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PROFUNDO Economic Research

Jan Willem van Gelder Anniek Herder Anna van Ojik

Profundo Radarweg 60 1043 NT Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0)20 820 8320 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.profundo.nl

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This document is intended as open source, to serve the use of anyone interested in raising awareness to the Palestinian struggle against the illegal Israeli Settlement enterprise in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

© July 2011, PROSPERPalestine T A B L E of CONTENTS

A PROSPERPalestine “About Us” B PROSPERPalestine Call C Summary

1 Introduction: Methodology & Definitions

3 Chapter 1: The EU & Israeli Settlements 4 1.1 History and legal status of the settlements 5 1.2 Geography and economy of the settlements 7 1.3 Israeli settlement policy 7 1.4 International trade of settlement products 7 1.4.1 Export volumes 10 1.4.2 Exports by air 10 1.4.3 Exports over sea 11 1.5 EU policies on settlements and settlement products 11 1.5.1 EU position on the settlements 11 1.5.2 EU policy on settlement products 13 1.5.3 Israeli response to the EU policy

15 Chapter 2: Relationships with Belgium 16 2.1 Economic and political relationships 16 2.1.1 Trade and economic agreements 17 2.1.2 Position on settlements 17 2.2 Trade volumes and quantities 19 2.3 Exports by settlement companies to Belgium 19 2.3.1 Abadi Bakery 19 2.3.2 Achdut 19 2.3.3 Agrexco 19 2.3.4 Arava Export Growers 20 2.3.5 Barkan Mounts 20 2.3.6 Barkan Wine Cellars 20 2.3.7 Beigel & Beigel Food 20 2.3.8 Carmel Carpets 20 2.3.9 Dead Sea Laboratories 21 2.3.10 DiSTeK 21 2.3.11 Familia Sweet 21 2.3.12 Fermentek 21 2.3.13 Hadiklaim 21 2.3.14 Keter Plastic 22 2.3.15 Maya Spice of Life - Jerusalem 22 2.3.16 Mul-T-Lock 22 2.3.17 Shemesh Spices 22 2.3.18 Shor Family Wineries 22 2.3.19 SodaStream 23 2.3.20 Teperberg 1870 Winery 23 2.3.21 Tishbi Estate Winery 23 2.3.22 Yardeni Locks Holdings 23 2.4 Investments in settlement companies 23 2.4.1 Dexia 24 2.5 Other trade links 24 2.5.1 Bekaert 24 2.6 Summary

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27 Chapter 3: Relationships with Denmark 49 5.3.12 Keter Plastic 28 3.1 Diplomatic and economic relationships 49 5.3.13 Mehadrin Group 28 3.2 Trade and economic agreements 50 5.3.14 Mul-T-Lock 28 3.3 Position on the settlements 50 5.3.15 Ofertex Industries 29 3.4 Trade volumes and quantities 50 5.3.16 Oppenheimer Manufacturing and Marketing 29 3.5 Exports by settlement companies to Denmark 50 5.3.17 Shamir Salads 29 3.5.1 AdaFresh 50 5.3.18 SodaStream 31 3.5.2 Agrexco 51 5.3.19 Supergum Industries 31 3.5.3 Barkan Mounts 51 5.3.20 Teperberg 1870 Winery 31 3.5.4 Barkan Wine Cellars 51 5.3.21 Tip Top Toys Star 31 3.5.5 Dead Sea Laboratories 51 5.3.22 Tishbi Estate Winery 32 3.5.6 Hadiklaim 52 5.3.23 Twitoplast 32 3.5.7 Mehadrin Group 52 5.3.24 Yardeni Locks Holdings 32 3.5.8 Mul-T-Lock 52 5.4 Other trade links 32 3.5.9 Shamir Salads 52 5.4.1 Alstom 32 3.5.10 SodaStream 52 5.4.2 Egis Rail 33 3.5.11 Supergum Industries 53 5.4.3 Veolia Transport 33 3.6 Other trade links 54 5.5 Summary 33 3.6.1 Container Centralen 33 3.6.2 ISS 34 3.6.3 Maersk 57 Chapter 6: Relationships with 34 3.7 Summary 58 6.1 Economic and diplomatic relationships 58 6.1.1 Diplomatic relationships 58 6.1.2 Trade and economic agreements 37 Chapter 4: Relationships with Finland 59 6.1.3 Position on the settlements 38 4.1 Diplomatic and economic relations 59 6.2 Trade volumes and quantities 38 4.2 Trade and economic agreements 61 6.3 Exports by settlement companies to Germany 39 4.3 Position on the settlements 61 6.3.1 Achdut 39 4.4 Trade volumes and quantities 61 6.3.2 Adanim Tea 39 4.5 Exports by settlement companies to Finland 61 6.3.3 Agrexco 39 4.5.1 Barkan Mounts 62 6.3.4 Arava Export Growers 41 4.5.2 Barkan Wine Cellars 62 6.3.5 Barkan Mounts 41 4.5.3 Beigel & Beigel Food 62 6.3.6 Barkan Wine Cellars 41 4.5.4 Dead Sea Laboratories 62 6.3.7 Beigel & Beigel Food 41 4.5.5 Hadiklaim 63 6.3.8 Dead Sea Laboratories 41 4.5.6 SodaStream 63 6.3.9 Em Hachita 41 4.6 Summary 63 6.3.10 Fermentek 64 6.3.11 Hadiklaim 64 6.3.12 Keter Plastic 43 Chapter 5: Relationships with 64 6.3.13 Mul-T-Lock 44 5.1 Policies on economic relationships 64 6.3.14 Ofertex Industries 44 5.1.1 Trade and economic relations 64 6.3.15 Plasto-Polish 44 5.1.2 French position on settlements 65 6.3.16 Shor Family Wineries 45 5.2 Trade volumes and quantities 65 6.3.17 SodaStream 47 5.3 Exports by settlement companies to France 65 6.3.18 Supergum Industries 47 5.3.1 Abadi Bakery 66 6.3.19 Teperberg 1870 Winery 47 5.3.2 Achdut 66 6.3.20 Tishbi Estate Winery 47 5.3.3 Adanim Tea 66 6.3.21 Twitoplast 47 5.3.4 Agrexco 66 6.3.22 Yardeni Locks Holdings 48 5.3.5 Barkan Mounts 66 6.4 Investments in settlement companies 48 5.3.6 Barkan Wine Cellars 66 6.4.1 Deutsche Bank 48 5.3.7 Beigel & Beigel 67 6.4.2 HeidelbergCement 48 5.3.8 Dead Sea Laboratories 67 6.5 Other trade links 49 5.3.9 Familia Sweet 67 6.5.1 Vipo Land 49 5.3.10 Fermentek 67 6.5.2 Xilence Technology 49 5.3.11 Hadiklaim 68 6.6 Summary

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71 Chapter 7: Relationships with Italy 92 8.6.1 Heineken 72 7.1 Diplomatic and economic relations 93 8.6.2 Unilever 72 7.2 Trade and economic agreements 94 8.7 Other trade links 73 7.3 Position on the settlements 94 8.7.1 PLMA 73 7.4 Trade volumes and quantities 94 8.8 Summary 75 7.5 Exports by settlement companies to Italy 75 7.5.1 Achdut 75 7.5.2 AdaFresh 97 Chapter 9: Relationships with Norway 75 7.5.3 Agrexco 98 9.1 Diplomatic and economic relationships 75 7.5.4 Barkan Mounts 98 9.2 Trade and economic agreements 75 7.5.5 Barkan Wine Cellars 98 9.3 Position on the settlements 75 7.5.6 Carmel Carpets 99 9.4 Trade volumes and quantities 76 7.5.7 Dead Sea Laboratories 99 9.5 Exports by settlement companies to Norway 76 7.5.8 Hadiklaim 99 9.5.1 Agrexco 76 7.5.9 Keter Plastic 101 9.5.2 Barkan Mounts 76 7.5.10 Mul-T-Lock 101 9.5.3 Dead Sea Laboratories 76 7.5.11 Ofertex Industries 101 9.5.4 DiSTeK 76 7.5.12 SodaStream 101 9.5.5 Hadiklaim 77 7.5.13 Teperberg 1870 Winery 102 9.5.6 Mul-T-Lock 77 7.5.14 Tip Top Toys Star 102 9.5.7 SodaStream 77 7.5.15 Tishbi Estate Winery 102 9.6 Summary 77 7.5.16 Twitoplast 77 7.5.17 Yardeni Lock Holdings 77 7.5.18 Zriha Hlavin Industries 103 Chapter 10: Relationships with Spain 78 7.6 Other trade links 104 10.1 Policies on economic relationships 78 7.6.1 Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. 104 10.2 Trade volumes and quantities 79 7.7 Summary 106 10.3 Exports by settlement companies to Spain 106 10.3.1 Achdut 106 10.3.2 Adanim Tea 81 Chapter 8: Relationships with the Netherlands 107 10.3.3 Agrexco 82 8.1 Diplomatic relationships 107 10.3.4 Barkan Mounts 82 8.2 Trade and economic agreements 107 10.3.5 Beigel & Beigel 83 8.3 Position on the settlements 107 10.3.6 Carmel Carpets 84 8.4 Trade volumes and quantities 108 10.3.7 Dead Sea Laboratories 84 8.5 Exports by settlement companies to the Netherlands 108 10.3.8 Dispobud 84 8.5.1 AdaFresh 108 10.3.9 Fermentek 86 8.5.2 Adanim Tea 108 10.3.10 Hadiklaim 86 8.5.3 Agrexco 108 10.3.11 Keter Plastic 87 8.5.4 Amnon & Tamar 109 10.3.12 Mehadrin Group 87 8.5.5 Arava Export Growers 109 10.3.13 Mul-T-Lock 88 8.5.6 Barkan Mounts 109 10.3.14 Royalife 88 8.5.7 Barkan Wine Cellars 109 10.3.15 SodaStream 88 8.5.8 Dead Sea Laboratories 110 10.3.16 Tip Top Toys 89 8.5.9 Hadiklaim 110 10.3.17 Tishbi Estate Winery 89 8.5.10 Keter Plastic 110 10.3.18 Twitoplast 89 8.5.11 Mehadrin Group 110 10.3.19 Yardeni Locks Holdings 90 8.5.12 Mul-T-Lock 111 10.4 Other trade links 90 8.5.13 Odeyah Industries 111 10.4.1 Comexi Group 90 8.5.14 Ofertex Industries 111 10.5 Summary 90 8.5.15 Oppenheimer 91 8.5.16 Shamir Salads 91 8.5.17 SodaStream 113 Chapter 11: Relationships with Sweden 91 8.5.18 Teperberg 1870 Winery 114 11.1 Diplomatic and economic relationships 91 8.5.19 Tip Top Toys 114 11.2 Trade and economic agreements 92 8.5.20 Tishbi Estate Winery 115 11.3 Position on the settlements 92 8.6 Investments in settlement companies 115 11.4 Trade volumes and quantities

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117 11.5 Exports by settlement companies to Sweden 139 12.4.2 Greenkote 117 11.5.1 Adanim Tea 140 12.4.3 G4S 117 11.5.2 Agrexco 140 12.4.4 Hanson 118 11.5.3 Barkan Mounts 140 12.4.5 Unilever 118 11.5.4 Barkan Wine Cellars 141 12.5 Other trade links 118 11.5.5 Dead Sea Laboratories 141 12.5.1 Record Power 118 11.5.6 Hadiklaim 142 12.6 Summary 118 11.5.7 Keter Plastic 119 11.5.8 Mehadrin 119 11.5.9 Mul-T-Lock 145 Chapter 13: Profiles - Settlement Companies 119 11.5.10 SodaStream 146 13.1 Abadi Bakery 119 11.5.11 Supergum Industries 146 13.2 Achdut 119 11.5.12 Tishbi Estate Winery 147 13.3 AdaFresh 120 11.6 Investments in settlement companies 147 13.4 Adanim Tea 120 11.6.1 ASSA Abloy 147 13.5 Agrexco 120 11.7 Summary 150 13.6 Amnon & Tamar 150 13.7 Arava Export Growers 151 13.8 Avgol 123 Chapter 12: Relationships with the 151 13.9 Barkan Mounts United Kingdom 152 13.10 Barkan Wine Cellars 124 12.1 Policies on economic relationships 152 13.11 Beigel & Beigel Food 124 12.1.1 Trade and economic agreements 153 13.12 Carmel Carpets 125 12.1.2 Diplomatic relationships 153 13.13 Dead Sea Laboratories 126 12.1.3 British position on settlements 154 13.14 Dispobud 127 12.2 Trade volumes and quantities 154 13.15 DiSTeK 130 12.3 Exports by settlement companies to the UK 155 13.16 D.N.M. Technical Equipment and Tools 130 12.3.1 Achdut 155 13.17 Em Hachita 130 12.3.2 Adanim Tea 155 13.18 Familia Sweet 130 12.3.3 Agrexco 156 13.19 Fermentek 131 12.3.4 Arava Export Growers 156 13.20 Golden Ryd Dyl 131 12.3.5 Barkan Mounts 156 13.21 Hadiklaim - Date Growers’ Cooperative 132 12.3.6 Barkan Wine Cellars 157 13.22 Hanson Israel 132 12.3.7 Beigel & Beigel 158 13.23 Isratoys 133 12.3.8 Carmel Carpets 158 13.24 Keter Plastic 133 12.3.9 Dead Sea Laboratories 159 13.25 Maya Spice of Life - Jerusalem 133 12.3.10 Dispobud 159 13.26 Mehadrin Group 133 12.3.11 DiSTeK 160 13.27 Mul-T-Lock 134 12.3.12 Familia Sweet 161 13.28 Odeyah Industries 134 12.3.13 Fermentek 161 13.29 Ofertex Industries 134 12.3.14 Hadiklaim 161 13.30 Oppenheimer Manufacturing and Marketing 134 12.3.15 Isratoys 161 13.31 Plasto-Polish 135 12.3.16 Keter Plastic 162 13.32 RonoPolydan Packaging 135 12.3.17 Mehadrin Group 162 13.33 Royalife 135 12.3.18 Mul-T-Lock 163 13.34 Shamir Salads 136 12.3.19 Ofertex Industries 163 13.35 Shemesh Spices 136 12.3.20 Oppenheimer Manufacture & Marketing 163 13.36 Shor Family Wineries 136 12.3.21 Shamir Salads 164 13.37 SodaStream 136 12.3.22 Shemesh Spices 166 13.38 Supergum Industries 136 12.3.23 SodaStream 167 13.39 Teperberg 1870 Winery 137 12.3.24 Teperberg 1870 Winery 167 13.40 Tip Top Toys Star 137 12.3.25 Tip Top Toys 167 13.41 Tishbi Estate Winery 138 12.3.26 Tishbi Estate Winery 168 13.42 Twitoplast 138 12.3.27 Twitoplast 168 13.43 Yardeni Locks Holdings 138 12.3.28 Yardeni Locks Holdings 168 13.44 Zriha Hlavin Industries 138 12.4 Investments in settlement companies 138 12.4.1

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6 FIGURE 1. Settlements Established and 157 FIGURE 36. of Hanson Israel Evacuated 1967 - 2008 158 FIGURE 37. A collection of trademarks and 8 FIGURE 2. Israeli exports worldwide by region, brands of the Keter Group 2000 – 2009 (US$ million) 165 FIGURE 38. The structure of SodaStream. 9 FIGURE 3. Israeli exports to the main European countries in 2009 (value %) 18 FIGURE 4. Belgium & Luxembourg imports from Israel and Belgium & Luxembourg exports to Israel (in US$ million) 18 FIGURE 5. Belgian imports from Israel in 2009 (value %) 30 FIGURE 6. Denmark imports from Israel and Denmark exports to Israel (in US$ million) T A B L E of 30 FIGURE 7. Danish imports from Israel in 2009 (value %) 40 FIGURE 8. Finland imports from Israel and Finland TABLES exports to Israel (in US$ million) 40 FIGURE 9. Finnish imports from Israel in 2009 (value %) 45 FIGURE 10. President Abbas and President E Table 1. Trade and investment links with Sarkozy in Paris settlement companies per country 46 FIGURE 11. France imports from Israel and France 25 TABLE 2. Exports from Israeli settlements in exports to Israel (in US$ million) occupied territories to Belgium 46 FIGURE 12.French imports from Israel in 2009 (value %) 26 TABLE 3. Other Belgian business links 60 FIGURE 13. German imports from Israel and German with Israeli settlements exports to Israel (in US$ million) 35 TABLE 4. Exports from Israeli Settlements in 60 FIGURE 14. German imports from Israel in 2009 (value %) occupied territories to Denmark 74 FIGURE 15. Italy imports from Israel and Italian 35 TABLE 5. Other Danish business links exports to Israel (in US$ million) with Israeli settlements 74 FIGURE 16. Italian imports from Israel in 2009 (value %) 42 TABLE 6. Exports from Israeli settlements in 78 FIGURE 17. The two train routes through occupied territories to Finland occupied Palestinian territories 55 TABLE 7. Exports from Israeli settlements in 78 FIGURE 18. Pizzarotti at the portal of Tunnel 2 in occupied territories to France Section C, Sha’ar Hagay, October 2010. 56 TABLE 8. Other French business links 85 FIGURE 19. Dutch imports from Israel and Netherlands with Israeli settlements exports to Israel (in US$ million) 68 TABLE 9. Exports from Israeli settlements in 85 FIGURE 20. Dutch imports from Israel in 2009 (value %) occupied territories to Germany 100 FIGURE 21. Norway imports from Israel and Norway 69 TABLE 10. Other German business links exports to Israel (in US$ million) with Israeli settlements 100 FIGURE 22. Norway imports from Israel in 2009 (value %) 79 TABLE 11. Exports from Israeli settlements in 105 FIGURE 23. Spanish imports from Israel and Spanish occupied territories to Italy exports to Israel (in US$ million) 80 TABLE 12. Other Italian business links 105 FIGURE 24. Spanish imports from Israel in 2009 (value %) with Israeli settlements 107 FIGURE 25. The Carmel Bio-Top in the port 95 TABLE 13. Exports from Israeli settlements in of Valencia, June 2007. occupied territories to the Netherlands 115 FIGURE 26. Former Israeli prime minister Olmert 96 TABLE 14. Other Dutch business links and Swedish minister Bildt with Israeli settlements 116 FIGURE 27. Swedish imports from Israel and Sweden 102 TABLE 15. Exports from Israeli settlements in exports to Israel (in US$ million) occupied territories to Norway 116 FIGURE 28. Swedish imports from Israel in 2009 (value %) 111 TABLE 16. Exports from Israeli settlements 128 FIGURE 29. UK imports from Israel and UK occupied territories to Spain exports to Israel (in US$ million) 121 TABLE 17. Exports from Israeli settlements in 128 FIGURE 30. UK imports from Israel in 2009 (value %) occupied territories to Sweden 147 FIGURE 31. Factory of Achdut in the Barkan Settlement. 121 TABLE 18. Other Swedish business links 149 FIGURE 32. Agrexco truck carrying products from the with Israeli settlements Jordan Valley through the West Bank 142 TABLE 19. Exports from Israeli settlements in 150 FIGURE 33. growing regions of Arava occupied territories to the UK 151 FIGURE 34. Barkan Mounts in . 143 TABLE 20. Other British business links 155 FIGURE 35. Jerusalem Matzy produced by Em Hachita with Israeli settlements

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“This is not disputed territory. It is occupied PROSPERPalestine is an international call to Affairs (Defra) issued voluntary support Palestinians in building a state by guidance to UK supermarkets stating Palestinian territory and on-going settlement moving away from economic relationships labels should differentiate between with Israeli settlements in the occupied “Israeli settlement produce” and expansion is illegal under international law, West Bank, and East Jerusalem. “Palestinian produce”. Up until then, foods were labeled “Produce of the an obstacle to peace and a threat to a two We seek to build a viable and independent West Bank”. Palestinian state where Palestinians state solution.” will live in peace and security with their • In September 2009, the UK Trade Union neighbours. In order to do this we must Congress, representing 58 British unions call for an end to Israeli settlement building and about 6.5 million workers, voted on Palestinian land. A viable, independent to support rejection of all settlement William Hague Palestinian state can only come into being produce entering the UK. without settlements and the occupation UK foreign secretary that goes hand in hand with them. What There is a growing international sense of you can do towards that end is simply urgency to bring an end to settlements reject settlement products entering your and the obstacle they pose to peace and country. the creation of an independent Palestinian state. A growing demand to end third party Important efforts are being carried out states’ support to settlement economy around the world. Many groups looking is becoming more vocal. This demand is for an end to the conflict understand the currently being translated at all levels; challenge that settlements pose to the from grassroots activists, to civil society prospects for peace in the . organizations, to business owners and Many politicians, business owners, and politicians. influential figures have also contributed tremendous efforts. A number of excellent With unprecedented international pressure achievements over the past year have been to roll back settlements, it is however vital made as a result of these efforts. Among that efforts to reject settlement products them: are united. PROSPERPalestine seeks to • On July 9 2010, Presbyterian leaders build on previous success while amplifying strongly backed a proposal calling for the common demand of all organizations, the U.S. government to end aid to Israel individuals, and groups working for unless the country stops settlement Palestine and peace; ending support to expansions in disputed Palestinian settlements by abandoning all settlement territories. products and economic relationships with them. • On Wednesday 30 June 2010, the Methodist Church in the United PROSPERPalestine is a collective initiative Kingdom voted to reject all products that simply provides information and tools from Israeli settlements in the occupied for all those uniting for a viable Palestinian Palestinian territories. state, without settlements and without occupation. PROSPERPalestine is the • On February 25 2010, The European common ground among all organizations, Court of Justice ruled that settlement movements, and groups working in products are not eligible to enjoy the solidarity with the Palestinian people. preferential treatment Israeli products do as part of the EC-Israel Association Only through such unity, we will be able Agreement. to amplify our voice against settlements, visa-vis occupation, and strengthen the • In December 2009, the UK Department movement against settlement products for the Environment, Food and Rural around the world.

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Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip has continued for over 43 years. Ever since then, the international community has taken a strong political stance against this occupation and has repeatedly called upon Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories.

While Israel’s occupation is identified as illegal in over 25 scripts in international law, Israel has consistently intensified its occupation through building illegal settlements and imposing measures that go hand in hand with sustaining them; maintaining control over internationally recognised Palestinian land and resources.

Examples of where settlements are mentioned as a clear violation to international law include:

• Article 49 of the Geneva Convention • Article 8(2) (B)(viii) of the Rome Statute of the SUMMARY International Criminal Court • United Nations Security Council Resolution 446 • United Nations Security Council Resolution 452 • United Nations Security Council Resolution 465 • United Nations Security Council Resolution 471 • United Nations Security Council Resolution 476 • Article 3 of the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination

Israeli settlements today control over 40% of the West Bank, utilizing its land, water, and other resources for its own economy rather than that of the Palestinians.

It is the international community’s responsibility as a third party to reject this illegal enterprise and move away economic relationships with it.

Settlements are economic pillars that sustain the occupation of the West Bank. The majority of settlement exports are currently being marketed in countries all over the world, mostly, in the US and EU. Likewise, inward investment into settlements can be traced back to many states across the European Union and the wider international community.

We call upon the international community to reject economic relationships with settlements. Instead, we urge the international community to support the Palestinian people in building an independent, viable, and prosperous state.

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This report explores the trade and and the United Kingdom (14% each). Italy investment relationships between and France follow with 11% each. companies located in Israeli settlements in Settlement company the occupied Palestinian territories on the Estimates on which share of the Israeli one hand, and the main European countries exports to Europe consists of settlement - Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, products vary considerably. In statements Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, published in 2002 and 2004, the Israeli Belgium Denmark Finland France G ermany Italy Netherlands Norway S pain S weden United K ingdom No. of countries per company Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom - government estimated this share to be on the other hand. Trade and investment around 1-2 per cent of total Israeli exports Abadi Bakery 2 relationships researched include the to Europe. However, independent observers supply of products produced by companies think that when the total settlement exports Achdut 6 located in Israeli settlements in the to Europe are adjusted to include exports occupied territories (settlement products) wholly or partially produced in occupied AdaFresh 3 to European customers; the supply of territories, the percentage is more likely to products or services by European companies amount to 20-30 per cent. Adanim Tea 6 to settlement companies; the financing of settlement companies by European Furthermore, the share of settlement Agrexco 10 companies or financial institutions via products in Israeli exports to a specific loans, share ownership or otherwise; and European country can differ from these Amnon & Tamar 1 investments by settlement companies in overall percentages. It is likely, however, the main European countries. that the main European export destinations Arava Export Growers 4 for settlement products are the countries This report is based on desk research. mentioned above. But the exact ranking Inevitably, the overview will not be complete might be different: most of the Israeli Avgol 1 as many economic relationships are not export (66%) to Belgium and Luxembourg documented in the sources available. The for instance consists of diamonds and we Barkan Mounts 11 uncertainty of some trade and investment have found no evidence that diamonds links also highlights one of the features of originate from the settlements. As diamond Barkan Wine Cellars 9 the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian exports to other European countries are territories, which is that the economy of much smaller, it is likely that Belgium is Beigel & Beigel Food 7 the settlements is so closely integrated not the most important export destination into that of Israel itself that distinguishing for settlement products in Europe. Carmel Carpets 4 between the two is very difficult. While not quantitative in terms of the Dead Sea Laboratories 11 Reliable figures on the trade between the volumes and values of exports of settlement settlements and Europe are not available. products to Europe, this study does provides Dispobud 3 Data on the exports of settlement products a broad inventory of trade and investment are amalgamated into the trade statistics links between companies located in Israeli DiSTeK 3 of Israel itself. These trade statistics show settlements in the occupied Palestinian that the EU is a very important trading territories on the one hand and the main D.N.M. Technical partner for Israel, with Israeli exports to European countries on the other hand. We Equipment 1 the EU reaching a value of US$ 15.4 billion found settlement products to be sold in all in 2009. European countries by various channels - Em Hachita 1 ranging from small groceries to well-known Although this report is not concerned with webshops and large supermarket chains Familia Sweet 3 trade between Europe and Israel itself, the and department stores. Furthermore, we trade patterns between Israel and Europe found European companies supplying Fermentek 5 could give an indication on the trade in products and services to settlements, and settlement products. The most important some companies and financial institutions Golden Ryd Dyl 2 European destinations for Israeli exports investing in settlement companies through are Belgium and Luxembourg, together shareholdings or loans. Table 1 provides an Hadiklaim 11 accounting for 23% of Israeli export to overview of the trade and investment links Europe; the Netherlands (15%), Germany per country and per settlement company. Hanson Israel 2 research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine D in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine E in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Conclusions the different EU countries can then use these postal codes to determine which As Table 1 shows, the main European import tariff needs to be applied. But in the Settlement company countries researched in this report have case that trade documents show the postal trade and investment links with at least code of the Israeli headquarters rather than 44 settlement companies. We found the postal code of the production facility Belgium Denmark Finland France G ermany Italy Netherlands Norway S pain S weden United K ingdom No. of countries per company five European countries to have trade in the settlements, no further screening and investment links with more than seems to be undertaken. How often this is Isratoys 2 20 settlement companies: the United the case, could not be assessed within the Kingdom (31), Germany (25), France and scope of this desk research project. Keter Plastic 8 the Netherlands (24 each) and Belgium (23). They are followed by Spain (20), Maya Spice of Life 1 Italy (18), Sweden (12) and Denmark (11), Recommendations - Jerusalem which all have trade and investment links with more than ten settlement companies. The results of our research into the trade Mehadrin Group 6 Norway (7) and Finland (6) have trade and and investment relationships between investment links with only a small number companies located in Israeli settlements Mul-T-Lock 10 of settlement companies. in the occupied Palestinian territories on the one hand, and the main European Odeyah Industries 1 The settlement companies which have most countries - Belgium, Denmark, Finland, trade and investment links with the main France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Ofertex Industries 5 European countries are Barkan Mounts, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Dead Sea Laboratories, Hadiklaim and Kingdom - on the other hand, we make the Oppenheimer SodaStream. These four companies export following recommendations: Manufacturing 3 to all 11 countries researched. Agrexco and and Marketing Mul-T-Lock have links with 10 countries. • European companies mentioned in this report should verify if their indeed have Plasto-Polish 2 The number of trade and investment links a trade and/or investment relationship found to exist between the settlements and with a company located in Israeli RonoPolydan Packaging 1 the main European countries, and the large settlements in the occupied Palestinian number of European companies involved, territories. As the Israeli settlement Royalife 1 do suggest that the share of settlement policy conflicts international law and products in Israeli exports to Europe is is strongly denounced by the European Shamir Salads 4 higher than the 1-2% estimate of the Israeli Union and the governments of EU government. This can most probably be member states, European companies Shemesh Spices 2 explained by the fact that many settlement are recommended to end their trade companies have their headquarters within and investment relationships with the legal borders of Israel while - some or all companies in the settlements; Shor Family Wineries 2 of - their production facilities are located in settlements. When these companies export • The European Commission and SodaStream 11 settlements products, these products are the governments of the European often labelled with the address of their countries researched are recommended Supergum Industries 4 headquarters. Trade documents will then to complement their political and not register these products as settlement diplomatic denouncing of the Israeli Teperberg 1870 Winery 6 products. settlement policy with concrete trade and investment policies which prevent Tip Top Toys Star 5 This also highlights the main flaw in the trade and investment relationships with present EU policy towards imports of companies located in Israeli settlements Tishbi Estate Winery 8 settlement products. As the settlements are in the occupied Palestinian territories not recognised as part of Israel by the EU, or at least follow the UK example and Twitoplast 5 the EU policy aims to prevent settlement require proper labelling or settlement products from claiming preferential tariff products as such; Yardeni Locks Holdings 6 treatment to which exports from Israel are eligible under the EU-Israel Association • Customs authorities in the European Agreement of 1995. According to the countries researched are recommended Zriha Hlavin Industries 2 technical arrangement between Israel and to investigate the (probable) imports the European Union, which came into force from Israeli settlements identified in No.of companies in July 2008, Israeli exporters to the EU this report, to assess if the exporting 23 11 6 24 25 18 24 7 20 12 31 per country should indicate their postal code in trade settlement companies are not violating documents. The customs authorities of the technical arrangement between research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine F in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine G in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Israel and the European Union, in order to claim a preferential tariff treatment to which they are not entitled;

• Citizens and non-governmental organisations in the European countries researched are recommended to “… [Israeli settlements] run counter to question the European companies mentioned in this report, as well as achieving a peaceful solution that will preserve their governments, about the trade and investment relationships identified Israel’s security and realize the Palestinians’ with companies located in Israeli settlements. right to statehood.”

Catherine Ashton High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union (EU) research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine H in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories INTRODUCTION Methodology & Definitions

This report analyses the present trade • European companies and financial “Not only are continued Israeli settlements and investment relationships between institutions include all companies and companies and financial institutions in financial institutions located in one of illegitimate, Israel’s actions run counter to the main European countries on the one the main European countries, either hand and companies located in Israeli domestically or foreign owned. efforts to resume direct negotiations.” settlements established in occupied Palestinian territories on the other hand. • Settlement companies include: 1. Production companies located in Based upon the research objective Israeli settlements, either Israeli or US State Department formulated above, the following specific foreign owned; research questions were researched: 2. Israeli agricultural trading companies which source a substantial part • How have policies on economic of their exports of agricultural relationships with settlement products from settlements in the companies developed in the EU as occupied Jordan Valley; a whole and in the main European 3. The parent or holding companies countries individually: agreements owning a production company concluded, political statements made located in an Israeli settlement, but and policy papers issued? only when this subsidiary is one of their few production facilities • What is the volume of products of worldwide. settlement companies exported to the main European countries, in physical • Settlement companies do not include: quantities and in value, split by country 1. Parent or holding companies which of destination? are not located in a settlement and which own many production • How do the products of settlement subsidiaries (either in or outside companies in practice find their way Israel), including only one settlement into Israel and onto the markets of company; the main European countries, what 2. Companies providing services to checks must be done, what taxes and consumers or companies in the regulations - both Israeli and EU- they settlements, as long they are not are subject to and which Israeli and EU located in a settlement themselves; organisations oversee this process? 3. Companies and financial institutions which have trade and/or investment • Which European companies and links with settlement companies financial institutions have present are not considered settlement trade and/or investment relationships companies themselves. with settlement companies? • European companies are considered The following definitions apply to these to have trade and/or investment research questions: relationships with settlement companies when they: • The main European countries are: 1. Import, distribute or sell products 1. Belgium produced by a settlement company; 2. Denmark 2. Export products or services to a 3. Finland settlement company; 4. France 3. Finance a settlement company by 5. Germany providing a loan, investing in its 6. Italy shares or underwriting a share 7. the Netherlands issuance; 8. Norway 4. Are owned by a settlement 9. Spain company. 10. Sweden 11. United Kingdom

UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 1 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories The findings of this research project are Chapter 1 describes the current situation based on desk research. Governmental around the settlements and both Israeli and websites and statistical data were used European policies regarding settlements to describe country policies and trade and trade. It also presents a summary of volumes. Company websites, media and the information which is available in public reports of NGO’s were used to identify sources on export volume and transport trade relationships. routes of the products manufactured in the settlements. It should be borne in mind that the findings of this report only represent a snapshot Chapters 2 to 12 present the identified of economic links at one moment in time; trade relationships between European these are dynamic relationships which companies and settlement companies are constantly changing. The uncertainty for each of the main European countries of certain links also highlights one of researched. Each chapter describes the the features of the Israeli occupation of policies on economic relationships and the Palestinian territories, which is that trade volumes of that specific country the economy of the settlements is so with Israel. Then the exports by settlement closely integrated into that of Israel itself companies to European countries are that distinguishing between the two is described, including address information very difficult. Trade statistics from the of European subsidiaries, distributors and settlements tend to be amalgamated into selling points. Furthermore, we describe those for the whole of Israel. investments in settlement companies and Chapter 1 other trade links with European countries. A profile of the settlement companies can The EU & ISRAELI be found in Chapter 13. SETTLEMENTS research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 2 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 3 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 1 T H E E U & I S R A E L I a grave and systematic human rights Despite these activities, the overall violation, harming the daily lives of economic cost-benefit balance of the SETTLEMENTS over 3.7 million Palestinians and 21,000 settlements for the Israeli economy Syrians living under Israeli occupation.8 appears to be negative. A precise estimate is difficult to make, as it is difficult to distinguish the costs of the settlements 1.1 “The occupying power shall not deport or from the costs of the occupation itself. transfer parts of its own civilian population 1.2 In 2005, Shir Hever, a preeminent Israeli History and legal status into the territory it occupies.” 4 author on settlement economy and author Geography and economy of a book on the political economy of the of the settlements An occupying power is entitled under occupation, estimated that since 1967 the international law to make use of the of the settlements total costs of the occupation amounted Since 1967, Israel has occupied the West economy and resources of the territory to US$ 97 billion.12 In 2008, Shir Hever Bank (including East Jerusalem), the Gaza it occupies, but only in order to fulfil the As of mid-2010, there were 121 Israeli estimated the Israeli government spends Strip and the . The West Bank needs of its army and to meet the costs of settlements in the West Bank (not including approximately US$ 9.3 billion every year and Gaza Strip are known as the occupied administering the occupied territory. An East Jerusalem). Additionally, around to maintain the occupation. This equals Palestinian territories (OPTs), while the occupant is not permitted to exploit the 100 settlements, commonly referred to about 13% of the government’s total annual Golan Heights are part of Syria. These economy and resources of the occupied as outposts, are dotted throughout the budget. Updating the 2005 estimate, territories are beyond the Green Line1, territory to fulfil either its own domestic West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan the total costs of occupation at the end which is accepted as the provisional, de needs, or to benefit its own domestic Heights. These are typically smaller and of 2007 would be at US$ 115 billion.13 facto border of the State of Israel until the economy. In essence it is required to keep although established with governmental successful conclusion of the Middle East the occupied territory separate, politically assistance, not officially recognized.9 In In May 2011, the Israeli Macro Center Peace Process settles permanent frontiers. as well as economically. To permit East Jerusalem there are 12 large Israeli for Political Economics released a report otherwise would be to go against the neighbourhoods and settlements built in assessing the monetary worth of Jewish Israel has established civilian settlements logic of international law which prohibits Palestinian neighbourhoods. A map of the homes in the West Bank. The report found in these territories. Israeli human rights an occupier from annexing territory it settlements is presented in Figure 1. a significant increase in the settlements’ organisation B’Tselem estimates that in occupies.5 Mid 2009 there were more than 300,000 monetary worth due to the expansion of 1967 Israel annexed 7,050 hectares from residents living in Israeli settlements settlements. The report claims that in East Jerusalem and the West Bank and Israel’s settlements in the Gaza Strip were on the West Bank, according to a Israel 2004 settlements were worth US$12.6 incorporated them in Jerusalem’s borders. dismantled in August 2005, although the Defense Forces Civil Administration billion, and that this sum had increased to From this annexed territory, Israel has effective occupation of the Gaza Strip report.10 According to Israel’s Central US$18.8 billion by May 2011. This figure expropriated about one-third of the has not ceased, with Israeli control of all Bureau of Statistics, the growth rate for the provides an estimation of the amount the annexed territory - 2,400 hectares - most borders, airspace and seaports. In the West settler population was almost three times Israeli state may have to pay settlers in the of it privately owned Arab property and Bank and the Golan Heights, however, higher than that of the general population event they are evacuated as part of a peace used this for residential construction”.2 settlements are expanding and new ones in Israel.11 accord with the Palestinians.14 According to international law, these continue to be established 6, contrary settlements are illegal. Article 49 of the to numerous UN General Assembly In the settlements and their associated In 2010 the Palestinian Authority Fourth Geneva Convention 3 (Part 1) states: and Security Council Resolutions, the industrial zones, Israeli companies operate announced a boycott of products and “Road Map” 7 and the Fourth Geneva in various industrial sectors. Agricultural services from the settlements, including 1 The 1949 General Armistice Convention. These settlements constitute production is very important in the the Jewish communities in the West Bank, Agreements set out the Green Line. They comprise the 24 February 1949 Egypt-Israel General Armistice settlements in the Jordan Valley, while in the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem. Agreement, 42 United Nations Treaty Series 654; 4 UN, “Convention (IV) relative the industrial zones industries producing In 2010 the Palestinian Authority also 23 March 1949 Lebanon-Israel General Armistice to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War”, United Nations, Geneva, 12 August 1949. food products, metal products, plastic banned Palestinians from working on Agreement, ibid 655; 3 April 1949 Jordan-Israel 15 General Armistice Agreement, ibid 656; and 20 July 5 See the commentary to Article 47 of products, cosmetics, and many other settlements. 1949 Syria-Israel General Armistice Agreement, the Fourth Geneva Convention, para. 2, Pictet J (Ed), products are active. Collectively, these ibid 657, available online at treaties.un.org/doc/ Commentary to Geneva Convention IV relative to the products are referred to as “settlement Publication/UNTS/Volume%2042/v42.pdf. protection of civilian persons in time of war (ICRC: products”. 2 RVN, “Jordan: Next step regarding Geneva: 1958), Commentary to Article 47, 273, para. 2. Jerusalem”, Right Vision News, 11 December 2009. 6 A recent article in the Israeli 8 See for instance , Falk, R, Situation 3 See Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva newspaper, Haaretz, reveals details of a database of human rights in the Palestinian territories Convention of 1949, to which Israel is a State of settlements (not including so-called ‘outposts’) occupied since 1967, UN Doc. A/63/326 (25 Party, available online at www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/ in the West Bank, compiled by the Israeli defence August 2008), available online at www.unhcr.org/ 12 Hever, S., “The Settlements - siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/genevaconventions. See also establishment. It also cites Israeli Central Bureau refworld/country,,UNGA,,PSE,,48e5e2be2,0.html Economic Cost to Israel”, The Alternative Information the International Court of Justice’s advisory Opinion of Statistics estimates that in 2008 the settlement (last accessed May 2011). For population and other Center, Jerusalem / Beit Sahour, July 2005. of 9th July 2004 on the Legal Consequences of the population in the West Bank was approximately statistics in the occupied Palestinian territories 290,000: Secret Israeli database reveals full extent 13 Hever, S., “Privatization of Israel’s Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian see for www.ochaopt.org/documents/OCHA_oPt_ Re neries. Economy of the Occupation”, The Territory, available online at www.icj-cij.org/docket/ of illegal settlement, Haaretz, 29 January 2009, SocioEconomics_Fact_Sheet_April_2008_English.pdf. fi available online at www.israeli-occupation.org/2009- Alternative Information Center, Socioeconomic Bulletin files/131/1671.pdf at para. 120. UN General Assembly 9 Palestine Monitor, - No. 16, Jerusalem / Beit Sahour, January 2008. resolution ES-10/15, which the UK voted to adopt, 01-30/secret-israeli-database-reveals-full-extent-of- illegal-settlement/. The database (in Hebrew only) “Factsheet Israeli Settlements”, Palestine 14 Mula, S., “Study: Settlements called on all States to fulfil their legal obligations as Monitor, Last updated March 2010. mentioned in the advisory opinion, and also to find is available at www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/images/ worth $18.8 billion”, Y Net News, 27 May 2011. ways to “ensure respect by Israel for the [Fourth printed/P300109/uriib.mht (last accessed May 2011) 10 Levinson, C., “IDF: More than 300,000 15 The American Task Force Geneva] Convention”. See www.fco.gov.uk/en/ 7 Available online at www. settlers live in West Bank”, Haaretz, 27 July 2009. on Palestine, “Palestinians count cost of newsroom/latest-news/?view=PressR&id=2003705. un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/sc7924. 11 B’Tselem, “Land Expropriation & settlement work ban”, The American Task (all urls last checked May 2011) doc.htmhtm (last checked May 2011) Settlements”, Website B’Tselem, Viewed in March 2011. Force on Palestine, 6 January 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 4 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 5 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories THE EU & ISRAELI 1 SETTLEMENTS FIGURE 1. 1.3 1.4 Settlements Established and Evacuated 1967 - 2008 Israeli settlement policy International trade of

