Information: US Head Office 5075 S Syracuse St. Denver CO 80237 Tel: 1-303-770-5531 Website: www.remax.com Europe Head Office ARES Tower, Donau City Strasse 11A 1220 Vienna, Austria Tel: 43-1-269-73-72 Website: www.remax-europe.com

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Israel Main Office Shoham Commercial Center 30 Emek Ayalon Blvd. POB 1701 Shoham 60850 Tel: 972-1-800-211-311, 972-3-972-2333 website: www.remax.co.il

References 36 http://www.joinremax.com/SiteCollectionImages/ImageViewer/REMAX_vs_Industry.pdf 37 http://www.whoprofits.org/company/remax-israel-impact-property-developers 38 http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?pr=71&code=mwp&p1=3&p2=4&p3=6 39

http://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/xsp/.ibmmodres/domino/OpenAttachment/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/AE2D398352C5B028C12563CD002D6B5C/FULLTEXT/ATTXSYRB.pdf

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Toyota

Toyota is a Japanese based manufacturer of automobiles. In 2012 Toyota’s revenue totalled 226 billion dollars and ended the year with a net income of 3,45 million dollars.40 Activities Vehicles for the Israeli army and Police Toyota supplies the Israeli army with various vehicles, most prominently the Toyota "Hilux" and "Camry" models, which are also being used against unarmed protesters in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Toyota’s distributor in Israel is Union Motors.41 The Israeli police also use Toyota’s jeep-like “Land Cruisers”, including the LC75 “troopy,” as well as the Toyota “Corolla.”42 Toyota Corolla Toyota Camry Toyota Hilux Toyota Land Cruiser Supply of engines for armored vehicles Toyota is also a supplier for the Israeli company Saymar Ltd., which produces several types of armoured vehicles, which are being used by the Israeli army.43 Saymar is a subcontractor of Elbit Systems, one of the biggest Israeli arms manufacturers.44

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Contact Information: Japan Headquarters 1 Toyota-cho 471-8571 Toyota-shi AC Japan Tel: +81 (565) 282121 Website: www.toyota-global.com Union Motors Toyota Towers 67 Yigal Alon Street Tel-Aviv, 61093 Israel Tel: 972 8 942 8177 Website: www.toyota.co.il References 40 http://www.toyota-global.com/investors/ir_library/annual/pdf/2012/ar12_e.pdf 41 http://www.whoprofits.org/company/toyota-motor-corporation 42 http://coat.ncf.ca/P4C/67/40-41.pdf 43 http://coat.ncf.ca/P4C/67/40-41.pdf 44 http://www.whoprofits.org/company/elbit-systems

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Veolia

Veolia is a French multinational company working in waste management and transport services. In the year 2012 the company’s revenue totalled 29.4 billion euros and ended the year with a net income of 530 million euros.45 It has operations in 27 countries including Australia, UK, the Netherlands, Germany, and USA and is owned by Veolia Environment, Caisse des Depots et Consignations. Activities The Jerusalem Light Rail Apart from providing services to the Israeli Ministry of Defence, Veolia, through its subsidiary Transdev, also holds a five per cent share in the Citypass consortium, which built the Jerusalem light rail.46 The Israel Light Rail project (ILR) aims to connect the settlements in Palestinian Jerusalem to the city centre. It therefore serves to cut off Palestinian Jerusalem from its natural connection with the rest of the West Bank and irreversibly annex occupied territory. As such it constitutes a breach of international law and possibly a war crime. The International Court of Justice has, in its 2004 Advisory Opinion on the "Legal consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory", clearly stipulated that: "those settlements have been established in breach of international law."47 Furthermore Israel’s settlement policy constitutes a breach of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which determines that: "The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.”48 Although the company has announced selling its share of Citypass to Egged, no such transfer has occurred as of yet.49

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Bus Lines into the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Furthermore the company operates various bus lines connecting illegal Israeli settlements with Israel proper. Line 422: Connects the settlements of Ramat Shlomo, Ramot and Givat Se'ev with Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan. The route runs partly through Apartheid road 443, which runs through occupied territory but cannot be used by the its Palestinians occupants.

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Line 425: Connects the settlements of Ramot and Givat Se'ev with Kfar Saba and Ramat Gan. Also runs through Apartheid road 443.

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Line 427: Connects Jerusalem with Ramat Gan. Its path leads through occupied Palestinian territory.