The Israeli government actively encourages settlement products its Jewish citizens to migrate to the settlements by funnelling large amounts of resources to the settlements through 1.4.1 Export volumes a variety of incentives. This includes government subsidies for housing Settlement products find their way to construction in settlements, subsidized international markets via Israel. They are loans and grants for settlers to buy transported by truck from the settlements houses, and extended investments in in the occupied Palestinian Territories to education, health care and security. Funds Israel. From there, they are exported by are also allocated to buy armed vehicles, truck, boat or plane. As Israel considers the to arm and train settler militias, and to settlements to be part of Israel, the exports “protect” the settlers. On top of this, the of settlement products are registered Israeli government heavily subsidizes the as Israeli exports and included in Israeli construction of by-pass roads connecting export statistics. While this report is not the illegal settlements.16 Industrial and interested in Israeli exports by companies agricultural businesses are encouraged to inside the Green Line, we will analyse total operate in the settlements by providing Israeli export statistics as these provide grants and subsidies, such as compensation an indication of the destinations of the for EU produce tariffs and significantly exports of settlement products. lower taxes than inside the Green Line. All Israeli commercial banks provide business The EU and Israel maintain a strong trading loans for companies that are directly partnership. Israel ranks 25th on the list involved in the settlements.17 of major EU import partners, and 23rd on its list of export partners. For Israel, the At the other hand, Israel actively EU is its most important trading partner, discourages investments and economic with a total trade volume amounting to development in the Palestine Territories, approximately € 20.2 billion in 2009. The for example by not issuing permits for new EU is Israel’s major source of imports and is roads and water lines.18 the second largest market for exports after the (covering 29.3% and 32.9% Settlement construction is only possible of total Israeli exports respectively).20 with a permit from the Israeli government. After strong international pressure, Israeli exports to the EU had a total value Israel in May 2010 announced a freeze of US$ 15.4 billion in 2009.21 Figure 2 on settlement construction. In March provides an overview of Israeli exports 2011, after ten months, the government by region and also shows that total Israeli of Israel approved construction of several exports have doubled in the past decade. hundred units across Gush Etzion, Maale These figures include exports of settlement Adumim, Ariel and Kiryat Sefer, already products. the biggest settlements in the West Bank. 19 In Figure 2 we divided exports to Europe in exports to the main European countries 16 Coalition for Peace with Justice, - which are further explored in this report “The Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories”, Website Coalition for Peace with Justice - and exports to other European countries. (www.peace-with-justice.org), Viewed in May 2011. In 2009, the exports to the main European 17 Lendman, S., “Israeli Banks Profiteering From Occupation”, 11 August 2010, Rense.com (available at www. rense.com/general92/bnk.htm). 18 The Marker, “Israeli suppliers 2010; Salomon, G., “Roundup: Israel approves new to new PA city vow to snub settlements”, West Bank construction following deadly attack”, The Marker, 29 December 2010. Zinhua General News Service, 13 March 2011. 19 AFP, “Israel okays wave of new 20 European Commission, settlements after attack”, Agence France Press, 13 “Trade - Israel”, Website European Commission March 2011; Lazaroff, T., “Peace Now claims 295 (www.ec.europa.eu), Viewed in May 2011 SOURCE homes begun in W. Bank since freeze. Group launches 21 Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, FMEP, “Maps”, Website Foundation of Middle East Peace (www.fmep.org), Viewed in May 2011. campaign to extend moratorium beyond September “Foreign Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics 26 expiration date”, The Jerusalem Post, 3 August Israel (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 6 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 7 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories THE EU & ISRAELI 1 SETTLEMENTS FIGURE 2. FIGURE 3. Israeli exports worldwide by region, 2000 – 2009 (US$ million) Israeli exports to the main European countries in 2009 (value %)

SOURCE SOURCE Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website Central Bureau Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. of Statistics Israel (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011.

countries represented 22% of Israel’s total Exact figures on exports of settlement These estimates of the government third of Israeli exports to Europe are made exports with a total value of US$ 10.4 products are not available. The Israeli however seem low. The website of Jordan in part or in full in Israeli settlements in billion. government estimated the total value Valley settlements for instance states that the occupied territories.26 of the settlements’ annual exports to the value of agricultural production in the Figure 3 provides a further break-down Europe at about US$ 200 million in 2002, Jordan Valley is about NIS 500 million (US$ The difference in the estimates of the Israeli within this group of main European comprising mostly agricultural produce, 130 million). The website also indicates government on the one side and other countries, showing that Belgium & cut flowers, textiles, cosmetics and wine. 22 that most of this production is exported.24 sources on the other, can most probably Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Germany With a total Israeli export to the EU of US$ Considering that besides agricultural be explained by the fact that many Israeli are the leading export destinations, 9.0 billion in 2002, this would equal about produce many other settlement products companies have their headquarters within followed by the UK, France and Italy. 2.2% of total Israeli exports to Europe that are exported, the total export value of the legal borders of Israel while - some or all year. settlement products would be much of - their production facilities are located in The trade data summarized in Figure 2 and higher. settlements. When these companies export Figure 3 do include exports of settlement In November 2004, the Israeli Ministry of settlements products, these products products, but the share of settlement Industry, Trade and Labor estimated that Other sources state that when the total are labelled with the address of their products in export data is unclear. US$ 150 million worth of exports to the settlement exports to Europe are adjusted headquarters. It has also been reported The ranking of main European export EU originated from the settlements in the to include exports wholly or partially that some Israeli businesses falsify the destinations of settlement products can occupied territories.23 According to this produced in occupied territories, in 2002 production address on documentation or therefore differ considerably from Figure estimate, with a total Israeli export to the they had a value of no less than US$ 2 billion, that they use the postal code of one of 3. Israeli exports to Belgium for instance EU of US$ 13.0 billion in 2004, settlement or 20 per cent of total Israeli exports to the their sites located inside Israel as opposed consist for 66% of diamonds, which do not products would account for about 1.1% of EU.25 More recently, in 2009, the German to the actual production location code. originate in the settlements. As diamond total Israeli exports to the EU. newspaper Der Spiegel reported that one A major Israeli business magazine has exports to other European countries are much smaller, it is likely that Belgium is 22 Quakers in Britain, “Help end trade with Israeli settlements”, Website Quakers in not the most important export destination Britain (www.quaker.org.uk), Viewed in May 2011. 24 Jordan Valley Settlements, “English”, 26 Coren, O., “EU court: No customs for settlement products in Europe. 23 Manor, H., “EU approves Israeli Website Jordan Valley Settlements (www.jordanvalley. breaks for Israeli goods from settlements” , Haaretz. proposal for exports from territories”, Globes org.il/?categoryId=38842), Viewed in May 2011. com, 1 November 2009; Bloomberg BusinessWeek, (Available at www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/ 25 Lagerquist, P., “On settlement trade, “EU Eyes Exports from Israeli Settlements”, docview.asp?did=852851), 10 November 2004. Europe doesn't stand tall”, MERIP, 8 April 2003. Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 14 July 2009. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 8 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 9 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories THE EU & ISRAELI 1 SETTLEMENTS published features advising companies destinations. In Europe it flies directly to, Marseille (France) Agrexco has a “state- Resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict with how to do this in order to circumvent among others, Amsterdam, Madrid, Rome, of-the-art terminal”, where products are a two-state solution is a strategic priority customs regulations.27 Zurich, Liège, and Paris.30 stored and then distributed throughout for Europe. To that end, the EU undertakes the European continent and the U.K.35 Since a range of activities – both political and Because of these issues, it remains very October 2010, Agrexco also ships produce practical – and is the largest donor to difficult to estimate the real volume of 1.4.3 Exports over sea to the port of Sète in the south of France Palestinian state-building efforts. In June settlement products exported to Europe. once a week.36 2010 the Foreign Affairs Council called for Transport over sea is the most important an urgent and fundamental change of Israeli way to export goods, including settlement European ports are also used for policy and repeated an earlier call for the 1.4.2 Exports by air products, from Israel to Europe. The most transhipment of settlement products going immediate, sustained and unconditional important harbours in Israel from where to the United States. Mainly the ports of opening of crossings so as to allow a flow Exports from Israel, including settlement goods are transported internationally are Valencia in Spain; Gioia Tauro, Taranto and of humanitarian aid, commercial goods products, are partially transported to Haifa and Ashdod.31 Cagliari in Italy; and Le Havre in France are and persons.40 Europe by cargo planes. Cargo Air Lines used.37 (C.A.L.) is one of the largest Israeli cargo One of the few companies that air services, headquartered at the Ben provides detailed information about its 1.5.2 EU policy on settlement Gurion Airport of . C.A.L., founded transportation process, Agrexco, for products in 1976, carries approximately 100,000 example transports its vegetables and 1.5 tons of cargo annually, exporting Israel mainly by boat to Europe. In 2004 Agrexco The legal basis for the EU’s relations with fresh agricultural produce and industrial and the Danish freight transport company EU policies on settlements Israel is the EU-Israel Association Agreement materials, and importing heavy machinery, Maersk Sealand established a regular which was signed in 1995 and came into automobiles, sensitive and sophisticated freight service across the Mediterranean and settlement products force in June 2000. The main features industrial equipment, livestock and Sea, for containers and refrigerated goods. of the EU-Israel Association Agreement hazardous materials from all over the Two ships, the Carmel Ecofresh and the include provisions on a regular political world.28 Carmel Biotop, maintain a weekly service, 1.5.1 EU position on the dialogue, on freedom of establishment following the route Ashdod - Marseille settlements and liberalisation of services, the free C.A.L. is the owner and the main client (France) - Valencia (Spain) - Genua (Italy) movement of capital and competition rules, of LACHS, the Liège Air Cargo Handling - Haifa - Ashdod. Agrexco carries its own In December 2008 the EU confirmed the strengthening of economic cooperation Service. LACHS was established in 1996 as produce on the ships, including settlement its deep concern about the accelerated and cooperation on social matters. It also an airfreight terminal which provides high products. Maersk transport products settlement expansion. According to the EU, reinforces the arrangements for free trade quality ramp and cargo handling services from other Israeli exporters on the ships, this expansion prejudges the outcome of in industrial products which had been in to a variety of airlines carrying agricultural possibly including settlement products as final status negotiations and threatens the force since the late 1970s.41 produce and general cargo. LACHS is well.32 viability of an agreed two-state solution. located at the Liege Bierset Airport in The EU considers that settlement building As part of the EU-Israel Association Belgium. This strategic location enables Based on shipping information on exports anywhere in the occupied Palestinian Agreement, the European Union has a LACHS’s customers to take advantage of of settlement products to the United Territory, including East Jerusalem, is illegal preferential trade agreement with Israel. the motorway and railway network that States, the following shipping companies under international law.38 The European This means that Israeli products enjoy connects all of Europe’s major cities. are most likely also involved in shipping Union urges the Government of Israel to a reduced import tarriff when they are LACHS has a fleet of refrigerated trucks of these goods from Israel to Europe, next immediately end all settlement activities imported into the EU.42 Import tarriffs for and general cargo trucking transportation to Maersk:33 and calls for the urgent resumption of EU imports from other countries differ services at its disposal.29 For the company negotiations that will lead, within an per product category, making it difficult Agrexco, that imports flowers into Europe • Hapag-Lloyd Germany agreed time-frame, to a two-state solution to assess the exact advantages of the among others from the settlements, it is • K Line with the State of Israel and an independent, preferential trade agreement for Israeli known that it uses LACHS and the airport • MSC Switzerland democratic, contiguous and viable State of exporters. of Liege (see paragraph 13.5). • ZIM Israel Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.39 The other large cargo service exporting from The Israeli company Associated Maritime behalf of the European Union on Israeli Israel is El Al Cargo, a subsidiary of El Al Agencies (AMA) is the commercial and decision regarding settlements”, Council of the European Union, 18 December 2009. Israel Airlines. El Al Cargo is specialized in operational manager of the shipping c1608.php), Viewed in March 2011. 40 European Union, “The EU and transporting dangerous materials, cargo of service of Agrexco in all ports of call.34 In 35 Agrexco, “Logistics”, Website Agrexco (www.agrexco.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. the Middle East Peace Process”, Website European unusual dimensions, agricultural products Union (www.eeas.europa.eu), Viewed in May 2011. 36 Coalition contre Agrexco, and perishable goods and transport 30 El Al Cargo, “Profile”, “Une procédure judiciaire révèle les violations 41 Delegation of the European Union of animals. The airline has 40 direct Website El Al Cargo (www.elal.co.il) du droit et la fraude commises par la société to Israel, “Israel & the EU”, Website Delegation of the European Union to Israel (www.eeas.europa.eu/ destinations and over 200 continuation 31 Panjiva, “Exports from settlements to Agrexco-Carmel”, Press release of the Coalition the US”, Website Panjiva, Downloaded in April 2011. contre Agrexco, 18 February 2011. delegations/israel/index_en.htm), Viewed in May 2011. 27 Quakers in Britain, “Help end 32 Veintepies, “Agrexco y Maersk 37 Panjiva, “Exports from settlements to 42 European Union, “Euro- trade with Israeli settlements”, Website Quakers in establecen servicio conjunto desde Valencia the US”, Website Panjiva, Downloaded in April 2011. Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Britain (www.quaker.org.uk), Viewed in May 2011. a Israel”, Veintepies.com, 2 March 2004. association between the European Communities 38 European Union, “EU positions on and their Member States, of the one part, and the 28 C.A.L., “About Cargo Air Lines”, 33 Panjiva, “Exports from settlements to the Middle East peace process”, Website European State of Israel, of the other part”, Official Journal Website C.A.L. (www.cal.co.il), Viewed in May 2011. the US”, Website Panjiva, Downloaded in April 2011. Union (www.eeas.europa.eu), Viewed in May 2011. of the European Communities , 21 June 2000 29 C.A.L., “About Cargo Air Lines - 34 AMA, “Representation”, 39 Council of the European (available at: eeas.europa.eu/delegations/israel/ LACHS Profile”, (www.cal.co.il), Viewed in May 2011. Website AMA (www.ama.co.il/aassociates/ Union, “Declaration by the Presidency on documents/eu_israel/asso_agree_en.pdf).. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 10 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 11 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories THE EU & ISRAELI 1 SETTLEMENTS As explained in paragraph 1.5.1, the inside Israel, namely that of the head they knowingly sell settlement products, not find a confirmation in public sources European Union urges the Government of office of the exporter. In the UK, customs many European retailers now label them as that this insurance scheme has actually Israel to immediately end all settlement authorities sought to address this problem being from the ‘West Bank’. However, many been implemented. activities. The consequence the EU has by making the importer responsible for campaigners feel that this is insufficient to drawn from this policy stance is not that verifying that products meet the qualifying enable consumers to tell whether they are It seems that instead, the Israeli government products produced in the settlements conditions for preferential treatment.45 buying from settlements or from has set up a compensation scheme to assist are banned from being imported into the Palestinian enterprises and that settlement companies who have lost out as a result of EU. Rather, the EU has taken the position In 2010, in the Netherlands, checks have goods should be clearly labelled as such. 48 more stringent application of the EU-Israel thatthe trade agreement between the EU and been executed at border post as a result In the UK, the Department for Environment preferential trade agreement.51 This means Israel, including the preferential treatment of parliamentary questions raised by a Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in December that those companies can continue to export of imports, should not apply to products Dutch MP (van Bommel; SP) concerning 2009 set a precedent by issuing guidance to the European Union more or less in the produced in Israeli settlements in occupied imports of Ahava products. These checks suggesting that and vegetable imports same way as if they continue to receive Palestinian territories. Products originating showed that the ‘postal code system’ is from the West Bank should be labelled preferential tariff treatment. It is unclear from the Israeli settlements in the West- complied with correctly. If companies either as “Israeli settlement produce” or as as to whether this Israeli compensation Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the exporting from Israel provided a postal “Palestinian produce”49 (see also paragraph scheme is actually permissible under World Golan Heights are not entitled to benefit code which corresponds to an Israeli 12.2). Trade Organisation (WTO) rules. This from preferential tariff treatment under settlement in the occupied territories, has not been tested at the WTO dispute the EU-Israel Association Agreement.43 no preferential tariff treatment is given. resolution panel.52 If the postal code provided is correct, 1.5.3 Israeli response to However, in practice it is likely that some was not checked. According to the then the EU policy settlement products are breaking these Dutch state secretary of Economy, Frans rules by being declared as of Israeli, rather Heemskerk, these results were sufficient Because of the EU technical agreement than settlement, origin. It appears that it and no further checks were necessary to excluded settlement products from the is difficult to identify whether products account for possible mistakes.46 preferential treatment regime, the Israeli marked as Israeli had been produced in Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor Israel proper, or whether they originated On 25 February 2010, the European Court estimated in 2004 that Israeli exporters in settlements. Therefore, in 2005 the of Justice confirmed the legitimacy of the would lose an estimated US$ 8 million EU instigated a “technical arrangement” EU policy regarding settlement products in in customs duties (over US$ 150 million whereby Israeli exporters have to provide a court case between the German customs in Israeli exports originating from the proof of the precise place of production of authorities and the company Brita, which settlements). As a result, in 2004, the their goods together with its postal code, imports goods supplied by Soda-Club. Ministry formulated a proposal to insure in order to claim trade benefits under Brita contested the decision of the German the exporters for this loss. According to the the preferential trade agreement. It is the customs authority, which refused to grant Israeli newspaper Globes the government- responsibility of EU member states to the Soda-Club products preferential tariff owned Inbal Insurance Company, which police this system in order to ensure that treatment. The court ruled that the German insures special risks, would manage the products coming into their jurisdiction custom authorities were right in refusing the compensation. Inbal Insurance which claim to be of Israeli origin are not the preferential treatment and that this would absorb the cost of EU customs on in fact settlement products”.44 can be done either for products made by Israeli goods originating in the occupied companies established in the settlements territories, while the exporters would pay A problem arose regarding the or products that are merely manufactured only a token insurance charge.50 We could implementation of this arrangement in the settlements by companies which because a practice developed, particularly have their headquarters elsewhere.47 in relation to agricultural products, where a head office address inside Israel proper Even though European custom controls 48 Quaker Peace and Social Witness, was used as the proof of origin on customs have to be able to check the origin on “Settlement products – the issues and advocacy declarations, while a different statement of products imported from Israel, there is no messages in relation to the European Union”, Quaker Peace and Social Witness, April 2009; origin appeared on the product itself. In the requirement for settlement products being DEFRA, “Technical advice: labelling of produce UK for example, packets of herbs at point sold in the EU to be labelled as such. Where grown in the Occupied Palestinian Territories”, of sale were labelled as originating in the DEFRA (Available at archive.defra.gov.uk/ 45 See, Customs Information foodfarm/food/odf/labelling-palestine.pdf), 10 West Bank while the customs declaration Paper (08)43, available at customs.hmrc.gov.uk/ December 2009; Hansard, “House of Commons stated a place of origin and postal code channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp. Written Answers. 24 May 2011: Column 548W, portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageVAT_Sh Origin Marking: Israel”, Website Hansard Daily owContent&propertyType=document&id=HM (www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/ 43 European Commission, “Trade - CE_PROD1_028744 (last viewed June 2011) cmhansrd/cm110524/text/110524w0002. Occupied Palestinian Territory”, Website European 46 Ministerie van Economische htm#11052480009895), 24 May 2011. Commission (www.ec.europa.eu), Viewed in May 2011. Zaken, “Invoer van cosmeticaproducten uit 49 DEFRA, “Technical advice: 51 Lendman, S., “Israeli 44 Quakers in Britain, “Help end Israël/Bezette Gebieden”, Ministerie van labelling of produce grown in the Occupied Banks Profiteering From Occupation”, 11 trade with Israeli settlements”, Website Quakers Economische Zaken, 1 February 2010. Palestinian Territories”, DEFRA (Available August 2010, Rense.com (available at www. in Britain (www.quaker.org.uk), Viewed in May 47 Court of Justice of the European at archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/food/odf/ rense.com/general92/bnk.htm). 2011; Reuters, “EU, Israel resolve trade dispute Union “Press release No 14/10: Products originating in labelling-palestine.pdf), 10 December 2009. 52 Quaker Peace and Social Witness, over settlements”, Reuters, 5 August 2004; the West Bank do not qualify for preferential customs 50 Manor, H., “EU approves “Settlement products – the issues and advocacy Fruitnet, “Brussels Israel and EU begin new goods treatment under the EC-Israel Agreement”, Court of Israeli proposal for exports from territories”, messages in relation to the European Union”, origin policy”, Fruitnet.com, 2 February 2005. Justice of the European Union, 25 February 2010. Globes, Tel Aviv, 10 November 2004. Quaker Peace and Social Witness, April 2009. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 12 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 13 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Chapter 2 R E L A T I O N S H I P S WITH BELGIUM

UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 15 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 2 R E L A T I O N S H I P S Avoidance Of Double Taxation with 2.2 Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital WITH belgium signed in 1972; Trade volumes and quantities • Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium and the No reliable statistics exist on trade between Government of the State Of Israel Belgium and settlement companies. As 2.1 European Union. Like all other EU countries, Regarding International Transportation trade with settlements is included in the Belgium is committed to a negotiated two- of Goods on Roads signed in 1975; trade statistics of the trade between Israel Economic and political states solution agreed between Israel and • Agreement between the Government of and Belgium, and Luxembourg as well, we the Palestinian Authority which would the State of Israel and the Government discuss these official trade statistics, to relationships result in a viable, contiguous, sovereign and of Flanders on Cooperation in the get an indication of which products might independent Palestinian State existing side Field of Research and Development in be exported by settlement companies to Ever since the creation of the State of Israel, by side with Israel living within recognized Industry signed in 2000. Belgium. relations between Belgium and Israel have, and secure borders.56 in general, been good and friendly. The The trade balance between Belgium and most illustrious Belgian friend of Israel was In May 2010 the Belgium minister of 2.1.2 Position on settlements Israel has a slight surplus in favour of Queen Elizabeth, the grandmother of the foreign affairs, Steven Vanackere, signed a Belgium. Belgian imports from Israel present King. In February 2010 a plaque in Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Civil society protest against the settlements increased the past decade to US$ 4.6 billion the memory of King Albert I, the husband the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. With is large in Belgium. In February 2011 for in 2008 and then sharply declined to US$ of Queen Elizabeth, was unveiled at the the MoU both parties commit themselves to example, Belgium peace activists blocked 2.3 billion in 2009 (see Figure 4). Together, Albert Square in Tel Aviv in the presence meet at least once a year. The Palestinian gates at the airport of Liège to prevent Belgium and Luxembourg still are Israel’s of the mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Ron Huldai, minister of foreign affairs, Riyad al-Maliki, imports from the company Agrexco as largest export market within the European and Ambassador Bénédicte Frankinet. King expressed his hopes that Belgium can long as it cannot guarantee that the goods Union, accounting for 5.0% of its exports in Albert I had visited Tel Aviv in 1933 and help Palestine to become an independent are not produced in the settlements.59 2009.62 As no distinction is made in these was hosted by Meir Dizengoff. These visits state. Palestine does not have an embassy statistics between Israeli products and were followed by many others over the in Belgium. Maliki expressed his hope that In the same month, the municipality settlement products, the import figures years, Belgian ministers coming on official the MoU would have a positive effect on of Leuven, one of the shareholders from Israel include settlement products. visits to Israel and their Israeli counterparts the representation of Palestine in Belgium.57 of Dexia, adopted an amendment in being welcomed in Belgium.53 which it denounces the financing of the Belgian exports to Israel are slightly higher construction of illegal settlements in the and peaked at US$ 4.4 billion in 2008, Many cultural, scientific and economic 2.1.1 Trade and economic occupied territories by the Belgium bank but dropped to US$ 2.6 billion in 2009. bilateral agreements have been signed over agreements Dexia. The adopted motion is a reaction In 2009 Belgium was Israel’s third largest the years between the two countries. Several of the municipality of Leuven, to protests European supplier, accounting for 6.0% of Belgium-Israel friendship associations Since 1952 Belgium and Israel have signed of the international solidarity movement Israel’s total imports. There are no figures organize activities in both countries to 12 bilateral agreements. The following Intal. Forty other Belgium municipalities on the percentage of these exports which is promote and strengthen bilateral relations. are relevant for trade and economic did the same.60 destined for the settlements.63 Recent data Each year, a certain amount of scholarships relations:58 show that during 2010, the trade between are granted to Israeli students to study in Belgium’s prime minister, Yves Leterme, Israel and Belgium (export and import) Belgian universities and Belgian students • Agreement between the Government of and Belgium’s minister of foreign affairs, went up by approximately 50%, compared come each year to study in Israel thanks to the State of Israel and the Government Steven Vanackere, consider the expansion with the same period the year before. 64 scholarships offered by Israel. 54 of the State of Belgium For Air Services of the settlements illegal and urge the between and beyond their Respective Israeli government to revise its policy. Figure 5 gives an overview of Belgian Belgium is one of Israel’s most important Territories signed in 1952; Like most European countries, Belgium imports from Israel (including imports from commercial partners (due largely to the • Agreement on Co-Production of Films sees the settlement expansion as a threat settlements in the occupied territories) diamond sector) and a great number of signed in 1971; to peace in the region and to a two-state by major product categories. The chart Israeli companies have their European • Convention between the State of Israel solution between Israel and the Palestine indicates that the most important Belgian headquarters in Belgium.55 and the Kingdom of Belgium for the Authority.61 imports from Israel are diamonds (rough and polished). Belgian policy with regard to the Israeli- 56 Embassy of Belgium Tel Aviv, “Diplomatic relations”, Website Embassy Palestinian conflict follows that of the of Belgium Tel Aviv (www.diplomatie. Hidden in these statistics on trading be/telaviv), Viewed in April 2011. relationships between Belgium and Israel 53 Embassy of Belgium Tel 57 De Morgen, “België tekent 59 De Morgen, “Vredesactivisten Aviv, “Diplomatic relations”, Website Embassy Memorandum of Understanding met blokkeren toegangspoorten van Agrexco op Luikse of Belgium Tel Aviv (www.diplomatie. Palestijnen”, De Morgen, 17 May 2010. luchthaven”, De Morgen, 11 February 2011. 62 Central Bureau of Statistics be/telaviv), Viewed in April 2011. 60 De Morgen, “Leuven tegen Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel 58 Israeli Ministry of Foreign (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. 54 Embassy of Belgium Tel Affairs, “Israel Bilateral Agreements”, Website Dexia-financiering bouw nederzettingen in Aviv, “Diplomatic relations”, Website Embassy Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.mfa.gov. Israël”, De Morgen, 28 February 2011. 63 Central Bureau of Statistics of Belgium Tel Aviv (www.diplomatie. il/MFA/Templates/Amanot.aspx?NRMODE=Publi 61 HBVL, “Leterme hekelt Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel be/telaviv), Viewed in April 2011. shed&NRNODEGUID=%7B5F215993-CC42-421E- nederzettingsactiviteiten Israël”, HBVL, 18 (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. 55 Embassy of Belgium Tel B74D-949AACCA4C9C%7D&NRORIGINALURL=/ November 2009; Steven Vanackere, “Berichten - 9 64 Embassy of Belgium Tel Aviv, “Diplomatic relations”, Website Embassy mfa/treaties/israel%20bilateral%20 november 2010 1300 nieuwe woningen in Oost- Aviv, “Trade and economic relations”, Website of Belgium Tel Aviv (www.diplomatie. agreements/&NRCACHEHINT=Guest), Jeruzalem´, Website Steven Vanackere (www. Embassy of Belgium Tel Aviv (www.diplomatie. be/telaviv), Viewed in April 2011. Viewed in May 2011. stevenvanackere.be), Viewed in May 2011. be/telaviv), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 16 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 17 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 2 BELGIUM FIGURE 4. are the trading relationships between (see paragraph 13.2). Achva products can Belgium & Luxembourg imports from Belgian companies and companies active be bought in Belgium at Grosz Center in Israel and Belgium & Luxembourg exports in Israeli settlements. How many Belgian Antwerp. Customers can also order their to Israel (in US$ million) companies have trading relationships with products online. The company delivers companies active in the Israeli settlements, throughout Europe.66 and precisely how important these trading relationships are in financial terms, is Grosz Center difficult to assess. As we have not found Jacob Jordaensstraat 64 companies in the diamonds sector that are 2018 Antwerp located in Israeli settlements established in Belgium occupied Palestinian territories, one could Tel: +32 (0)3 218 66 31 argue that at least 66% of Belgian imports Website: www.groszcenter.be do not come from settlements. However, as the following paragraphs demonstrate, various trading links do exist between 2.3.3 Agrexco Belgian companies and Israeli companies active in the remaining product categories Agrexco is the main exporter of agricultural mentioned in Figure 5 above. products from Israeli settlements, mostly under the Carmel brand (see paragraph 13.5). Agrexco transports flowers and some fruits by 747 airplanes to Liege (Belgium), where Agrexco has a terminal. From there 2.3 they are further distributed to other SOURCE : Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, European countries, including the UK. The “Foreign Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Exports by settlement terminal is operated by Liège Air Cargo Israel (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. Handling Services (LACHS), a subsidiary companies to Belgium of Agrexco and the Israeli airline company Cargo Air Line (CAL): 67 This section describes the exports of products or services by settlement LACHS S.A. companies to Belgium. A profile of the Liège Airport settlement companies can be found in Hall Fret 2 FIGURE 5. Chapter 13. 4460 Grace-Hollogne Belgian imports from Israel in 2009 Belgium (value %) Tel: +32 (0)4 234 73 71 2.3.1 Abadi Bakery Fax: +32 (0)4 234 45 30 E-mail: [email protected] Abadi Bakery is a producer of cookies and cakes, whose factory is located in the Atarot settlement (see paragraph 13.1). Products 2.3.4 Arava Export Growers of Abadi Bakery are sold in Belgium by Grosz Center in Antwerp:65 Arava Export Growers sources agricultural produce, such as tomatoes and herbs, Grosz Center from the occupied Jordan Valley (see Jacob Jordaensstraat 64 paragraph 13.7). The Belgian importer 2018 Antwerp Starfruit specialises in trade of tropical Belgium fruits, including the brand Arava:68 Tel: +32 (0)3 218 66 31 Website: www.groszcenter.be 66 Grosz Center, “Achva”, Website Grosz Center (www.groszcenter.be/en/ browseprods.aspx?Type=Search&Term=achva), Viewed in April 2011. 2.3.2 Achdut 67 Agrexco, “Logistics”, Website Agrexco (www.agrexco.co.il), Viewed in March 2011; LACHS, “Home”, Website LACHS (www. Achdut is a company manufacturing lachs.be), Viewed in April 2011; LIGA voor sesame products in the Barkan settlement, Mensenrechten, “Liga – nieuwsbrief april 2011 , SOURCE : Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, which are sold under the Achva brand Liga voor Mensenrechten, April 2011; Vredesactie, “Achtergrondinformatie – Internationaal verzet “Foreign Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics tegen Agrexco groeit”, Website Vredesactie Israel (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. 65 Grosz Center, “Abadi”, (www.vredesactie.be), Viewed in April 2011. Website Grosz Center (www.groszcenter.be/en/ 68 Trends Top, “Startfruit browseprods.aspx?Type=Search&Term=abadi), Company”, Website Trends Top (trendstop. Viewed in April 2011. rnews.be), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 18 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 19 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 2 BELGIUM Starfruit Barkan wines are also sold in Belgium by name, in the Mitzpe Shalem settlement (see Grosz Center Werkhuizenkaai 112 the following webshop:71 paragraph 13.13). Dead Sea Laboratories Jacob Jordaensstraat 64 1000 Brussels has a branch office in Belgium: S.I.M. BVBA. 2018 Antwerp Belgium Kosher-wine.eu: www.kosher-wine.eu The website of this company also shows Belgium Tel: +32 (0)2 242 08 76 the companies’ selling points throughout Tel: +32 (0)3 218 66 31 E-mail: [email protected] the country: 75 Website: www.groszcenter.be Website: www.star-fruit.eu 2.3.7 Beigel & Beigel Food S.I.M. BVBA If these fruits originate from the occupied Beigel & Beigel Food produces pretzels, Haachtsesteenweg 378 2.3.12 Fermentek Jordan Valley could not be confirmed. savoury biscuits and crackers in the Barkan B-1910 Kampenhout settlement (see paragraph 13.11). Beigel & Belgium Fermentek manufactures bioactive Beigel pretzels are sold in Belgium by: 72 Tel: +32 (0)1 665 90 82/3/4 compounds in a factory in the Atarot 2.3.5 Barkan Mounts Fax: +32 (0)1 665 90 85 settlement (see paragraph 13.19). Grosz Center E-mail: [email protected] Chemicals of the company Fermentek Barkan Mounts produces mounting Jacob Jordaensstraat 64 Website: www.ahava.be were used by the University of Gent and solutions for LCD televisions, plasma 2018 Antwerp Hogeschool Gent for a research project televisions and other consumer electronic Belgium about masked mycotoxins. A report by the products in a factory in the Barkan Tel: +32 (0)3 218 66 31 2.3.10 DiSTeK research group states that large quantities settlement (see paragraph 13.9). Products Website: www.groszcenter.be of ZEN (Zearalenone) were bought for an of Barkan Mounts are sold in Belgium by: 69 DiSTeK develops and manufactures zinc experiment. 80 For another experiment, the The KosherDiscount.eu Online Grocery coating technologies for protection of University of Gent bought Mycofenolzuur Krefel Store delivers Beigel & Beigel pretzels and metal parts in the Barkan settlement (see (MPA) at Fermentek.81 Tel: +32 (0)2 255 00 00 other products throughout Belgium and paragraph 13.15). The company claims Website: www.krefel.be other European countries and is operated to be active in Belgium. According to the by:73 website of DiSTeK, Distek-Victocor Ltd is 2.3.13 Hadiklaim Pardaen DiSTeK’s applicator in Belgium. 76 Tel: +32 (0)2 2511385 Kosher Discount Hadiklaim exports dates from Israeli Website: www.pardaen.be Hoek 117 Distek-Victocor S.A. settlements in the Jordan Valley (see B-2190 Boom Kouterveldstraat 10 77 paragraph 13.21). The company claims to Photo Hall: www.photohall.be Belgium 1831 Machelen export to Belgium.82 However, we could not E-mail: [email protected] Belgium find further information in public sources Tridis Website: www.kosherdiscount.eu Tel: +32 (0)2 556 37 40 and the company did not respond to our Koeweidestraat 46 Fax:+32 (0)2 556 37 41 questions. 1785 Merchtem Tel: +32 52 22 52 25 2.3.8 Carmel Carpets In the Benelux countries the technology is Website: www.tridis.be registered under the trademark Victocor. 78 2.3.14 Keter Plastic Carmel Carpets manufactures carpets in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph Keter Plastic is a large Israeli manufacturer 2.3.6 Barkan Wine Cellars 13.12). In 2007, the Park Plaza Astrid 2.3.11 Familia Sweet of plastic indoor and garden furniture, Antwerp hotel was totally renovated. The shelving systems, tool boxes and storage One of the vineyards of Barkan Wine Israeli architect Buki Zuker redecorated Familia Sweet manufactures sweets, sold products for the do-it-yourself market, Cellars is located in the Dolev settlement the rooms and public rooms. The carpets under the Oneg brandname, in the Mishor which operates two plants in the Barkan (see paragraph 13.10). Barkan wines are were supplied by Carmel Carpets.74 Adumim settlement (see paragraph 13.18). settlement (see paragraph 13.24). Keter sold in Belgium by:70 Oneg sweets produced by Familia Sweet Plastic products (outdoor storage) are sold are sold in Belgium by Grosz Center in in Belgium by: 83 Tresor 2.3.9 Dead Sea Laboratories Antwerp:79 Vestingstraat 48 2018 Antwerp Dead Sea Laboratories produces personal Belgium care products, sold under the Ahava brand 80 Begeleidingscomité, “Verslag Tel: +32 (0)3 226 66 27 / 75 Dead Sea Laboratories, “Ahava Begeleidingscomité MYCOMASK RT 09/3. +31 (0)3 231 86 26 71 Kosher-wine.eu, “Barkan”, Website worldwide”, Website Dead Sea Laboratories Beoordeling van de risico’s van voedingsmiddelen Kosher-wine.eu (www.kosher-wine.eu/catalogsearch/ (www.ahava.com), Viewed in April 2011. die gemaskeerde Fusarium toxinen bevatten”, E-mail: [email protected] result/?q=barkan), Viewed in May 2011. 76 DiSTek, “Clients”, Website DiSTek Project MYCOMASK RT 09/3 , 24 February 2011. 72 Grosz Center, “Beigel & Beigel”, (www.distekgroup.com), Viewed in March 2011. 81 Braeckman, B., “Molecularly Website Grosz Center (www.groszcenter.be/en/ 77 Cylex, “DISTEK_VICTOCOR”, Imprinted Polymers Voor De Extractie Van browseprods.aspx?Type=Search&Term=beigel), Website Cylex (www.cylex-bedrijvengids.be), Viewed Patuline Uit Appelsap En Mycofenolzuur Uit Viewed in April 2011. in July 2011; Infobel, “Distek-Victocor”, Website Maïs”, Faculteit Farmaceutische Wetenschappen, 69 Barkan Mounts, “Where 73 KosherDiscount, “Terms Infobel (www.infobel.com), Viewed in July 2011. Universiteit Gent, 21 May 2010. to Buy?”, Website Barkan Mounts (www. & Conditions” and “Snack”, Kosherdiscount. 78 DiSTeK, “Standard & Tests”, Website 82 Hadiklaim, “Company barkanmounts.com), Viewed in April 2011. eu, Viewed in April 2011. DiSTeK (www.distekgroup.com), Viewed in July 2011. Customers”, Website Hadiklaim (www. 70 Barkan Wine Cellars, 74 Author unknown, “Nieuwe 79 Grosz Center, “Oneg”, Website hadiklaim.com), Viewed in March 2011. “Partners”, Website Barkan Wine Cellars (www. wind waait doorheen Park Plaza Astrid Grosz Center (www.groszcenter.be/en/browseprods. 83 Keter, “Where to buy”, Website barkan-winery.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. Antwerp”, Decostyle, September 2007. aspx?Type=Search&Term=oneg), Viewed in April 2011. Keter (www.keter.com), Viewed in May 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 20 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 21 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 2 BELGIUM Brico: www.brico.be (see paragraph 13.35). Products of Shemesh 4817 ZD Breda Wines of Tishbi Estate Winery are sold in Gamma: www.gamma Spices are sold in Belgium by Grosz Center The Netherlands Belgium by Grosz Center in Antwerp:95 Hubo: www.hubo.be in Antwerp:86 Tel: +31(0)800 74807 / Neckermann: www.neckerman.com +31 (0)7 65 44 42 22 Grosz Center Plan-It: www.plan-it.be Grosz Center Fax: +31 (0)7 65 41 19 60 Jacob Jordaensstraat 64 Jacob Jordaensstraat 64 E-mail: [email protected] 2018 Antwerp As Keter Plastic and the other companies 2018 Antwerp Website: www.sodastream.be Belgium within Keter Group together have many Belgium Tel: +32 (0)3 218 66 31 production facilities, it is not entirely Tel: +32 (0)3 218 66 31 Website: www.groszcenter.be clear from which Keter Plastic plants these Website: www.groszcenter.be 2.3.20 Teperberg 1870 Winery products originate but it is possible that they come from one of the factories located Teperberg 1870 Winery owns vineyards 2.3.22 Yardeni Locks Holdings in the occupied West Bank. 2.3.18 Shor Family Wineries in the Gush Etzion and Mevo Horon settlements (see paragraph 13.39). The Yardeni Locks Holdings manufactures Three wineries owned by the Israeli Shor distributor of Teperberg wines in Belgium high quality locks and locking cylinder 2.3.15 Maya Spice of Life family are located in the Mishor Adumim is:91 mechanism in the Barkan settlement (see - Jerusalem settlement: Arza Winery, Zion Fine Wines paragraph 13.43). Stevens J. & Cie imports and Hacormim Vineyard (see paragraph Belgo Israel House Yardeni locks into Belgium and exports to Maya Spice of Life - Jerusalem manufactures, 13.36). Zion wines are sold in Belgium by Van Leriusstraat 1 Africa:96 packs and markets quality foods in the Grosz Center in Antwerp: 87 2018 Antwerp Mishor Adumim settlement (see paragraph Belgium Stevens J. & Cie Sprl 13.25). Products of Maya Spice of Life - Grosz Center Tel: +32 (0)3 232 25 63 Quai au Foin 59-65 Jerusalem are sold in Belgium by Grosz Jacob Jordaensstraat 64 1000 Brussels Center in Antwerp:84 2018 Antwerp Teperberg Merlot is sold in Belgium by Belgium Belgium Grosz Center in Antwerp:92 Tel: +32 (0)2 217 61 97 Grosz Center Tel: +32 (0)3 218 66 31 Jacob Jordaensstraat 64 Website: www.groszcenter.be Grosz Center 2018 Antwerp Jacob Jordaensstraat 64 Belgium Zion wines are also sold in Belgium by the 2018 Antwerp Tel: +32 (0)3 218 66 31 following webshop:88 Belgium 2.4 Website: www.groszcenter.be Tel: +32 (0)3 218 66 31 Kosher-wine.eu: www.kosher-wine.eu Website: www.groszcenter.be Investments in

2.3.16 Mul-T-Lock Teperberg wines are also sold in Belgium settlement companies 2.3.19 SodaStream by the following webshop:93 Mul-T-Lock Ltd. produces high-security This section describes investments in cylinders, locks and padlocks in the Barkan SodaStream produces home beverage Kosher-wine.eu: www.kosher-wine.eu settlement companies by Belgian companies settlement (see paragraph 13.27). Mul-T- carbonation systems in the Ma’aleh or financial institutions via loans, share Lock’s branch in Belgium is:85 Adumim settlement (see paragraph 13.37). ownership or otherwise. SodaStream products are exported to 39 2.3.21 Tishbi Estate Winery Mul-T-Lock Belgium countries worldwide, including Belgium.89 Heide 9 Its subsidiary for Belgium is located in the Tishbi Estate Winery has a vineyard in the 2.4.1 Dexia 1780 Wemmel Netherlands:90 Gush Etzion settlement (see paragraph Belgium 13.41). Tishbi’s distributor in Belgium is:94 Dexia Israel Bank is a subsidiary of the Tel: +32 (0)2 247 79 13 SodaStream International BV Belgian bank Dexia, and has granted Website: www.mul-t-lock-be.com Minervum 7334 Les Clos de Françoise loans to Israeli settlements between 2003 302, rue des Closières and 2007. Subsequent to a months-long 86 Grosz Center, “Shemesh Spices”, Website Grosz Center (www.groszcenter.be/en/ B-6001 Marcinelle campaign of Belgian NGOs, political parties 2.3.17 Shemesh Spices browseprods.aspx?Type=Search&Term=shemesh), Tel: +32 (0)4 95 74 33 08 and trade unions to halt the financing Viewed in April 2011. Fax: +32 (0)4 71 47 08 47 of settlements being constructed in the Shemesh Spices produces spices and 87 Grosz Center, “Zion Wines”, Website West Bank including East Jerusalem, Dexia Grosz Center (www.groszcenter.be/en/browseprods. sauces in the settlement Karnei Shomron aspx?Type=Search&Term=zion), Viewed in April 2011. 91 Personal communication announced in 2009 that it will no longer 88 Kosher-wine.eu, “Zion”, Website with Teperberg, 27 April 2011. finance Israeli settlements in the occupied Kosher-wine.eu (www.kosher-wine.eu/catalogsearch/ 92 Grosz Center, “Teperberg”, Palestinian territories through Dexia result/?q=zion), Viewed in May 2011. Website Grosz Center (www.groszcenter. 84 Grosz Center, “Maya”, 89 Who Profits, “SodaStream. A be/en/browseprods.aspx?Type=Search&Te 95 Grosz Center, “Tishbi”, Website Website Grosz Center (www.groszcenter.be/en/ Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli rm=teperberg), Viewed in April 2011. Grosz Center (www.groszcenter.be/en/browseprods. browseprods.aspx?Type=Search&Term=maya), Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of Women 93 Kosher-wine.eu, “Teperberg”, Website aspx?Type=Search&Term=tishbi), Viewed in April 2011. Viewed in April 2011. for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011. Kosher-wine.eu (www.kosher-wine.eu/catalogsearch/ 96 Kompass, “Stevens J. & Cie 85 Mul-T-Lock, “Group Companies 90 SodaStream, “Office result/?q=teperberg), Viewed in May 2011. Sprl”, Website Kompass (available at be.kompass. – Mul-T-Lock Belgium”, Website Mul-T-Lock Locator”, Website SodaStream (www. 94 Tishbi, “Distributors”, Website com/profile_BE0036917_nl/stevens-j.-+-cie- (www.mul-t-lock.com), Viewed in May 2011. sodastream.com), Viewed in April 2011. Tishbi (www.tishbi.com ), Viewed in April 2011. sprl-ps.html), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 22 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 23 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 2 BELGIUM Israel. Dexia felt that it could continue to 2.6 TABLE 2. provide loans to the municipalities in East Exports from Israeli settlements in occupied territories to Belgium Jerusalem as Jerusalem “is not contested Summary territory”, although this is an occupied 97 Belgian importer area belonging to the West Bank. For this A total of 22 Israeli settlement companies Exporter Products Belgian subsidiary reason, Dutch Triodos Bank has excluded exporting to Belgium were identified (see / retailer Dexia from its investment universe.98 Table 2 on the following page). For four Abadi Bakery Bakery products Grosz Center Antwerp of these companies we have found local Achdut Sesame products Grosz Center Antwerp In April 2011, Dexia Group gave a mandate marketing subsidiaries. Fruit & Liège Air Cargo Handling to the Rothschild merchant bank to find a Agrexco buyer for its Israeli subsidiary. The Global Vegetables Services (LACHS) Arava Export Fruit & BDS movement calls on all organisations Starfruit (importer) to maintain the pressure on Dexia and Growers Vegetables help them to make the right decision. Consumer Krefel, Pardaen, Barkan Mounts The movement plans to go to the General electronics Phothall, Tridis Meeting of Dexia in May 2011 and invites Barkan Wine 99 Wines Tresor, Kosher-wine.eu other organisations to join them. Cellars Beigel & Grosz Center Antwerp, Bakery products Beigel Food Kosher Discount Park Plaza Astrid Carmel Carpets Carpets 2.5 Antwerp (customer) Dead Sea Beauty products S.I.M. Other trade links Laboratories Zinc coating DiSTeK Distek-Victocor technologies 2.5.1 Bekaert Familia Sweet Sweets Grosz Center Antwerp

University of Gent, Rue de Cornemont 9/11 Bioactive Fermentek Hogeschool Gent BE-4141 Sprimont compounds. Belgium (customers) no further details Tel: +32 4 360 94 65 Hadiklaim Dates Fax: +32 4 360 94 77 could be found Plastic household Brico, Gamma, Hubo, Keter Group The Belgian company Bekaert is a global products Neckermann, Plan-It market leader in drawn steel wire products Maya Spice of Herbs and spices Grosz Center Antwerp and applications and a technological leader Life - Jerusalem in its two core competences: advanced metal Mul-T-Lock Locks Mul-T-Lock Belgium transformation and advanced materials Spices and and coatings. The company supplied Shemesh Spices Grosz Center Antwerp polymer filtration elements and systems sauces Shor Family Grosz Center Antwerp, to Avgol, an Israeli producer of non-woven Wines products.100 The factory of Avgol is located Wineries Kosher-wine.eu in Barkan, an Israeli settlement on the West Carbonating Bank. SodaStream devices and SodaStream International syrups Belgo Israel House Teperberg (distributor), Grosz Wines 1870 Winery Center Antwerp, Kosher-wine.eu Les Clos de Françoise Tishbi Estate 97 Lauwens, M., “Dexia Wines (distributor), Grosz Israel stops financing Israeli settlements”, Winery Ma’an News Agency, 10 June 2009. Center Antwerp Yardeni Locks 98 Triodos Bank, “Dexia excluded for Locks Stevens J. & Cie involvement in Israel”, Triodos Bank, 8 March 2011. Holdings 99 BDS, “Dexia looking for buyer for its Israeli subsidiary”, Website BDS Movement (www.bdsmovement.net), Viewed in April 2011. 100 Bekaert, “Some of our main customers around the world”, Bekaert Advanced Filtration, February 2007. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 24 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 25 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 2 BELGIUM Apart from the Belgian companies importing products from Israeli settlements, we found two other Belgian companies with trade or investment links with Israeli settlements.

TABLE 3. Other Belgian business links with Israeli settlements

Belgian Type of Link with Israeli settlements company company Financial Dexia's subsidiary Dexia Israel Bank Dexia institution granted loans to Israeli settlements. Technology Supply of polymer filtration elements Bekaert company and systems to Avgol.

Chapter 3 R E L A T I O N S H I P S WITH DENMARK research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 26 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 27 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 3 RELATIONSHIPS she stated in March 2010 that “Denmark’s between Israeli products and settlement position on settlements is clear: They are products, the import figures from Israel WITH DENMARK illegal under international humanitarian include settlement products. law and constitute an obstacle to peace”.106 In a reaction to a report of the Danish Danish exports to Israel are slightly higher NGO Dan Watch that provided evidence and peaked at US$ 215.4 million in 2008, 3.1 3.2 that the Danish-British company G4S has but dropped to US$ 200.8 million in 2009. supplied technology to checkpoints and Denmark also accounts for less than 1.0% Diplomatic and economic Trade and economic Israeli prisons and has armed guards in the of Israel’s total imports. There are no settlements Espersen said: “I strongly urge figures on the percentage of these exports relationships agreements companies not to implement activities that which is destined for the settlements.110 risk sustaining illegal settlements”.107 Relations between Denmark and Israel have Since 1966 Israel and Denmark have signed Figure 7 gives an overview of Danish always been friendly. Denmark has usually eight bilateral agreements. The following The previous prime minister of Denmark, imports from Israel (including imports from supported Israel in the United Nations are relevant for trade and economic Anders Fogh Rasmussen, also strongly settlements in the occupied territories) by and trade relations have strengthened in relations:103 criticised the settlements. When he met major product categories. the past years. In Jerusalem, a monument with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to the rescue of Danish was erected • Convention between the Government of in Jerusalem in May 2008 he stressed that As Figure 7 shows, the most important on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the the State of Israel and the Government “Israel must stop building new settlements Danish imports from Israel consist of operation. Also a school in Israel is named of the Kingdom of Denmark for the and expanding old settlements on telecommunication equipment (35%) and in Denmark’s honour. King Christian Avoidance of Double Taxation and Palestinian land, thus undermining the other electrical machinery (15%). Two other X hospital in Eitonim is named after the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with peace process”.108 From his successor, Lars large categories are food and ingredients Denmark’s king during World War II.101 Respect of Taxes on Income and Capital, Løkke Rasmussen, no strong statements for the food industry and chemicals. signed in 1966; about the issue have been recorded since Denmark has an embassy in Tel Aviv. Its • Agreement relating to Air Services + he took office in April 2009. trade matters are organized in the Regional Exchange of Letters between Israel and office of the Trade Council of Denmark in the Kingdom of Denmark, signed in South East Europe. This office is providing 1977. 3.5 Danish companies with a single point of entry to business solutions to Romania, 3.4 Exports by settlement Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Israel. It is located in Istanbul, Turkey. Trade volumes and quantities companies to Denmark 3.3 Activities in Israel are concentrated on No reliable statistics exist on trade between This section describes the exports of the ICT sector. Though small in size the Position on the settlements Denmark and settlement companies. As products or services by settlement Israeli ICT market is highly interesting for trade with settlements is included in the companies to Denmark. A profile of the Danish ICT companies of all sizes wishing Denmark’s minister of Foreign Affairs, trade statistics of the trade between Israel settlement companies can be found in to establish strategic or technology Lene Espersen, denounced Israel’s and Denmark we discuss these official Chapter 13. partnerships.102 construction of additional dwellings and trade statistics, to get an indication of its blockade of Gaza in March 2010.104 She which products might be exported by made clear several times that according settlement companies to Denmark. 3.5.1 AdaFresh to Demark the decision of Israel to allow construction of additional housing in the Danish imports from Israel increased the AdaFresh is an exporter of (organic) settlements impede the resumption of past decade to US$ 167 million in 2008 and agricultural products from settlements in peace negotiations.105 In a press release declined to US$ 136.2 million in 2009 (see the occupied Jordan Valley (see paragraph Figure 6 on following page). With less than 13.3). In February 2011, DanWatch 103 Israeli Ministry of Foreign 1% of Israel’s exports in 2009, Denmark is reported that herbs, dates and vegetables Affairs, “Israel Bilateral Agreements”, Website a small export destination for Israel.109 As in Danish supermarkets often come from Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.mfa.gov. no distinction is made in these statistics settlements in the West Bank although il/MFA/Templates/Amanot.aspx?NRMODE=Publi shed&NRNODEGUID=%7B5F215993-CC42-421E- packaging say it is produced in Israel. B74D-949AACCA4C9C%7D&NRORIGINALURL=/ A survey in the ‘Grønttorvet’ (vegetable 106 Dan Watch, “G4S tilbage mfa/treaties/israel%20bilateral%20 grocery in Copenhagen) reveals that agreements/&NRCACHEHINT=Guest), i ulovlige israelske bosættelser”, Press Viewed in April 2011. release Dan Watch, 20 November 2010. AdaFresh marjoram and basil are marked 104 Anti-Tortur Bloggen, “Lad 107 Dan Watch, “Skarp reaktion international ret være fundament for varig fred fra Lene E. efter G4S afsløring”, Press release 101 Jewish Virtual Library, i Mellemøsten”, Website Anti-Tortur Bloggen Dan Watch, 26 November 2010. “The virtual Jewsih history tour – Denmark”, (www.rctblog.dk), Viewed in May 2011. 108 Kristeligt Dagblad, Website Jewish Virtual Library (www. 105 Ministry of Foreign Affairs “Fogh kritiserer israelske bosættelser”, jewishvirtuallibrary.org), Viewed in May 2011. of Denmark, “Udenrigsminister Lene Espersen Kristeligt Dagblad, 29 May 2008. 102 Embassy of Denmark Tel Aviv, Fordømmer Drabene På Israelsk Familie”, 109 Central Bureau of Statistics 110 Central Bureau of Statistics “Regional Corporation”, Website Embassy of Denmark Website Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel Tel Aviv (www.ambtelaviv.um.dk), Viewed in May 2011. (www.um.dk), Viewed in May 2011. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 28 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 29 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 3 DENMARK FIGURE 6. ‘Made in Israel’, while the Yinon Rosenblum 3.5.4 Barkan Wine Cellars Denmark imports from Israel and Denmark production site is located in Naáma, a exports to Israel (in US$ million) settlement in the Jordan Valley.111 One of the vineyards of Barkan Wine Cellars is located in the Dolev settlement The importer Amager Krydderuter ApS (see paragraph 13.10). Barkan wines are delivers to Inco, A & C Catering and other sold in Denmark by:115 caterers. A&C Catering supplies herbs to a range of restaurants and hotels such as Duki Kosher Radisson hotels, restaurant Sofienholm Roerholmsgate 9 and restaurant Rungstedgaard.112 Copenhagen Denmark Tel: +45 (0)3 314 00 77 3.5.2 Agrexco Fax: +45 (0)3 314 82 77

Agrexco is the main exporter of agricultural Copenhagen Kosher products from Israeli settlements, mostly Lyngbyvej 87 under the Carmel brand (see paragraph Copenhagen 13.5).DanWatch found orange peppers Denmark from Carmel Agrexco in supermarket Føtex, Tel: +45 (0)3 918 57 77 labelled with a producer from the Tomer Fax: +45 (0)3 918 53 90 settlement. They were supplied through a E-mail: [email protected] Dutch company, which was dropped as a supplier by Danish Supermarket, the parent SOURCE: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign company of Føtex. The incident will have 3.5.5 Dead Sea Laboratories Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel no implications for Agrexco itself. Agrexco (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. products are further sold in stores of the Dead Sea Laboratories produces personal COOP supermarkets Irma and Fakta. 113 care products, sold under the Ahava brand name, in the Mitzpe Shalem settlement (see paragraph 13.13). Ahava products are sold 3.5.3 Barkan Mounts online by the following cosmetics stores based in Denmark: Barkan Mounts produces mounting FIGURE 7. solutions for LCD televisions, plasma EssentialMallDK: www.essetialmall.dk 116 Danish imports from Israel in 2009 televisions and other consumer electronic (value %) products in a factory in the Barkan Vivamondo: www.vivamondo.dk settlement (see paragraph 13.9). Products This company was founded in of Barkan Mounts are sold in Denmark by: Sweden, but has a branch in Denmark, 114 and delivers cosmetics worldwide.117

Bauhaus: www.bauhaus.dk Zymbiose: www.skincare-online.dk 118

Hinke 2009 A/S Tingbjergvej 2 Bjaerskov DK-4632 Tel: +45 (0)3 187 04 22 E-mail: [email protected]

111 Isherwood, J., “Produced in Israel is produced in West Bank”, Forsiden, 7 February 2011. 115 Barkan Wine Cellars, “Partners”, 112 DanWatch, “Settlement products Website Barkan Wine Cellars (www.barken- end up in Danish supermarkets and restaurants”, wineries.com), Viewed in April 2011. Website DanWatch (www.danwatch.dk), Viewed 116 EssentialMall, “Hair in April 2011; DanWatch, “Your dates could be care. Ahava”, Website EssentialMall (www. grown on occupied land”, Website DanWatch essentialmall.dk/productsbybrand. (www.danwatch.dk), Viewed in April 2011. aspx?id=52&brand=Ahava), Viewed in July 2011. SOURCE: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign 113 DanWatch, “Føtex chain sells 117 Viavamondo, “Om Vivamondo” Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel settlement peppers”, Website DanWatch (www. and “Home”, Website Vivamondo (www. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. danwatch.dk), Viewed in April 2011. vivamondo.dk), Viewed in April 2011. 114 Barkan Mounts, “Where to Buy?”, 118 Zymbiose, “Home”, Website Barkan Mounts (www.barkanmounts.com/ Website SkincareOnline (www.skincareonline. index.aspx?id=2939), Viewed in April 2011. dk), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 30 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 31 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 3 DENMARK 3.5.6 Hadiklaim 3.5.8 Mul-T-Lock In Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, items (RTI’s). The company behind this Estonia, Latvia and , SodaStream lease concept started as a cooperation Hadiklaim exports dates from Israeli Mul-T-Lock Ltd. produces high-security is distributed by Empire:127 between Danish flower exporters in 1976. settlements in the Jordan Valley (see cylinders, locks and padlocks in the Barkan It is now owned by these exporters (50%) as paragraph 13.21). The company claims to settlement (see paragraph 13.27). Dealers Soda Stream - Empire Denmark A/S well as the Dutch Association of Wholesale export to Denmark.119 of Mul-T-Lock products in Denmark are: Virkeholm 3 B Trade in Horticultural Products (VGB). It 2730 Herlev has many locations throughout Europe and DanWatch research from February 2011 MT Lock / AVLGruppen123 Tel: +45 43 600 609 is headquartered in Odense, Denmark. 129 showed that Hadiklaim dates are sold Valdemarshaab 2 Fax: +45 43 600 605 indeed in the stores of supermarket 4600 Køge E-mail: [email protected] Agrexco is one of the clients of CC for chain COOP. COOP confirmed that it is Denmark Website: www.sodastream.dk distribution of its horticultural products.130 trading with Hadiklaim via its distributor Tel: +45 (0)56 66 26 72 Nordenstedt Frukt (see also Chapter 11), Website: www.mtlock.dk although this would be inconsistent with 3.5.11 Supergum Industries 3.6.2 ISS its policy on settlements products. 120 How GS Låseservice124 the supermarket is going to deal with this Frederiksborgvej 221 Supergum Industries produces plastic ISS A/S inconsistency is still unclear. 2860 Søborg and rubber products for the automotive Bredgade 30 Denmark industry in the Barkan settlement (see DK-1260 Copenhagen Tel: +45 (0)70 23 42 36 paragraph 13.38). According to the Israel Denmark 3.5.7 Mehadrin Group Fax: +45 (0)3 871 26 60 Export & International Cooperation Tel: +45 (0)3 817 00 00 Website: www.gslaase.dk Institute, Supergum Industries exports to Website: www.issworld.com Mehadrin Group is a large agricultural Denmark..128 However, we could not find company, exporting dates and grapes further information in public sources and the ISS is one of the world’s largest facility from the occupied Jordan Valley (see 3.5.9 Shamir Salads company did not respond to our questions. service providers. It employs more than paragraph 13.26). DanWatch research also 520,000 people in over 50 countries showed that supermarket chain COOP sells Shamir Salads produces ready-made salads in Europe, Asia, South America, North Medjoul dates from the company Mehadrin in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph America, and . in the stores of Kvickly and Irma. Another 13.34). According to the website of Shamir supermarket, Føtex, sells Mehadrin dates Salads the company is present in Denmark 3.6 According to the Coalition of Women for but is “a 100 per cent sure that our Princip through a subsidiary.125 We could not find Peace, the Israeli subsidiary of the company, dates are not produced in settlements. I further information in public sources. Other trade links ISS Israel, provides man-power services, have received further confirmation from such as cleaning, catering, security and Mehadrin today that this is correct”, says An employee of the company has sent us This section describes Danish companies man-power, in Israeli settlements in the purchasing manager Peter Løth of Danish the following address to order products in involved in exporting products or services West Bank.131 Supermarket, the parent company of Denmark:126 to settlement companies. Føtex.121 ISS Israel currently employs 13,000 SBBC employees. Its office is located near Tel Besides dates, DanWatch also found Mr Salomon 3.6.1 Container Centralen Aviv: 132 pomelo fruits, grapefruits and avocados Tel: +45 (0)42 26 54 82 of the brand Jaffa from Mehadrin in the Container Centralen A/S ISS Israel supermarkets Netto and Føtex. 122 Egegaardsvej 20 30 Hacharoshet Street 3.5.10 SodaStream P.O. Box 479 P.O. Box 703 5260 Odense Or-Yehuda 60256 SodaStream produces home beverage Denmark Israel carbonation systems in the Ma’aleh Tel: +45 (0)6 591 00 02 Tel.: +972 (0)3 538 22 36 Adumim settlement (see paragraph 13.37). Website: www.containter- Fax: +972 (0)3 538 22 40 SodaStream products are exported to 39 centralen.co.uk Website: countries worldwide including Denmark. www.il.issworld.com / 119 Hadiklaim, “Company Container Centralen (CC) provides exporters www.issisrael.co.il Customers”, Website Hadiklaim (www. of fresh produce and horticultural products hadiklaim.com), Viewed in March 2011. with a pool system of returnable transport 120 DanWatch, “Settlement products end up in Danish supermarkets and restaurants”, 129 CC, “About CC”, Website CC (www. container-centralen.co.uk), Viewed in May 2011. Website DanWatch (www.danwatch.dk), Viewed 127 Who Profits, “SodaStream. A in April 2011; DanWatch, “Herbs: From Israeli 123 MTLock, “Home”, Website MTLock / 130 CC, “Customer cases”, Website CC AVLGruppen (www.mtlock.dk), Viewed in May 2011. Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli settlements to Danish restaurants”, Website DanWatch Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of Women (www.container-centralen.co.uk), Viewed in May 2011. (www.danwatch.dk), Viewed in April 2011 124 GS Låseservice, “About us”, Website for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011; 131 Coalition of Women for Peace, 121 DanWatch, “Your dates could GS Låseservice (www.gslaase.dk), Viewed in May 2011. SodaStream, “Office Locator, Website SodaStream “ISS”, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), be grown on occupied land”, Website DanWatch 125 Shamir Salads, “Global (www.sodastream.com), Viewed in April 2011. Updated 27 December 2009, Viewed in May 2011. (www.danwatch.dk), Viewed in April 2011 Presence”, Website Shamir Salads (www. 128 Israel Export & International 132 ISS Israel, “Home”, Website 122 DanWatch, “Føtex chain sells shamir-salads.com), Viewed in April 2011. Cooperation Institute, “Supergum Industries”, ISS Israel (www.issisrael.co.il), Viewed in May settlement peppers”, Website DanWatch (www. 126 Personal communication by Deckel Website Israel Export & International Cooperation 2011; ISS, “Offices worldwide”, Website ISS danwatch.dk), Viewed in April 2011. List, export manager, Shamir Salads 2006, 4 July 2011. Institute (www.export.gov.il), Viewed in April 2011. (www.issworld.com), Viewed in May 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 32 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 33 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 3 DENMARK 3.6.3 Maersk 3.7 TABLE 4. Exports from Israeli Settlements in occupied territories to Denmark A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S Summary Esplanaden 50 Danish importer Exporter Products Danish subsidiary 1098 Copenhagen A total of 11 Israeli settlement companies / retailer Denmark exporting to Denmark were identified (see Tel: +45 (0)3 363 33 63 Table 4). For one of these companies we Amager Krydderuter Fax: +45 (0)3 363 41 08 have found local marketing subsidiaries. ApS (importer), Inco, A & C Catering, Website: www.maersk.com Fruit & AdaFresh Radisson hotels, / www.maerskline.com Vegetables restaurants Sofienholm The Danish A.P. Moller - Maersk Group is and Rungstedgaard a worldwide conglomerate, operating in (customers) Føtex (Danish some 130 countries with a workforce of Fruit & Agrexco Supermarket), Irma, some 108,000 employees. Its main business Vegetables area is container shipping, tankers and Fakta (COOP) offshore activities but the company is also Consumer Barkan Mounts Bauhaus, Hinke 2009 involved in terminal activities, oil and gas electronics activities, retail and technology.133 Barkan Wine Duki Kosher, Wines Cellars Copenhagen Kosher In March 2004, Agrexco and the Danish Dead Sea Beauty products Vivamondo, Zymbiose freight transport company Maersk Sealand Laboratories established a regular freight service across the Mediterranean Sea, for containers and Hadiklaim Dates COOP Føtex (Danish refrigerated goods. The Carmel Ecofresh Dates & other Mehadrin Group Supermarket), Irma, and the Carmel Biotop maintain a weekly dried fruit service, following the route Asdhod - Kvickly (COOP) MT Lock / AVL Gruppen, Marseille - Valencia (Wednesday) - Genua Mul-T-Lock Locks (Friday) - Haifa (Monday) - Asdhod GS Låseservice (Tuesday). Agrexco carries its own produce Salads and ready- No further details Shamir Salads on the ships, while Maersk will take up made meals could be found some of the additional capacity by buying Carbonating 134 SodaStream - Empire container slots on the ships. SodaStream devices and Denmark A/S syrups Supergum Plastic and No further details Industries rubber products could be found

Apart from the Danish companies importing products from Israeli settlements, we found three other Danish companies with trade or investment links with Israeli settlements.

TABLE 5. Other Danish business links with Israeli settlements

Danish Type of Link with Israeli settlements company company Distribution Container Agrexco works with the CC Pool System for system for Centralen (CC) distribution of its horticultural products. flower exporters ISS' Israeli subsidiary ISS Israel provides man- Facility services ISS power for services such as cleaning, catering 133 Maersk, “About us”, Website provider Maersk (www.maesk.com), Viewed in May 2011. and security in the West Bank settlements. 134 Tradewinds, “Ne reefers up Agrexco Container Agrexco and Maersk established a regular fruit trade”, Tradewinds, 24 October 2003; Veintepies, Maersk shipping and freight service across the Mediterranean Sea “Agrexco y Maersk establecen servicio conjunto desde Valencia a Israel”, Veintepies.com, 2 March 2004. related services for containers and refrigerated goods. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 34 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 35 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Chapter 4 R E L A T I O N S H I P S WITH FINLAND

UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 37 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 4 RELATIONSHIPS 4.3 to US$ 332.6 million in 2009. There are no figures on the percentage of these exports WITH FINLAND Position on the settlements which is destined for the settlements.142

Officially, Finland has a balanced policy Figure 9 gives an overview of Finnish towards the Israel-Palestine conflict. imports from Israel (including imports from 4.1 4.2 As minister Stubb puts it: “we are pro- settlements in the occupied territories) by Palestinian, pro-Israeli and above all pro- major product categories. Diplomatic and Trade and economic peace”. While acknowledging Israel’s need for security, Stubb listed demands to As Figure 9 shows, almost halve of Finnish economic relations agreements Israel: “The building of settlements must imports from Israel consist of machinery stop, the 1967 borders must be restored, and equipment for telecommunication Finland has an embassy in Tel Aviv. Since 1965 Israel and Finland have signed two states must be established, and the (49%). Together with machinery and There is also an Israel-Finland Friendship seven bilateral agreements. The following East Jerusalem problem must be solved.”139 mechanical appliances (9%), other electrical Association and a Finish Library, among are relevant for trade and economic machinery and equipment (12%) and others. relations:138 In June 2010 thousands of people measuring and medical instruments (5%), gathered in the streets of Helsinki and other manufactured goods (2%), the Trade between Finland and Israel has • Convention for the Avoidance of Double in a pro-Israel protest to state that manufacturing industry accounts for 77% significantly grown since the mid-1990s. Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Israel has the right to defend itself.140 of all imports from Israel. Commercial cooperation is increasing Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income between Finland and Israel, and commercial & Capital between the Government of collaboration seems promising in the area the State of Israel and the Republic of of innovation and high-tech. In 2008 began Finland signed in 1965; the Finland Israel Gateway -project, which • Agreement Between the Government of 4.4 4.5 seeks to achieve measurable growth and Israel and the Government of Finland business success results in both Israel for the Avoidance of Double Taxation Trade volumes and quantities Exports by settlement and Finland by creating active long-term and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion structures to promote cooperation.135 with Respect to Taxes on Income and No reliable statistics exist on trade between companies to Finland The website of the Finish embassy in Israel Capital signed in 1997; Finland and settlement companies. As states that the embassy is pleased to assist • Air Services Agreement between the trade with settlements is included in the This section describes the exports of Israeli companies in finding suppliers for Government of the State of Israel and trade statistics of the trade between Israel products or services by settlement their products in Finland.136 the Government of the Republic of and Finland, we discuss these official trade companies to Finland. A profile of the Finland signed in 1997; statistics, to get an indication of which settlement companies can be found in In July 2010 foreign minister Lieberman • Memorandum of Understanding products might be exported by settlement Chapter 13. of Israel met with foreign minister Stubb between the Government of the State companies to Finland. from Finland in Helsinki. They discussed of Israel and the Ministry of Trade and the bilateral relations of Finland and Israel, Industry of Finland on Cooperation Finnish imports from Israel increased the 4.5.1 Barkan Mounts the situation in the Middle East and, in in the field of Industrial Research past decade to US$ 169 million in 2008 particular, the status of the peace process and Development signed in 2001. and declined to US$ 121 million in 2009 Barkan Mounts produces mounting in the region.137 (see Figure 8). Finland accounts for less solutions for LCD televisions, plasma than 1.0% of Israel’s exports in 2009.141 As televisions and other consumer electronic no distinction is made in these statistics products in a factory in the Barkan between Israeli products and settlement settlement (see paragraph 13.9). Products products, the import figures from Israel of Barkan Mounts are sold in Finland by: 143 include settlement products. Bauhaus: www.bauhaus.fi Finnish exports to Israel are two times OnOff: www.onoff.fi higher than its imports and peaked at US$ Protechnic: www.protechnic.fi 370 million in 2008, but slightly decreased

135 Embassy of Finland Tel Aviv, “Trade relations between Finland and Israel”, Website Embassy of Finland Tel Aviv (www. 139 Ministry for Foreign Affairs of finland.org.il), Viewed in May 2011. 138 Israeli Ministry of Foreign Finland, “The EU sent a clear message to the Middle Affairs, “Israel Bilateral Agreements”, Website 136 Embassy of Finland Tel Aviv, “Doing East: Settlement building must end”, Ministry for Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.mfa.gov. Foreign Affairs of Finland, 23 March 2010. business in Finland”, Website Embassy of Finland il/MFA/Templates/Amanot.aspx?NRMODE=Publi 142 Central Bureau of Statistics Tel Aviv (www.finland.org.il), Viewed in May 2011. shed&NRNODEGUID=%7B5F215993-CC42-421E- 140 Ynet News, “Finland: Thousands Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel 137 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of B74D-949AACCA4C9C%7D&NRORIGINALURL=/ hold pro-Israel rally”, Ynet News, 6 November 2010. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. Finland, “Foreign Minister Liberman of Israel mfa/treaties/israel%20bilateral%20 141 Central Bureau of Statistics 143 Barkan Mounts, “Where met with Minister Stubb in Helsinki”, Ministry agreements/&NRCACHEHINT=Guest), Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel to Buy?”, Website Barkan Mounts (www. of Foreign Affairs Finland, 7 July 2010. Viewed in April 2011. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. barkanmounts.com), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 38 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 39 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 4 FINLAND FIGURE 8. 4.5.2 Barkan Wine Cellars find further information in public sources Finland imports from Israel and Finland and the company did not respond to our exports to Israel (in US$ million) One of the vineyards of Barkan Wine questions. Cellars is located in the Dolev settlement (see paragraph 13.10). Barkan wines are sold in Finland by:144 4.5.6 SodaStream

Solera Finland Oy: www.solera.fi SodaStream produces home beverage carbonation systems in the Ma’aleh Adumim settlement (see paragraph 13.37). 4.5.3 Beigel & Beigel Food SodaStream products are exported to 39 countries worldwide, including Finland. Beigel & Beigel Food produces pretzels, In Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, savoury biscuits and crackers in the Barkan Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, SodaStream settlement (see paragraph 13.11). Beigel & is distributed by Empire.148 Beigel products are sold in Finland by: 145 SodaStream’s office in Finland is: 149 Jewish Community of Helsinki: www.jchelsinki.fi Etacap Oy Äyritie 12 C 015 10 Vantaa 4.5.4 Dead Sea Laboratories Tel: +358 (0)9 77 40 01 00 Fax: + 358 (0)9 77 40 01 01 Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign Dead Sea Laboratories produces personal E-mail: [email protected] Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel care products, sold under the Ahava brand Website: www.sodastream.fi (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. name, in the Mitzpe Shalem settlement (see paragraph 13.13). Dead Sea Laboratories has a distributor for Ahava cosmetics in Finland: 146 4.6 Mikacos Oy Mekaanikonkata 3A, Summary FIGURE 9. Helsinki 00 880, Finland Finnish imports from Israel in 2009 Tel: +358 (0)9 75 10 44 00 A total of six Israeli settlement companies (value %) Fax: +358 (0)9 75 10 44 12 exporting to Finland were identified (see E-mail: [email protected] Table 6). For one of these companies we Website: www.mikacos.fi have found a local marketing subsidiary.