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Road 443: "Apartheid Road" Road 443 links the settlements of Modi'in with Jerusalem and the other settlements in the occupied West Bank. The road was established by expropriating thousands of dunums of private and public Palestinian land. An action legalised by the Israeli High court argued that the highway would also serve the needs of the Palestinian population. However, Palestinians were banned from using the road at the start of the second Intifada in 2002. Road 443 has traditionally been a main traffic artery connecting Ramallah with its environs in the area. Israel reacted to this by building several "fabric of life" roads. These however are far longer and of inferior quality compared to Road 443. In December 2012, the Supreme ordered the army to lift the total ban of Palestinian travel on Road 443. Lacking precise instructions to the army as to how to implement the new policy, the verdict was quickly rendered meaningless. The army allowed Palestinians limited use of the road for travel between villages in the area, but the road remains inaccessible for travel to Ramallah, which was traditionally its main function.50 The Tovlan Landfill Veolia operates the Tovlan Landfill in the occupied Jordan valley. The state of Israel has confiscated private and public Palestinian lands in order to establish the landfill; an action that contradicts international law, since Israel expropriated occupied territory for the sole use of its own population and misuses Palestinian lands as a garbage dump. Garbage from the nearby settlements as well as from within Israel is dumped there. The United Nations General Assembly has, in 2011, explicitly reaffirmed the illegality of theses practises and called on Israel: "to cease all actions harming the environment, including the dumping of all kinds of waste materials in the Occupied Palestinian Territory [...].”51 Although Veolia has apparently sold the landfill to the nearby settlement of Madua, it is still active in operating it. Additionally, while the company said that this would only continue for a "transitory period,”52 no clear date has been set for the companies complete departure from the site as of yet.53 Contact Information: Veolia Headquarters 36-38 Avenue Kléber 75116 Paris France Tel: 33(0)171750167 Website: www.veolia.com

Transdev Israel Ofer Brothers Building 1 Abba Eben Blvd. St. Pituach Industry Zone Herzliya 46725

Website: http://www.transdev.net/en/

References 45 http://www.finance.veolia.com/docs/Notes_aux_etats_financiers_2012_21_mars_def.pdf 46 http://www.whoprofits.org/company/veolia-environnement 47 http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?pr=71&code=mwp&p1=3&p2=4&p3=6 48

http://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/xsp/.ibmmodres/domino/OpenAttachment/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/AE2D398352C5B028C12563CD002D6B5C/FULLTEXT/ATTXSYRB.pdf

49 http://www.whoprofits.org/company/veolia-environnement

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50 http://www.btselem.org/freedom_of_movement/road_443 51 http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/6DC9CB5A628EC869852579D50053AF1C 52 http://www.veoliaes.com.au/blog/illegal-dumping-of-waste 53 http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/adri-nieuwhof/veolia-remains-active-garbage-dump-israeli-

settlers?utm_medium=email&utm_source=transactional&utm_campaign=info%40electronicintifada.net

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Volvo

Volvo is a Swedish company manufacturing cars, buses and civil engineering equipment. In 2012 the Volvo Group had revenue of 47 billion dollars and a net income of 1,7 billion dollars.54 Activities Volvo owns 27 per cent of Merkavim, an Israeli company manufacturing buses, which are being used both to transport Palestinian political prisoners, as well as on routes connecting settlements in the West Bank with Israel proper.55 Furthermore, Volvo bulldozers and trucks are being used in House demolitions and in the construction of illegal Israeli settlements, as well as the Separation Wall. The Israeli Representative of Volvo in Israel is "Mayer's Cars and Trucks."56 Although Volvos code of conduct explicitly states that: "The Volvo Group shall support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights and make sure the Group is not complicit in human rights abuses,”57 the company refuses to change its policy in regard to Israel stating that: "we do not have any control over the use of our products, other than to affirm in our business activities a Code of Conduct that decries unethical behaviour.”58 Contact Information: Headquarters AB Volvo SE-405 08 Goteborg Sweden Tel: 46-31-660000 Website: www.volvo.com

Merkavim 22 Granit St. POB 3050 Caesarea Industrial Park 38900 Israel Tel: 972-4-6176063 Website: www.merkavim.co.il Egged 4 Hayarden St. Lod Airport 70100 Tel: 972-3 -9142000 Website: www.egged.co.il Mayer's Cars and Trucks 50 Hamasger St. Tel Aviv 61201 Tel: 972-3-5689999

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Website: www.mct.co.il References 54 http://www3.volvo.com/investors/finrep/ar12/ar_2012_eng.pdf 55 http://www.whoprofits.org/company/volvo-group 56 http://www.whoprofits.org/company/volvo-group 57

http://www.volvogroup.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/VGHQ/Volvo%20Group/Volvo%20Group/Our%20values/code_of_conduct_eng.pdf

58 http://electronicintifada.net/content/volvo-equipment-israels-weapons-destroy-al-walaja-homes/8803