4.5.5 Hadiklaim

Hadiklaim exports dates from Israeli settlements in the Jordan Valley (see paragraph 13.21). The company claims to export to Finland. 147 However, we could not

144 Barkan Wine Cellars, “Partners”, Website Barkan Wine Cellars (www. barkan-wineries), Viewed in April 2011. 145 The Jewish Community of Helsinki, “Kosher Deli – Dry Food”, Website The Jewish Community of Helsinki (www.jchelsinki. fi/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_ id=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=141&vm cchk=1&Itemid=141), Viewed in May 2011. Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign 148 Who Profits, “SodaStream. A 146 Dead Sea Laboratories, “Ahava Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel worldwide”, Website Dead Sea Laboratories Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of Women (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. (www.ahava.com), Viewed in April 2011. for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011. 147 Hadiklaim, “Company 149 SodaStream, “Office Customers”, Website Hadiklaim (www. Locator”, Website SodaStream (www. hadiklaim.com), Viewed in March 2011. sodastream.com), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 40 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 41 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 4 FINLAND TABLE 6. Exports from Israeli settlements in occupied territories to Finland

Finnish importer Exporter Products Finnish subsidiary / retailer Consumer Bauhaus, OnOf, Barkan Mounts electronics Protechnic Barkan Wine Wines Solera Finland Cellars Jewish Community Beigel & Beigel Bakery products of Helsinki Dead Sea Beauty products Mikacos Laboratories No further details Hadiklaim Dates could be found. Carbonating SodaStream devices and Etacap syrups Chapter 5 R E L A T I O N S H I P S WITH FRANCE research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 42 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 43 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 5 R E L A T I O N S H I P S WITH FRANCE

5.1 The following bilateral agreements between France and Israel are relevant for trade and Policies on economic economic cooperation:154 FIGURE 10. President Abbas and relationships • The Air transport agreement signed in President Sarkozy in Paris April 1952; SOURCE: Europe1, “Israël: Sarkozy ne veut • The Agreement on production and plus de colonies”, 27 September 2010. 5.1.1 Trade and economic exchange of films signed in April relations 1970; • The Agreement between the State State and that, accordingly, it must be the settlements. They advocated “the Relationships between France and Israel of Israel and the Republic of France supported. France maintains normal and immediate cessation of settlements, have known ups and downs. After a temporal regarding international transport of fruitful relations with its President, Mr including East Jerusalem, and a return impasse during the second Intifada goods by road from April 1972; Mahmoud Abbas, and its Prime Minister, to the negotiating table based on clear (2000/2002), bilateral relations between • The Agreement on cooperation in the Mr Salam Fayyad.155 In September 2009, parameters, including borders based on the two countries have strengthened again. field of tourism signed in April 1989; the former French Foreign Minister, the lines of 4 June 1967 and a just and The election of President Sarkozy in 2007, • The Agreement concerning the Bernard Kouchner, said a settlement equal solution to the Palestine refugees.158 who is a known friend of Israel, confirmed cooperation in the field of research and freeze is a “decisive factor in resuming When the Israeli minister of Defence and amplified this trend.150 development from November 1992; the peace process.” At that time, President Ehud Barak approved the development of • The Agreement on cooperation in the Nicolas Sarkozy also said that “there will four new settlements at the West Bank in Israel and France created several city ties field of health, medicine and hospitals be no peace with the continuation of April 2011, France warned Israel that this to stimulate economic cooperation. The signed in November 1992; colonization.”156 decision goes against international law and city of Nantes for example tied with the • The Avoidance of Double Taxation that it threatens the peace negotiations Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona 28 years ago. Treaty and the Prevention of Fiscal When the Palestinian President Mahmoud between Israel and Palestine.159 In April 2011 the two cities explored new Evasion regarding taxes on income and Abbas visited Paris in September 2010, roads for economic cooperation between on capital signed in July 1995; and the French President Sarkozy stated: “We the university of Lorraine and the Galilee.151 • The ‘Accord Cinematographique entre le regret that the unanimous call to extend gouvernment d’Israel et le gouvernment the moratorium on Israeli settlement have Since 1952 France and Israel have signed de la Republique Francaise’ signed in not been heard. […] I say it here, in front of 5.2 17 bilateral agreements on issues such October 2002. President Abbas, settlement must end”. 157 as environment, social security, health, On 20 April 2011 the president of the Trade volumes and quantities tourism, R&D, transport and cinema.152 This Palestine authority, Mahmoud Abbas, intensive political dialogue was confirmed 5.1.2 French position visited France again and met with Sarkozy Over the last few years both imports and by two state visits within three months in on settlements to seek advice and support about the exports from and to Israel increased and 2008. The president of Israel Shimon Pérès perspective of creating a Palestine state peaked in 2008 with exports worth US$ visited France in March 2008 and president President Sarkozy is closely involved in later in 2011. The French minister of 1,870 million and imports worth US$ 1,300 Sarkozy visited Israel in June of the same the peace negotiations between Israel and foreign affairs, Alain Juppe, suggested million. After 2008 both import and export year.153 Palestine. The Donors’ Conference for the that France and the EU are working on declined. Palestinian State (Paris Conference), which initiatives that can lead the recognition of 150 L’ambassade de France en was held in Paris on 17 December 2007, the state of Palestine. Figure 11 provides an overview of import Israel, “Relations france-israeliennes”, Website L’ambassade de France en Israel (www. showed France’s political and diplomatic and export numbers between France and ambafrance-il.org), Viewed in April 2011. commitment to finding a political solution In February 2011 France, the United Israel from 2000 till 2009. 151 Ambassade d’Israel en in the region. Kingdom and Germany signed a tripartite France, “Nouvelle cooperation economique et declaration at the United Nations in which Figure 12 gives an overview of French universitaire entre la Lorraine en la Galilee”, Website Ambassade d’Israel en France (in cache: France considers the Palestinian Authority the three countries explained their vote imports from Israel (including imports www.ambafrance-il.org), Viewed in April 2011. to be the prefiguration of the Palestinian in favour of the resolution condemning from the occupied territories) by major 152 Israeli Ministry of Foreign product categories. Affairs, “Israel Bilateral Agreements”, Website 155 France Diplomatie, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.mfa.gov. ambafrance-il.org), Viewed in April 2011. “Palestinian Territories - Political relations”, il/MFA/Templates/Amanot.aspx?NRMODE=Publi Website France Diplomatie (www.diplomatie. 154 Israeli Ministry of Foreign gouv.fr), Viewed in April 2011. shed&NRNODEGUID=%7B5F215993-CC42-421E- Affairs, “Israel Bilateral Agreements”, Website B74D-949AACCA4C9C%7D&NRORIGINALURL=/ Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.mfa.gov. 156 Association France Palestine 158 Association France Palestine mfa/treaties/israel%20bilateral%20 il/MFA/Templates/Amanot.aspx?NRMODE=Publi Solidarité, “Construction de nouvelles colonies Solidarite, “Creation d’un etat palestinien: Abbas a agreements/&NRCACHEHINT=Guest), shed&NRNODEGUID=%7B5F215993-CC42-421E- juives en Cisjordanie occupée ; Aucune Paris pour demander conseil er soutien”, Association Viewed in April 2011. B74D-949AACCA4C9C%7D&NRORIGINALURL=/ action arabe concertée”, Association France France Palestine Solidarite, 21 April 2011. 153 L’ambassade de France en mfa/treaties/israel%20bilateral%20 Palestine Solidarité, 8 September 2009. 159 HLN BE, “Groen licht voor Israel, “Relations france-israeliennes”, Website agreements/&NRCACHEHINT=Guest), 157 Europe1, “Israël : Sarkozy ne veut bouw van vier nederzettingen op Westelijke L’ambassade de France en Israel (www. Viewed in April 2011. plus de colonies”, Europe1, 27 September 2010. Jordaanoever”, HLNBE, 4 April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 44 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 45 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 5 FRANCE FIGURE 11. As Figure 12 shows, the most important 5.3.3 Adanim Tea France imports from Israel and France French imports from Israel consists of exports to Israel (in US$ million) insecticide, disinfectants and similar Adanim Tea produces (organic) herbal products (11%),electrical machinery and tea, sold under the Adanim and Valdena equipment (10%), tools, implements and brand names, in the Ofra settlement (see cutlery (10%), other chemicals (10%) and paragraph 13.4). Valdena tea, is sold by the plastics (8%). Edible vegetables, fruits and following webshops: nuts (7%) and other food products (6%) together comprise 13% of France’s import Trefle: www.trefle.com from Israel. Brindilles.fr (Twigs) 162 16 rue de la Chardonnière ZA de Machery 91640 Vaugrigneuse 5.3 France Tel: +33 (0)1 69 92 19 20 Exports by settlement Website: www.brindilles.fr companies to France 5.3.4 Agrexco This section describes the exports of products or services by settlement Agrexco is the main exporter of agricultural companies to France. A profile of the products from Israeli settlements, mostly Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign settlement companies can be found in under the Carmel brand (see paragraph Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel Chapter 13. 13.5). Agrexco has a subsidiary in France:163 (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. Agrexco France 5.3.1 Abadi Bakery Paris Tel: +33 (0)1 41 80 82 82 Abadi Bakery is a producer of cookies Fax: +33 (0)1 46 86 99 59 and cakes, whose factory is located in the E-mail: [email protected] Atarot settlement (see paragraph 13.1). FIGURE 12. Shneider’s, a producer of kosher food in Agrexco has a regular freight service across French imports from Israel in 2009 France, is the distributor for Abadi Bakery’s the Mediterranean Sea, for containers (value %) products in France. 160 and refrigerated goods with its ships the Carmel Ecofresh and the Carmel Biotop. They maintain a weekly service, following 5.3.2 Achdut the route Asdhod - Marseille - Valencia (Wednesday) - Genua (Friday) - Haifa Achdut is a company manufacturing (Monday) - Asdhod (Tuesday).164 sesame products in the Barkan settlement, which are sold under the Achva brand (see In Marseille (France) Agrexco has a “state- paragraph 13.2). Achva halva products are of-the-art terminal”, where products are sold by the following webshop: stored and then distributed throughout the European continent and the U.K. 165 Tova Market 161 Supermarché Cacher 99 Rue Chardon Lagache 75016 Paris France 162 Brindilles, “Rosemary Tel: +33 (0)1 45 20 04 99 Infusion Ginkgo BIO FOOD”, Website Brindilles (www.brindilles.fr/infusion-ginkgo-romarin- Website: www.tova-market.com biologique.htm), Viewed in April 2011. 163 Agrexo, “Contact us”, Website Agrexco (www.agrexco.com), Viewed in April 2011; Coalition of Women for Peace, “Agrexco Agricultural Export Company”, Website Who Profits? Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign (www.whoprofits.org), Viewed in March 2011. Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel 164 Veintepies, “Agrexco y Maersk (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. 160 Abadi, “Distributors”, Website Abadi establecen servicio conjunto desde Valencia Bakery(www.abadibakery.com), Viewed in April 2011. a Israel”, Veintepies.com, 2 March 2004. 161 Tova Market, “Achva”, Website Tova 165 Agrexco, “Logistics”, Website Market (www.tova-market.com), Viewed in April 2011. Agrexco (www.agrexco.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 46 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 47 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 5 FRANCE Since October 2010, Agrexco also ships Tel: +33 (0)4 37 25 01 64 Eolys 5.3.12 Keter Plastic produce to the port of Sète in the south of Fax: +33 (0)4 37 25 01 63 8 rue de la Grange France once a week. This has led to a lot of E-mail: [email protected] F-69009 Lyon Keter Plastic is a large Israeli manufacturer protests166 France of plastic indoor and garden furniture, Barkan wines can be bought online at the Tel: +33 (0)4 37 64 47 50 shelving systems, tool boxes and storage following webshop: Fax: +33 (0)4 37 64 47 59 products for the do-it-yourself market, 5.3.5 Barkan Mounts E-mail: [email protected] which operates two plants in the Barkan Cavus Vinifera: www. settlement (see paragraph 13.24). Keter Barkan Mounts produces mounting cavusvinifera.com.fr 169 Plastic products (gardening, home solutions for LCD televisions, plasma 5.3.9 Familia Sweet organization, indoor storage, outdoor televisions and other consumer electronic storage) are sold in France by: 178 products in a factory in the Barkan 5.3.7 Beigel & Beigel Familia Sweet manufactures sweets, sold settlement (see paragraph 13.9). Products under the Oneg brandname, in the Mishor • Brico Depot: www.brico.fr of Barkan Mounts are sold in France by: 167 Beigel & Beigel Food produces pretzels, Adumim settlement (see paragraph 13.18). • Carrefour: www.carrefour.fr savoury biscuits and crackers in the Barkan Oneg coconut bars produced by Familia • Casino:www.casino.fr B.H.V. settlement (see paragraph 13.11). A small Sweet are sold by the following webshop: • Castorama: www.castorama.com Website: www.bhv.fr supermarket in Sarcelles near Paris, Birkat • Chalet & Jardin: www. David, offers Beigel & Beigel pretzels: 170 Yarden: www.yarden-shop.fr 174 chalet-jardin.fr Boulanger • Cora: www.cora.fr Website: www.boulanger.fr Birkat David • E.Leclerc: www.e-leclerc.com 36 Boulevard Albert Camus 5.3.10 Fermentek • Leroy Merlin: www.leroymerlin.fr Leroy Merlin 95200 Sarcelles • L’incroyable: www.lincroyable.fr Website: www.leroymerlin.fr Val d’Oise Fermentek manufactures bioactive • Mr Bricolage: www.mr-bricolage.fr France compounds in a factory in the Atarot Strauss Vonderweidt Tel: +33 (0)9 79 70 91 09 settlement (see paragraph 13.19). As Keter Plastic and the other companies RN 191 Moulin du Tan According to a profile of Fermentek on within Keter Group together have many 78580 Maule Products of Beigel & Beigel are also sold in trade platform BioPharma, the company production facilities, it is not entirely Tel: +33 (0)1 34 75 08 40 France by the following webshops: is active in France.175 However, we could clear from which Keter Plastic plants these Website: www.quincailleries. not find further information in public products originate but it is possible that net/french/structure0.html Yarden: www.yarden-shop.fr171 sources. they come from one of the factories located in the occupied West Bank. Techni Cine Phot Birkat David, via Cacher: In response to an e-mail Fermentek told Tel: +33 (0)1 40 10 55 55 www.cacher.com172 us it has “no formal distributors working Website: www.technicinephot.com under Fermentek name. We are working 5.3.13 Mehadrin Group with several international biochemical Weldom 5.3.8 Dead Sea Laboratories companies who buy our products and sell Mehadrin Group is a large agricultural Website: www.weldom.fr them under their name.” 176 company, exporting dates and grapes from Dead Sea Laboratories produces personal the occupied Jordan Valley (see paragraph care products, sold under the Ahava brand 13.26). Mehadrin-Tnuport Export has an 5.3.6 Barkan Wine Cellars name, in the Mitzpe Shalem settlement (see 5.3.11 Hadiklaim office in France: 179 paragraph 13.13). Dead Sea Laboratories, One of the vineyards of Barkan Wine the producers of Ahava cosmetics, has a Hadiklaim exports dates from Israeli Mehadrin International Cellars is located in the Dolev settlement branch office in France. 173 settlements in the Jordan Valley (see C/c La Bonpasienee (see paragraph 13.10). Barkan wines are paragraph 13.21). The company claims to Z.A Du Barret 168 177 sold in France by: 169 Cavus Vinifera, “Barkan - export to France. However, we could not 696 Chemin du Barret Reserve Shiraz”, Website Cavus Vinifera (www. find further information in public sources 13160 Chateaurenard Cpm Diffusion cavusvinifera.com/fr/235175-Barkan-Reserve- and the company did not respond to our France Jean-Jacques Zaoui Shiraz-Judee-rouge), Viewed in July 2011 questions. Tel: +33 (0)4 32 60 62 90 170 Cacher, “Epicerie Salée. 13 Rue Jean Zay Biscuit Apreitief Chips. Beigel Pretzel”, Website 69800 Saint Priest Cacher (supermarche-95200.cacher.com/ France biscuits-aperitifs-chips-cacher/293-beigel- pretzel-cacher.html), Viewed in April 2011. 166 Coalition contre Agrexco, 171 Yarden, “Beigel & Beigel” Website 174 Yarden, “Barres Coconut”, “Une procédure judiciaire révèle les violations Yarden (www.yarden-shop.fr/advanced_search_result. Website Yarden (www.yarden-shop.fr/barres- du droit et la fraude commises par la société php?keywords=beigel), Viewed in April 2011. coconut-p-470.html), Viewed in April 2011. Agrexco-Carmel”, Press release of the Coalition 172 Cacher, “Epicerie Salée. 175 BioPharmaLink, “Companies”, 178 Keter, “Where to buy”, Website contre Agrexco, 18 February 2011. Biscuit Apreitief Chips. Beigel Pretzel”, Website Website BioPharmaLink (www.biopharmalink. Keter (www.keter.com), Viewed in May 2011. com), Viewed in March 2011. 167 Barkan Mounts, “Where to Buy?”, Cacher (supermarche-95200.cacher.com/ 179 Corporate Watch, “Mehadrin’s Website Barkan Mounts (www.barkanmounts.com/ biscuits-aperitifs-chips-cacher/293-beigel- 176 Personal communication by Yosef Behrend, business in Beqa’ot settlement – and Tesco’s index.aspx?id=2939), Viewed in April 2011. pretzel-cacher.html), Viewed in April 2011. managing director, Fermentek, 5 July 2011. Complicity”, Corporate Watch Research 168 Barkan Wine Cellars, 173 Dead Sea Laboratories, “Ahava 177 Hadiklaim, “Company Blogs, 18 May 2010; MTEX, “Global location”, “Partners”, Website Barkan Wine Cellars (www. worldwide”, Website Dead Sea Laboratories Customers”, Website Hadiklaim (www. Website Mehadrin Tnuport Export (www. barkan-winery.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. (www.ahava.com), Viewed in April 2011. hadiklaim.com), Viewed in March 2011. mtex.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 48 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 49 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 5 FRANCE 5.3.14 Mul-T-Lock in the Atarot settlement (see paragraph SodaStream products are exported to 39 Concept Drink 13.30). Oppenheimer chocolates are sold countries worldwide, including France.187 Paris Mul-T-Lock Ltd. produces high-security in France by:184 Its subsidiary in France is:188 France cylinders, locks and padlocks in the Barkan Tel: +33 (0)1 55 65 17 72 settlement (see paragraph 13.27). The Franprix Kasher Soda-Club France distributor of Mul-T-Lock in France is:180 240, Boulevard Voltaire 33 rue du Bois Briand, The following French wine webshops sell 75011 Paris BP 61635 Teperberg wine: Mul-T-Lock France S.A 44316 Nantes cedex3 ZI La Bonde, 2, route de la Bonde, Tel: +33 (0)2 40 49 64 25 • Cavus Vinifera: www. 91300 Massy 5.3.17 Shamir Salads E-mail: [email protected] cavusvinifera.com.fr 193 France Website: www.soda-club-france.com • Vinoo: www.fr.vinoo.eu 194 E-mail: [email protected] Shamir Salads produces ready-made salads • Le Guide: www.leguide.net 195 Tel: +33 (0)1 60 13 58 51 in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph SodaStream sells its products through • Vin Israel: www.vin-israel.com 196 Fax: +33 (0)1 69 53 01 85 13.34). In France, glatt kosher products more than 35,000 retail stores, including of the company are distributed under the Carrefour.189 The Mul-T-Lock brand is sold by: brand name of Ma’ayane.185 5.3.21 Tip Top Toys Star

Société Mes Clef181 According to the website of Shamir Salads 5.3.19 Supergum Industries Tip Top Toys Star produces high quality 3 Rue Beudant the company is present in France through educational toys, sold under the Interstar 75017 Paris a subsidiary.186 However, we could not find Supergum Industries produces plastic brandname, in the Barkan settlement (see France further information in public sources. and rubber products for the automotive paragraph 13.40). The following French Tel: +33 (0)1 40 34 11 15 industry in the Barkan settlement (see websites sell Interstar toys: E-mail: [email protected] The following webshops in France sell the paragraph 13.38). According to the Israel Ma’ayane brand: Export & International Cooperation • La Classe de Delphine: www. CleBrevetee182 Institute, Supergum exports to France. laclassededelphine.jimdo.com 58 Boulevard Richard Lenoir Coursengo 190 One of Supergum’s main customers • Papeterie Camps: www. 75011 Paris 9, rue du Colonel de Rochebrune includes the French GIAT Industries. 191 papeterie-camps.com France 92500 Rueil Malmaison Tel: +33 (0)1 43 57 95 18 France Fax: + 33 (0)1 48 06 81 21 Tel: +33 (0)8 11 65 46 54 5.3.20 Teperberg 1870 Winery 5.3.22 Tishbi Estate Winery Website: www.coursengo.com Teperberg 1870 Winery owns vineyards Tishbi Estate Winery has a vineyard in the 5.3.15 Ofertex Industries Coursengo is the webshop in the Gush Etzion and Mevo Horon Gush Etzion settlement (see paragraph for the French supermarkets settlements (see paragraph 13.39). 13.41). Tishbi’s distributor in France is: 197 Ofertex Industries manufactures cloths Leader Price and Franprix. Teperberg exports its wines to more than in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph 22 countries worldwide, including France. Entreprise Brakha 13.29). The company claims to export to Kaddie Malin France is one of the countries in Europe Paris France. Ofertex Industries states on its Website: www.kaddiemalin.com where Teperberg has a distributor. This France website that it has customers in France.183 distributor is:192 Tel: +33 (0)6 09 70 43 00 However, we could not find further E-mail: [email protected] information in public sources and the 5.3.18 SodaStream 187 ABN, “Oppenheimer (NYSE-mail: Website: www.tishbi.fr company did not respond to our questions OPY) Initiates Coverage on Sodastream International about this issue. SodaStream produces home beverage (NASDAQ: SODA)”, American Banking News, 14 December 2010; Who Profits, “SodaStream. A carbonation systems in the Ma’aleh Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli Adumim settlement (see paragraph 13.37). Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of Women 193 Cavus Vinifera, “Teperberg Selection 5.3.16 Oppenheimer Manufacturing for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011. Meritage”, Website Cavus Vinifera (www.cavusvinifera. and Marketing 188 SodaStream, “Office com/fr/243951-Teperberg-Selection-Meritage-Israel- Locator”, Website SodaStream (www. Collines-de-Judee-Judee-rouge), Viewed in July 2011 sodastream.com), Viewed in April 2011. 194 Vinoo, “Teperberg meritage Oppenheimer Manufacturing and 189 ABN, “Oppenheimer (NYSE-mail: Judean hill 2006: , Website Vinoo (fr.vinoo. Marketing produces chocolate products OPY) Initiates Coverage on Sodastream International eu/vin/597016/teperberg-meritage-judean- (NASDAQ: SODA)”, American Banking News, 14 hill-2006), Viewed in April 2011. 180 Mul-T-Lock, “Find December 2010; Who Profits, “SodaStream. A 195 LeGuide, “Teperberg”, Website Distributor”, Website Mul-T-Lock (www. Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli LeGuide (www.leguide.net/go/search/mot/ mul-t-lock.com), Viewed in April 2011. Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of Women Teperberg/t/1/go.htm), Viewed in April 2011. for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011. 181 MesClefs, “Commander une 184 VG zone, “Oppenheimer”, Website 196 Un Monde de Vins, “Teperberg”, clef” and “Nous contacter”, Website MesClefs VG zone (vg-zone.net/2009/04/23/pepites-de- 190 Israel Export & International Website Un Monde de Vins (www.unmondedevins.com/ (www.mesclefs.com), Viewed in May 2011. chocolat-oppenheimer/), Viewed in April 2011. Cooperation Institute, “Supergum Industries”, producteurs/producteurs-israeliens/teperberg/), Viewed 182 CleBrevetee, “Commander 185 Coalition of Women for Peace, Website Israel Export & International Cooperation in July 2011; Vin-Israël, “Teperberg”, Website Vin-Israël une cle”, Website CleBrevetee (www. “Shamir Salads”, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits. Institute (www.export.gov.il), Viewed in April 2011. (www.vin-israel.com/lng_FR_srub_211-vin-israel-com- clebrevetee.com), Viewed in April 2011. org), Updated 17 June 2008, Viewed in March 2011 191 Supergum, “Supergum vente-en-ligne-de-vins-du-monde-specialiste-des-vins- 183 Ofertex Industries, 186 Shamir Salads, “Global Industries Ltd”, Supergum, 8 March 2011. d-israel-teperberg-1870.html), Viewed in April 2011. “Customers”, Website Ofertex Industries (www. Presence”, Website Shamir Salads (www. 192 Personal communication 197 Tishbi, “Distributors”, Website ofertex.com), Viewed in April 2011. shamirsalads.com), Viewed in April 2011. with Teperberg, 27 April 2011. Tishbi (www.tishbi.com ), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 50 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 51 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 5 FRANCE 5.3.23 Twitoplast 5.4 and the environment. Egis is also involved won the € 500 million contract209 for the in project development as well as road construction of the Jerusalem Light Rail Twitoplast manufactures plastic Other trade links and airport operation. With a workforce of Transit. This consortium comprises the accessories for the air conditioning market 8,400 people, it is active in more than 100 following partners:210 in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph This section describes other trade links countries. The company is owned by the 13.42). Twitoplast exports to France via its between Israel and France, such as French Caisse des Dépôts Group. All engineering • three Israeli investment companies distributor Blue ICE:198 companies involved in exporting products of urban and rail systems is grouped under - Harel Insurance & Finance (20%), or services to settlement companies. Egis Rail.205 Polar Investments (17.5%) and Israel Blue ICE Infrastructure Fund (10%); 55 Rue Morat Egis Rail has a contract with the city of • two contractors - Ashtrom Group Ltd 68000 Colmar 5.4.1 Alstom Jerusalem for the design of several projects (27.5%) and French company Alstom France under the Jerusalem Transportation Master S.A. (20%); Tel: +33 (0)3 89 80 06 8 3 avenue André Malraux Plan. This plan includes expansions of the • one operator - Veolia Transport (5%). Fax: +33 (0)3 89 80 06 38 92300 Levallois-Perret Jerusalem Light Rail Transit (JLRT), a series E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +33 (0)1 41 49 20 00 of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) routes, and five The Jerusalem Light Rail Transit (JLRT) will Website: www.alstom.com new roads. As part of the services, Egis Rail have a length of 13.8 kilometres, running will oversee the designs of a multitude of from Mount Herzl to Pisgat Ze’ev.211 The 5.3.24 Yardeni Locks Holdings Alstom is a large, French company with local and international design companies.206 path of this light rail system incorporates a activities in transport infrastructure, power The contract is worth € 11.9 million.207 number of Jewish settlements around East Yardeni Locks Holdings manufactures generation and transmission. The company Jerusalem, located on occupied Palestinian high quality locks and locking cylinder employs 93,000 people, operates in over land. According to opponents, the project mechanism in the Barkan settlement (see 70 countries and has annual revenues of 5.4.3 Veolia Transport ensures the contiguity of these colonies into paragraph 13.43). The company claims to approximately € 23 billion.202 the central areas of the city and provides export its products to France.199 169 avenue Georges Clemenceau them with a vital transport link. The Alstom is a shareholder in the CityPass 92735 Nanterre cedex project also states that the “Ammunition The following lock and key smiths in France Consortium, responsible for constructing Tel: +33 (0)1 46 69 30 00 Hill” station of the network will operate sell and/or install Yardeni locks or keys: the Jerusalem Light Rail Transit (for more Fax: +33 (0)1 46 69 30 01 as the feeder station for settler traffic details refer to paragraph 5.4.3). Together E-mail: [email protected] from Israeli settlements in the occupied • S.O.S. Locksmith of Paris: with the Ashtrom Group, Alstom will plan Website: www.veolia-transport.com West Bank, including Ma’aleh Adumim www.sosserrurier.com 200 and implement all engineering works and settlements in the Jordan Valley. The • Clé Service: www.cleservice.com 201 required for the construction. Citadis Veolia Environnement is a large French light rail project is therefore seen to play a Israel is also a partner in these works, but company listed on the NYSE Euronext in key role in sustaining the settlements and this company is fully owned by Alstom.203 Paris, with activities in water, environmental ensuring they become a permanent fixture services, energy services and passenger upon Palestinian land.212 In October 2010, Alstom was reported to transportation. Its transportation division, be in ‘advanced stages of negotiations’ to Veolia Transport, is also known under its Prompted by questions in the French senate, sell its shares to consortium partner Israel brand name Connex. Veolia Transport is the French government in March 2006 Infrastructure Fund. 204 However, there is the leading private European passenger acknowledged that the tramway project is yet to be a public confirmation that Alstom transport operator and specialises in illegal because it passes through occupied will sell its CityPass shares. The company delegated public utility operation. Veolia territories.213 A global campaign to boycott did not respond to our questions about Transport operates in 28 countries, both Veolia and Alstom until they withdraw the issue. employs 77,600 people and has annual from the project and bring their business revenues of approximately € 5.8 billion. practices in line with international law has The company operates 30,482 road and 5.4.2 Egis Rail rail vehicles and carries over 2.7 billion passengers per year.208 25, Cours Emile Zola 69100 Villeurbanne Veolia Transport is a 5% shareholder in 198 Twitoplast, “Links”, Website 209 The Grassroots Palestinian Twitoplast (www.twitoplast.co.il/eng_links.html), Tel: ‎+33 (0)4 72 69 60 00 the CityPass Consortium, that in 2002 Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, “Stop Connex Viewed in April 2011; Coalition of Women for Website: www.egis-rail.com & Alstom Now!”, Website Stop the Wall (www. Peace, “Twitoplast”, Website Who Profits? (www. stopthewall.org), Viewed in April 2011. whoprofits.org)(www.whoprofits.org), Updated 205 Egis, “Corporate”, Website Egis 210 CityPass, “About CityPass”, Website 21 April 2010, Viewed in March 2011 Egis is an engineering and consulting group (www.egis-group.com), Viewed in April 2011 CityPass (www.citypass.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. 199 IEICI, “Israeli Exporters specialised in transport infrastructures 206 Friedman, R., “Jerusalem presents 211 CityPass, “About CityPass”, Website Catalog. Yardeni Locks Ltd.”, Israel Export and systems, urban development, water new transport plan”, The Jerusalem Post, 25 May CityPass (www.citypass.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. and International Cooperation Institute (www. 2010; Egis Rail, “International Light Rail Transit 212 The Grassroots Palestinian Anti- export.gov.il), Viewed in June 2011. 202 Alstom, “About”, Website Alstom Projects”, Egis Rail, 17 September 2009. Apartheid Wall Campaign, “Stop Connex & Alstom 200 S.O.S. Locksmith of Paris, “Home”, (www.alstom.com), Viewed in April 2011. 207 Coalition of Women for Now!”, Website Stop the Wall (www.stopthewall.org/ Website S.O.S. Locksmith of Paris (www.sosserrurier. 203 CityPass, “About CityPass”, Website Peace, “Egis Rail”, Website Who Profits? (www. downloads/pdf/ConexEN.pdf), Viewed in April 2011. com/locksmith_in_paris.html), Viewed in June 2011. CityPass (www.citypass.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. whoprofits.org), Viewed in April 2011. 213 CAPJPO – EuroPalestine, “Le 201 Cle Service, “Clé Yardeni”, Website 204 BDS Movement, “Veolia and 208 Veolia Environnement, Gouvernement Français Reconnaît L’illégalité Cle Service (www.cleservice.com/yardeni_1_ Alstom feel the heat – BNC calls for intensifying “Transportation”, Website Veolia Environnement Du Tramway De Jérusalem, Et S’en Lave Les reproduction_cle.html),Viewed in June 2011. pressure”, BDS Movement, 25 November 2010. (www.veolia.com), Viewed in April 2011. Mains”, CAPJPO - EuroPalestine, 5 March 2006. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 52 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 53 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 5 FRANCE put a lot of pressure on Veolia, which has Israeli settlers traffic only. Its subsidiary TABLE 7. lost an estimated € 5 billion in contracts Veolia Environmental Services Israel owns Exports from Israeli settlements in occupied territories to France due to the campaign.214 and operates the Tovlan Landfill in the occupied Jordan Valley, using captured French Exporter Products French importer / retailer In June 2009, it became clear that Palestinian natural and land resources for subsidiary Veolia wishes to withdraw from the the needs of Israeli settlements.219 project.215 Facing a lawsuit in France for Abadi Bakery Bakery products Shneider's their involvement in the rail project, Achdut Sesame products Tova Market the company has reportedly planned to Adanim Tea Tea Trefle, Brindilles withdraw from the project and to sell Fruit & Agrexco Agrexco France its stake in the CityPass consortium. 5.5 Vegetables In 2010, the Israeli transport company B.H.V., Boulanger, Leroy Consumer Egged Holdings Limited made an offer of Summary Barkan Mounts Merlin, Strauss Vonderweidt, electronics € 9 million to buy Veolia’s shareholding, Techni Cine Phot, Weldom together with the shares of the company A total of 24 Israeli settlement companies Barkan Wine responsible for running the JLRT (Connex exporting to France were identified (see Wines Cpm Diffusion Jerusalem Ltd, currently for 80% owned by Table 7). Five companies have a subsidiary Cellars 216 Birkat David, Yarden, Veolia ). Veolia accepted this offer and in and three others an official distributor in Beigel & Beigel Bakery products October 2010 the two companies entered France. Birkat David via Cacher Dead Sea into a principal agreement regarding the Beauty products Eolys acquisition. Finalisation of the sale requires Laboratories confirmation of various Israeli authorities Familia Sweet Sweets Yarden 217 and the other partners in the light rail. Bioactive Fermentek compounds Under the terms of the agreement and in Hadiklaim Dates compliance with the conditions of the initial tender (which mandates that the light rail Brico Depot, Carrefour, Casino, Plastic household Castorama, Chalet & Jardin, operator must have a minimum experience Keter Plastic of five years in operations), Veolia’s shares products Cora, Leclerc, Leroy Merlin will be gradually transferred to Egged over Lincroyable, Mr Bricolage, Obi Fruit & Mehadrin a five year period. During this period, Mehadrin Group Veolia will provide technical assistance Vegetables International until the company can assume operations Mul-T-Lock Assa Abloy, Société Mes Mul-T-Lock Locks on its own.218 France S.A. Clef, CleBrevetee Oppenheimer Chocolate Besides the controversial light rail project, Manufacturing Franprix Kasher products Veolia (through its subsidiary Connex and Marketing Israel) also operates regular bus services Ofertex Clothes to Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Industries including Beit Horon and Givat Ze’ev along Salads and ready- Coursengo for Leader Price road 443, which is one of the so-called Shamir Salads “apartheid road,” open for the use of made meals and Franprix, Kaddie Malin Carbonating 214 Alternative Information Center, “BDS SodaStream devices and Soda-Club France Carrefour Victory: Veolia Sells Shares in Jerusalem Light Rail”, syrups Alternative Information Center, 15 October 2010. Supergum Plastic and 215 Idrissi, N., “Turning up the heat GIAT Industries (customer) on a serial abuser; Naomi Idrissi charts rising Industries rubber products support for boycott, divestment and sanctions Concept Drink (distributor), against Israel”, Morning Star, 27 August 2009. Teperberg Wines Vinoo, Le Guide, Shop 216 CityPass, “About CityPass”, Website 1870 Winery CityPass (www.citypass.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. Reflex, Vin Israel 217 Veolia Environnement, “Jerusalem Tip Top La Classe de Delphine, Toys Light Rail Transit”, Website Veolia, Viewed in April Toys Star Papeterie Camps 2011; BDS Movement, “Veolia and Alstom feel the heat – BNC calls for intensifying pressure”, BDS Movement, Tishbi Estate Wines Entreprise Brakha (distributor) 25 November 2010; Alternative Information Center, Winery “BDS Victory: Veolia Sells Shares in Jerusalem Light Rail”, Alternative Information Center, 15 October 2010. Plastic 218 Veolia Environnement, “Jerusalem Twitoplast products for air Blue ICE-mail (distributor) Light Rail Transit”, Website Veolia Environnement conditioning (www.veolia.com), Viewed in April 2011; Alternative 219 Coalition of Women for Yardeni Locks SOS Locksmith of Information Center, “BDS Victory: Veolia Sells Peace, “Veolia Environnement”, Website Who Locks Shares in Jerusalem Light Rail”, Alternative Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated 8 Holdings Paris, Clé Service Information Center, 15 October 2010. November 2008, Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 54 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 55 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 5 FRANCE Apart from the companies importing products from Israeli settlements, we found a further three French companies with a link to Israeli settlements, presented in Table 8.

TABLE 8. Other French business links with Israeli settlements

French Type of Link with Israeli settlements company company Transport Shareholder in the CityPass Consortium infrastructure, Alstom (operator) that constructs the Jerusalem power generation Light Rail Transit (JLRT) through OPT. and transmission Engineering and Design of several projects in Jerusalem consulting group Egis Rail including the JLRT, Bus Rapid Transit in infrastructure routes and five new roads. systems Shareholder in the CityPass Consortium (operator) Environmental Chapter 6 that constructs the JLRT through OPT; its services, energy subsidiary Connex Israel operates bus services in Veolia services and R E L A T I O N S H I P S settlements on the West Bank; and its subsidiary passenger Veolia Environmental Services Israel operates transport WITH GERMANY the Tovlan Landfill in occupied Jordan Valley. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 56 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 57 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 6 R E L A T I O N S H I P S Germany Concerning Taxation of Road 6.2 Vehicles in Israeli-German International WITH GERMANY Transport signed in 1983; Trade volumes and quantities • Agreement between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and No reliable statistics exist on trade between the Government of the State of Israel on Germany and settlement companies. As 6.1 foreign trade network. It is connected to the Cooperation in the Area of Intellectual trade with settlements is included in the German-Israeli Economic Association (DIW) Property signed in 1989. trade statistics of the trade between Israel Economic and diplomatic and in both countries equally represented.223 and Germany we discuss these official trade In 1957 the German Trade Union Federation statistics, to get an indication of which relationships Since 1952 Israel and Germany have signed (DGB) and the Israeli trade union federation products might be exported by settlement 22 bilateral agreements. The following Histadrut signed a formal partnership companies to Germany. are relevant for economic and trade agreement. There are regular joint seminars 6.1.1 Diplomatic relationships relations:224 on current and historical political issues German imports from Israel increased taking place in both countries. A key focus the past decade to US$ 1.9 billion in 2008 Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany • Convention for the Avoidance of in this is still youth exchange between the and then dropped to US$ 1.4 billion in (West Germany) established diplomatic Double Taxation with respect to Taxes two countries.225 2009 (see Figure 13). Germany is Israel’s relations on 12 May 1965. Since then the on Income and to the Gewerbesteuer 3rd largest export market in the European relationship between the two countries has (Trade Tax) signed in 1962; Union, accounting for 3.0% of its exports in strengthened, continuing after the German • Air Transport Agreement between 6.1.3 Position on the settlements 2009.228 As no distinction is made in these reunification in 1990. According to the the Government of the State of Israel statistics between Israeli products and German embassy in Tel Aviv, relations are and the Government off the Federal According to Germany, a freeze on the settlement products, the import figures close and friendly.220 Germany is in favour Republic of Germany signed in 1971; Israeli settlement expansion is an essential from Israel include settlement products. of the existence of the State of Israel and • Treaty between the State of Israel condition for comprehensive peace in the is proactively engaged in the efforts of the and the Federal Republic of Germany region. The Chancellor of Germany, Angela German exports to Israel are higher and EU to come to a peace agreement in the concerning the Encouragement and Merkel has repeatedly been very critical peaked at US$ 3.9 billion in 2008, but Middle East. Reciprocal Protection of Investments about the settlements.226 dropped to US$ 3.3 billion in 2009. In signed in 1976; 2009 Germany was Israel’s most important On 31 January 2011, the third German- • Protocol Amending the Convention of Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Israel in European supplier, accounting for 7.0% Israeli government consultations took place July 9th, 1962 between the Government February 2011. During her stay she met of Israel’s total imports.229 There are no in Jerusalem. This annual meeting between of the State of Israel and the Government with the Israeli prime minister Benjamin figures on the percentage of these exports the governments of the two countries of the Federal Republic of Germany for Netanyahu to discuss the progress in the which is destined for the settlements. opened new ways for bilateral relations. the Avoidance of Double Taxation with peace negotiations. Merkel was disappointed Thematically, the last consultation focused respect to Taxes on Income and to the that Netanyahu does not want to give in Figure 13 gives an overview of German on cooperation in the fields of renewable Gewerbesteuer signed in 1977; with regard to the settlements. Merkel imports from Israel (including imports energy and energy efficiency, both in • Agreement on Reciprocal Recognition stated once more that these settlements from the settlements) by major product transportation, industry and R&D.221 and Enforcement of Judicial Decisions are not in line with existing international categories. The chart indicates that the in Civil and Commercial Matters signed agreements. She said that a stop to the most important German imports from in 1977; settlement expansion could not only bring Israel consist of various electric machinery 6.1.2 Trade and economic • Agreement between the Government of a new momentum to the peace process and equipment products, in total 47%, agreements the Federal Republic of Germany and between Israel and Palestine but that it could including optical, photographic, measuring the Government of the State of Israel also “be a sign set against the instability and medical instruments (11%) and electric Germany is one of the most important on the International Carriage of Good that we see elsewhere” in the Middle East. apparatus for telecommunication (10%). economic partner of Israel within the EU. by Road signed in 1979; Netanyahu however denied that the illegal Another important sector is plastics and Overall, German direct investment in Israel • Arrangement between the State of settlements are the key obstacle in the plastic articles (10%). remains relatively low. Israeli investment Israel and the Federal Republic of peace negotiations, to the clear annoyance in Germany is higher with a value of over of Merkel. According to the Chancellor, Hidden in these statistics on trading € 1 billion.222 “standing still is no reasonable option”.227 relationships between Germany and Israel are the trading relationships between The Israeli-German Chamber of Industry and German companies and companies active 223 German-Israeli Chamber Commerce based in Israel exists for over 40 of Industry and Commerce, “Home“, “About in Israeli settlements. How many German years and is since 1995 part of the German us“ and “Representation“, Website German- companies have trading relationships with Israeli Chamber of Industry and Commerce companies active in the Israeli settlements, (www. israel.ahk.de), Viewed in May 2011. 220 Deutsche Botschaft Tel Aviv, 225 Auswertiges Ambt, “Israel – and precisely how important these trading “Ausen und EU Politik”, Website Deutsche Botschaft 224 Israeli Ministry of Foreign Beziehungen zu Deutschland”, Website Auswertiges Tel Aviv (www.tel-aviv.diplo.de), Viewedi May 2011. Affairs, “Israel Bilateral Agreements”, Website Ambt (www.auswaertiges-amt.de), Viewed in May 2011. Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.mfa.gov. 221 Auswertiges Ambt, “Israel – il/MFA/Templates/Amanot.aspx?NRMODE=Publi 226 Focus, “Merkel drängt 228 Central Bureau of Statistics Beziehungen zu Deutschland”, Website Auswertiges shed&NRNODEGUID=%7B5F215993-CC42-421E- Israel zum Siedlungsstopp”, Focus, 27 Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel Ambt (www.auswaertiges-amt.de), Viewed in May 2011. B74D-949AACCA4C9C%7D&NRORIGINALURL=/ August 2009; Focus, “Merkel kritisiert (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. 222 Auswertiges Ambt, “Israel – mfa/treaties/israel%20bilateral%20 Siedlungspolitik”, Focus, 25 February 2011. 229 Central Bureau of Statistics Beziehungen zu Deutschland”, Website Auswertiges agreements/&NRCACHEHINT=Guest), 227 Spiegel, “Israels Siedler-Starrsinn Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel Ambt (www.auswaertiges-amt.de), Viewed in May 2011. Viewed in April 2011. ernüchtert Merkel”, Spiegel, 1 February 2011. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 58 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 59 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 6 GERMANY FIGURE 13. relationships are in financial terms, is • Lebensmittel Onlineshop: www. German imports from Israel and German difficult to assess. However, as the following lebensmittel-onlineshop.de234 exports to Israel (in US$ million) paragraphs demonstrate, various trading links do exist between German companies and Israeli companies active in the main 6.3.2 Adanim Tea product categories mentioned above. Adanim Tea produces (organic) herbal tea, sold under the Adanim and Valdena brand names, in the Ofra settlement (see paragraph 13.4). Adanim fruit teas are sold 6.3 in Germany by the following webshop:

Exports by settlement IsraelWein: www.israelwein.de 235 companies to Germany 6.3.3 Agrexco This section describes the exports of products or services by settlement Agrexco is the main exporter of agricultural companies to Germany. A profile of the products from Israeli settlements, mostly settlement companies can be found in under the Carmel brand (see paragraph Chapter 13. 13.5). Agrexco has two offices in Germany. Agrexco Agricultural Export Co. takes care of agricultural exports to Germany, while Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign 6.3.1 Achdut Dalia Blumen- und Agrarhandel is primarily Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel focused on production, marketing and (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. Achdut is a company manufacturing distribution of flowers:236 sesame products in the Barkan settlement, which are sold under the Achva brand (see Dalia Blumen- und Agrarhandel GmbH paragraph 13.2). Achva halva products are Ostparkstrasse 37 sold in Germany by: 60385 Frankfurt am Main Germany Danel Feinkost - Köshere Tel: +49 (0)6 94 07 51 12 FIGURE 14. Spezialitäten230 Fax: +49 (0)6 94 07 52 33 German imports from Israel in 2009 Pilgersheimerstrasse 44 E-mail: [email protected] (value %) 81543 München Website: www.agrexco.de Germany Tel: +49 (0)8 966 98 88 Agrexco Agricultural Export Co Ltd237 Website: danel.koscher.net Veilingstrasse M950 47638 Straelen – Herongen Achva halva products of Achdut are Germany also sold in Germany by the following Tel: +49 (0)2 83 95 62 110 webshops: Fax: +49 (0)2 839 56 80 44 E-mail: [email protected] • Adeba: www.adeba.de231 • Amazon: www.amazon.de232 • Koscherland: www.koscherland.de233

234 Lebensmittel Onlineshop, 230 Danel Feinkost, “Achva Halva Vanille “Achva”, Website Lebensmittel Onlineshop (www. 100gr Bar”, Website Danel Feinkost (danel.koscher. lebensmittel-onlineshop.de/1_340847031_Achva_ net/shop/product_info.php?info=p1034_Achva-Halva- Brand_sr_1.html), Viewed in April 2011. Vanille-100gr-Bar.html), Viewed in April 2011. 235 IsraelWein, “Tee von Adanim”, 231 Adeba, “Achva Halva Website IsraelWein (www.israelwein.de/suchen. 100gr Bar”, Website Adeba (www.adeba. html?q=adanim), Viewed in April 2011. de/B003TTOSE8/Achva_Halva_100g_Bar- 236 Agrexco, “Contact us”, Website 20er_Packung.html), Viewed in April 2011. Agrexco (www.agrexco.com), Viewed in April 232 Amazon.de, “Achva”, Website 2011; Coalition of Women for Peace, “Agrexco Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign Amazon.de (www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__ Agricultural Export Company”, Website Who Profits? mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search- (www.whoprofits.org), Viewed in March 2011. Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel alias%3Dgrocery&field-keywords=achva&x=20&y=18), 237 Agrexco, “Contact us”, Website (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. Viewed in April 2011. Agrexco (www.agrexco.com), Viewed in April 233 Koscherland, “Achva”, Website 2011; BGI, “Members”, Website Der Verband des Koscherland (www.koscherland.de/catalogsearch/ Deutschen Blumen-Groß- und Importhandels result/?q=achva), Viewed in May 2011. (BGI) (www.bgi-ev.info), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 60 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 61 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 6 GERMANY Dates from the Jordan Valley, supplied • Maxxi Trade Europe: Website: www.koscherland.de Ahava products are also sold in Germany by Agrexco, are sold in Germany by the www.maxxitrade.de by the following webshops: following webshop: • Toom BauMarkt: www. Danel Feinkost - Köshere toom-baumarkt.de Spezialitäten247 • Adeba: www.adeba.de252 IsraelWein: www.israelwein.de 238 Pilgersheimerstrasse 44 • IsraelWein: www.israelwein.de 253 81543 München 6.3.6 Barkan Wine Cellars Germany 6.3.4 Arava Export Growers Tel: +49 (0)8 966 98 88 6.3.9 Em Hachita One of the vineyards of Barkan Wine Website: danel.koscher.net Arava Export Growers sources agricultural Cellars is located in the Dolev settlement Em Hachita produces matza products in the produce, such as tomatoes and herbs, from (see paragraph 13.10). Barkan wines are • Amazon: www.amazon.de248 Atarot settlement (see paragraph 13.17). the occupied Jordan Valley (see paragraph imported in Germany by:242 • Lebensmittel Onlineshop: www. Matza products of Em Hachita are sold in 13.7). The company’s Dutch subsidiary, lebensmittel-onlineshop.de249 Germany by the following webshops: Arava Holland (see paragraph 8.5.5) has Ron Riess Import been increasing its sales of vegetables to Auf dem Heidlande 71 • Adeba: www.adeba.de254 Germany in the past few years. The largest Witzhave D-22969 6.3.8 Dead Sea Laboratories • Amazon: www.amazon.de255 part of Arava Holland’s sales is imported Germany • Lebensmittel Onlineshop: www. from its parent company in Israel, but Tel: +49 (0)4 104 50 99 Dead Sea Laboratories produces personal lebensmittel-onlineshop.de 256 the imports from other countries are E-mail: [email protected] care products, sold under the Ahava brand increasing.239 name, in the Mitzpe Shalem settlement (see Barkan wines, including the Reserve paragraph 13.13). Dead Sea Laboratories, 6.3.10 Fermentek No confirmation is found that Arava’s sales Chardonnay, are sold in Germany by the the producers of Ahava cosmetics, has a in Germany include products originating following webshops: branch office in Germany:250 Fermentek manufactures bioactive from the occupied Jordan Valley. compounds in a factory in the Atarot • Amazon: www.amazon.de 243 Ahava Cosmetics GmbH settlement (see paragraph 13.19). • IsraelWein: www.israelwein.de 244 Borsigstrasse 36 According to a profile of Fermentek on the 6.3.5 Barkan Mounts • Lebensmittel Onlineshop: www. D - 65205 Wiesbaden platform Biopharma, the company is active lebensmittel-onlineshop.de 245 Germany in Germany.257 However, we could not find Barkan Mounts produces mounting Tel: +49 (0)6 122 53 68 90 further information in public sources. solutions for LCD televisions, plasma Fax: +49 (0)6 12 25 36 89 17 televisions and other consumer electronic 6.3.7 Beigel & Beigel Food E-mail: [email protected] In response to an e-mail Fermentek told products in a factory in the Barkan Website: www.ahava.de us it has “no formal distributors working settlement (see paragraph 13.9). Barkan Beigel & Beigel Food produces pretzels, under Fermentek name. We are working Mounts has a sales office in Germany: 240 savoury biscuits and crackers in the Barkan Ahava products are sold in the flagship with several international biochemical settlement (see paragraph 13.11). Beigel store in Berlin: companies who buy our products and sell Barkan Firma & Beigel products are offered on online them under their name.” 258 Rolshover Strasse 233 websites but also at online stores with a Ahava Store Berlin 251 51105 Köln local shop: Kurfürstendamm 26a Germany Ecke Fasanenstrasse Tel: + 49 (0)2 21 98 94 49 70 Koscherland246 D-10719 Berlin Fax: + 49 (0)2 212 71 10 06 Beethoven Strasse 33 Tel: +49 (0)3 088 72 76 96 252 Adeba, “Ahava Cosmetics”, E-mail: [email protected] 50674 Cologne Fax: +49 (0)3 088 72 769 80 Website Adeba (www.adeba.de/section/ HealthPersonalCare/manufacturer/AHAVA%20 Germany E-mail: [email protected] COSMETICS%20GMBH), Viewed in July 2011. Products of Barkan Mounts are sold in E-mail: [email protected] 253 IsraelWein, “Gesichtsplege”, Germany by the following retail chains: 241 Website IsraelWein.de (www.israelwein.de/ 242 Barkan Wine Cellars, 247 Danel Feinkost, “Sweet & Salty gesichtspflege.html), Viewed in April 2011. • Bauhaus: www.bauhaus.info “Partners”, Website Barkan Wine Cellars (www. Snacks”, Website Danel Feinkost (danel.koscher.net/ 254 Adeba, “Jerusalem Eier Matza • Globus: www.globus-baumarkt.de barkan-winery.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. shop/product_info.php?info=p964_Pretzel-extra- - 1er Packung”, Website Adeba (www.adeba. 243 Amazon.de, “Barkan”, Website thin-Stick-150gr.html), Viewed in April 2011. de/B003TTR2KU/Jerusalem_Eier_Matza_- • Hela Proficentrum: www.hela.de Amazon.de (www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__ 248 Amazon.de, “Beigel”, Website _1er_Packung.html), Viewed in July 2011. • Herkules Baumarkt: www.edeka.de mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search- Amazon.de (www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__ 255 Amazon.de, “Hachita”, Website alias%3Dgrocery&field-keywords=barkan), mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search- Amazon.de (www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__ Viewed in April 2011. alias%3Dgrocery&field-keywords=beigel), mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search- 238 IsraelWein, “Datteln am 244 IsraelWein, “Israelwein Viewed in April 2011. alias%3Dgrocery&field-keywords=hachita), Zweig”, Website IsraelWein (www.israelwein. Barkan”, Website IsraelWein (www.israelwein.de/ 249 Lebensmittel Onlineshop, Viewed in April 2011. de/800981_02.html), Viewed in April 2011. israelwein_barkan.html), Viewed in April 2011. “Beigel”, Website Lebensmittel Onlineshop 256 Lebensmittel Onlineshop, 239 Arava Holland, “Annual report 2009 245 Lebensmittel Onlineshop, (www.lebensmittel-onlineshop.de/shop. “Matza”, Website Lebensmittel Onlineshop for public purposes”, Arava Holland, September 2010. “Barkan”, Website Lebensmittel Onlineshop php?k=beigel&c=blended), Viewed in April 2011. (www.lebensmittel-onlineshop.de/shop. 240 Barkan Mounts, “Barkan (www.lebensmittel-onlineshop.de/shop. 250 Dead Sea Laboratories, “Ahava php?k=matza&c=blended), Viewed in April 2011. worldwide offices”, Website Barkan Mounts (www. php?k=barkan&c=blended), Viewed in April 2011. worldwide”, Website Dead Sea Laboratories 257 BioPharmaLink, “Companies”, barkanmounts.com), Viewed in April 2011. 246 Koscherland, “Beigel & Beigel (www.ahava.com), Viewed in April 2011. Website BioPharmaLink (www.biopharmalink. 241 Barkan Mounts, “Where – Pretzels – Sesam-Sticks”, Website Koscherland. 251 Dead Sea Laboratories, com), Viewed in March 2011. to Buy?”, Website Barkan Mounts (www. de (www.koscherland.de/beigel-beigel-pretzels- “Ahava stores”, Website Ahava Cosmetics GmbH 258 Personal communication by Yosef barkanmounts.com), Viewed in April 2011. sesam-sticks.html), Viewed in April 2011. (www.ahava.de), Viewed in April 2011. Behrend, managing director, Fermentek, 5 July 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 62 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 63 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 6 GERMANY 6.3.11 Hadiklaim 6.3.13 Mul-T-Lock Probably Plasto-Polish is still producing for Adumim settlement (see paragraph 13.37). Vileda, as Vileda is mentioned in the title SodaStream products are exported to 39 Hadiklaim exports dates from Israeli Mul-T-Lock Ltd. produces high-security of its webpage on production for private countries worldwide, including Germany.271 settlements in the Jordan Valley (see cylinders, locks and padlocks in the Barkan labels.266 SodaStream’s German subsidiary is:272 paragraph 13.21). The company claims to settlement (see paragraph 13.27). Mul-T- export to Germany.259 The company also Lock has a branch in Germany: Freudenberg & Co. SodaStream GmbH attended the BioFach 2011 in Nurnberg, D-69465 Weinheim Hoehenstrasse 2 Germany.260 However, we could not find Euro-Mul-T-Lock Deutschland GmbH262 Germany 65549 Limburg further information in public sources Rheinhäuser Strasse 77 Tel: +49 (0)62 01 800 Germany and the company did not respond to our 68165 Mannheim Fax: +49 (0)62 01 880 Tel: +49 (0)8 001 83 10 66 questions. Germany Website: www.freudenberg.com Fax: +49 (0)1 805 11 91 01 Tel: +49 (0)6 21 40 77 77 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.sodastream.de 6.3.12 Keter Plastic Mul-T-Lock products are sold by the 6.3.16 Shor Family Wineries following webshop: Keter Plastic is a large Israeli manufacturer Three wineries owned by the Israeli Shor 6.3.18 Supergum Industries of plastic indoor and garden furniture, AutoDiag: www.autodiag.de263 family are located in the Mishor Adumim shelving systems, tool boxes and storage settlement: Arza Winery, Zion Fine Wines Supergum Industries produces plastic products for the do-it-yourself market, and Hacormim Vineyard (see paragraph and rubber products for the automotive which operates two plants in the Barkan 6.3.14 Ofertex Industries 13.36). Zion wines are sold by: industry in the Barkan settlement (see settlement (see paragraph 13.24). Keter paragraph 13.38). According to the Israel Plastic products (gardening, home Ofertex Industries manufactures cloths Danel Feinkost - Köshere Export & International Cooperation organization, indoor and outdoor storage) in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph Spezialitäten267 Institute, Supergum exports to Germany.273 are sold in Germany by the following retail 13.29). Ofertex Industries was present at Pilgersheimerstrasse 44 Supergum operates front logistical facilities chains: 261 the Ambiente Show in Frankfurt in February 81543 München in Germany to support on time delivery 2008 and 2011.264 However, we could not Germany demands of its customers. 274 • Aldi: www.aldi.de find further information in public sources Tel: +49 (0)8 966 98 88 • Bauhaus: www.bauhaus.info and the company did not respond to our Website: danel.koscher.net German customers of Supergum Industries • Brema: www.brema.de questions about this issue. are:275 • Gautzsch: www.gautzsch.de Zion and Hacormim wines are sold in • Hellweg: www.hellweg.de Germany by the following webshops: MAN • Hornbach: www.hornbach.de 6.3.15 Plasto-Polish Ungererstreet 69 • Kaufland: www.kaufland.de • Amazon: www.amazon.de268 80805 München • Lidl: www.lidl.de Plasto-Polish manufactures high-quality • IsraelWein: www.israelwein.de 269 Germany • Max Bahr: www.maxbahr.de household cleaning products in the • Lebensmittel Onlineshop: www. Tel: +49 (0)8 936 09 80 • Metro: www.metro24.de Barkan settlement (see paragraph 13.31). lebensmittel-onlineshop.de 270 Fax: +49 (0)8 936 09 82 50 • Neckermann: www.neckermann.de In November 2008 the press agency IPS • Obi: www.obi.de published a report on the fact that Plasto- Johnson Controls Inc. • Praktiker: www.praktiker.de Polish produces scouring sponges for 6.3.17 SodaStream Am Leineufer 51 • Pro-Idee: www.proidee.nl Vileda, part of the household products 30419, Hannover • Quelle: www.quelle.de division of the German Freudenberg SodaStream produces home beverage Germany Group. A spokesman of Vileda said he carbonation systems in the Ma’aleh Tel: +49 (0)5 11 97 50 As Keter Plastic and the other companies was unaware of the contract with Plasto- within Keter Group together have many Polish. However, a representative of Plasto production facilities, it is not entirely confirmed in a telephone interview with clear from which Keter Plastic plants these IPS that the company was a subcontractor 266 Plasto-Polish, “Private 271 ABN, “Oppenheimer (NYSE-mail: products originate but it is possible that for Vileda.265 lable”, Website Plasto-Polish (www.plasto- OPY) Initiates Coverage on Sodastream International they come from one of the factories located polish.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. (NASDAQ: SODA)”, American Banking News, 14 267 Danel Feinkost, “Wines and Spirits”, December 2010; Who Profits, “SodaStream. A in the occupied West Bank. Website Danel Feinkost (danel.koscher.net/shop/ Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli product_info.php?info=p579_Carmel-Grape-Juice- Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of Women 262 FirmenDB, “Euro-Mul_T- 1-Liter-Zion-Israel.html), Viewed in April 2011. for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011. Lock Deutschland GmbH”, Website FiermenDB 268 Amazon.de, “Zion”, Website 272 SodaStream, “Office Locator”, (www.firmendb.de), Viewed in May 2011. Amazon.de (www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__ Website SodaStream, Viewed in April 2011. 263 AutoDiag, “Auto Locksmith mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search- 273 Israel Export & International Tool”, Website AutoDiag (www.autodiag.de/mul-t- alias%3Dgrocery&field-keywords=zion), Cooperation Institute, “Supergum Industries”, 259 Hadiklaim, “Company lock-pick-tool-l-491.html), Viewed in May 2011. Viewed in April 2011. Website Israel Export & International Cooperation Customers”, Website Hadiklaim (www. 264 Ofertex Industries, “Exibitions”, 269 IsraelWein, “Israelwein anderer Institute (www.export.gov.il), Viewed in April 2011. hadiklaim.com), Viewed in March 2011. Website Ofertex Industries, Viewed in April 2011; Kellereien”, IsraelWein (www.israelwein.de/israelwein_ 274 Supergum, “Supergum 260 Nurnberg, “Exhibitors & Ambiente, “Search”, Website Ambiente (https:// anderer_kellereien.html), Viewed in April 2011. Industries Ltd”, Supergum, 8 March 2011. Products – Hadiklaim”, Website BioFach (www. ambiente.messefrankfurt.com), Viewed in April 2011. 270 Lebensmittel Onlineshop, 275 Israel Export & International ask-biofach.de), Viewed in April 2011. 265 Karlsson, I., “UN social responsibility “Zion”, Website Lebensmittel Onlineshop Cooperation Institute, “Homeland Security 261 Keter, “Where to buy”, Website member company tied to settlements”, Inter (www.lebensmittel-onlineshop.de/shop. 2009/2010”, Israel Export & International Keter (www.keter.com), Viewed in May 2011. Press Service (IPS), 14 November 2008. php?k=zion&c=blended), Viewed in April 2011. Cooperation Institute, August 2009. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 64 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 65 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 6 GERMANY 6.3.19 Teperberg 1870 Winery 71364 Winnenden 6.4.2 HeidelbergCement 6.5 Germany Teperberg 1870 Winery owns vineyards in Tel: +49 (0)7 195 58 86 00 Berliner Strasse 6 Other trade links the Gush Etzion and Mevo Horon settlements Website: www.tadiair.de 69120 Heidelberg (see paragraph 13.39). Teperberg and Efrat Germany This section describes other trade links wines are sold in Germany by the following Tel: +49 (0)6221 4810 between Israel and Germany, such as webshops: 6.3.22 Yardeni Locks Holdings Fax: +49 (0)6221 481 554 companies involved in exporting products E-mail: [email protected] or services to settlement companies. • IsraelWein: www.israelwein.de276 Yardeni Locks Holdings manufactures Website: www.heidelbergcement.com • Koscherland: www.koscherland.de277 high quality locks and locking cylinder • Zohner-Nassi: www. mechanism in the Barkan settlement (see HeidelbergCement is the global leader 6.5.1 Vipo Land koschere-weine.com278 paragraph 13.43). According to Yardeni in aggregates and has leading positions Locks Holdings, the company has a in cement, concrete and heavy building Vipo Land Gmbh distribution point in Germany. 281 However, products. 284 After the acquisition of the Muenchner Strasse 20 6.3.20 Tishbi Estate Winery we could not find further information in British company Hanson in August 2007, Unterfoehring 85774 public sources and the company did not HeidelbergCement also became the owner Germany Tishbi Estate Winery has a vineyard in the respond to our questions.. of Hanson Israel.285 Tel: +49 (0)8 994 38 42 00 Gush Etzion settlement (see paragraph Fax: +49 (0)8 99 43 84 20 29 13.41). Tishbi’s German distributors are:279 According to the Coalition of Women for E-mail: [email protected] Peace, Hanson Israel operates four plants Website: www.vipoland.com Zeitz Agrohansa GmbH in Israeli settlements on the occupied Herr Ulrich Zeitz 6.4 West Bank: concrete plants in Modiin Illit Vipo Land is a German company focussed Feldbergstrasse 79 and in Atarot, and an asphalt plant and an on the development of a creative, 65779 Kelkheim Investments in aggregates quarry located south of Elqana entertaining and educational concept for Tel: +49 (0)6 195 99 77 30 (see paragraph 13.22).286 children, based on the stories of “Vipo, the Fax: +49 (0)6 195 99 77 31 settlement companies flying dog”.290 Website: www.zeitz-agro.com In July 2009, HeidelbergCement announced the sale of its activities in Israel to Mashav Vipo Land has licensed Isratoys to produce IsraelWein 6.4.1 Deutsche Bank Initiating and Development Ltd, a company board games on Vipo the flying dog.291 Vogelsbergstrasse 110 owned by the IDB Group which is one of Isratoys manufactures board games in the 63679 Schotten SodaStream International made an Initial the largest public holding companies of Barkan settlement (see paragraph 13.23). Tel: +49 (0)6 044 20 85 Public Offering on the Nasdaq stock Israel.287 Fax: +49 (0)6 044 20 37 exchange in in November 2010, Website: www.israelwein.de by issuing 6.3 million shares with a total The Israeli antitrust authorities, however, 6.5.2 Xilence Technology value of US$ 125.29 million. Deutsche Bank indicated that they would oppose to the was one of the six banks underwriting this originally intended sale and the agreement Xilence Technology Co., Ltd. 6.3.21 Twitoplast issuance. The bank underwrote 1,634,210 was terminated. HeidelbergCement stills Hanno-Ring 3 shares of US$ 20 each, with a total value of plans to sell Hanson Israel, as it is a non- 30880 Laatzen Twitoplast manufactures plastic US$ 32.7 million.282 strategic business unit.288 But at this Germany accessories for the air conditioning market moment the company is still part of the Tel: +49 (0)5 102 67 20 in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph In April 2011 SodaStream announced a HeidelbergCement Group.289 Fax: +49 (0)5 102 67 22 49 13.42). Twitoplast exports to Germany via secondary offering of 6,911,103 ordinary E-mail: [email protected] its distributor Tadiair:280 shares at a price of US$ 43.50 per share. 284 HeidelbergCement, “About us”, Website Website: www.xilence.de HeidelbergCement (www.heidelbergcement. The offering consisted of 1,200,000 com), Viewed in April 2011; HeidelbergCement, Tadiair Klimatechnik GmbH ordinary shares sold by SodaStream and “Our history”, Website HeidelbergCement (www. Xilence Technology is a German-Chinese Waiblinger Strasse 37 5,711,103 ordinary shares sold by certain heidelbergcement.com), Viewed in April 2011. manufacturer of components for cooling selling shareholders. The total proceeds 285 HeidelbergCement, and noise reduction in personal computers. “Israel”, Website HeidelbergCement (www. 276 IsraelWein, „Israelwein Teperberg of the issuance were US$ 300.63 million. heidelbergcement.com), Viewed in April 2011. The company has offices in Germany / Efrat“, Website IsraelWein (www.israelwein.de/ Deutsche Bank, was one of the six banks 286 Coalition of Women for Peace, and Taiwan and a factory in China. The israelwein_teperberg.html), Viewed in May 2011. participating in the syndicate, underwriting “Hanson Israel”, Website Who Profits?, Viewed distributor of the company’s products 277 Koscherland, “Efrat”, Website 1.8 million shares with a total value of US$ in April 2011; Personal communication by in Israel is Zriha Hlavin Industries.292 Koscherland (www.koscherland.de/catalogsearch/ 283 Dalit Baum, Project Coordinator, "Who Profits result/?q=teperberg), Viewed in May 2011. 78.4 million. from the Occupation?", The Coalition of Women Zriha Hlavin Industries manufactures, 278 Zohner-Nassi, “Winzereien”, for Peace, Tel Aviv, November 2008. imports and markets technical plastic Website Zohner-Nassi (www.koschere-weine.com/ 287 HeidelbergCement, “Press winzereien/teperberg.html), Viewed in May 2011. 281 Yardeni, “About us”, Website Yardeni release: HeidelbergCement sells its activities 290 Vipo Land, “Company 279 Tishbi, “Distributors”, Website (www.yardenilocks.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. in Israel”, HeidelbergCement, 30 July 2009. Profile”, Website Vipo Land (www. Tishbi (www.tishbi.com ), Viewed in April 2011. 282 Thomson One Financial Database, 288 HeidelbergCement, “Press release: vipoland.com), Viewed in May 2011. 280 Twitoplast, “Links”, Website “Tearsheet deal number 2231119002”, Thomson HeidelbergCement restarts sale of activities in 291 Vipo Land, “International Twitoplast, Viewed in April, 2011; Coalition of One Financial Database, 2 November 2010. Israel”, HeidelbergCement, 30 December 2009. References”, Vipo Land, April 2011. Women for Peace, “Twitoplast”, Website Who 283 Thomson One Financial Database, 289 HeidelbergCement, 292 Xilence, “Distributor”, Website Profits? (www.whoprofits.org)(www.whoprofits.org), “Tearsheet deal number 2296880002”, Thomson “Israel”, Website HeidelbergCement (www. Xilence (www.xilence.net/en/where-to-buy/distribution/ Updated 21 April 2010, Viewed in March 2011. One Financial Database, 14 April 2011. heidelbergcement.com), Viewed in April 2011. country/israel.html#dblist), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 66 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 67 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 6 GERMANY German importer products, office computer products and 6.6 Exporter Products German subsidiary communication components in the Barkan / retailer settlement (see paragraph 13.44). Summary Plastic cleaning Plasto Polish Freudenberg/Vileda products A total of 22 Israeli settlement companies Carbonating exporting to Germany were identified (see SodaStream devices and SodaStream Gmbh 0). For three of these companies we have syrups found five local marketing subsidiaries Danel Feinkost, Shor Family and for two other companies their Wines IsraelWein, Lebensmittel- Wineries distributors. onlineshop, Amazon MAN, Johnson Supergum Plastic and Controls Automotive TABLE 9. Industries rubber products Exports from Israeli settlements in occupied territories to Germany System Group Teperberg Koscherland, IsraelWein, Wines 1870 Winery Zohner-Nassi German importer Exporter Products German subsidiary Tishbi Estate Zeitz Agrohansa, / retailer Wines Winery IsraelWein Koscherland, Danel Plastic Feinkost, Adeba, Achdut Sesame products Twitoplast products for air Tadiair Klimatechnik Lebensmittel- conditioning onlineshop, Amazon Yardeni Locks Adanim Tea Tea IsraelWein Locks No details could be found Holdings Dalia Blumen- und Fruit & Agrexco Agrarhandel, Agrexco IsraelWein Vegetables Agricultural Export Co Arava Export Apart from the German companies Vegetables No details could be found Growers importing products from Israeli settlements, Bauhaus, Globus, Hella we found four German companies with Consumer Proficentrum, Herkulus other trade and investments links to Israeli Barkan Mounts Barkan Firma electronics Baumarkt, Maxxi Trade settlements. Europe, Toom BauMarkt Ron Riess Import, Barkan Wine TABLE 10. Wines IsraelWein, Lebensmittel- Cellars Other German business links with Israeli settlements onlineshop, Amazon Koscherland, Danel German Type of Beigel & Beigel Bakery products Feinkost, Lebensmittel- Link with Israeli settlements onlineshop, Amazon company company The bank assisted SodaStream in the issuance Dead Sea Ahava Cosmetics GmbH, Financial Beauty products IsraelWein Deutsche Bank of shares in November 2010 and April 2011, Laboratories Ahava Store Berlin institution Lebensmittel- with a total value of US$ 111.1 million. Em Hachita Food products onlineshop, Amazon Manufacturer of cement, Subsidiary Hanson Israel owns and operates Bioactive Heidelberg Fermentek No details could be found concrete and four aggregate quarries, asphalt plants compounds Cement heavy building and concrete plants in the West Bank Hadiklaim Dates No details could be found products Aldi, Bauhaus, Brema, Develops Gautzsch, Frank Kerstin, children’s’ Hellweg, Hornbach, Plastic household Vipo Land products Licensed Isratoys to produce board games Keter Group Kaufland, Lidl, Max Bahr, products around ‘Vipo Metro, Neckermann, Obi, the flying dog’ Pratiker, Pro-Idee, Quelle, Schaefer, and Tchibo Manufacturer of cooling and Xilence Distributes its products in Israel Euro-Mul-T-Lock noise reduction Mul-T-Lock Locks AutoDiag Technology through Zriha Hlavin Industries. Deutschland Gmbh components Ofertex Ambiente Show Clothes in PC's Industries (presentation) research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 68 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 69 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Chapter 7 R E L A T I O N S H I P S WITH ITALY

UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 71 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 7 R E L A T I O N S H I P S Government of the State of Israel and 7.4 the Government of the Italian Republic, WITH ITALY signed in 1999; Trade volumes and quantities • Agreement on Industrial, Scientific and Technological Research and No reliable statistics exist on trade between Development Cooperation between the Italy and settlement companies. As trade 7.1 7.2 State of Israel and the Italian Republic, with settlements is included in the trade signed in 2000; statistics of the trade between Israel Diplomatic and Trade and economic • Agreement between the Government of and Italy, we discuss these official trade the State of Israel and the Government statistics, to get an indication of which economic relations agreements of the Italian Republic on Cooperation products might be exported by settlement in the fields of Health and Medical companies to Italy. Political bilateral relations between Israel Since 1968 Israel and Italy have signed Sciences signed in 2002; and Italy are strong which is highlighted 19 bilateral agreements. The following • Agreement between the Government of Italian imports from Israel increased the by frequent visits at the ministerial are relevant for trade and economic the State of Israel and the Government past decade to US$ 1.6 billion in 2008 and level. Under Italian prime minister Silvio relations:298 of the Republic of Italy on Cooperation then sharply declined to US$ 1.1 billion Berlusconi, Italy has become one of Israel’s in the field of Network Security, signed in 2009 (see Figure 15). Italy accounts strongest allies in Europe.293 In February • Convention between the State of in 2004. for 2.0% of Israel’s exports in 2009.301 As 2010 the First Inter-Governmental Israel and the Italian Republic for the no distinction is made in these statistics Summit between Italy and Israel took Prevention of Double Taxation on between Israeli products and settlement place in Jerusalem. Among many Italian Estates and Inheritances, signed in products, the import figures from Israel ministers, the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio 1968; 7.3 include settlement products. Berlusconi, was present at the summit. • Accord Concerning the Carriage of Eight agreements were signed during the Goods by Roads, signed in 1972; Position on the settlements Italian exports to Israel are much higher summit. These agreements range from • Agreement on Touristic Cooperation and peaked at US$ 2.5 billion in 2008, cultural and economic collaboration to the between the Government of the State Italy believes that the peace process has to but dropped to US$ 2.1 billion in 2009. cooperation in absorption of immigrants.294 of Israel and the Government of the be founded on the principles of rejection In 2009, Italy was Israel’s fourth largest Italian Republic, signed in 1973; of violence and on mutual recognition European supplier, accounting for 4.0% of During the visit to Israel in February 2010 • Agreement between the State of Israel between the parties. Italy is a little more Israel’s total imports. There are no figures Berlusconi stated that Italy hopes to bring and the Italian Republic on Air Services careful with its condemnation of the on the percentage of these exports which Israel into the European Union. According between their Respective Territories, settlements than most other European is destined for the settlements.302 to him it is “my greatest desire, […..], is signed in 1979; countries. On one hand, Italy condemns all to bring Israel into membership of the • Agreement for the Co-Production of terrorist acts, including rocket launches Figure 15 gives an overview of Italian European Union.”295 He also pledged Italy’s Films between the Government of the on Israeli cities; on the other Italy deems imports from Israel (including imports from firm support for Israel urging “effective State of Israel and the Government of it necessary to preserve the principles settlements in the occupied territories) by sanctions” against Iran and speaking out the Republic of Italy, signed in 1985; of proportionality and the protection of major product categories. against the UN report on the Gaza war.296 • Agreement between the Government of civil population, to loosen the restrictions the State of Israel and the Government to Palestinian population’s freedom of As Figure 16 shows, the most important Italy has an embassy in Tel Aviv. The Italian of the Italian Republic concerning movement within the Occupied Territories Italian imports from Israel consists of Trade Commission and the Israel-Italy Cooperation in Energy Research, signed and to refrain from settlement activities.299 fertilizers, insecticides, and other chemical Chamber of Commerce are also represented in 1992; products (24%) and plastics and articles in Israel both with an office in Tel Aviv. The • Convention between the State of The Italian prime minister Berlusconi did thereof (17%). Machinery and mechanical goal of the latter is to enhance economic Israel and the Republic of Italy for the however say in 2010 that he would try appliances (8%) and other electrical relations and supply necessary services to Avoidance of Double Taxation with to make Israel extend its moratorium on machinery and equipment (11%) together professionals, companies and institutions respect to Taxes on Income and on the settlement expansion. When this did comprise 18% of Italy’s import from to create new economic relations and Capital and for the Prevention of Fiscal not work out, he acknowledged that the Israel. develop existing ones.297 Italy does not carry Evasion, signed in 1995; expansion of the settlements impedes out development cooperation activities in • Agreement on Mutual Administrative the peace negotiations in the region. “I Israel. Assistance for the Prevention, understand the need to stop settlement Investigation and Repression of expansion by Israel and I believe it is a 293 CBC news, “Italy backs Israel for Customs Offences between the necessary condition for starting the peace EU membership”, CBC News, 1 February 2010. negotiations in a profitable way”, the Italian 294 Embassy of Italy in Tel Aviv, prime minister said at a press conference “Political cooperation”, Website Embassy of Italy in Tel after meeting with Mahmoud Abbas in Online, 23 September 2010; Il Sole 24 Ore, “M.O.: Aviv (www.ambtelaviv.esteri.it), Viewed in May 2011. 298 Israeli Ministry of Foreign Bethlehem in February 2010.300 Berlusconi,stop insediamenti Israele serve per avvio 295 CBC news, “Italy backs Israel for Affairs, “Israel Bilateral Agreements”, Website colloqui pace”, Il Sole 24 Ore, 3 February 2010. EU membership”, CBC News, 1 February 2010. Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.mfa.gov. il/MFA/Templates/Amanot.aspx?NRMODE=Publi 301 Central Bureau of Statistics 296 AFP, “Berlusconi vows Italy's shed&NRNODEGUID=%7B5F215993-CC42-421E- 299 Embassy of Italy in Tel Aviv, Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel firm support for Israel”, AFP, 3 February 2010 B74D-949AACCA4C9C%7D&NRORIGINALURL=/ “Political cooperation”, Website Embassy of Italy in Tel (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. 297 Israel Italy Chamber of Commerce, mfa/treaties/israel%20bilateral%20 Aviv (www.ambtelaviv.esteri.it), Viewed in May 2011. 302 Central Bureau of Statistics “Home”, Website Israel Italy Chamber of Commerce agreements/&NRCACHEHINT=Guest), 300 TG1 Online, “Medioriente. Berlusconi: Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel (www. italia-israel.com), Viewed in May 2011. Viewed in April 2011. "Israele prolunghi moratoria su insediamenti"”, TG1 (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 72 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 73 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 7 ITALY FIGURE 15. 7.5 Via Camillo Hajech 10 Italy imports from Israel and Italian exports 20129 Milano to Israel (in US$ million) Exports by settlement Tel: +39 (0)2 76 11 02 28 E-mail: annam@agrexco. companies to Italy com / [email protected]

This section describes the exports of While COOP Italy postponed all sales products or services by settlement of Agrexco products in its stores in May companies to Italy. A profile of the 2010 after protest of Italian civil society settlement companies can be found in organisations and consumers, it recently Chapter 13. decided to continue to market Agrexco products.306

7.5.1 Achdut 7.5.4 Barkan Mounts Achdut is a company manufacturing sesame products in the Barkan settlement, Products of Barkan Mounts are sold in Italy which are sold under the Achva brand (see by: 307 paragraph 13.2). Achva halva and other products can be bought at: • Carrefour: www.carrefour.it • GS: www.carrefour.it Koshermarket 303 • Mercatone Uno: www. Via dei Pilastri 7A/rosso mercatoneuno.com Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign 50121 Firenze • Mondadori: www.mondadori.it Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel Italy • Standa Billa: www.rewe-group.it (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.koshermarket.it 7.5.5 Barkan Wine Cellars