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Cape Gate

Cape Gate is a group of companies based in South Africa that manufactures steel and wire products including fencing, barbed wire and construction materials. Previously owned by Mendel Kaplan, an Israeli citizen and philanthropist, the group is now chaired by Nathan Friedman.59 Financial information for the year 2012/13 is not available. Activities The Cape Group owns the company Yehuda Welded Mesh, which has eight plants in Israel. YWM is alleged to have supplied fencing for the Separation Wall in the area around Jerusalem, provided materials to the Jerusalem Light Rail compound, and involved in construction in the settlements of Pisgat Ze’ev, Beit Horon, Kedar, and Ramat Shlomo in the Jerusalem area. Elsewhere YWM has also supplied fencing for the wall around the Gaza Strip, the seam line expanse separation project in the Mahola junction area (Gilbo’a), for the Cross Shomron road to the settlement of Ariel, and the tunnels road connecting Gush Etzion and Jerusalem. Fences using its materials are also found in the industrial settlement of Barkan, in Ariel and Karnei Shomron, in the West Bank, and in the Gush Katif.60 Contact Information: South Africa Headquarters Nobel Boulevard POB 54 Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng 1900 South Africa Tel: 27-16-980-2121 Website: www.capegate.co.za References 59 http://www.stopthewall.org/downloads/pdf/SA-Isarel-report-09.pdf 60 http://www.whoprofits.org/company/yehuda-welded-mesh

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Cemex

Founded in Mexico in 1906 and owned by Lorenzo H. Zambrano (CEO), Cemex is one of the world’s largest building materials suppliers and cement producers. The company now operates in over 50 countries around the world spanning North America, the Caribbean, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa61. In 2012 the company reported a revenue of ~197 billion Mexican Pesos (~16 billion US Dollars) and a net income of ~1.2 billion Pesos (~944 million US-Dollars).62 Activities Cemex subsidiary Readymix Industries has supplied materials used in the construction of the Jerusalem Light Rail project, connecting Jerusalem to surrounding settlements.63 It has plants in a number of settlements in the West Bank and Golan Heights including Mevo Horon, Atarot, Ariel, Mishor Edomim and Katzerin and has provided material for the construction of settlements outposts and checkpoints in the occupied territories. Its Israeli subsidiary Readymix operates a plant in the Atarot Industrial Zone. Readymix also has an interest in the Yatir Quarry in the West Bank.64 Israeli mining activities in the West Bank are illegal under international law and were subject to an unsuccessful legal challenge by the Yesh Din human rights organisation in 2009.65 Contact Information: Mexico Headquarters Av Ricardo Margain Zozaya C.P. 66265 San Pedro Garza Garcia NL Mexico Tel: 5281-8888-8888 Webpage: www.cemex.com References 61 http://www.cemex.com/AboutUs/CompanyProfile.aspx 62 http://www.cemex.com/InvestorCenter/files/2012/CemexAnnualReport2012.pdf 63 http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/adri-nieuwhof/cemex-tries-reason-away-complicity-israeli-

violations-international-law 64 http://www.whoprofits.org/company/readymix-industries 65 http://www.yesh-din.org/sys/images/File/QuarriesPetitionEng%5B1%5D.pdf

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Tahal Group

The Tahal Group is an Israeli engineering and construction company. It specialises in wastewater treatment. The Dutch investment group Kardan NV owns Tahal. In 2012 Kardan had revenue of 383 million dollar and a net income of 138 million dollars.66 The Thahal Group has a global presence, principally in East and Central Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America and the Mediterranean Basin. Activities Tahal has developed a master plan for Jerusalem’s wastewater treatment. The plan will make use of three sewage treatment plants, one of which is to be built in Nabi Musah in the Jordan Valley. The system will serve the settlements around Jerusalem: Pisgat Ze'ev, Neve Ya'akov, Giv'at Ze'ev, Beithar Illit, Ma'aleh Adumim, Adam, Anatot and Mitzpeh Jericho. The construction of the Og reservoir will mainly serve the irrigation of date trees in settlement farms.67 Contact Information: Kardan NV / Tahal Group International B.V. Claude Debussylaan 30, Vinõly Building, 13th floor 1082 MD Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: +31-20-305 00 10 E-mail: info@kardan.nl Website: www.kardan.com Israel - Head Office Tahal Consulting Engineers Ltd. 154 Menachem Begin Road Tel Aviv 64921, Israel P.O.Box 11170, Tel Aviv 61111 Israel Tel: +972-3-692 44 34 E-mail: Yerushalmi-i@tahal.com Website: www.tahal.com References 66http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCkQFjA

A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjaarverslag.info%2Fannualreports%2Fkardan%2F%24File%2FKARDAN_AnnualReport_2012_EN.pdf&ei=XkcPUsHzGYrPtQan3oGQBQ&usg=AFQjCNGyaSkN1x7VV_iLaBnHr4g4gJrgrw

67http://www.cordaid.org/media/publications/Report_Dutch_economic_links_with_the_occupation_2.pdf

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Metrontario Group

The Metrontario Group is a Canadian real estate investment company. Activities The group is involved in construction work in illegal Israeli settlements in the OPT. Its subsidiary CIM Lustigman is currently involved in a housing project in the new settlement of Giv'at Yael. In the past it has constructed housing units in the French Hill, Har Homa, Ma'ale Adumim and the Israeli police station in the E1-Area.68 The Givat Yael Plan According to planning schemes the new settlement of Givat Yael is supposed to stretch from the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Malha toward the Palestinian Village of Al-Walajeh. The plan contains the building of 14.000 residential units. The plan would further isolate Al-Walajeh from the rest of the West Bank, while strengthening Israel's territorial contiguity with the Gush Etzion settlement bloc. The plan is still pending approval.69 Contact Information: Metrontario One Yorkdale Road Suite 601 Toronto, Ontario Canada M6A 3A1 Tel: 1-416-785-6000 website: www.metrontario.com CIM Lustigman