7.5.2 AdaFresh One of the vineyards of Barkan Wine Cellars is located in the Dolev settlement AdaFresh is an exporter of (organic) (see paragraph 13.10). Barkan wines are FIGURE 16. agricultural products from settlements in sold in Italy by:308 Italian imports from Israel in 2009 the occupied Jordan Valley (see paragraph (value %) 13.3). AdaFresh has a profile at the online Supergal trade platform BusinessRadar which could Via Enrico Fermi 39 mean it is active in Italy. 304 However, we 20083 Gaggiano - MI could not find any selling points throughout Tel: +39 (0)2 90 84 21 00 Italy in public sources and the company Fax: +39 (0)2 90 84 15 33 did not respond to our questions. E-mail: [email protected]

7.5.3 Agrexco 7.5.6 Carmel Carpets

Agrexco is the main exporter of agricultural Carmel Carpets manufactures carpets products from Israeli settlements, mostly in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph under the Carmel brand (see paragraph 13.12). The Israel Export and International 13.5). Agrexco has an office in Italy: Cooperation Institute (IEICE) reports that Carmel Carpets has a high success rate Agrexco Agricultural in repeated export orders from various Export Company Ltd.305

303 Koshermarket, “Bisoctti e dolci parve”, Website Koshermarket (www.koshermarket. 306 Coalition Italia contro l’Agrexco, it/Italiano/LISTINO%20WEB/Biscotti%20e%20 “Home”, Website Coalition Italia contro ‘l Agrexco dolci%20parve.htm), Viewed in April 2011. (www.stopagrexcoitalia.org), Viewed in April 2011. Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign 304 BusinessRadar, “AdaFresh 307 Barkan Mounts, “Where Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel Ltd.”, BusinessRadar.it, Viewed in April 2011. to Buy?”, Website Barkan Mounts (www. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. 305 Agrexco, “Contact us”, barkanmounts.com), Viewed in April 2011. Website Agrexco (www.agrexco.com), Viewed 308 Barkan Wine Cellars, in April 2011; Europages, “Agrexco”, “Partners”, Website Barkan Wine Cellars (www. Europages.it, Viewed in April 2011. barkan-winery.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 74 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 75 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 7 ITALY countries including Italy.309 However, As Keter Plastic and the other companies Eurometalnova Spa 7.5.16 Twitoplast we could not find further information within Keter Group together have many Via San Pio X 44 about exports to Italy in public sources production facilities, it is not entirely 31020 S.Vendemiano (TV) Twitoplast manufactures plastic and the company did not respond to our clear from which Keter Plastic plants these Tel: +390-438-400-798 / accessories for the air conditioning market questions. products originate but it is possible that +390-438-408-321 in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph they come from one of the factories located E-mail: [email protected] 13.42). Twitoplast exports to Italy via its in the occupied West Bank. Website: www.sodastream.it distributor Deserti SRL:322 7.5.7 Dead Sea Laboratories Deserti SRL Dead Sea Laboratories produces personal 7.5.10 Mul-T-Lock 7.5.13 Teperberg 1870 Winery Via G. Golini 61/10 care products, sold under the Ahava brand 40024 Castel San Pietro Terme (BO) name, in the Mitzpe Shalem settlement (see Mul-T-Lock Ltd. produces high-security Teperberg 1870 Winery owns vineyards Italy paragraph 13.13). Dead Sea Laboratories, cylinders, locks and padlocks in the Barkan in the Gush Etzion and Mevo Horon Tel: +39 (0)5 194 22 14 the producer of Ahava cosmetics, has a settlement (see paragraph 13.27). Mul-T- settlements (see paragraph 13.39). In Italy, Fax: +39 (0)5 194 34 86 branch office in Italy.310 Lock has a branch in Italy:313 Teperberg wines can be bought via the Website: www.desertisrl.it following webshops: Ahava Srl Mul-T-Lock Technologies Italy S.R.L. Via Luca Gaurico Strada Del Mescolin 62 • Alibaba: www.italian.alibaba.com 317 7.5.17 Yardeni Lock Holdings 00143 Rome 31016 Cordignano • Vinogusto: www.vinogusto.com/it 318 Italy Italy Yardeni Locks Holdings manufactures Tel: +39 (0)6 54 83 28 42 Tel: +39 (0)4 39 81 22 75 high quality locks and locking cylinder Website: www.ahava.it Fax: +39 (0)4 39 81 22 55 7.5.14 Tip Top Toys Star mechanism in the Barkan settlement (see E-mail: [email protected] paragraph 13.43). The company claims to Website: www.mul-t-lock.it Tip Top Toys Star produces high quality export its products to Italy.323 However, 7.5.8 Hadiklaim educational toys, sold under the Interstar we could not find further information in brandname, in the Barkan settlement (see public sources. Hadiklaim exports dates from Israeli 7.5.11 Ofertex Industries paragraph 13.40). The following Italian settlements in the Jordan Valley (see based webshops sells Interstar products: paragraph 13.21). The company claims to Ofertex Industries manufactures cloths 7.5.18 Zriha Hlavin Industries export to Italy. 311 However, we could not in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph • Nextag: www.nextag.it 319 find further information in public sources 13.29). The company claims to export to • Borgione: www.borgione.it 320 Zriha Hlavin Industries manufactures, and the company did not respond to our Italy. Ofertex Industries states on its website imports and markets technical plastic questions. that it has customers in Italy.314 However, products, office computer products we could not find further information in 7.5.15 Tishbi Estate Winery and communication components in public sources and the company did not the Barkan settlement (see paragraph 7.5.9 Keter Plastic respond to our questions about this issue. Tishbi Estate Winery has a vineyard in the 13.44). According to the Israel Export Gush Etzion settlement (see paragraph & International Cooperation Institute Keter Plastic is a large Israeli manufacturer 13.41). Tishbi’s Italian distributor is:321 (IEICI), Zriha Hlavin Industries exports to of plastic indoor and garden furniture, 7.5.12 SodaStream Italy.324 However, we could not find further shelving systems, tool boxes and storage S&C s.r.l. Wine Branch information on orders, selling points, or products for the do-it-yourself market, SodaStream produces home beverage Marco Segre: clients of Zriha Hlavin Industries in Italy in which operates two plants in the Barkan carbonation systems in the Ma’aleh Lungotevere Prat, public sources. settlement (see paragraph 13.24). Keter Adumim settlement (see paragraph 13.37). 20-00193 Rome Plastic products (indoor and outdoor SodaStream products are exported to Tel: +39 (0)3 34 65 06 308 In the past Zriha Hlavin Industries exported storage) are sold in Italy by the following 39 countries worldwide, including Italy.315 Fax: +39 (0)6 60 30 10 34 products via distributors in Europe, but retailers:312 SodaStream’s subsidiary in Italy is:316 now companies can order their products directly from the office in Israel. 325 • Castorama: www.castorama.com 317 Alibaba, “Vino di Teperberg”, 313 Mul-T-Lock, “Group Companies Website Alibaba (italian.alibaba.com/product-free/ • Leroy Merlin: www.leroymerlin.it – Mul-T-Lock Italy S.R.L.”, Website Mul-T-Lock teperberg-wine-216090150.html), Viewed in May 2011. • Escher: www.escher.it (www.mul-t-lock.com), Viewed in May 2011. 318 Vinogusto, “Rosso Teperberg 322 Twitoplast, “Links”, Website 314 Ofertex Industries, Meritage 2007”, Website Vinogusto (www. Twitoplast, Viewed in April 2011; Coalition “Customers”, Website Ofertex Industries (www. vinogusto.com/it/vino/324067/teperberg- of Women for Peace, “Twitoplast”, Website 309 IEICI, “Israeli Exporters Catalog”, ofertex.com), Viewed in April 2011. meritage-2007), Viewed in May 2011. Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute 319 Nextag, “Trovato!”, 21 April 2010, Viewed in March 2011. (www.export.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. 315 ABN, “Oppenheimer (NYSE-mail: OPY) Initiates Coverage on Sodastream International Website Nextag (www.nextag.it/Tip- 323 IEICI, “Israeli Exporters 310 Dead Sea Laboratories, “Ahava (NASDAQ: SODA)”, American Banking News, 14 Toys/cerca-html?nxtg=34d10a280d20- Catalog. Yardeni Locks Ltd.”, Israel Export worldwide”, Website Dead Sea Laboratories December 2010; Who Profits, “SodaStream. A 310AE6D78151BC5F), Viewed in April 2011. and International Cooperation Institute (www. (www.ahava.com), Viewed in April 2011. Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli 320 Borgione, “Interstar Bricks”, export.gov.il), Viewed in June 2011. 311 Hadiklaim, “Company Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of Women Website Borgione (www.borgione.it/Materiale- 324 Nave, C., “Packaging Customers”, Website Hadiklaim (www. for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011. ludico:-Costruzioni/Costruzioni-in-plastica/875021- Index-2007”, The Israel Export & International hadiklaim.com), Viewed in March 2011. 316 SodaStream, “Office Interstar-bricks/), Viewed in April 2011. Cooperation Institute, 2007. 312 Keter, “Where to buy”, Website Locator”, Website SodaStream (www. 321 Tishbi, “Distributors”, Website 325 Personal communication by Keter (www.keter.com), Viewed in May 2011. sodastream.com), Viewed in April 2011. Tishbi (www.tishbi.com ), Viewed in April 2011. Mark Muskat, Zriha Hlavin, 4 July 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 76 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 77 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 7 ITALY 7.6 FIGURE 17. an area which is located within the Green 7.7 The two train Line boundary. According to the Coalition Other trade links routes through the company has the obligation to verify Summary occupied whether projects are in accordance with This section describes Italian companies Palestinian human rights and international law, A total of 16 Israeli settlement companies involved in exporting products or services territories particularly in areas of conflict such as exporting to Italy were identified (see Table to settlement companies. Israel and Palestine. 329 11). For four of these companies we have found local marketing subsidiaries.

7.6.1 Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. TABLE 11. Exports from Israeli settlements in Via A.M. Adorni 1 occupied territories to Italy 43121 Parma Italian importer Exporter Products Italian subsidiary Italy / retailer Tel: +39 (0)5 21 20 21 Fax: +39 (0)5 21 20 74 61 Achdut Sesame products Koshermarket Fruit & No further details E-mail: [email protected] AdaFresh Website: www.pizzarotti.it Vegetables could be found Fruit & Agrexco Agricultural Agrexco COOP supermarkets Pizzarotti is an Italian construction firm Vegetables Export Company Ltd. involved in energy, water, real estate, Carrefour, GS, Mercatore Consumer infrastructure projects. Its parent company Barkan Mounts Uno, Mondadori, 326 electronics Mipien S.p.A. holds 92.4% of its shares. Standa Billa Barkan Wine Wines Supergal The Israeli government has planned a Cellars fast train from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, No further details also called the A1 railway, which crosses Carmel Carpets Carpets the internationally recognized Israeli could be found Dead Sea state borders into occupied Palestinian Beauty products Ahava Srl territories on the West Bank for 6.5 km, Laboratories 327 No further details see Figure 16. Hadiklaim Dates Source: Who Profits, could be found Because construction requires special “Crossing the Line: The Plastic household Castorama, Leroy Keter Group expertise, various international Tel Aviv – Jerusalem products Merlin, Escher construction firms have been involved Fast Train”, Who Profits Mul-T-Lock Technologies Mul-T-Lock Locks in the project. Pizzarotti joined Shapir FIGURE 18. / Coalition of Women for Italy S.R.L. Engineering (Israel) as a contractor to build Pizzarotti at the Peace, October 2010 Ofertex No further details Section C, through a joint partnership portal of Tunnel Clothes Industries could be found called S.P.R. Construction, Shapir Pizzarotti 2 in Section C, Railways. Tunnel 3 of this section crosses Sha’ar Hagay, Carbonating the Green Line as it exits into Cedars October 2010. SodaStream devices and Eurometalnova S.p.A. Valley and its portal is near Beit Surik, on syrups 328 Teperberg Palestinian territory. Wines Alibaba, Vinogusto 1870 Winery Recently, the Italian Coalition “Stop That Tip Top Toys Nextag, Borgione Train” met with Pizzarotti to discuss the Toys Star construction of the Israeli railway. The Tishbi Estate S&C s.r.l. Wine Branch Wines coalition calls on Pizzarotti to withdraw Winery (distributor) from the project. During the meeting Plastic Deserti S.R.L. Pizzarotti declared that it “has never played Twitoplast products for air (distributor) and does not play a decision-making role conditioning in the planning and design of the railway” Yardeni Lock and that it will only built tunnel T3 for Locks No further details found Holdings 326 Pizzarotti, “Company”, Website Source: Who Profits, Zriha Hlavin Technical plastic No further details Pizzarotti (www.pizzarotti.it), Viewed in May 2011. “Crossing the Line: The Industries products could be found 327 Who Profits, “Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv – Jerusalem Fast Train”, Who Profits Tel Aviv – Jerusalem / Coalition of Women for Peace, October 2010. Fast Train”, Who Profits 329 Stop That Train, “The Italian 328 Who Profits, “Crossing the Line: / Coalition of Women for Coalition “Stop That Train” Meets with Pizzarotti: The Tel Aviv – Jerusalem Fast Train”, Who Profits Peace, October 2010. Withdraw from the Israeli Project for the A1 Railway”, / Coalition of Women for Peace, October 2010. BDS Movement (www.bdsmovement.net), 7 April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 78 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 79 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 7 ITALY Apart from the Italian companies importing products from Israeli settlements, we found one company with another type of trade link to Israeli settlements.

TABLE 12. Other Italian business links with Israeli settlements

Italian Type of Link with Israeli settlements company company Through a joint venture called Shapir Pizzarotti Design, planning Railways Construction, Pizzarotti is involved as a Pizzarotti & and construction subcontractor to build a tunnel in Section C of the Co S.p.A. of infrastructure planned A1 Railway from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, projects which crosses occupied Palestinian territories.

Chapter 8 R E L A T I O N S H I P S W I T H T H E NETHERLANDS research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 80 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 81 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 8 R E L A T I O N S H I P S • Exchange of Notes modifying the 8.3 Air Transport Agreement between WITH THE NETHERLANDS the Government of Israel and the Position on the settlements Government of the Netherlands, signed in 1956; The discussion about the relationship between the Netherlands and Israel and 8.1 and the Netherlands will further invest in • Trade and Payments Agreement the settlement is on-going within the bilateral relations and will implement an between the State of Israel and the Dutch parliament. The current government Diplomatic relationships annual ministerial conference.332 Netherlands signed in 1957; tries to strengthen relations with Israel in terms of economy, research, innovation Traditionally, Israel and the Netherlands During the same visit in February 2011 • Agreement on International Road and education. Moreover, according to have strong bilateral relations. The two Rosenthal met with president Mahmoud Transport between the State of Israel the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Uri countries meet regularly at state level Abbas, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and and the Kingdom of the Netherlands Rosenthal, “the Netherlands is committed and cooperate through social society minister of Foreign Affairs Riyad al-Maliki signed in 1965; to fight Israel-bashing internationally”335 In organisations or individuals at the in Ramallah. Rosenthal made clear that the February 2011 two political parties, the SP economic, social and cultural level. No Netherlands executes a balanced policy in • Convention for the Avoidance of (socialists) and the PvdA (social democrats), development aid relation exists between relation to Israel and Palestine.333 Double Taxation and the Prevention submitted a motion in which they request the Netherlands and Israel. An important of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes the Dutch government to halt discussions part of the Dutch presence in Israel focuses on Income and Capital between the about intensifying relations between the on peaceful coexistence of Jewish and Arab State of Israel and the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Israel as long as Israel Israelis.330 Netherlands, signed in 1973; continues the settlement expansion and 8.2 the blockade of the Gaza strip.336 Relationships between the Netherlands • Convention between the State of Israel and Israel focus around the Israel-Palestine Trade and economic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands The Netherlands is also of the opinion that conflict. The Netherlands is promoting for the Avoidance of Double Taxation Israel has to change its settlement politics. a comprehensive solution to the conflict agreements with Respect to Taxes on Estates and During the same visit of Rosenthal to Israel between Israel and the Palestinians. Key Inheritances, signed in 1974; in February 2011 he spoke with the Israeli to such a solution is, according to the Since 1950 Israel and the Netherlands minister of Defence, Ehud Barak. Rosenthal Netherlands, safe and acknowledged have signed 14 bilateral agreements. • Agreement on Mutual Administrative stated that the Netherlands is in favour of borders for Israel and an independent The following are relevant for trade and Assistance in Customs Matters between a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine Palestinian State.331 economic relations:334 the Government of the State of Israel conflict. This means that the borders of and the Government of the Kingdom of 1967 have to be restored. Rosenthal also In December 2010, the then Dutch • Air Transport Agreement between the Netherlands, signed in 1996; stated that he considers the settlements parliamentary undersecretary of state the Government of Israel and the illegal and as “an obstacle to the peace of Defence, de Vries, visited Israel to Government of the Netherlands, signed • Protocol amending the Convention process.”337 strengthen military relations between the in 1950; for the Avoidance of Double Taxation two countries. and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion In November 2009 the then Dutch minister • Trade Agreement concerning the with respect to Taxes on Income and of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Verhagen, The Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs, Exchange of Goods between the State on Capital between the State of Israel agreed to execute checks at customs Rosenthal, travelled to Israel and the of Israel and the Kingdom of the and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, concerning cosmetic products coming from Palestinian territories in February 2011. Netherlands signed in 1955; signed in 1996; Israel. Reason for this was questions asked In Israel he met with president Shimon by Van Bommel, a Dutch parliamentarian, Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, • Exchange of Notes constituting an who was concerned about the misleading minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Agreement relating to the Employment labelling of Ahava products of Dead Lieberman, minister of Defence Ehud Barak 332 Rijksoverheid, “Minister wil meer of Dependants of Israeli and Dutch Sea Laboratories. Dead Sea Laboratories and opposition leader Tzipi Livni. Minister samenwerking met Israël”, Rijksoverheid, 9 February Governmental Employees assigned to manufactures its cosmetics in a factory 2011; Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal , “De Rosenthal wants to strengthen relations situatie in het Midden-Oosten Nr. 322 - Brief van de official Duty in Israel or the Netherland, in the illegal Mitzpe Shalem settlement in with Israel by increasing cooperation in the Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken aan de Voorzitter signed in 1997; the occupied West Bank. However, Ahava fields of economy, research, innovation and van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, 30 March 2011. education. Rosenthal called upon Israel to • Exchange of Notes constituting an 333 Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal increase export opportunities from Gaza , “De situatie in het Midden-Oosten Nr. 322 - Brief Agreement regarding the Addition and to allow imports of building material van de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken aan de of a new Article (article 4) to the Air for civilian purposes into Gaza. Israel Voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, Transport Agreement between the Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, 30 March 2011. 335 Trouw, “Rosenthal wil meer Government of the State of Israel and export uit Gaza”, Trouw, 7 February 2011. 334 Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Israel Bilateral Agreements”, Website the Government of the Netherlands of 336 Tweede Kamer der Staten- Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.mfa.gov. 23 October 1950 signed in 1999. Generaal, “21 501-02 Raad Algemene Zaken en 330 Ministerie van Buitenlandse il/MFA/Templates/Amanot.aspx?NRMODE=Publi Raad Buitenlandse Zaken Nr. 1029 - Motie van Zaken, “Israel – Betrekkingen met Nederland”, shed&NRNODEGUID=%7B5F215993-CC42-421E- de leden van Bommel en El Fassed”, Tweede Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, February 2008. B74D-949AACCA4C9C%7D&NRORIGINALURL=/ Kamer der Staten-Generaal, 17 February 2011. 331 Ministerie van Buitenlandse mfa/treaties/israel%20bilateral%20 337 Rijksoverheid, “Minister Zaken, “Israel – Betrekkingen met Nederland”, agreements/&NRCACHEHINT=Guest), wil meer samenwerking met Israël”, Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, February 2008. Viewed in April 2011. Rijksoverheid, 9 February 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 82 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 83 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 8 NETHERLANDS labels its skin care products imported into and inorganic chemicals (11%) and other FIGURE 19. the EU as originating from “The Dead Sea, chemicals such as fertilizers, herbicides Dutch imports from Israel and Netherlands Israel.”338 and anti-sprouting products (10%) together exports to Israel (in US$ million) comprise of 33% of total imports. Finally, plants, vegetables and other food products are 22% of Dutch import from Israel. 8.4 Trade volumes and quantities 8.5 No reliable statistics exist on trade between the Netherlands and settlement companies. Exports by settlement As trade with settlements is included in the trade statistics of the trade between Israel companies to the Netherlands and the Netherlands, we discuss these official trade statistics, to get an indication This section describes the exports of of which products might be exported by products or services by settlement settlement companies to the Netherlands. companies to the Netherlands. A profile of the settlement companies can be found in Dutch imports from Israel increased the Chapter 13. past decade to US$ 2.0 billion in 2008 and then sharply declined to US$ 1.5 billion 8.5.1 AdaFresh in 2009 (see Figure 19). The Netherlands Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign is Israel’s second largest export market AdaFresh is an exporter of (organic) Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel within the European Union, accounting agricultural products from settlements in (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. for 3.0% of its exports in 2009.339 As no the occupied Jordan Valley (see paragraph distinction is made in these statistics 13.3). AdaFresh has a subsidiary in the between Israeli products and settlement Netherlands with a logistics centre to serve products, the import figures from Israel European countries with its produce. 341 include settlement products. This subsidiary has a sponsorship contract with Yvonne de Ruyter, a Dutch champion Dutch exports to Israel are slightly higher single horse driver.342 FIGURE 20. and peaked at US$ 2.4 billion in 2008, Dutch imports from Israel in 2009 but dropped to US$ 1.8 billion in 2009. In AdaFresh B.V. (value %) 2009, the Netherlands accounts for 4.0% of Transportweg 23C Israel’s total imports. There are no figures 2676 LM Maasdijk on the percentage of these exports which The Netherlands is destined for the settlements.340 Tel: +31 (0)174 51 34 33 Fax: +31 (0)174 51 13 35 Figure 19 gives an overview of Dutch E-mail: [email protected] imports from Israel (including imports from Website: www.adafresh.co.il settlements in the occupied territories) by major product categories. AdaFresh peppers, Palermo pointed peppers and cherry tomatoes are also imported to As Figure 19 shows, the most important the Netherlands by Anaco Greeve. In the Dutch imports from Israel consists of winter of 2010, “I expect to import a larger machinery, equipment and measuring volume as we have increased our number instruments, together 35%. The of growers somewhat”, a spokesman of chemical sector is also very important: Anaco Greeve says.343 pharmaceutical products (11%), organic