27 Maskit St. POBox 12876 Hertzelia 46733 Tel: 972-9-9510515 Website: www.lustigman.co.il

References 68 http://whoprofits.org/company/cim-lustigman; http://www.whoprofits.org/company/metrontario-

group 69 http://eng.ir-amim.org.il/?CategoryID=328

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General Mills

General Mills is a multinational corporation producing food products and beverages.70 In 2012 the corporation had revenue of 16,658 billion dollars and a net income of 1, 567 billion dollars.71 General Mills has global connections in UK, Belgium (Shalgal). Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Turkey, UK, USA, Argentina, Brazil, Latin America, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Venezuela, and Dubai. The group’s Israeli subsidiary "Shalgal" owns a production plant in the Atarot Industrial Zone. Its products (dough cakes, pies and pastries) are exported to the UK and Belgium. General Mills is owned by General Mills USA and Bodan Holdings. Activities The companies Israeli subsidiary Shalgal produces frozen dough products and runs a factory in the Atarot Industrial Zone which is a settlement in the OPT.72 Contact Information:

US Headquarters P.O. Box 9452 Minneapolis, MN 55440 Tel: 1-800-248-7310

Website: www.generalmills.com Israel Office 2 Hanapach St. POB 1950 Industrial Zone Holon 58117

Tel: 972-3-6501818

Website: http://www.generalmills.com/ References 70 http://www.whoprofits.org/company/general-mills-pillsbury 71

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphx.corporate-ir.net%2FExternal.File%3Fitem%3DUGFyZW50SUQ9MTQ5MTc0fENoaWxkSUQ9LTF8VHlwZT0z%26t%3D1&ei=7ewRUr2VHMrUsgad0YHoDQ&usg=AFQjCNFztJDv598ipUnSOmcqC51KbvyKng&bvm=bv.50768961,d.Yms

72 http://www.whoprofits.org/company/general-mills-pillsbury

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Conclusion As our report shows, there are a large number of companies across a range of sectors that are heavily invested in occupied Jerusalem. The impact of this investment is significant: it directly contributes to the isolation of Palestinian neighbourhoods, the demolition of Palestinian homes, the exploitation of Palestinian resources and the underdevelopment of the Palestinian economy. It has been argued that if companies withdrew their investment Palestinians would suffer, in terms of lost jobs and services. But in the longer term, the occupation of Jerusalem can only harm the Palestinian economy and compromise Jerusalem’s position as the economic and political capital of a future state. Grassroots Jerusalem is therefore calling on:

Palestinians in Jerusalem to raise awareness of businesses supporting settlements and to boycott them

Activists to keep Jerusalem at the forefront of international campaigns International businesses identified here to divest, not just from the West Bank but from

settlements within Jerusalem Duty bearers in countries with links to businesses supporting occupation of Jerusalem to

withdraw support Grassroots Jerusalem is a community organisation that challenges this by providing an online platform for activists to connect, share knowledge and co-ordinate. We use open source technology to help contributors create a shared map of Jerusalem and work in the field to document the experience of various communities as well as running the Markaz al Kul legal clinic.

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Appendix A: Additional Companies in Jerusalem Settlements

Industrial Production

1) Abadi Bakery Headquarters: Jerusalem, Israel. Global Connections: Products are exported to Australia, USA, France and China Type of Business: Food production. Dutch bread and Cookies. Owner: Abadi Family Website: http://abadibakery.com/ Presence in: Atarot Industrial Zone 2) Clima Israel Aluminium Headquarters: Atarot Industrial Zone, Jerusalem, OPT. Global Connections: Italy Type of Business: Manufacturing of thermic windows and insulation glass Owner: Jacky and Avi Turgeman Website: http://www.clima.co.il/Templates/English.aspx?companyId=4 Presence in: Atarot Industrial Zone 4) Oppenheimer Manufacturing and Marketing Headquarters: Jerusalem, Atarot Industrial Zone, OPT. Global Connections: Western Europe Type of Business: Manufacture and export of chocolate products Owner: Ya'akov Yakav and Shim'on Ben Simhon. Website: --- Presence in: Atarot Industrial Zone

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5) Delta Galil Industries Headquarters: Rosh Haayn, Israel Global Connections: China, Netherlands, UK, USA Type of Business: The company manufactures textiles for underwear. It runs shops in Ma’ale Adumim and Pisgat Ze’ev. Owner: Isaac Dabah (majority shareholder) Website: http://www.deltagalil.com/ Presence in: Pisgat Ze’ev, Ma’ale Adumim. 6) Psagot Winery Headquarters: Psagot, OPT Global Connections: Australia, USA, Panama, France, UK Type of Business: Winery located in the settlements of Psagot and Pisgat Ze’ev. Also holds several wineyards in the OPT. Owner: Psagot Wine Inc., Yaakov Berg, Sour Grapes Investors LLC. Website: http://www.psagotwines.com/en Presence in: Psagot, Pisgat Ze’ev

Finance

7) Arison Investments Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel. Global Connections: Kenya, Nigeria, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Canada, USA, Argentina, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Uruguay, Venezuela, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, UK. Type of Business: Investment Fund invested in several companies profiting from occuapation, such as: Bank HaPoalim, Housing and Construction and Israel Salt Company. Owner: Arison Group. Main Owner: Shari Arison. Website: www.arison.co.il Presence in: Atarot Industrial Zone

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8) Bank HaPoalim (Worker’s Bank) Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel. Global Connections: Turkey, USA, Luxembourg, Switzerland, UK. Type of Business: Major Israeli bank. One the most important financiers for economic activities in the settlements, such as: building, mortgages and credits for enterprises operating within the OPT. Owner: Major Shareholder: Arison Investments. Website: http://www.bankhapoalim.com/ Presence in: Gilo, Pisgat Ze’ev 9) Kardan NV Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands Global Connections: Angola, China, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, Turkey, Israel, Cayman Islands, Germany Type of Business: Real Estate and Infrastructure Investment Group. The company is majority-owned by the Israeli Tahal Group International which plans sewage system which will connect the settlements in East Jerusalem with Israel proper. Owner: Y. Grunfeld, Avner A. Schnur, Kardan Israel LTD and IDB Group (major shareholders) Website: www.kardan.nl Presence in: Neve Ya’akov, Pisgat Ze’ev, Ma’ale Adumim 10) Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Headquarters: Ramat Gan, Israel Global Connections: USA, Mexico, Panama, Uruguay, Germany Type of Business: The bank is major financier of housing projects and enterprises in Israeli settlements and operates a branch in the settlement of Ramat Eshkol Owner: Moshe Wertheim and Ofer Group (majority shareholders) Website: https://www.mizrahi-tefahot.co.il/en/Bank/pages/default.aspx Presence in: Pisgat Ze’ev, Har Homa, Ma’ale Adumim

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11) Clal Group Headquarters: Israel Global Connections: Australia, China, India, Turkey, North America, Western Europe Type of Business: An investment company that owns Golf & Co, which has a retail outlet in Pisgat Ze’ev and has an interest through an intermediary in Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises which is involved in the construction of settlements and infrastructure in the West Bank. Webpage: www.clalbit.co.il Owner: IDB Group is the major shareholder Presence in: Pisgat Ze’ev 12) IDB Group Headquarters: Israel Global Connections: Global - present in over 100 countries worldwide Type of Business: An Israeli-based conglomerate with assets of over $35 billion, majority shareholder in Clal Group with a controlling interest in other companies with links to the occupation Webpage: www.idb.co.il Owner: Nochi Dankner, Manor family, Livnat family Presence in: Gilo, Pisgat Ze’ev 13) Bank Leumi Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel Global Connections: Romania, Russia, Ukraine, USA, South and Central America, Luxembourg, Switzerland, UK Type of Business: Bank providing loans for construction in settlements. Furthermore the bank also financed the Jerusalem Light rail project and is the main source of funds for local authorities in settlements. It also provides mortgages for settlement homes. Webpage: http://www.leumi.co.il/ Owner: Major shareholder: State of Israel (11,46%) and Shlomo Eliayhu (9.59%) Presence in: Pisgat Ze’ev, Gilo, Ramat Eshkol, Ramot, Kiryat Arba, Ma’ale Adumim.

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Infrastructure/Construction

14) Ashtrom Group Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel. Global Connections: Mali, Nigeria, Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Serbia, Azerbaijan, USA, Germany, Netherlands Type of Business: The Ashtrom Group is a construction conglomerate, which is through its subsidiaries involved in various infrastructural projects in the OPT. The company provided construction materials for the erection of the separation barrier, is partner in the construction of the Jerusalem light rail and ran building projects in Gilo, Ramat Eshkol and Nof Zion. Its subsidiary Isra-Beton owns a plant in the Atarot industrial zone. The company is also involved in building projects in Ma'ale Adumim. Webpage: http://www.ashtrom.co.il/eng/default.aspx Owner: Giron family, Neusboum family and Allied Holdings Presence in: Nof Zion, Atarot Industrial Zone, Gilo, Ramat Eshkol, Ma'ale Adumim 15) B. Yair Building Corporation Headquarters: Jerusalem, Israel. Global Connections: Czech Republic, Hungary Type of Business: Construction company involved in housing projects in Har Homa, Pisgat Ze’ev and Ma’ale Adumim. Webpage: www.b-yair.co.il/en Owner: Yair and Yosef Biton (main shareholders) Presence in: Har Homa, Ma’ale Adumim, Pisgat Ze’ev. 16) CIM Lustigman Headquarters: Hertzlia, Israel Global Connections: Canada Type of Business: Construction company involved with the erection of housing units in the French Hill and Har Homa settlements. Also involved in the building of a police station close to Ma'ale Adumim. It also has an establishment in the Atarot Industrial Zone. Webpage: http://www.lustigman.co.il/ Owner: Majority owner is the Canadian "Metrontario Group" Presence in: Har Homa, Atarot Industrial Zone, French Hill, Ma'ale Adumim