338 Nieuwhof, A., “Boycott of Ahava 341 AdaFresh, “Logistics” and Dead Sea products makes an impact”, Website “Subsidiaries”, Website AdaFresh (www. BDS Movement (www.bdsmovement.net), Posted adafresh.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. on 3 December 2009, Viewed in April 2011. 342 AGF, “Adafresh Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign 339 Central Bureau of Statistics verlengt sponsorcontract met Yvonne de Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel Ruyter”, AGF, 14 December 2010. Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. 343 Anaco Greeve, “Contact”, Website (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. 340 Central Bureau of Statistics Anaco Greeve (www.anacogreeve.nl), Viewed in April Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel 2011; Lindhout, G., “Photo report: working visit (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. to Israel”, Freshplaza.com, 18 November 2010. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 84 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 85 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 8 NETHERLANDS Anaco Greeve Beau Flowers Aalsmeer of railroads for commercially transporting 8.5.4 Amnon & Tamar ABC Westland 666 Legmeerdijk 313 produce and to reduce truck traffic on 2585 DH Poeldijk 1431 GB Aalsmeer the roads. The agricultural train will leave Amnon & Tamar produces herbal Netherlands The Netherlands Nahal Tzin in the Arava desert in the south seasonings, sold under the Pyramid brand Tel: +31 (0)174 63 86 66 Tel: +31 (0)2 97 32 94 23 of Israel and travel directly to the ports of name. Its corporate office is located in the E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +31 (0)2 97 32 20 27 Haifa or Ashdod, where the containers will Alfe-Menashe settlement (see paragraph Website: www.anacogreeve.nl E-mail: [email protected] be loaded from the train onto Zim vessels 13.6). Amnon & Tamar’s product are sold and make the marine voyage to the port in the Netherlands by: 353 Agrexco’s subsidiary Carmexco markets of Trieste in Italy. From the Italian port, 8.5.2 Adanim Tea (sub) tropical and mediterranean pot plants the containers will be loaded onto a 22-car Israël Producten Centrum in Europe and has a distribution centre in train and depart for their final destination Patroonstraat 1 Adanim Tea produces (organic) herbal Aalsmeer, the Netherlands. Carmexco is a in the Netherlands.350 Postbus 1046 tea, sold under the Adanim and Valdena joint venture between Agrexco and Bental 3860 BA Nijkerk brand names, in the Ofra settlement (see BV. Its supply comes from nurseries in From the Netherlands, Agrexco distributes Tel: +31 (0)3 32 45 88 14 paragraph 13.4). Adanim teas are sold in Greece, Israel, Italy and Spain.347 fruit and vegetables to Belgium, Luxemburg E-mail: [email protected] the Netherlands by: 344 and the Scandinavian countries. In the Website: www.ipc-nijkerk.nl Carmexco Netherlands, Agrexco works with four Israël Producten Centrum Heermanszwet 30 importers which distribute fruit and Patroonstraat 1 1435 CD vegetables to wholesalers, groceries and 8.5.5 Arava Export Growers Postbus 1046 Rijsenhout supermarkets. One of them is:351 3860 BA Nijkerk The Netherlands Arava Export Growers sources agricultural Tel: +31 (0)3 32 45 88 14 Tel: +31 (0)2 97 52 69 22 Aartsenfruit B.V. produce, such as tomatoes and herbs, from E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +31 (0)2 97 52 99 72 Heilaar-Noordweg 9 the occupied Jordan Valley (see paragraph Website: www.ipc-nijkerk.nl Website: www.carmexco.com 4814 RR Breda 13.7). The company has a wholly owned The Netherlands subsidiary in the Netherlands, Arava According to C. Steenhorst, Agrexco’s Tel: +31 (0)7 65 24 81 00 Holland B.V. Located 45 minutes from 8.5.3 Agrexco vegetables and fruit are transported to the Fax: +31 (0)7 65 22 12 47 Schiphol, it combines office facilities with Netherlands in four different ways:348 E-mail: [email protected] cold storage and temperature controlled Agrexco is the main exporter of agricultural Website: www.aartsenfruit.nl repacking hall. Arava Holland serves the products from Israeli settlements, mostly • By boat to Marseille, France, and EU market.354 under the Carmel brand (see paragraph then by truck to the Netherlands; Agrexco works with a distribution system 13.5). Agrexco has a branch office in the • By airplane to Liège, Belgium, and with ‘Reusable Transport Items’ for Arava Holland B.V. Netherlands, which is responsible for the then by truck to the Netherlands; horticultural products. The company behind Klappolder 92 -96 administrative handling of Agrexco’s fruit • By airplane to Schiphol airport, this lease concept started as a cooperation 2665 LP Bleiswijk and vegetable exports to the Benelux and near Amsterdam, the Netherlands; between Danish flower exporters. It is now Tel: +31 (0)10 5 29 94 75 Scandinavian countries:345 • By boat and train via Trieste, owned by these exporters (50%) as well as E-mail: [email protected] Italy to the Netherlands. the Dutch Association of Wholesale Trade Agrexco Agricultural in Horticultural Products (VGB). It has In 2009 Arava Holland realised an annual Export Company Ltd. Transport by air is decreasing in recent many locations throughout Europe and is turnover of € 23.7 million and a profit De Brauwweg 62 years due to rising fuel prices. Agrexco headquartered in Odense, Denmark. The after tax of € 40,000. The company has 3125 AE Schiedam announced it intends to minimize air Dutch office is:352 no employees, the management of its The Netherlands transport in the coming years.349 distribution centre is subcontracted to an Tel: +31 (0)10 298 40 00 Container Centralen Nederland unknown other company. Fax: +31 (0)10 298 40 47 In 2009 Agrexco launched the agro-train, Siriusdreef 2 E-mail: [email protected] a “green” joint venture of Agrexco, and 2132 WT Hoofddorp The largest part of Arava Holland’s sales Zim Integrated Shipping Services. The aim Netherlands is imported from its parent company On Agrexco’s website the company names of this joint venture is to increase the use Tel: +31 (0)2 35 54 40 20 in Israel, but the imports from other another office in the Netherlands, Flowers Website: www.container-centralen.nl countries are increasing. Turnover of Arava Aalsmeer. This is most probably Beau in Mayl 2011; Beau Flowers Aalsmeer, “Ons Holland has been falling over the past few Flowers Aalsmeer which is an independent Bedrijf”, Website Beau Flowers Aalsmeer (www. years, because the company is selling less flower import and export company situated beauflowers.nl), Viewed in May 2011. vegetables to the UK market and more to in Aalsmeer:346 347 Agrexco, “Produce and Eastern Europe and Germany, were prices Horticulture – Plants & Propagation Materials - Pot Plants, Bare-Rooted Trees and Shrubs”, Website Agrexco (www.agrexco.co.il), Viewed in April 2011; 344 IPC, “Webwinkel – Levensmiddelen Carmexco, “The Company”, Website Carmexco 350 Agrexco, “Agrexco on an Agro-Train - Bio-organische thee”, Website Israel Producten (www.carmexco.com), Viewed in April 2011. to Europe”, Press release Agrexco, 4 May 2009. Centrum (www.ipc-nijkerk.nl), Viewed in April 2011. 348 Personal communication by C. 351 Aartsenfruit, “Assortiment 345 Kamer van Koophandel, “Agrexco Steenhorst, 31 March 2006. – Partnership”, Website Aartsenfruit (www. 353 IPC, “Webwinkel – Levensmiddelen Agricultural Export Company Ltd.”, Website Kamer 349 Berkel, L. van., “Algemeen aartsenfruit.nl), Viewed in April 2011. - Kruidenmix”, Website Israel Producten Centrum van Koophandel (www.kvk.nl), Viewed in May 2011. directeur van Agrexco: ‘Zo min mogelijk gebruik 352 CC Nederland, “Klantenvoorbeelden (www.ipc-nijkerk.nl), Viewed in April 2011. 346 Agrexco, “Contact us”, van luchtvracht maken’ " (CEO of Agrexco: ‘Use air – Agrexco”, Website CC Nederland (www. 354 Arava, “Home”, Website Arava Export Website Agrexco (www.agrexco.co.il), Viewed freight as little as possible’)”, AGF, 13 August 2008. container-centralen.nl), Viewed in April 2011. Growers (www.arv.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 86 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 87 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 8 NETHERLANDS are lower. Also, Arava Export Growers is Hema Food & Horeca It is also offered on online shops such as: Jardin’s products are sold in many Dutch exporting more to and less to the Frankemaheerd 2 shops including Blokker, Leen Bakker, EU (through Arava Holland).355 1102 AN Amsterdam • Farmashoponline.nl: www. Praxis, Wehkamp and Kwantum.368 Jardin No confirmation is found that Arava Tel: +31 (0)20 311 43 92 farmashoponline.nl 362 International Holding has holding, Holland’s sales include products originating Fax: +31 (0)20 311 40 23 • MijnCreme.nl: www.mijncreme.nl 363 production and marketing subsidiaries from the occupied Jordan Valley. E-mail: [email protected] • Cosmetix: www.cosmetix.nl 364 throughout Europe including the Dutch Website: www.hema.nl companies Curver Netherlands, Curver Arava Holland also has a subsidiary, located Benelux, Jardin Netherlands, Jardin on the same address: Faran B.V.. The name 8.5.9 Hadiklaim Real Estate, Compound Master, Allibert ‘Faran’ is used for the Arava area in Israel 8.5.8 Dead Sea Laboratories Nederland, Hovac Leisure Netherlands and as well. This company has no employees Hadiklaim exports dates from Israeli Keter Europe Gardening.369 and no activities (yet).356 Dead Sea Laboratories produces personal settlements in the Jordan Valley (see care products, sold under the Ahava brand paragraph 13.21). The company claims to Various companies import Keter Plastic name, in the Mitzpe Shalem settlement (see export to the Netherlands .365 products from Israel into the Netherlands, 8.5.6 Barkan Mounts paragraph 13.13). Dead Sea Laboratories, but there is no evidence that the products the producers of Ahava cosmetics, has a In 2010, the Dutch television channel AT5 detailed below are produced in one of Barkan Mounts produces mounting distributor in the Netherlands: 360 reported that Hadiklaim dates are sold in Keter’s plants in Israeli settlements on the solutions for LCD televisions, plasma Dutch supermarket Dirk van den Broek. West Bank. One of them is Keterim:370 televisions and other consumer electronic Teva Nederland B.V. The dates were also improperly labelled, products in a factory in the Barkan Swenseweg 5, stating that they were grown in South Keterim settlement (see paragraph 13.9). Products of 2003 RN Haarlem Africa. 366 Jac. Dutilhweg 205 Barkan Mounts are sold in the Netherlands Netherlands 3065 KA Rotterdam by: 357 Tel: +31 (0)23 514 73 32 Tel: +31 (0)1 02 02 33 77 Fax: +31 (0)23 514 76 36 8.5.10 Keter Plastic Fax: +31 (0)1 02 02 14 10 • Nedis: www.nedis.com Website: www.iloveahava.nl E-mail: [email protected] • Praxis: www.praxis.nl Keter Plastic is a large Israeli manufacturer • Scheer & Foppen: www. Ahava products are also sold by: 361 of plastic indoor and garden furniture, Keterim is an independent, Dutch-owned scheerenfoppen.nl shelving systems, tool boxes and storage importer of plastic storage buildings, • Stebis: www.stebis.nl Kring-apotheek Albers products for the do-it-yourself market, sheds and storage boxes produced by Keter Markt 35 which operates two plants in the Barkan Plastics in Israel.371 As Keter Plastic and 5211 JW settlement (see paragraph 13.24). Keter the other companies within Keter Group 8.5.7 Barkan Wine Cellars ’s-Hertogenbosch Plastic has various operations in the together have many production facilities, The Netherlands Netherlands. The European subsidiaries it is not entirely clear from which Keter One of the vineyards of Barkan Wine Tel: +31 (0)73 613 74 82 of Keter Group are grouped within the Plastic plants these products originate but Cellars is located in the Dolev settlement European Plastic Group, based in Rijen: it is possible that they come from one of (see paragraph 13.10). Barkan wines are Yentl Cosmetica B.V. the factories located in the occupied West sold in the Netherlands by:358 Vredenburg 8 One of Keter Plastic’s European subsidiaries Bank. 2036 HA Haarlem is the Dutch company Jardin, which is one Israël Producten Centrum Nederland of the largest producers of plastic garden Patroonstraat 1 Tel: +31 (0)23 535 21 78 furniture in the Netherlands and is among 8.5.11 Mehadrin Group Postbus 1046 E-mail: c.van.schaik@ the top three producers in Europe: 367 3860 BA Nijkerk ahavanederland.nl Mehadrin Group is a large agricultural Tel: +31 (0)33 245 88 14 Website: www.ahavanederland.nl Jardin International Holding B.V. company, exporting dates and grapes from Fax: +31 (0)33 246 04 12 Evergembaan 2 the occupied Jordan Valley (see paragraph E-mail: [email protected] Yoffi B.V. 5121DR Rijen 13.26). Mehadrin Group has an office in Website: www.ipc-nijkerk.nl Kerkstraat 17 Tel: +31 (0)8 84 72 22 77 the Netherlands: 372 Postbus 13 Barkan’s Domaine white wine is sold by 5575 ZG Luyksgestel 362 Farmashoponline.nl, “Ahava”, Website Hema:359 Tel: +31 (0)497 54 40 84 Farmashoponline.nl (www.farmashoponline.nl/index. Fax: +31(0)497 54 40 88 php?route=product/manufacturer&manufacturer_ 355 Arava Holland, “Annual report 2009 id=17), Viewed in May 2011. for public purposes”, Arava Holland, September 2010. E-mail: [email protected] 363 MijnCreme.nl, “Ahava”, 368 Jardin, “Verkooppunten”, 356 Faran, “Annual report 2010 Website: www.yoffi.nl Website MijnCreme.nl (www.mijncreme.nl/ Websitre Jardin ( www.jardin.nl), Viewed in May 2011. for filing purposes”, Faran B.V., April 2011. producten/ahava/p-1/), Viewed in May 2011. 369 Jardin international Holding, 357 Barkan Mounts, “Where 364 Cosmetix, “Ahava”, Website “2005 Annual Report” Retrieved from www.kvk.nl 360 Dead Sea Laboratories, “Ahava Cosmetix (www.cosmetix.nl), Viewed in May 2011. to Buy?”, Website Barkan Mounts (www. worldwide”, Website Dead Sea Laboratories 370 Keterim, “Contact opnemen”, Website barkanmounts.com), Viewed in April 2011. (www.ahava.com), Viewed in April 2011; Teva 365 Hadiklaim, “Company Keterim ( www.keterim.nl), Viewed in May 2011. 358 Barkan Wine Cellars, Nederland, “Zelfzorg & Consumentenproducten. Customers”, Website Hadiklaim (www. 371 Keterim, “Info”, Website Keterim “Partners”, Website Barkan Wine Cellars (www. Ahava”, Website Teva Nederland (www. hadiklaim.com), Viewed in March 2011. ( www.keterim.nl), Viewed in May 2011. barkan-winery.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. tevanederland.nl), Viewed in April 2011. 366 AT5, “Supermarkt sjoemelt met 372 Corporate Watch, 359 Hema, “Wijn – Koosjere Wijn”, 361 Kring-apotheek Albers, Israelische dadels”, AT5, 24 August 2010. “Mehadrin’s business in Beqa’ot settlement Website Hema (www.hema.nl/nl-nl/winkel/ “Informatie”, Website Kring-apotheek Albers 367 Jardin, “Organisatie”, – and Tesco’s Complicity”, Corporate wijn/koosjer.aspx), Viewed in May 2011. (www.mijncreme.nl), Viewed in May 2011. Website Jardin (www.jardin.nl), Viewed in May 2011. Watch Research Blogs, 18 May 2010. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 88 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 89 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 8 NETHERLANDS MTEX Holland BV 373 paragraph 13.28). Sales agent for the 8.5.16 Shamir Salads Soda-Club Worldwide B.V. Handelscentrum ZHZ 40-C Mineral from the Dead Sea products of Minervum 7334 2991 LD Barendrecht Odeyah Industries is:377 Shamir Salads produces ready-made P.O. Box 5668 Tel: +31 (0)1 80 64 25 70 salads in the Barkan settlement (see 4801 EB Breda E-mail: [email protected] Qt Trading B.V. paragraph 13.34). According to the The Netherlands Lange Amerikaweg 73 website of Shamir Salads the company Tel: +31 (0)7 65 44 42 22 It also distributes its products via: 374 7332 BP Apeldoorn is present in the Netherlands through a Fax: +31 (0)7 65 41 19 60 The Netherlands subsidiary.381 However, we could not find E-mail: [email protected] Aartsenfruit B.V. Tel: +31 (0)6 44 33 60 31 further information in public sources. Website: www.sodaclub.nl Heilaar-Noordweg 9 Fax: +31 (0)5 52 01 01 33 4814 RR Breda E-mail: [email protected] SodaStream International B.V. The Netherlands Website: www.qt-trading.eu 8.5.17 SodaStream Minervum 7334 Tel: +31 (0)7 65 24 81 00 P.O. Box 5668 Fax: +31 (0)7 65 22 12 47 SodaStream produces home beverage 4801 EB Breda E-mail: [email protected] 8.5.14 Ofertex Industries carbonation systems in the Ma’aleh The Netherlands Website: www.aartsenfruit.nl Adumim settlement (see paragraph 13.37). Ofertex Industries manufactures cloths SodaStream products are exported to SodaStream International B.V. in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph 39 countries worldwide, including the Hermelijnweg 20 8.5.12 Mul-T-Lock 13.29). The company claims to export to Netherlands.382 4877AE Etten-Leur the Netherlands. Ofertex Industries states According to the corporate website Soda- Mul-T-Lock Ltd. produces high-security on its website that it has customers in the Club sells its carbonating devices and cylinders, locks and padlocks in the Barkan Netherlands. 378 syrup mixes in the Netherlands via this 8.5.18 Teperberg 1870 Winery settlement (see paragraph 13.27). Mul-T- subsidiary: 383 Lock has a subsidiary in the Netherlands:375 Ofertex Industries was also present at the Teperberg 1870 Winery owns vineyards PLMA Show is Amsterdam in 2007 and Soda-Club International B.V. in the Gush Etzion and Mevo Horon International Mul-T-Lock B.V. 2008 (see paragraph 8.7.1).379 Provinciënbaan 16 settlements (see paragraph 13.39). Strawinskylaan 3105 5121 DL Rijen Teperberg is currently negotiating with a 1077 ZX Amsterdam However, we could not find further The Netherlands distributor in the Netherlands. 386 As the deal information in public sources and Tel: +31 (0)7 65 44 42 22 is not closed yet, we could not find details The Dutch importer of Mul-T-Lock products the company did not respond to Fax: +31 (0)7 65 41 19 60 about this distributor in public sources. is: 376 our questions about this issue. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.sodastream.nl Teperberg wines can be bought in the Marenco B.V. Netherlands through the following Touwslagerij 12 8.5.15 Oppenheimer Soda-Club International B.V. has 51 webshops: 4762 AT Zevenbergen employees and is responsible for The Netherlands Oppenheimer Manufacturing and marketing, sales and distribution in the • Vinogusto: www. Tel: +31 (0)1 68 32 89 70 Marketing produces chocolate products Benelux. Its carbonating devices are sold in vinogusto.com/nl 387 Fax: +31 (0)1 68 33 53 09 in the Atarot settlement (see paragraph the Netherlands by various retail chains.384 • Vinoo: www.vinoo.eu/wijn 388 E-mail: [email protected] 13.30). Oppenheimer chocolate is sold in Websites: www.mul-t-lock. the Netherlands by:380 The Dutch company register lists three nl en www.marenco.nl subsidiaries of SodaStream in the 8.5.19 Tip Top Toys Mouwes Kosher Netherlands:385 Delicatessenbedrijf B.V. Tip Top Toys Star produces high quality 8.5.13 Odeyah Industries Kastelenstraat 261 educational toys, sold under the Interstar 1082 EG Amsterdam brandname, in the Barkan settlement (see Odeyah Industries produces cosmetic Tel: +31 (0)2 06 61 01 80 381 Shamir Salads, “Global paragraph 13.40). Interstar toys are sold in products and skin care products, sold Fax: +31 (0)2 06 41 83 45 Presence”, Website Shamir Salads (www. the Netherlands by:389 under the “Mineral from the Dead Sea” E-mail: [email protected] shamir-salads.com), Viewed in April 2011. 382 ABN, “Oppenheimer (NYSE-mail: brandname in the Atarot settlement (see Website: www.mouwes.nl OPY) Initiates Coverage on Sodastream International (NASDAQ: SODA)”, American Banking News, 14 December 2010; Who Profits, “SodaStream. A 386 Personal communication 373 MTEX, “Global location”, Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli with Teperberg, 27 April 2011. Website Mehadrin Tnuport Export (www. 377 Qt Trading, “Our labels Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of Women 387 Vinogusto, “Teperberg mtex.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. & brands”, Website Qt Trading (www.qt- for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011. Meritage 2007”, Website Vinogusto (www. 374 Aartsenfruit, “Assortiment trading.eu), Viewed in April 2011. 383 SodaStream, “Office vinogusto.com/nl/wijn/324067/teperberg- – Partnership”, Website Aartsenfruit (www. 378 Ofertex Industries, locator”, Website SodaStream (www. meritage-2007), Viewed in May 2011. aartsenfruit.nl), viewed in April 2011. “Customers”, Website Ofertex Industries (www. sodastream.com), Viewed in May 2011. 388 Vinoo, “Teperberg Meritage 375 Kamer van Koophandel, ofertex.com), Viewed in April 2011. 384 Gregoor, R. (16 February 2005) Judean Hill 2006”, Website Vinoo (www. “International Mul-T-Lock B.V.”, Website Kamer 379 Ofertex Industries, “Breda werkt! - Soda Club bedient vanuit Breda vinoo.eu/wijn/597016/teperberg-meritage- van Koophandel, Viewed in May 2011. “Exibitions”, Website Ofertex Industries (www. half Europa” BN/DeStem, 16 February 2005. judean-hill-2006), Viewed in May 2011. 376 Mul-T-Lock, “Find ofertex.com), Viewed in April 2011. 385 Kamer van Koophandel, 389 Speelgoed International, “Contact” distributor”, Website Mul-T-Lock (www. 380 Mouwes, “Pesach shop”, Website “SodaStream”, Website Kamer van Koophandel and “Voorjaar”, Website Speelgoed International (www. mul-t-lock.com), Viewed in May 2011. Mouwes (www.mouwes.nl), Viewed in April 2011. (www.kvk.nl), Viewed in April 2011. speelgoedinternational.nl), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 90 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 91 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 8 NETHERLANDS Speelgoed International B.V. Moments4Wine also distribute wine, spirits and soft drinks. Berenkoog 11 Scheldestraat 84 Heineken brands are also well established 1822 BH Alkmaar 1078 GN Amsterdam in emerging market such as , Africa, Tel: +31 (0)7 25 33 71 31 Asia and Latin America. In 2010, Heineken Fax: +31 (0)7 25 34 05 06 Il Divino had an average number of employees Website: www. Bussumerstraat 6 of 65,730. Over 2010 Heineken earned speelgoedinternational.nl Hilversum revenues worth € 16,133 million. 396 Tel: +31 (0)3 56 22 91 59 In addition, Interstar toys can be rented In December 2004 Heineken signed a at the following ‘toys rentals’ in the The European distribution centre of Tishbi memorandum of understanding with Netherlands: is also located in the Netherlands:395 Tempo Beer Industries (TBI) to acquire 40% of the shares of the Tempo Beverage Speel-o-Theek390 Karo Kado V.o.f. Company, which owns 83.16% of the Kerkplein 3 Maarten Lutherweg 149 Israeli company Barkan Wine Cellars (see 2181 JC Hillegom 1185 AM Amstelveen paragraph 13.10). As part of the agreement Website: www.speelotheekhillegom.nl E-mail: [email protected] Heineken swapped its 17.8%-stake in TBI Website: www.karo-kado.com and made an additional cash payment Speel-o-Theek Bambi391 of US$14.5 million (€ 11 million). TBI Unilever Israel, a full subsidiary of Unilever, Postbus 48 transferred all its beer, soft drink, fruit juice is one of the largest manufacturer of food 7120 AA Aalten and water activities to the Tempo Beverage and cleaning products in Israel. Its annual Tel: +31 (0)6 50 61 01 39 Company and still owns the remaining sales amount to € 400 million and its Website: www.speelotheekbambi.nl 8.6 60% of the shares. The agreement also headquarters is located in Airport City, included a licence for the local production an industry park adjacent to Ben Gurion Investments in and marketing of the Heineken brand by airport. The company has 2,000 employees 8.5.20 Tishbi Estate Winery Tempo Beverage Company.397 in various subsidiaries spread throughout settlement companies Israel.399 Tishbi Estate Winery has a vineyard in the Gush Etzion settlement (see paragraph This section describes investments in 8.6.2 Unilever Unilever Israel 400 13.41). The official distributor of Tishbi settlement companies by Dutch companies Airport City wine in the Netherlands is:392 or financial institutions via loans, share Weena 455 P.O. Box 208 ownership or otherwise. 3013 AL Rotterdam Ben Gurion Airport 70100 Wijnkoperij Floractive The Netherlands Israel Ferdinand Bolweg 33 Tel: +31 (0)1 02 17 40 00 Tel: +972 (0)3 972 93 02 1181 XC Amstelveen 8.6.1 Heineken Fax: +31 (0)1 02 17 48 43 F: +972 (0)3 972 93 33 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +31 (0)2 06 41 34 47 or P.O. Box 28 Website: www.unilever.com Website: www.unilever.co.il +31 (0)6 17 90 62 55 1000 AA Amsterdam The Netherlands The Anglo-Dutch company Unilever, is Through its subsidiaries Unilever Israel Wijnkoperij Floractive sells many different Tel: +31 (0)2 05 23 92 39 one of the largest food, personal care and Foods and Unilever Israel Home and wines of Tishbi and delivers its wines all Fax: +31 (0)2 06 26 35 03 detergents producers in the world. It has Personal Care, Unilever is owner of Beigel over the Netherlands.393 been active in the territory of the present & Beigel Ltd, which is located in the Barkan Heineken is a Dutch multinational beer state of Israel since 1938 when Dr Arnold industrial zone in the occupied West Other wine dealers in the Netherlands that brewery established in 1863. Since then it Hildesheimer and Unilever founded Bank.401 sell Tishbi wine include:394 grew to be among the largest breweries in the Blue-Band factory in Haifa. In 1995, the world and the largest of Europe. Now Unilever expanded its business by buying Heineken beer is sold in almost all countries a 50% stake in the ice cream business of Kees van der Waaij, Chairman Unilever Nederland in the world. Next to its own Heineken Strauss, one of Israel’s two leading dairies. Holdings B.V., Rotterdam, 4 October 2006; Unilever London, Annual report 2007, April 2008. 390 Speel-o-Theek Hillegom, brand, the company brews and sells more This stake was later raised to 51%. Unilever “Speelgoed voor kinderen vanaf 2 of 3 than 200 international beers and ciders. furthermore acquired the household 399 Dun & Bradstreet Israel, Dun's 100: Israel's Largest Enterprises”, Website jaar”, Website Speel-o-Theek Hillegom (www. The company has 140 breweries in more and personal care division and the food speelotheek-hillegom.nl), Viewed in April 2011. Dun & Bradstreet Israel (www.duns100.dundb. than 70 countries. This global coverage is division of the Israeli company Vitco and co.il), Viewed in May 2011; Unilever Israel, 391 Speel-o-Theek Bambi, achieved through a combination of wholly- Bestfoods. 398 “About Unilever Israel”, Website Unilever Israel “Constructiemateriaal”, Website Speel-o-Theek Bambi (www.unilever.co.il), Viewed in May 2011. (www.speelotheekbambi.nl), Viewed in April 2011. owned companies, licence agreements, 400 Unilever, “Perscontacten”, Website 392 Tishbi, “Wine Store” and affiliates and strategic partnerships and 396 Heineken, “Annual Report Unilever (www.unilever.nl), Viewed in May 2011. “Distributors”, Website Tishbi Estate Winery alliances. Some of Heineken’s wholesalers 2010”, Heineken, February 2011. (www.tishbi.com), Viewed in March 2011. 401 Coalition of Women for Peace, 397 Heineken, “Heineken “Beigel and Beigel”, Website Who Profits? (www. 393 Wijnkoperij Floractive, invests in partnership with Tempo Beer whoprofits.org), Updated 6 March 2011, Viewed “Wijnwinkel”, Website Wijnkoperij Floractive 395 Tishbi European Distribution Centre, Industries”, Heineken, 31 December 2004. in March 2011; Coalition of Women for Peace, (www.floractive.nl), Viewed in April 2011. “Adressen”, Website Tishbi European Distribution 398 Dun & Bradstreet Israel, Dun's “Unilever”, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits. 394 Tishbi European Distribution Centre, Centre (www.karo-kado.com), Viewed in April 2011; 100: Israel's Largest Enterprises”, Website Dun org), Updated 8 November 2008, Viewed in March “Adressen”, Website Tishbi European Distribution Kamer van Koophandel, “Karo Cadeau”, Website Kamer & Bradstreet Israel (www.duns100.dundb.co.il), 2011; Unilever Israel, “Brands”, Website Unilever Centre (www.karo-kado.com), Viewed in April 2011. van Koophandel (www.kvk.nl), Viewed in April 2011. Viewed in May 2011; Personal communication by Israel (www.unilever.co.il), Viewed in May 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 92 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 93 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 8 NETHERLANDS After several campaigns against the factory worldwide. It organizes “World of Private TABLE 13. and Unilever, the company first announced Label” show every spring in Amsterdam, Exports from Israeli settlements in occupied territories to the Netherlands it would sell Beigel & Beigel, but decided to help manufacturers and retailers build 404 in December 2010 that it will move the their private label programmes. Dutch importer Exporter Products Dutch subsidiary factory from the settlement. Talks with / retailer Wissotzky Tea in 2009 ended because the In the 2007 edition of the show, at least 402 Fruit & bid was too low. three settlement companies participated: AdaFresh AdaFresh Anaco Greeve Dispobud (see paragraph 13.14), Ofertex Vegetables Israël Producten Besides Beigel & Beigel Food, Unilever also Industries (see paragraph 12.3.19) and Adanim Tea Tea has trade relations with Golden Ryd Dyl, Plasto-Polish (see paragraph 13.31).405 Centrum an Israeli paper and cleaning products At least one of these companies, Fruit & Agrexco Agricultural Beau Flowers Aalsmeer, Agrexco importer and distributor located in the Plasto-Polish, also participated in Vegetables Export Com, Carmexco Aartsenfruit Mishor Edumim settlement (see paragraph the 2010 edition of the PLMA show.406 Israël Producten Amnon & Tamar Herbs 13.20), which is a supplier to Lipton, a Centrum 403 brand of Unilever. Arava Export Agricultural Arava Holland, Faran Growers products Nedis, Praxis, Consumer Barkan Mounts Scheer&Foppen, electronics 8.7 8.8 Stebis B.V. Barkan Wine Israël Producten Wines Other trade links Summary Cellars Centrum, Hema Teva Nederland, Yoffi, Yentl Cosmetica, This section describes Dutch companies A total of 20 Israeli settlement companies Dead Sea Beauty products Kring-apotheek Albers, involved in exporting products or services exporting to Italy were identified (see Table Laboratories to settlement companies. 13). For seven of these companies we have Cosmetix, MijnCreme. found local marketing subsidiaries. nl, Farmashoponline.nl No further details Hadiklaim Dates 8.7.1 PLMA could be found. Jardin International Plastic household PLMA International Council Keter Group Holding, Keter Keterim products World Trade Center Europe Gardening Strawinskylaan 671 Mehadrin Dates MTEX Holland Aartsenfruit 1077 XX Amsterdam The Netherlands Mul-T-Lock Locks International Mul-T-Lock Marenco Odeyah Telephone +31 (0)2 05 75 30 32 Cosmetics Qt Trading Fax +31 (0)2 05 75 30 93 Industries E-mail: [email protected] Ofertex No further details Clothes Website: www.plmainternational.com Industries could be found. Chocolate Mouwes Kosher Oppenheimer The Private Label Manufacturers Association products Delicatessenbedrijf B.V. is the international trade organisation Salads and ready- No further details Shamir Salads dedicated to the promotion of private made meals could be found. label brands. With offices in Amsterdam and New York, PLMA represents more Soda-Club International, than 3,200 manufacturers and suppliers Carbonating Soda-Club Worldwide, SodaStream devices and SodaStream syrups International, 402 Unilever to sell stake in plant SodaStream International based in West Bank settlement, The Guardian, London, 1 December 2008; UCP, “Dossier Teperberg Wines Vinogusto, Vinoo Unilever”, Website United Civilians for Peace (www. 1870 Winery unitedcivilians.nl), Viewed in May 2011; Author unknown, “Wissotzky Tea may reportedly acquire Tip Top Speelgoed International Beigel”, Businessweek, 12 February; Yevet, O., Toys Star “Exclusive - It seems that Unilever gives up selling 404 PLMA, “Private Label Today”, Website PLMA (www.plmainternational. Wijnkoperij Floractive, Beigel&Beigel”, Calcalist, October 2009.Beigel&Beigel. Tishbi Estate Chen, Shoshana, “Wissotzky CEO: com), Viewed in April 2011. Wines Moments4Wine, Il ‘Mega is making a full of consumers’ ”, 405 Embassy of Israel, Winery Ynet economy, 3 December 2009. “Israeli Exhibitors PLMA Amsterdam - Non Divino, Karo Kado 403 Coalition of Women for Peace, Food”, Embassy of Israel, May 2007. “Golden Ryd Dyl”, Website Who Profits? (www. 406 The Israel Export & whoprofits.org), Update 5 March 2008, Viewed International Cooperation Institute, “Israel at in March 2011; GRD, “About us”, Website Golden PLMA International 2010”, The Israel Export & Ryd Dyl (www.grd.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. International Cooperation Institute, May 2010. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 94 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 95 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 8 NETHERLANDS Apart from the companies with direct trade links or subsidiaries in the Netherlands, we found three companies with other trade or investments links with Israeli settlements.

TABLE 14. Other Dutch business links with Israeli settlements

Dutch Type of Link with Israeli settlements company company Heineken owns 40% of Tempo Beer Beer and cider Heineken Company, which owns 83.16% of the brewery Israeli company Barkan Wine Cellars Food, personal Through its subsidiaries Unilever Israel Foods Unilever care and and Unilever Israel Home and Personal Care, detergents Unilever is owner of Beigel & Beigel Ltd PLMA International Settlement companies participated International trade in its yearly show Council organisation Chapter 9 R E L A T I O N S H I P S WITH NORWAY research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 96 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 97 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 9 R E L A T I O N S H I P S and in violation of international law [….] million in 2009. There are no figures on and one of the most serious threats to a the percentage of these exports which is WITH NORWAY two-state solution”410 destined for the settlements.414

According to Støre, “the most important Figure 21 gives an overview of Norwegian thing now is that Israel changes its policy imports from Israel (including imports from 9.1 9.2 before a two-state solution becomes settlements in the occupied territories) by impossible”.411 Norway even urged the major product categories. Diplomatic and economic Trade and economic Quartet (the UN, the US, the EU and Russia), to protest and put pressure on Israel to As Figure 21 shows, the most important relationships agreements stop building illegal settlements.412 Norwegian imports from Israel consists of electrical and mechanical machinery Norway was one of the first countries to Since 1957 Israel and Norway have signed and equipment (49%). Food products form recognize Israel in February 1949. Later that eight bilateral agreements. The following another important category of which year both countries established diplomatic are relevant for trade and economic edible vegetables, fruits and nuts are the relations. Israel has an embassy in Tel Aviv relations:409 9.4 main products.415 and consulates in Heifa and Eilat. • Agreement on Trade and Payments Trade volumes and quantities The Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs between the Government of the State Jonas Gahr Støre visited Israel on 16- of Israel and the Kingdom of Norway No reliable statistics exist on trade between 18 January 2010. During his visit he met signed in 1961; Norway and settlement companies. As 9.5 with President Shimon Peres, Minister • Convention for the Avoidance of trade with settlements is included in the of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman, Double Taxation and the Prevention of trade statistics of the trade between Israel Exports by settlement Minister of Defence Ehud Barak, Minister Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on and Norway, we discuss these official trade of Intelligence Dan Meridor and the leader Income and Capital between the State statistics, to get an indication of which companies to Norway of Kadima, MK Tzipi Livni. The purpose of Israel and the Kingdom of Norway products might be exported by settlement of the visit was to discuss bilateral issues, signed in 1966; companies to Norway. This section describes the exports of regional issues of common concern, and • Agreement relating to Air Services products or services by settlement the peace process between Israel and the between the Government of the State Norwegian imports from Israel increased the companies to Norway. A profile of the Palestinians. The visit made clear that, in of Israel and the Government of the past decade to US$ 75.6 million in 2008 and settlement companies can be found in addition to the on-going political dialogue Kingdom of Norway signed in 1977. then sharply declined to US$ 61.4 million Chapter 13. between Norway and Israel, there is an in 2009 (see Figure 21). Norway accounts increase in cooperation in the field of for less than 1.0% of Israel’s exports in culture, and there is a clear will from both 2009.413 As no distinction is made in these 9.5.1 Agrexco countries to promote more cooperation in statistics between Israeli products and the field of research and development.407 9.3 settlement products, the import figures Agrexco’s products are sold in Norway by: from Israel include settlement products. During the trip in January 2010 minister Position on the settlements Coop Norway: www.coop.no 416 Støre also visited the Palestinian territories. Where Norwegian exports used to be higher Since December 2010, Palestine has an Norway is strongly opposed to Israel’s than its imports, it started decreasing in In March 2011 the company’s response official embassy in Oslo, Norway. This expansion of the settlements in East 2006, was equal to Norwegian imports in to questions about dates from Hadiklaim means that, after Argentina, Brazil and Jerusalem. In a press release of the mid - 2007 and further declined to US$ 52 was that it has never and will never source Uruguay, Norway recognizes Palestine Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, products from the occupied West Bank. as an independent country, as the first issued in November 2010, Foreign Minister Because its strict requirements to suppliers European country.408 Støre states: “I urge Israel to revoke the ensures that the products from Israeli decision to build new homes in East 410 Arbeiderpartiet, “Bosetningene er companies do not originate from occupied Jerusalem. […] Israel’s construction ulovlige”, Press release Arbeiderpartiet (Available territories Coop will not fully stop trading activities in the occupied territories are at www.arbeiderpartiet.no, 15 March 2011; Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Norway among the greatest threats to the peace urges Israel to revoke approval of new 238 new talks”. He is of the opinion that “the homes in East Jerusalem”, Press release Norwegian settlements on occupied land are illegal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 19 October 2010. 411 NRK Nyheter, “Støre fordømmer Israel-bosetninger”, NRK Nyheter, 10 March 2010; 414 Central Bureau of Statistics Arbeiderpartiet, “Bosetningene er ulovlige”, Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel Press release Arbeiderpartiet, 15 March 2011. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. 409 Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Israel Bilateral Agreements”, Website 412 Norwegian Ministry of 415 Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, 407 Norway – The official site in Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.mfa.gov. Foreign Affairs , “Foreign Minister Støre “Foreign Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Taking our bilateral relations further and il/MFA/Templates/Amanot.aspx?NRMODE=Publi protests against Israel’s settlement expansion Israel (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011 forward: Foreign Minister Støre in Israel 16-18 shed&NRNODEGUID=%7B5F215993-CC42-421E- in East Jerusalem”, Press release Norwegian 416 Palestinakomiteèn I Norge, January 2010”, Press release Norway – The official B74D-949AACCA4C9C%7D&NRORIGINALURL=/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 10 March 2010. “Fortsatt salg av israelske okkupasjonsvarer site in Israel (www.norway.org.il), 25 January 2010. mfa/treaties/israel%20bilateral%20 413 Central Bureau of Statistics i Coop sine butikker (Further sales of Israeli 408 Modkraft.dk, “Palæstina får agreements/&NRCACHEHINT=Guest), Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel occupation goods in Coop's stores)”, Press release ambassade i Oslo”, Modkraft.dk, 17 December 2010. Viewed in May 2011. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. Palestinakomiteèn i Norge, 30 March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 98 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 99 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 9 NORWAY FIGURE 21. with Agrexco. Therefore, the Palestine 9.5.3 Dead Sea Laboratories Norway imports from Israel and Norway Committee Norway called on Coop to stop exports to Israel (in US$ million) all trade relationships with Agrexco. 417 Dead Sea Laboratories produces personal care products, sold under the Ahava brand Coop’s importer of Agrexco products is:418 name, in the Mitzpe Shalem settlement (see paragraph 13.13). Dead Sea Laboratories, BAMA Gruppen AS419 the producers of Ahava cosmetics, has a Økern torg 6 branch office in Norway. The products are 0580 Oslo, sold online via its website. 421 Norway Tel: +47 (0)2 288 05 00 Ahava Norge Website: www.bama.no P.O. Box 43 3540 Nesbyen, Norway Tel: +47 (0)32 06 81 00 9.5.2 Barkan Mounts Fax: +47 (0)32 06 80 99 Website: www.ahava.no Barkan Mounts produces mounting solutions for LCD televisions, plasma televisions and other consumer electronic 9.5.4 DiSTeK products in a factory in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph 13.9). Products DiSTeK develops and manufactures zinc of Barkan Mounts are sold in Norway by: 420 coating technologies for protection of metal parts in the Barkan settlement (see Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign Euronics NO paragraph 13.15). DiSTeK’s agent for Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel P.O. Box 1417 Scandinavia is located in Norway: 422 (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. Fredrikstad Norway DiSTeK-Scandinavia Tel: +47 (0)8 150 06 35 Boveien 119 Website: www.euronics.no 4070 Randaberg Norway Njal Hansson AS Tel: +47 (0)51 41 81 21 P.O. Box 6031 FIGURE 22. Etterstad Norway imports from Israel in 2009 N-0601 Oslo 9.5.5 Hadiklaim (value %) Norway Tel: +47 (0)2 276 29 50 Hadiklaim exports dates from Israeli Website: www.njal.no settlements in the Jordan Valley (see paragraph 13.21). The company claims to Phillips export to Norway. 423 Sandstuveien 70 Tel: +47 (0)2 274 80 00 Activists report that Hadiklaim dates are Website: www.phillips.no indeed sold in supermarkets of Coop Norway (see also paragraph 9.5.1). 424

417 Coop, “Gammelt nytt fra Palestinakomiteen (Old news from Palestine Committee)”, Press release Coop Norway, 421 Dead Sea Laboratories, “Ahava 29 March 2011; Palestinakomiteèn I Norge, worldwide”, Website Dead Sea Laboratories (www. “Fortsatt salg av israelske okkupasjonsvarer ahava.com), Viewed in April 2011; Dead Sea i Coop sine butikker (Further sales of Israeli Laboratories, “Home”, Website Ahava Norge occupation goods in Coop's stores)”, Press release (www.ahava.no), Viewed in April 2011. Palestinakomiteèn i Norge, 30 March 2011. 422 Distek, “List of agencies”, Website 418 Boikott Israel, “Carmel DiSTek (www.distekgroup.com), Viewed in March 2011. Agrexco”, Website Boikott Israel (www. 423 Hadiklaim, “Company boikott.net), Viewed in April 2011. Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign Customers”, Website Hadiklaim (www. 419 Boikott Israel, “Bama hadiklaim.com), Viewed in March 2011. Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel Gruppen AS”, Website Boikott Israel (www. 424 Palestinakomiteèn I Norge, (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. boikott.net), Viewed in April 2011. “Fortsatt salg av israelske okkupasjonsvarer 420 Barkan Mounts, “Where i Coop sine butikker (Further sales of Israeli to Buy?”, Website Barkan Mounts (www. occupation goods in Coop's stores)”, Press release barkanmounts.com), Viewed in April 2011. Palestinakomiteèn i Norge, 30 March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 100 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 101 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 9 NORWAY 9.5.6 Mul-T-Lock In Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, SodaStream is distributed by Empire:426 Mul-T-Lock produces high-security cylinders, locks and padlocks in the Barkan SodaStream-Empire Norway settlement (see paragraph 13.27). Mul-T- Stensberggatan 25 Lock’s official distributor in Norway is: Oslo 0170 Norway Trioving 425 Tel: +47 (0)8 003 00 95 or Varnaveien 32 +47 (0)2 137 70 55 1523 Moss E-mail: [email protected] Norway Website: www.sodastream.no Tel: +47 (0)6 924 52 07 Fax: +47 (0)3 331 81 39 E-mail: [email protected] 9.6

9.5.7 SodaStream Summary

SodaStream produces home beverage A total of seven Israeli settlement carbonation systems in the Ma’aleh companies exporting to Norway were Adumim settlement (see paragraph 13.37). identified (see Table 15). For three of these SodaStream products are exported to 39 companies we have found local marketing Chapter 10 countries worldwide, including Norway. subsidiaries. R E L A T I O N S H I P S TABLE 15. WITH SPAIN Exports from Israeli settlements in occupied territories to Norway

Norwegian Norwegian importer Exporter Products subsidiary / retailer Coop supermarkets, Fruit & Agrexco BAMA Gruppen Vegetables (importer for Coop) Consumer Euronics, Njal Barkan Mounts electronics Hansson, Philips Dead Sea Beauty products Ahava Norge Laboratories Zinc coating DiSTeK DiSTeK-Scandinavia technologies Hadiklaim Dates Coop supermarkets Mul-T-Lock Locks Trioving (distributor) Carbonating SodaStream- SodaStream devices and Empire Norway syrups

426 ABN, “Oppenheimer (NYSE-mail: OPY) Initiates Coverage on Sodastream International (NASDAQ: SODA)”, American Banking News, 14 December 2010; Who Profits, “SodaStream. A Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of Women 425 Mul-T-Lock, “Find for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011; Distributor”, Website Mul-T-Lock (www. SodaStream, “Office Locator”, Website SodaStream mul-t-lock.com), Viewed in May 2011. (www.sodastream.com), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 102 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 103 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 10 R E L A T I O N S H I P S FIGURE 23. Spanish imports from Israel and Spanish WITH SPAIN exports to Israel (in US$ million)

10.1 Bank, as Israel “already knows” the Spanish position on this issue. To journalists he Policies on economic described this position as: “We cannot accept the expansion of Israeli settlements relationships to continue forever”. The international community “needs to work to avoid the In 2011, Spain and Israel celebrate the establishment of new settlements.”430 25th anniversary of their diplomatic relationships, with visits by the Israeli In 2009 the Spanish ministry of Housing president Peres to Spain and the Spanish decided to disqualify the architecture prince royal and crown princess to Israel.427 department of the Ariel University Center The good diplomatic relationships have of Samaria, located in the Israeli settlement resulted in 11 bilateral agreements Ariel, from the finals of a prestigious between the two countries, on issues international architecture competition. The such as the environment, double bi-annual competition, Solar Decathlon, is taxation, desertification, scientific sponsored by the Spanish government. 431 collaboration, agriculture, air transport and jurisdictions.428 In October 2010 minister of foreign affairs Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign Moratinos commented that he “deeply Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel As part of their economic collaboration, regretted” the resumption of Israeli (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. the two countries have placed economic settlements in East Jerusalem, and found attachés at their respective embassies. that it “does not help to find a solution to The Israeli economic attaché of the Israeli the conflict. He described the construction embassy in Madrid promotes various Israeli of 238 homes in two Jewish settlements, companies at its website, including Ahava as “bad news”.432 which is producing cosmetics in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.429 FIGURE 24. Spanish imports from Israel in 2009 Despite these good relationships, Spain (value %) is becoming more critical on the Israeli 10.2 occupation of Palestinian territories and on the establishment of Israeli settlements Trade volumes and quantities in the occupied territories. When visiting Israel and the Palestinian Territories in No reliable statistics exist on trade between September 2008, the Spanish foreign the Spain and settlement companies. As minister Miguel Angel Moratinos was still trade with settlements is included in the reluctant to be critical on the issue. In a trade statistics of the trade between Israel meeting with the Israeli president Shimon and Spain we discuss these official trade Peres he did not specifically raise the issue statistics, to get an indication of which of Israeli settlement expansion in the West products might be exported by settlement companies to Spain. 427 Aurora, “Los Príncipes de España vienen a Jerusalén, capital Spanish imports from Israel increased the de Israel”, Aurora, 5 April 2011. past decade to US$ 1.1 billion in 2008 and 428 Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Israel Bilateral Agreements”, Website then dropped to US$ 0.9 billion in 2009 Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.mfa.gov. il/MFA/Templates/Amanot.aspx?NRMODE=Publi 430 El Economista, “Moratinos shed&NRNODEGUID=%7B5F215993-CC42-421E- dice que no habló con Peres sobre las colonias B74D-949AACCA4C9C%7D&NRORIGINALURL=/ porque Israel "ya conoce la postura española"”, mfa/treaties/israel%20bilateral%20 El Economista, 14 September 2008. agreements/&NRCACHEHINT=Guest), 431 Selig, A., “Spain bans Ariel U. from Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign Viewed in April 2011. int’l contest”, The Jerusalem Post, 22 September 2009; Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel 429 Agregaduría Comercial Emergui, S.,“España boicotea la universidad israelí de Israel en España, “Cosmética”, Website en Cisjordania”, El Mundo, 22 September 2009. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. Agregaduría Comercial de Israel en España 432 EFE, “España critica la (comerciohispanoisraeli.com/industrias-israelies/ reanudación de asentamientos israelíes cosmetica-e-articulos-de-aseo/), Viewed in April 2011. en Jerusalén”, EFE, 16 October 2010. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 104 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 105 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 10 SPAIN (see Figure 23). Spain is Israel’s 9th largest 10.3 10.3.4 Barkan Mounts export market in the Europe, accounting for 2.0% of its exports in 2009.433 As no Exports by settlement Barkan Mounts produces mounting distinction is made in these statistics solutions for LCD televisions, plasma between Israeli products and settlement companies to Spain televisions and other consumer electronic products, the import figures from Israel products in a factory in the Barkan include settlement products. There are no This section describes the exports of settlement (see paragraph 13.9). Products figures on the percentage of these exports products or services by settlement of Barkan Mounts are sold in Spain by: 441 which is destined for the settlements. companies to Spain. A profile of the settlement companies can be found in • AI Digital: www. Spanish exports to Israel used to be higher Chapter 13. accesoriosdigital.com than its imports, but this changed in 2004. • AKI: www.aki.es Exports also peaked in 2007, but at US$ FIGURE 25. • Bauhaus: www.bauhaus.es/ 0.9 billion and dropped to US$ 0.8 billion 10.3.1 Achdut The Carmel Bio-Top in the port of Valencia, • Carrefour: www.carrefour.es in 2009. In 2009 the Spain was Israel’s 9th June 2007. Source: Shipphotos, “Carmel Bio-Top”, • Darty: www.darty.es largest European supplier, accounting for Achdut is a company manufacturing Website Shipphotos (www.shipphotos.es/carmelbiotop. • El Corte Ingles: www. 2.0% of Israel’s total imports.434 sesame products in the Barkan settlement, htm), Viewed in March 2011. elcorteingles.es which are sold under the Achva brand (see • Fnac: www.fnac.es Figure 23 gives an overview of Spanish paragraph 13.2). Achva halva is offered on Dietética Eco Sol, a company operating • Hipercor: www.hipercor.es imports from Israel (including imports Spanish websites435 and can be bought at: four organic food shops in Tarragona;437 • Media-Saturn: www. from the occupied territories) by major Bionsan, a company producing organic media-saturn.com product categories. The chart indicates that Kosher Tov foods in Tarragona.438 • Miro: www.miro.es the most important Spanish imports from 11 Gil y Morte Street • Pc City: www.pccity.es Israel consists of mechanical appliances 46007 Valencia • Staples: www.staplesadvantage.es (14%, including heat exchange units even Spain 10.3.3 Agrexco • Worten: www.worten.es 21%), electrical machinery and equipment Tel: +34 (0)9 63 25 07 70 or (13%, including burglary and fire alarms +34 (0)6 44 37 70 83 Agrexco is the main exporter of agricultural even 20%), organic (12%) and inorganic E-mail: [email protected] products from Israeli settlements, mostly 10.3.5 Beigel & Beigel chemicals (11%), and manufactured goods Website: www.koshertov.com under the Carmel brand (see paragraph (9%). 13.5). Agrexco has a representative office Beigel & Beigel Food produces pretzels, in Madrid: 439 savoury biscuits and crackers in the Barkan Hidden in these statistics on trading 10.3.2 Adanim Tea Agrexco España S.A. settlement (see paragraph 13.11). Beigel & relationships between Spain and Israel Avda. de Brasil, 4, 8º B Beigel crackers are sold at: are the trading relationships between Adanim Tea produces (organic) herbal 28020 Madrid Spanish companies and companies active tea, sold under the Adanim and Valdena Tel: +34 (0)9 15 97 23 17 Kosher Tov in Israeli settlements. How many Spanish brand names, in the Ofra settlement (see Fax: +34 (0)9 15 97 08 01 11 Gil y Morte Street companies have trading relationships with paragraph 13.4). Adanim Tea’s trading E-mail: [email protected] 46007 Valencia companies active in the Israeli settlements, partner in Spain is:436 Spain and precisely how important these trading In March 2004, Agrexco established a regular Tel: +34 (0)9 63 25 07 70 or relationships are in financial terms, is Cotrading, S.L freight service between Israel and Spain. +34 (0)6 44 37 70 83 difficult to assess. However, as the following Josep Umbert 96 Two ships, the “Carmel Ecofresh” and the E-mail: [email protected] paragraphs demonstrate, various trading 08402 Granollers “Carmel Biotop” maintain a weekly service, Website: www.koshertov.com links do exist between Spanish companies Barcelona following the route Asdhod - Marseille and Israeli companies active in the main Spain - Valencia (Wednesday) - Genua (Friday) - product categories mentioned above. Tel: +34 (0)9 38 79 48 58 Haifa (Monday) - Asdhod (Tuesday). The 10.3.6 Carmel Carpets Fax: +34 (0)9 38 79 29 69 agent of Agrexco in Valencia is Romeu y E-mail: [email protected] Cía.440 Carmel Carpets manufactures carpets in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph 437 Dietética Eco Sol, “Tes de Oriente”, This company sells the Adanim products Website Dietética Eco Sol (www.dieteticaecosol.com/ 13.12). The Israel Export and International to various shops in Spain. The Valdena index.php/alimentacion/infusiones/tes-de-oriente. Cooperation Institute (IEICE) reports that organic tea of Adanim Tea is sold in Spain html?limit=5&mode=list), Viewed in March 2011. Carmel Carpets has a high success rate in by the following shops: 438 Bionsan, “Bienvenidos a repeat export orders from various countries Bonsan”, Website Bionsan (www.bionsan.com/ 442 esp/principal_esp.htm), Viewed in March 2011. including Spain. However, we could not 439 Agrexco, “Contact us”, Website Agrexco (www.agrexco.co.il), Viewed in March 2011Horticom, “Agrexco Espagna”, Website 433 Central Bureau of Statistics 435 Alibaba, “Achva Halva”, Website Horticom (www.horticom.es), Viewed in April 2011; 441 Barkan Mounts, “Where Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel Alibaba (spanish.alibaba.com/product-free/achva- Horticom, “Agrexco Espagna”, Website Euroagora to Buy?”, Website Barkan Mounts (www. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. halva-216090195.html), Viewed in March 2011. (www.euroagora.es), Viewed in April 2011. barkanmounts.com), Viewed in April 2011. 434 Central Bureau of Statistics 436 Adanim Tea, “Contact Us”, 440 Veintepies, “Agrexco y Maersk 442 IEICI, “Israeli Exporters Catalog”, Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel Website Adanim Tea (www.adanim-tea.com/ establecen servicio conjunto desde Valencia Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. contact.php), Viewed in March 2011. a Israel”, Veintepies.com, 2 March 2004. (www.export.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 106 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 107 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 10 SPAIN find further information in public sources 10.3.9 Fermentek • Leroy Merlin: www.leroymerlin.es Barcelona office about exports to Spain and the company • Carrefour: www.carrefour.es Calle Consell de Cent 170, 2nd floor did not respond to our questions. Fermentek manufactures bioactive • Bricor: www.bricor.es 08015 compounds in a factory in the Atarot • Bricogroup: www.bricogroup.com Barcelona settlement (see paragraph 13.19). • Bricoking: www.bricoking.com Tel: +34(0)93 451 34 31 10.3.7 Dead Sea Laboratories Fermentek offers Parthenolide on the • Bauhaus Spain (formerly E-mail: [email protected] Spanish Alibaba website, which suggests Hagalo): www.bauhaus.es Dead Sea Laboratories produces personal it is active in Spain.447 However, we could • Toys ’R Us: www.toysrus.es care products, sold under the Ahava brand not find further information in public 10.3.14 Royalife name, in the Mitzpe Shalem settlement (see sources. As Keter Plastic and the other companies paragraph 13.13). Ahava products are sold within Keter Group together have many Royalife produces bed textile in the Barkan in Spain by the following (online) shops: In response to an e-mail Fermentek told production facilities, it is not entirely settlement (see paragraph 13.33).Bed textile us it has “no formal distributors working clear from which Keter Plastic plants these of Royalife is sold at El Corte Inglés.454 Disavo in Gijón 443 under Fermentek name. We are working products originate but it is possible that C / Jesus n º 8 with several international biochemical they come from one of the factories located 33205 Gijón - Asturias companies who buy our products and sell in the occupied West Bank. 10.3.15 SodaStream Spain them under their name.” 448 Tel: +43 (0)9 85 14 16 71 SodaStream produces home beverage E-mail: [email protected] 10.3.12 Mehadrin Group carbonation systems in the Ma’aleh Website: www.disavo.com 10.3.10 Hadiklaim Adumim settlement (see paragraph 13.37). Mehadrin Group is a large agricultural SodaStream products are exported to 39 Belmine 444 Hadiklaim exports dates from Israeli company, exporting dates and grapes from countries worldwide, including Spain. SL Camino de Valderribas 93-C settlements in the Jordan Valley (see the occupied Jordan Valley (see paragraph 6 - 28038 Madrid paragraph 13.21). The company claims to 13.26). Miriam Shoham, a subsidiary Its products are sold under the SodaStream Spain export to Spain.449 of the Mehadrin Group, reports on its name in most countries, and under the Tel: +43(0)913 280144 website that Spain is amongst its export Soda-Club name or select other names in Fax: + 34(0)913 282970 According to the Boycott Israel movement destinations.452 However, we could not certain other countries. SodaStream sells E-mail: [email protected] in Spain, Hadiklaim dates are sold in Corte find further information in public sources its products through more than 35,000 Inglés and Carrefour stores.450 However, we and the company did not respond to our retail stores, including Carrefour.455 According to the Boycott Israel movement could not find the products on the websites questions. in Spain, Ahava is further marketed by of these retailers or in other public sources The distributor for Spain is located in Sephora Cosméticos and sold in Corte and Hadiklaim did not respond to our Barcelona: 456 Inglés stores and various perfumeries.445 questions. 10.3.13 Mul-T-Lock However, we could not find the products SodaStream España on the websites of these companies. Mul-T-Lock Ltd. produces high-security Commercial del vapour Di4 10.3.11 Keter Plastic cylinders, locks and padlocks in the Barkan Calle Copérnic 5-7 settlement (see paragraph 13.27). Mul-T- 08860 Castelldefels 10.3.8 Dispobud Keter Plastic is a large Israeli manufacturer Lock products are distributed to Spain via Barcelona of plastic indoor and garden furniture, its exclusive distributor Gaon System SA, Tel: +34 (0)9 02 10 58 39 Dispobud is a company which manufactures shelving systems, tool boxes and storage which is owned by Luis Alfredo Gaon Levy. E-mail: [email protected] and distributes a wide variety of nonwoven products for the do-it-yourself market, Gaon System has developed a network with Website: www.sodastream.es products in the Barkan settlement (see which operates two plants in the Barkan hundreds of technical centres throughout paragraph 13.14). Dispobud products settlement (see paragraph 13.24). Keter the country and two offices: 453 The website of SodaStream Spain presents are offered on Spanish websites such as Plastic products (indoor storage, outdoor many selling points of SodaStream Alibaba.446 furniture and toys) are sold in Spain by: 451 Main office products in Spain.457 Calle Gamonal 5, Nave 25 • Aki Bricolaje: www.aki.es 28031 Madrid 454 El Corte Inglés, “Textil – • El Corte Inglés: www. Tel: + 34 (0)902 311511 Juego de funda nórdica malva”, Website El Corte Inglés (www.elcorteingles.es), Viewed in elcorteingles.es Fax: +34 (0)917 788568 April 2011; Antag, “Royalife”, Website ANTAG E-mail: [email protected] (www.antag.es), Viewed in April 2011. 447 Alibaba, “Fermentek Parthenolide”, or [email protected] 455 ABN, “Oppenheimer (NYSE-mail: OPY) Initiates Coverage on Sodastream International 443 Disavo, “Home”, Website Disavo Website Alibaba (spanish.alibaba.com/product-free/ Website: www.gaonsys.es parthenolide-11404721.html), Viewed in April 2011. (NASDAQ: SODA)”, American Banking News, 14 (www.disavo.com), Viewed in March 2011. December 2010; Who Profits, “SodaStream. A 444 Rebelión, “Productos israelíes 448 Personal communication by Yosef Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli Behrend, managing director, Fermentek, 5 July 2011. 452 Miriam Shoham, “About us”, Website comercializados en el Estado español (Israeli Shoham (www.mshoham.com), Viewed in April 2011. Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of Women products sold in Spain)”, Website Rebelión 449 Hadiklaim, “Company for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011. 453 Gaon Systems, “Empresa”, Website (www.rebelion.org), Viewed in April 2011. Customers”, Website Hadiklaim (www. 456 SodaStream, “About hadiklaim.com), Viewed in March 2011. Gaon Systems (www.gaonsys.es), Viewed in April 445 Author unknown, “Made in 2011; Mul-T-Lock, “Distributors”, Website Mul-T- us”, Website SodaStream Spain (www. Israel”, Boicot Israel.net, 18 June 2010. 450 Author unknown, “Made in Lock (www.mul-t-lock.com), Viewed in April 2011; sodastream.es), Viewed in April 2011. 446 Alibaba, “Dispobud”, Website Israel”, Boicot Israel.net, 18 June 2010. RM, “Información Mercantil interactiva de los 457 SodaStream, “Puntos de Alibaba (spanish.alibaba.com/suppliers/disposable- 451 Keter, “Where to buy”, Website Registros Mercantiles de España. Gaon System venta”, Website SodaStream Spain (www. table-cover-supplier.html), Viewed in April 2011. Keter (www.keter.com), Viewed in April 2011. SA”, Registradores Mercantiles, 6 April 2011. sodastream.es), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 108 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 109 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 10 SPAIN 10.3.16 Tip Top Toys 10.3.18 Twitoplast 10.4