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17) Danya Cebus Headquarters: Or Yehuda, Israel Global Connections: Cyprus, Romania, Russia, Canada, Netherlands Type of Business: Construction company involved in housing projects in settlements in East Jerusalem. Webpage: http://www.danya-cebus.co.il/?langId=2 Owner: Subisidiary of Africa Israel owned by Lev Leviev Presence in: Har Homa, East Jerusalem, Gilo, Ma'ale Adumim 18) Electra Headquarters: Ramat Gan, Israel Global Connections: Nigeria, latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Bulgaria, Netherlands, UK, Belgium Type of Business: Its subsidiary “Electra Construction” is involved in building projects in settlements in East Jerusalem. Webpage: http://www.electra.co.il/eng/ Owner: 58.96% of the company belong to Elco Holdings Presence in: Har Homa, Ma'ale Adumim 19) Hanson Israel (formerly: Pioneer Concrete Israel) Headquarters: Ramat Gan, Israel Global Connections: Germany Type of Business: Manufacture of concrete. The company owns four plants and a quarry in the OPT. The quarry exploits natural resources in the OPT. Webpage: http://www.hanson-israel.com/home.aspx http://www.heidelbergcement.com/global/en/company/home.htm Owner: Heidelberg Cement, Germany Presence in: Atarot Industrial Zone

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20) Housing and Construction Holding Co. (Shikun ve Binui) Headquarters: Ramat Gan, Israel. Global Connections: Africa, Croatia, Czech republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, USA, Germany, Netherlands Type of Business: Real Estate and infrastructural projects. Solel Boneh, one of the subsidiaries, is involved in building projects in Har Homa. Another subsidiary, Housing and Construction Real Estate Development (Shikun Ovdim) is involved in building projects in Ramot. Webpage: http://en.shikunbinui.co.il/ Owner: Arison Group, Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings, Migdal Insurance and Financial Holdings (Major Shareholders) Presence in: Har Homa, Atarot Industrial Zone, Ramot 21) H.Y.S. Nofei Israel Headquarters: Jerusalem, Israel Global Connections: USA Type of Business: Development and Real Estate. The company marketed and developed housing projects in Har Homa and Givat Se’ev. Webpage: http://www.nofei-israel.co.il/en/ Owner: Hanoch Kas Holdings Presence in: Har Homa, Givat Ze’ev 22) Jerusalem Economy Headquarters: Jerusalem, Israel Global Connections: India, Thailand, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland Type of Business: Real estate. The company owns and rents out industrial and commercial space in the Atarot Industrial Zone and Ma'ale Adumim. Webpage: http://jec.co.il/ Owner: Part of the Fishman Group (main owner: Eliezer Fishman) Presence in: Atarot Industrial Zone, Ma'ale Adumim.

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23) Meshulam Levinstein Group Contracting and Engineering Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel Global Connections: Hungary, India, Cyprus, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, Panama, Austria, UK Type of Business: Construction company. The company constructed a housing project in the settlement of Har Homa. Webpage: http://www.levinstein.co.il/index.php?page_id=2&lang_action=change_lang&to_lang=en Owner: Majority shareholder: Shaul Lotan Presence in: Har Homa 24) Mordechai Aviv Construction Industries Headquarters: Jerusalem, Israel Global Connections: Hungary Type of Business: Construction company. Engaged in housing projects in Ma'ale Adumim, East Talpiyot, Har Homa and Pisgat Ze'ev. Webpage: http://www.maviv.co.il/index.asp?main=1&lang=en Owner: Mordechai, Ya'el, Asaf, Oren and Aya Aviv (55.84%), and 7.51% by Helman-Aldobi Provident Funds (formerly Bank Yahav). Presence in: Har Homa, Atarot Inustrial Zone, East Talpiot, Ma'ale Adumim, Pisgat Ze'ev. 25) Shapir Civil and Marine Engineering Headquarters: Petah Tikva, Israel. Global Connections: Cyprus, Romania, Serbia. Type of Business: Construction company. Involved in housing projects in Ma'ale Adumim, Gilo and Pisgat Ze'ev. Also owns a cement factory in the Atarot Industrial Zone. The company will furthermore build a section of the Tel-Aviv Jerusalem railway which will cross through occupied Palestinian territory. Webpage: http://www.shapir.co.il/en Owner: Shapira Family Presence in: Atarot, Ma'ale Adumim, Pisgat Ze'ev, Gilo.

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26) Minrav Group Headquarters: Ashdod, Israel Global Connections: Hungary, USA Type of Business: A group of construction companies that include: HaYovel, Yunihead Biopark, Agro-Green, Mey Menashe, Boney Arey Dan, Gan Ha’irus, Central Park Hungary, Minrav Investmenst Hungary, Minron and Yozma. Webpage: http://www.minrav.co.il/index_en.asp Owner: Avraham Kozanitsky (main shareholder) Presence in: Neve Ya’akov, Pisgat Ze’ev, East Talpiot 27) Digal Investments and Holdings Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel Global Connections: Romania, Panama Type of Business: Construction, development and real estate. Bought land rights to property in Nof Zion to develop a gated community project. Webpage: www.digal.co.il Owner: Controlled by Yehuda Levi and Mivtach Shamir Presence in: Nof Zion 28) Africa Israel Headquarters: Yahud, Israel Global Connections: Central and Eastern Europe, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, USA, Germany, Cyprus, Ukraine, Panama Type of Business: The comapny is involved in various building projects in the settlements in East Jeursalem Webpage: http://www.afigroup-global.com/ Owner: Lev Leviev Presence in: Har Homa, Gilo, Ma’ale Adumim

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Retail

29) Angel Bakeries (Salomon A. Angel) Headquarters: Jerusalem, Israel. Global Connections: USA Type of Business: Chain of bakeries with branches in Pisgat Ze’ev, Har Homa, Ma’ale Adumim and Ramat Shlomo. Webpage: http://www.angel.co.il/category/profileenglish Owner: Shtibal (24.2%), Yaron Angel (22.6%), Yigal Hayat (10.6%), Ruth Meiron (6.77%), E.Y.L. Sela (5.4%), Ariad (2.57%). Presence in: Pisgat Ze’ev, Har Homa, Ma’ale Adumim, Ramat Shlomo. 30) Super Pharm Headquarters: Herzliya, Israel Global Connections: Poland, China, Trinidad and Tobago, Type of Business: Chain of Pharmacies Owner: Leon Koffler (73%, Founder and Chairman), Leumi Partners of Bank Leumi (18%), Leon Orlitzki trust company (5.5%), Barsi Holdings Panama (3%), Wishtok- Zekler Trust (0.5%) Website: www.super-pharm.co.il Presence in: Pisgat Ze'ev, Gilo, Ma'ale Adumim, Ramot Alon 31) Matimli ML Headquarters: Netanja, Israel Global Connections: Australia, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey Type of Business: Chain of clothing stores specializing in oversizes. It runs stores in Pisgat Ze’ev and Ma’ale Adumim. Webpage: http://www.matimli.co.il/ Owner: Avi Malka Presence in: Pisgat Ze’ev, Ma’ale Adumim

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32) Cafe Cafe Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel Global Connections: Bulgaria Type of Business: Coffee place-franchise. Runs a cafe in Pisgat Ze’ev. Webpage: www.cafecafe.co.il Owner: Micky Till Presence in: Pisgat Ze’ev 33) Danshar Holdings Headquarters: Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel Global Connections: USA, Poland, Russia, Canada, Hong Kong, The Netherlands, Belgium, Norway Type of Business: Marketing and Distribution for Cosmetics, Cleaning Products and Food. Among other brands: Marmolight, Nestle, Cutex, Edge, Brut, Pond's, Fujifims, Pledge, Toilet Duck, Raid, Fresh ones, KitKat, SC Johnson, Vileda, Oral B, Baci and Meridol. Webpage: http://www.danshar.co.il/ Owner: Ruth, Tal and Ron Barak Presence in: Atarot Industrial Zone

Transportation

34) Mayer's Cars and Trucks Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel Global Connections: Japan, USA, France, Sweden Type of Business: Vehicle and Transportation company. Major shareholder of Merkavim, who manufactures buses for Egged that also serve the settlements in the OPT. Mayer's is Israels representative of Volvo, who's vehicles are used in house demolitions in East-Jerusalem. The company also ownes a Volvo garage in the Atarot Industrial Zone. The company also represents Honda, Jaguar and Renault in Israel. Webpage: http://www.mct.co.il/index.aspx?id=4143 Owner: Israeli Kaas, Ya'akov and Nili Shahar. Presence in: East Jerusalem, Atarot Industrial Zone

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35) Paz Oil Headquarters: Netanya, Israel Global Connections: Germany Type of Business: Energy provider, operates gas stations in settlements Owner: Bino Holdings (41%), Instanz Holdings, Dolphin Energies Ltd. Website: www.paz.co.il Presence in: Neve Ya'akov, Pisgat Ze'ev, Gilo, Ramat Eshkol, Ramot Alon, Ma'ale Adumim 36) Delek Israel Fuel Headquarters: Netanya, Israel Global Connections: Australia, Russia, North America, Western Europe Type of Business: Operates a chain of gas stations in the OPT. Its subsidiaries British Roadchef and Delek Europe operate gas stations and convenience stores in the USA (MAPCO Express®, MAPCO Mart®, East Coast®, Fast Food and Fuel™, Favorite Markets®, Delta Express® and Discount Food Mart™), France (BP) and in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg (Texaco). Webpage: http://www.delek.co.il/?CategoryID=266&dbsRW=1 Owner: Delek Group, owned by Yitzhak Tshuva (76.16%) Presence in: Neve Ya’akov, French Hill

Security

37) Phoenicia America-Israel (Flat-Glass) Headquarters: Nazareth Illit, Israel Global Connections: South Africa, Australia, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, South and Central America, Italy, UK Type of business: Glass-manufacturer. Provides bullet and blast-proof glass for homes in the Gilo settlement and Qalandiya checkpoint Webpage: http://www.phoenicia-ltd.com/ Owner: The Bill Davidson Group (US) Presence in: Gilo, Qalandiya Checkpoint

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Appendix B: Direct Action Advocacy Guide Every single person can make a difference through his/her contribution. Take action and call on your respective governments, the EU and the companies themselves to end the countless violations of international and humanitarian law that they either perpetrate themselves or help to perpetrate by idly standing by when Palestinian human rights are violated. Call upon: The companies themselves: - To end business practices which violate international and humanitarian law. Write letters of complaint, e-mail or phone those companies under the addresses given in the body of this report and remind them that they are profiting from the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. The Governments of France, the UK, the USA, Japan, Sweden, South Africa, Mexico and Canada - To insure that companies which are subject to the respective national jurisdiction uphold and respect the principles of international law, as determined in legally binding treaties and conventions to which the respective states themselves are a signatory. The US government: - To divest from projects being run by General Mills, Remax and Caterpillar. The Canadian Government: - To divest from existing projects with the Metrontario Group The Dutch Government: - To take into consideration the position of the national public prosecutor on the issue of Dutch companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements: "Persons and legal entities within the Dutch Jurisdiction are required not in any way to be involved in, or contribute to, possible violations of the Geneva convention or other rules of the International Humanitarian Law. They are also required to take decisions of authoritative international bodies and judicial institutions such as the International Court of Justice about the status, legitimacy and consequences of the barrier extremely serious.”73 - To take into consideration that the crimes to which the Tahal group is an accomplice also constitute offenses under Dutch domestic law. According to Article 5(5)(d) of the 2003 International Crimes Act (Wet internationale misdrijven) Tahal Group can be considered an accomplice of: "the transfer, directly or indirectly, by the occupying power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies74"According to article 2(1) of the same law, Dutch jurisdiction applies to all offenders to the aforementioned laws. - To divest from existing projects with Kardan NV and/or the Tahal Group. The Mexican Government: - To divest from existing projects with Cemex The South African Government: - To divest from existing projects with Cape Gate

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The Swedish Government: - To divest from projects being run by Volvo - The secure the application of articles which explicitly forbid the signing of agreements contradicting Swedish and (by extension) international law75. The French Government: - To divest from projects being run by Veolia - The secure the application of articles 6, 1131 and 1133 of the Civil Code which explicitly forbid the signing of agreements contradicting French and (by extension) international law76. The Japanese Government: - To divest from projects being run by Toyota - The secure the application of articles which explicitly forbid the signing of agreements contradicting Japanese and (by extension) international law77. The British Government: - To divest from projects being run by G4S - The secure the application of Point 23.4.e of the British Public Contracts Regulations of 2006 which clearly determine that projects should not be awarded to a company which: "has committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of his business or profession78." The European Union: - To act in accordance with those principles of international law most recently upheld by the EU in its "Guidelines on the eligibility of Israeli entities and their activities in the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967 for grants, prizes and financial instruments funded by the EU from 2014 onwards", which reaffirm the: "non-recognition by the EU of Israel’s sovereignty over the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967.79" - To consider, especially with regard to the award of public works contracts, the EU's own regulation in this regard, which clearly stipulate that: "Any economic operator may be excluded from participation in a contract where that economic operator [...] has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate80" Use your power as a shareholder: - To demand an end to the illegal business practices of theses companies. Buy shares and organize other conscious shareholders to formulate applications against the policies of theses corporations. Boycott: - The products/brands of General Mills:81 Betty Crocker Big G cereals Bisquick Bugles Cascadian Farm Cheerios Chex Cinnamon Toast Crunch Diablitos Underwood Fiber One Food Should Taste Good Frescarini Fruit Snacks Gardetto's Gold Medal Good Earth Green Giant Häagen-Dazs Hamburger Helper Jus-Rol Kix Knack & Back La Salteña Lärabar

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Latina Liberté Lucky Charms Macaroni Grill Monsters Mountain High Muir Glen Nature Valley Old El Paso Pillsbury Pillsbury Atta Progresso Total Totino's / Jeno's Trix V.Pearl Wanchai Ferry Wheaties Yoki Yoplait Yoplait France

- all other products/services from companies invested in the occupation

References 73 http://www.issafrica.org/anicj/uploads/Kenya_International_Crimes_Act_2008.pdf 74 http://www.unesco.org/culture/natlaws/media/pdf/netherlands/netherlands_loi190603_entof.pdf 75

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