Tip Top Toys Star produces high quality Twitoplast manufactures plastic Other trade links educational toys, sold under the Interstar accessories for the air conditioning market brandname, in the Barkan settlement (see in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph paragraph 13.40). Interstar rings can be 13.42). Twitoplast exports to Spain via 10.4.1 Comexi Group bought (online) at the following websites: its distributor Serna Hermanos, which operates under the names Panaconfort Pol. Ind. de Girona Stoks Didactic458 and Deklima:463 E-17457 Riudellots de la Selva C / Falco, 11 Spain Lliça d’Amunt 08186 Panaconfort Tel: +34 (0)9 72 47 77 44 Barcelona Avenida Denia 62 - 64 Fax: +34 (0)9 72 47 73 84 Spain 03016 Alicante Website: www.comexi.com Tel: +34 93 841 70 77 Spain E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34 966 590 666 The Spanish Comexi Group is a supplier Website: www.stoksdidactic.com M: +34 649 109 405 of machinery and services to the flexible Website: www.panaconfort.com packaging converting industry. In Salvadedos 459 December 2010 the company mentioned C / Santa María 56 Declima in an article that it has supplied machinery 08911 Badalona C / 9 in San Salvador to RonoPolydan Packaging.465 RonoPolydan Spain 03005 Alicante Packaging produces and prints flexible Tel: +34 (0)93 513 5761 Spain packaging for the food and other consumer Fax: +34 (0)93 513 5802 Tel: +34 (0)9 66 08 77 77 industries in the Barkan settlement (see E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] paragraph 13.32). Website: www.salvadedos.com Website: www.sha.com

10.3.17 Tishbi Estate Winery 10.3.19 Yardeni Locks Holdings 10.5 Tishbi Estate Winery has a vineyard in the Yardeni Locks Holdings manufactures Gush Etzion settlement (see paragraph high quality locks and locking cylinder Summary 13.41). Tishbi’s brand names are available mechanism in the Barkan settlement in various European countries, including (see paragraph 13.43). Jet Madrid Keys, A total of 19 Israeli settlement companies Spain.460 headquartered in Madrid, is a supplier of exporting to Spain were identified (see industrial and locksmith products and Table 16). Tishbi’s distributor in Spain is:461 also sells the Yardeni brand:464 TABLE 16. Mrs Shira Label Jet Madrid Keys Exports from Israeli settlements in Tel: +34 (0)9 36 74 04 97 Calle del Salvador 6 occupied territories to Spain 28012 Madrid Tishbi’s wine is also for sale at online Spain Spanish importer Exporter Products Spanish subsidiary shopping mall Alibaba: spanish.alibaba. Tel: +34 (0)9 13 66 36 37 / retailer com.462 Website: www.jetmadridkeys.com Achdut Sesame products Kosher Tov Cotrading SL, Diética Adanim Tea Tea Eco Sol and Bionsan Fruit & Agrexco Agrexco España 458 Stoks Didactic, “Interstar Vegetables Rings”, Website Stoks Didactic (www.stoksdidactic. Al Digital, AKI, Bauhaus, com/juegos/montar-construir/construcciones/ interstar-rings-es), Viewed in April 2011. Carrefour, Darty, El Corte 459 Stoks Didactic, “Interstar Barkan Mounts Electronic goods Ingles, Fnac, Hipercor, Rings”, Website Stoks Didactic (www.salvadedos. Media-Saturn, Miro, Pc com/jugueteria.htm), Viewed in April 2011 City, Staples, Worten. 460 Tishbi, “Wine Store” and Beigel & Beigel Bakery products Kosher Tov “Distributors”, Website Tishbi Estate Winery 463 Coalition of Women for Peace, (www.tishbi.com), Viewed in March 2011. “Twitoplast”, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits. Carmel Carpets Carpets No further details could be found. 461 Tishbi, “Distributors”, Website org), Updated 21 April 2010, Viewed in March Tishbi (www.tishbi.com ), Viewed in April 2011. 2011; Twitoplast, “Distributors”, Website Twitoplast 462 Alibaba, “Tishbi Chardonnay”, (www.twitoplast.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. Website Alibaba (spanish.alibaba.com/product- 464 Jet Madrid Keys, “Brands”, 465 Comexi Group, “Comexi Group: The free/tishbi-estate-chardonnay-12252485. Website Jet Madrid Keys (www.jetmadridkeys. Meeting Point of Sustainable Innovation”, Newsletter html l), Viewed in April 2011. com), Viewed in April 2011. Comexi Group, Vol. 6 No. 15, December 2010. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 110 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 111 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 10 SPAIN Spanish importer Exporter Products Spanish subsidiary / retailer Disavo, Belmine, Dead Sea Ahava beauty possibly also by Laboratories products Sephora Cosmetics, El Corte Inglés. Dispobud Textile Alibaba online shop Bioactive Fermentek Alibaba online shop compounds Possibly by El Corte Hadiklaim Dates Inglés and Carrefour Aki Bricolaje, El Corte Inglés, Leroy Merlin, Keter Plastic Plastic products Carrefour, Bricor, Bricogroup, Bricoking, Hagalo, Toys ’R Us Fruit & Miriam Shoham Vegetables Mul-T-Lock Locks Gaon System SA Royalife Bed textile El Corte Inglés Carbonating Chapter 11 SodaStream devices and SodaStream España SA syrups R E L A T I O N S H I P S Stoks Didactic and TipTopToys Toys WITH SWEDEN Salvadedos Tishbi Estate Wine Alibaba online shop Winery Plastic accessories for Twitoplast Panaconfort and Declima air conditioning industry Yardeni Locks Locks Jet Madrid Keys Holdings research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 112 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 113 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 11 R E L A T I O N S H I P S WITH SWEDEN

11.1 In May 2010 the Swedish Port Workers Union launched a one week boycott of Diplomatic and economic Israeli products. FIGURE 26. Former Israeli prime minister relationships Olmert and Swedish minister Bildt Source: Regeringskansliet, “Carl Bildt”, In August 2009 Sweden and Israel were Website Regeringskansliet (www.sweden. engaged in a diplomatic row when a 11.2 gov.se), Viewed in May 2011 Swedish newspaper accused Israeli soldiers of having harvested organs from Trade and economic Palestinian bodies. The Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt rejected Israeli calls for agreements 11.3 11.4 official condemnation of the article, saying freedom of expression is a cornerstone of Since 1959 Israel and Sweden signed Position on the settlements Trade volumes and quantities democracy.466 nine bilateral agreements. The following are relevant for trade and economic Sweden is of the opinion that the No reliable statistics exist on trade between Sweden has an embassy in Tel Aviv and relations:470 settlements are illegal and impede peace Sweden and settlement companies. As consulates in Haifa and Eilat. In January negotiations in the region.472 The Swedish trade with settlements is included in the 2008 the Swedish minister of foreign • Agreement for the Avoidance of Double minister of International Development trade statistics of the trade between Israel affairs, Carl Bildt, visited Tel Aviv and met Taxation with respect to Taxes on Cooperation, Gunilla Carlsson, stated and Sweden, we discuss these official trade with the then prime minister of Israel, Income and Capital signed in 1959; in September 2008 that“ […] settlement statistics, to get an indication of which Ehud Olmert (see Figure 26).467 Carl Bildt • Agreement on the Co-Production of policy remains an obstacle to [economic] products might be exported by settlement visited Israel and Palestine again between Films between the State of Israel and the developments. Much more needs to be companies to Sweden. 26 February and 3 March 2011. In Israel, Kingdom of Sweden signed in 1971; done to get the Palestinian economy on Bildt met among others Prime Minister • Agreement relating to Air Services its feet,” .473 Recently, Minister Bildt called Swedish imports from Israel are low and Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Lieberman and between the Kingdom of Sweden and for a moratorium of the settlements. “It is relatively stable (see Figure 27). It peaked opposition leader Tzipi Livni. He also met the Government of the State of Israel reasonable that this moratorium is to say in 2008 at US$182 million, but then with representatives of civil society and signed in 1977; forever. These are illegal settlements on decreased to US$ 121 million in 2009.475 As discussed the developments in the Middle • Memorandum of Understanding land”, he stated in an interview in October no distinction is made in these statistics East with analysts from Israeli think tanks. (MoU) on Cooperation in the Field of 2010. He also stressed the importance of between Israeli products and settlement Carl Bildt also had the opportunity to visit Research and Development between the a gesture from the Israeli side to safe the products, the import figures from Israel northern Israel.468 Government of the State of Israel and the peace talks. “Something should be done”, include settlement products. Government of Sweden signed in 2000. he said in this regard.474 Sweden supports the creation of an Swedish exports from are on average 3 independent Palestinian state. Sweden is The MoU of 200 was signed in order times higher and Israel sharply increased one of the largest donors of support to the to promote and increase technological the past five years to US$ 693 million in Palestinians. In 2008 Sweden contributed exchange between high-tech industries in 2008 and then declined to US$ 523 million some SEK 720 million to Palestinian state- Israel and Sweden. This agreement was in 2009. In 2009 Sweden was Israel’s 10th building and humanitarian emergency implemented and supported through the largest European supplier, accounting for relief.469 Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) at the 1.0% of Israel’s total imports. There are no Ministry of Industry and Trade in Jerusalem figures on the percentage of these exports and VINNOVA, the Swedish Agency for which is destined for the settlements.476 Innovative Systems.471 Figure 28 gives an overview of Swedish 466 Ynetnews.com, “Israel: imports from Israel (including imports from Sweden using 'freedom of speech' as fig 470 Israeli Ministry of Foreign settlements in the occupied territories) by leaf”, Ynetnews.com, 22 August 2009. 472 Regeringskansliet, “Speech by Gunilla Affairs, “Israel Bilateral Agreements”, Website major product categories. 467 Regeringskansliet, “Carl Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.mfa.gov. Carlsson at Gaza Accountability Conference 2010”, Bildt”, Website Regeringskansliet (www. il/MFA/Templates/Amanot.aspx?NRMODE=Publi Website Regeringskansliet (available at www.sweden. sweden.gov.se), Viewed in May 2011. shed&NRNODEGUID=%7B5F215993-CC42-421E- gov.se/sb/d/12855/a/140656), Viewed in May 2011. 468 Embassy of Sweden Tel Aviv, B74D-949AACCA4C9C%7D&NRORIGINALURL=/ 473 Regeringskansliet, “Carl “Carl Bildt in Israel”, Press release Embassy mfa/treaties/israel%20bilateral%20 Bildt participating in international meeting 475 Central Bureau of Statistics of Sweden Tel Aviv, 4 March 2011. agreements/&NRCACHEHINT=Guest), on support to Palestinians”, Press release Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel 469 Regeringskansliet, “Carl Viewed in April 2011. Regeringskansliet, 22 September 2008. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. Bildt participating in international meeting 471 Embassy of Sweden, “Agreements 474 Sverige Radio, “Vill ha 476 Central Bureau of Statistics on support to Palestinians”, Press release & Cooperation”, Website Embassy of Sweden Tel Aviv evigt moratorium för bosättningar”, Press Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel Regeringskansliet, 22 September 2008. (www.swedenabroad.com), Viewed in April 2011. release Sverige Radio, 20 October 2010. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 114 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 115 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 11 SWEDEN FIGURE 27. As Figure 28 shows, the most important Coop operates grocery retail shops in Swedish imports from Israel and Sweden Swedish imports from Israel consists of chains like Coop Forum, Coop Extra, Coop exports to Israel (in US$ million) edible vegetables, fruits and nuts and other Konsum and Coop Nära, and accounts for food products (19%). Electrical machinery 21.5 per cent of the entire Swedish grocery and equipment (19%), mechanical retail sector. Kooperative Förbundet (KF), appliances (13%), electrical apparatus the Swedish Cooperative Union, is the for telecommunication (10%) measuring parent company of KF Group where Coop’s and medical instruments (7%), together grocery retail trade constitutes its core comprise 49% of Swedish import from business. KF is a federation of 47 consumer Israel. cooperative societies in Sweden, with over 3 million individual members. The KF Group is also home to a number of companies within different business sectors as well as companies offering internal services. 479 11.5 Coop Exports by settlement Englundavägen 4 171 88 Solna companies to Sweden Sweden Tel: +46 (0)8 743 10 00 This section describes the exports of E-mail: [email protected] products or services by settlement Website: coop.se companies to Sweden. A profile of the Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign settlement companies can be found in Kooperativa Förbundet (KF) Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel Chapter 13. Stadsgården 10 (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. PO Box 15200 S-10465 Stockholm 11.5.1 Adanim Tea Sweden Tel: + 46 (0)8 743 25 00 Adanim Tea produces (organic) herbal E-mail: [email protected] tea, sold under the Adanim and Valdena Website: www.kf.se brand names, in the Ofra settlement (see FIGURE 28. paragraph 13.4). Adanim teas are sold by In Sweden, Coop is repeatedly asked by Swedish imports from Israel in 2009 the Israel Produkt Centrum Skandinavien. civil society organisations and some of (value %) This organisation works together with IPC its consumer cooperative societies to end Nijkerk in the Netherlands (see paragraph trade relationships with Agrexco. Coop 8.5.2), which has a storage centre from however claims that it can ensure that which it transport Israeli products to their products did not originate from Sweden.477 occupied Palestinian land and continues its relationship with Agrexco. 480

11.5.2 Agrexco Agrexco’s products are supplied to Coop supermarkets through the company Agrexco is the main exporter of agricultural Everfresh, which is part of the group Total products from Israeli settlements, mostly Produce: 481 under the Carmel brand (see paragraph 13.5). According to Palestine Gruppe Sverige (Palestine Association Sweden), Carmel Agrexco’s fruit and vegetables are 478 479 Coop, “About Coop”, Website Coop sold in stores of COOP and Lidl. (www.coop.se), Viewed in April 2011; KF, “About KF”, Website Coop (www.coop.se), Viewed in April 2011 480 PGS, “Ockupation MedMera. Coops handel med israeliska företag som beggar folkraättsbrott (Coop's trade with Israeli companies 477 IPCS, “Catalogue - Adanim Tee”, who commit crimes against international law)”, Website Israel Produkt Centrum Skandinavien Palestinagrupperna I Sverige, January 2011. Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign (www.ipcs.se), Viewed in April 2011. 481 Everfresh, “Home”, Website Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel 478 PGS, “Öppet brev till Lidl (Open Everfresh (www.totalproducenordic.se/everfresh), letter to Lidl)”, Press release Palestine Gruppe Sverige, Viewed in April 2011; PGS, “Ockupation MedMera. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. 4 February 2011; PGS, “Ett steg närmare bannlysning Coops handel med israeliska företag som beggar av stulen frukt i Coop-butiker? (One step closer to folkraättsbrott (Coop's trade with Israeli companies banning stolen fruit in Coop stores?)”, Press release who commit crimes against international law)”, Palestine Gruppe Sverige, 22 Februaru 2011. Palestinagrupperna I Sverige, January 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 116 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 117 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 11 SWEDEN Everfresh AB name, in the Mitzpe Shalem settlement (see products originate but it is possible that Fax: +46 (0)8 66 10 74 00 Långebergavägen 190 paragraph 13.13). Ahava products are sold they come from one of the factories located E-mail: [email protected] 256 69 Helsingborg online by the following (online) cosmetics in the occupied West Bank. Website: www.sodastream.se Sweden stores: Tel: +46 (0)4 24 50 23 00 Early 2011, after a report by the Coalition E-mail: [email protected] Vivamondo, which was founded in 11.5.8 Mehadrin of Women for Peace, the Swedish retail Sweden, has a branch in Denmark chains ICA and MediaSaturn that sell and delivers cosmetics worldwide.484 MTex has an office in Sweden: 488 SodaStream products, claimed that the 11.5.3 Barkan Mounts company was moving its production lines Duveskogs Reseservice Nordenstedt Frukt AB from the settlement. SodaStream’s CEO Barkan Mounts produces mounting (Travel Service) 485 Västra Hamngatan 13A Birnbaum confirmed that the company solutions for LCD televisions, plasma Örnvägen 1 411 17 Göteborg is building a new factory but it is unsure televisions and other consumer electronic 821 50 Bollnäs Tel: +46 (0)31134932 whether production will be relocated. He products in a factory in the Barkan Sweden further told that products sold in Sweden settlement (see paragraph 13.9). Products Tel: +46 (0)2 781 60 05 come from the factory in China. 493 of Barkan Mounts are sold in Sweden by: 482 E-mail: [email protected] 11.5.9 Mul-T-Lock

Bauhaus Mul-T-Lock Ltd. produces high-security 11.5.11 Supergum Industries Enköpingsvägen 41 11.5.6 Hadiklaim cylinders, locks and padlocks in the Barkan Järfälla settlement (see paragraph 13.27). Mul-T- Supergum Industries produces plastic Tel: +46 (0)8 58 02 20 00 Hadiklaim exports dates from Israeli Lock Sweden is located at: and rubber products for the automotive Website: www.bauhaus.se settlements in the Jordan Valley (see industry in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph 13.21). The company claims to Mul-T-Lock AB 489 paragraph 13.38). One of Supergum’s Moon Radio export to Sweden. 486 However, we could not Hällebergsvei 1 main customers is the Swedish Army. 494 Box 3 find further information in public sources SE-443 60 Stenkullen SE-735 21 Surahammar and the company did not respond to our Västra Götalands län Sweden questions. Sweden 11.5.12 Tishbi Estate Winery Tel: +46 (0)2 203 71 20 Website: www.moon.se The official distributor in Sweden is Assa Tishbi Estate Winery has a vineyard in the 11.5.7 Keter Plastic Abloy, the parent company of Mul-T-Lock, Gush Etzion settlement (see paragraph Net On Net see paragraph 11.6.1.490 13.41). Tishbi’s distributor in Sweden is:495 Tel: +46 (0)3 348 84 88 Keter Plastic is a large Israeli manufacturer Website: www.netonnet.se of plastic indoor and garden furniture, Brill & Co shelving systems, tool boxes and storage 11.5.10 SodaStream Box 10116, 121 28 products for the do-it-yourself market, Stockholm-Globen 11.5.4 Barkan Wine Cellars which operates two plants in the Barkan SodaStream products are exported to Tel: +46 (0)8 660 69 20 settlement (see paragraph 13.24). Keter Sweden by Empire: 491 Fax: +46 (0)8 600 41 25 One of the vineyards of Barkan Wine Plastic products (outdoor storage) are sold Website: www.brill.se Cellars is located in the Dolev settlement in Sweden by the following retailers: 487 Empire Sweden AB 492 (see paragraph 13.10). Barkan wines are Östermalmsgatan 87A sold in Sweden by:483 • Brafab: www.brafab.se 114 59 Stockholm • Brisak: www.brisak.se Sweden Primeur Vin Ab • Gofab: www.gofab.se Tel: +46 (0)7 65 47 04 00 PO Box 25 • Lantmannen: www.lantmannen.se S-443 21 Lerum 488 Corporate Watch, Tel: +46 (0)3 021 40 70 As Keter Plastic and the other companies “Mehadrin’s business in Beqa’ot settlement Fax: +46 (0)3 021 31 24 within Keter Group together have many – and Tesco’s Complicity”, Corporate E-mail: [email protected] production facilities, it is not entirely Watch Research Blogs, 18 May 2010. 489 BalticNordic, “Mul- clear from which Keter Plastic plants these T-Lock”, Website BalticNordic (/www. balticnordic.com), Viewed in May 2011. 11.5.5 Dead Sea Laboratories 490 Mul-T-Lock, ‘Find Distributor”, Website Mul_T-Lock (www. 484 Viavamondo, “Om Vivamondo” mul-t-lock), Viewed in May 2011. Dead Sea Laboratories produces personal and “Home”, Website Vivamondo (www. vivamondo.dk), Viewed in April 2011. 491 ABN, “Oppenheimer (NYSE-mail: care products, sold under the Ahava brand OPY) Initiates Coverage on Sodastream International 485 Duveskogs Reseservice, (NASDAQ: SODA)”, American Banking News, 14 493 Sadeh, S., “SodaStream setting up “Ahava”, Website Duveskogs Reseservice December 2010; Who Profits, “SodaStream. A plant within Green Line”, Haaretz.com, 3 March 2011. 482 Barkan Mounts, “Where (www.duvres.se), Viewed in April 2011. Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli 494 Israel Export & International to Buy?”, Website Barkan Mounts (www. 486 Hadiklaim, “Company Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of Women Cooperation Institute, “Supergum Industries”, barkanmounts.com), Viewed in April 2011. Customers”, Website Hadiklaim (www. for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011. Website Israel Export & International Cooperation 483 Barkan Wine Cellars, hadiklaim.com), Viewed in March 2011. 492 SodaStream, “Office Institute (www.export.gov.il), Viewed in April 2011. “Partners”, Website Barkan Wine Cellars (www. 487 Keter, “Where to buy”, Website locator”, Website SodaStream (www. 495 Tishbi, “Distributors”, Website barkan-winery.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. Keter (www.keter.com), Viewed in May 2011. sodastream.com), Viewed in May 2011. Tishbi (www.tishbi.com), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 118 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 119 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH 11 SWEDEN 11.6 11.7 TABLE 17. Exports from Israeli settlements in occupied territories to Sweden Investments in Summary Swedish importer Exporter Products Swedish subsidiary settlement companies A total of twelve Israeli settlement / retailer companies exporting to Sweden were Israel Produkt Centrum This section describes investments identified (see Table 17). For three of these Adanim Tea Tea in settlement companies by Swedish companies we have found local marketing Skandinavien Coop Sweden companies or financial institutions via subsidiaries. For three of these companies Fruit & Agrexco supermarkets, loans, share ownership or otherwise. we have found local subsidiaries. Vegetables Everfresh (importer) Consumer Bauhaus, Moon Barkan Mounts 11.6.1 ASSA Abloy electronics Radio, Net On Net Barkan Wine Wines Primeur Vin Ab Assa Abloy AB Cellars P.O. Box 70340 Dead Sea Vivamondo, Duveskogs Beauty products SE-107 23 Stockholm Laboratories Reseservice Sweden No further details Tel: +46 (0)8 506 485 00 Hadiklaim Dates E-mail: [email protected] could be found. Plastic household Brafab, Brisac, Gofab, Keter Group The Swedish company Assa Abloy is products HDF, Lantmannen the parent company of Mul-T-Lock Mehadrin Dates Nordenstedt Frukt AB (see paragraph 13.27). Assa Abloy was Mul-T-Lock Locks Mul-T-Lock AB established in 1994 and is now one of the Carbonating leading lock producers worldwide with SodaStream devices and Empire Sweden AB ICA, MediaSaturn around 37,000 employees and sales of syrups around € 4.1 billion (SEK 37 billion). Supergum Plastic and The company’s Europe, Middle East and Swedish Army (customer) Industries rubber products Africa division (EMEA) sells mechanical, Tishbi Estate electromechanical and electronic locks, Wines Brill & Co (distributor) cylinders, security doors and fittings. Winery Most sales take place in West Europe, but emerging markets in East Europe and the Apart from the Swedish companies Middle East are gaining importance.496 importing products from Israeli settlements, we found one company with In 2000 Assa Abloy acquired 89% of the another trade link to Israeli settlements. Israeli company Mul-T-Lock. At the time of purchase the book value of Assa Abloy’s share in Mul-T-Lock amounted to € 112.4 million (SEK 1,004 million).497 Assa Abloy TABLE 18. is informed about Mul-T-Lock’s activities Other Swedish business links with Israeli settlements in the settlements and stated in October 2008 that it has decided to review the Swedish Type of Link with Israeli settlements situation of Mul-T-Lock’s production site company company there. It declared that the production site Parent company of Mul-T-Lock which will be moved and that an internal project Assa Abloy Mechanical, has a factory in the settlement Barkan group has been set up with the assignment Industrial Zone in the West Bank. to investigate the requirements to start this process.498 Since then however no steps have been taken in this direction.

496 Assa Abloy, “Assa Abloy in brief”, Website Assa Abloy (www.assaabloy.com), Viewed in May 2011. 497 Assa Abloy, “Annual Report 2000”, Assa Abloy, February 2001. 498 Assa Abloy, “Assa Abloy's production unit in Barkan”, Assa Abloy, 20 October 2011; Assa Abloy, “Assa Abloy moves the production unit from Barkan”, Assa Abloy, 21 October 2008. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 120 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 121 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Chapter 12 R E L A T I O N S H I P S W I T H T H E U N I T E D KINGDOM

UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 123 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 12 R E L A T I O N S H I P S W I T H 12.1.2 Diplomatic relationships • The Department for International Development (DFID) THE UNITED KINGDOM The British government has connections with Israel through the following DFID509 is the part of the UK Government organisations: that manages Britain’s aid to developing countries and works to get rid of 12.1 development fund (the Britech Fund) to • Foreign & Commonwealth Office extreme poverty through development. support collaborative projects between (FCO) Its website notes that “many different Policies on economic such companies.501 The Britech fund things can contribute to development was initially launched for a period of The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) which reduces poverty, such as settling relationships five years, but extended for another is responsible for promoting British interest conflicts, increasing trade, tackling climate four years. At the end of 2008 the abroad. As Britain diplomatic service that change, securing more and better aid, and fund was suspended. Funding for represent the UK government overseas it improving health and education.510 12.1.1 Trade and economic cooperation in industrial research and has a worldwide network of embassies and agreements development appears increasingly consulates, with 14,400 employees working It has a programme aimed at the OPTs. This to be channelled through European in over 170 countries. Its political team is programme is based on the importance the In November 2008, the UK Business wide programmes such as Eureka and made up of the Secretary of State, William UK Government places on the achievement Secretary Lord Mandelson called for Eurostars.502 Since the fall of 2010, the Hague, and several Ministers, among which of an Israeli-Palestinian peace. It believes deeper business ties between the UK and British government has launched a the Minister of Middle East, Alistair Burt.505 that sustainable poverty reduction and its “firm friend” Israel. The UK aims to UK/Israel Life Sciences Council, a UK/ economic growth can only be achieved in raise trade between the two countries to Israel Regenerative Medicine fund, a • The British Consulate General the OPTs if a peaceful solution is secured. £ 3 billion per year by 2012. According major push to promote links between DFID spends an average of £86 million per to the Business Secretary, opportunities the two high tech economies and a The British Consulate General in East year in the OPTs until 2015. 511 exist in financial services, bio-technology, new Film Treaty to expand the cultural Jerusalem506 is part of the Foreign & ICT, medical equipment and software, and cooperation.503 Commonwealth Office. On its website it • British Council in Israel also in creative industries, including film- states the following: “Our goal is a secure making. The Business Secretary did not • UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and universally recognised Israel living The British Council is a charitable announce concrete funds or agreements.499 and his Israeli counterpart Avigdor alongside a sovereign and viable Palestinian organisation promoting education and But in November 2010, a film co- Lieberman signed on a film co- state, based on the borders of 1967, with culture which acts independently of the production agreement was signed. Besides production agreement in November Jerusalem the future capital of both states, United Kingdom Government. While it the European Association Agreement, 2010. The film treaty provides the legal and a fair settlement for refugees. (…) does not carry out its functions on behalf there are now three bilateral agreements framework for British-Israeli film co- Settlements, as well as the evictions and of the Government, the Secretary of State regarding economic cooperation between productions through financial benefits demolitions of Palestinian homes in East for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is the United Kingdom and Israel: and cooperation between the Israel Film Jerusalem are illegal and deeply unhelpful answerable to Parliament for the policies, Fund and a partner film organisation in to efforts to bring a lasting peace to the operations and performance of the British • The Avoidance of Double Taxation the UK. At the same day the UK Foreign Middle East conflict.”507 Council as the FCO is its sponsoring Treaty between the United Kingdom Secretary also signed a comparable department.512 and Israel was signed in September treaty with the Palestine Authority, the • UK Trade & Investment 1962. Double taxation treaties are first bilateral agreement between the For more than fifty years the British conventions between two countries two nations.504 UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is a Council has worked in partnership with that aim to eliminate the double directorate of the Foreign & Commonwealth Israeli organisations and individuals in taxation of income or gains arising in Office. UKTI helps UK companies succeed the development of Israel in education, one territory and paid to residents of in international markets and assists English language skills, arts, governance, another territory.500 501 FCO, “Explanatory Memorandum overseas companies to bring high quality human rights, science, environment and on an Industrial Research and Development investment to the UK. The UKTI website technology. Many of the projects and Agreement between the UK and Israel (01/06/99)”, • The Industrial Research and Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London, June includes sections about export to Israel programmes the Council works on are Development Agreement which was 1999; FCO, “Agreement between the Government and to the Palestinian Territories.508 funded by the British Government through signed in 1999. The purpose of the of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Northern Ireland and the Government of the State agreement is to promote cooperation of Israel on Bilateral Cooperation in Private Sector British Council has centres in Tel Aviv, West in industrial research and development Industrial Research and Development”, Foreign & 505 FCO, “About us”, Website between private sector companies Commonwealth Office, London, 24 May 1999 Foreign & Commonwealth Office (www. 509 Its address is DFID Palestinian fco.gov.uk), Viewed in March 2011. Programme, Middle East and North Africa in the United Kingdom and Israel by 502 Personal communication, Pera, February 2009. See also www.innovateuk.org/ 506 Its address is 19 Nashashibi Department, 1 Palace Street, London SW1E establishing a joint United Kingdom- deliveringinnovation/internationalprogramme.ashx Street, Sheikh Jarrah Quarter, P O Box 19690, 5HE, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0)20-7023- 0860 E-mail: [email protected] Israel industrial research and 503 Hague, W., “Sixty years Jerusalem+97200 , Website: ukinjerusalem.fco. of British-Israeli diplomatic relations”, gov.uk. The address of the British Embassy in 510 DFID, “About DFID”, Website 499 DBERR, “Lord Mandelson calls Speech of Foreign Secretary William Hague Israel is 192 Hayarkon Street, Tel Aviv 63405, DFID (www.dfid.gov.uk), Viewed in March 2011. for more business with Israel”, Press release to Chatham House, 30 March 2011. Israel. Website: ukinisrael.fco.gov.uk 511 DFID, “Where we work – Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory 504 British Embassy in Israel, “UK 507 FCO, “Middle East Peace Occupied Palestinian Territories”, Website DFID Reform, London, 18 November 2008. and Israel sign film co-production agreement”, Process”, Website British Embassy in Israel (www.dfid.gov.uk), Viewed in March 2011. 500 UNCTAD, “United Kingdom FDI British Embassy in Israel, 9 November 2010; British (ukinisrael.fco.gov.uk), Viewed in March 2011. 512 British Council, “About us”, Country Profile”, United Nations Conference on Embassy in Israel, “UK-Palestine Film Agreement”, 508 UKTI, “Countries”, Website UK Trade Website British Council (www.britishcouncil. Trade and Development, Geneva, June 2005. British Embassy in Israel, 9 November 2010. & Investment (www.ukti.gov.uk), Viewed in March 2011. org), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 124 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 125 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 12 UNITED KINGDOM Jerusalem and Nazareth in Israel.513 It also In August 2008, FCO minister Kim Howells in in November 2010, Foreign Secretary and then dropped to US$ 1.4 billion in has a centre in East Jerusalem and contact vowed to ensure that settlers will not be William Hague said construction of further 2009 (see Figure 29). The UK is Israel’s points in Ramalla, Gaza, Nablus, the An- invited to future events hosted by the British settlements should stop.522 4th largest export market in the European Najah National University, and Hebron, the embassy in Israel following a complaint Union, accounting for 3.0% of its exports in Palestine Polytechnic University.514 by a Member of Parliament that Israeli In January 2011, the Minister for the 2009.526 As no distinction is made in these settlers took part in a party to celebrate Middle East, Alistair Burt, announced statistics between Israeli products and the Queen’s birthday at the residence of another £17 million funding to the OPT’s settlement products, the import figures the British ambassador to Israel in June.518 for education and access to clear drinking from Israel include settlement products. 12.1.3 British position In a parliamentary debate on the UK’s policy water during his visit to Northern Israel on settlements toward Israeli settlement in July 2009, and the Palestinian Authority.523 British exports to Israel are slightly higher Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis made and peaked at US$ 2.7 billion in 2007, but In the past few years, the British government clear that the UK opposes to settlements Prime Minister David Cameron stated in dropped to US$ 1.9 billion in 2009. In 2009 has consistently taken the position that the and press the Israeli government on the February 2011 that “Israel need to meet the United Kingdom was Israel’s 4th largest Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian importance of fulfilling its commitments: its Road Map obligation to halt illegal supplier, accounting for 4.0% of Israel’s territories are illegal and an obstacle to Israel should freeze all settlement activity, settlement activities as the resolution total imports.527 There are no figures on peace. In March 2008, a spokesman for including the natural growth of existing Britain supported at the UN Security the percentage of these exports which is the Foreign and Commonwealth Office settlements, and dismantle all outposts Council (…) underlines.” 524 Foreign destined for the settlements. reacted on plans to build in the settlement erected since March 2001. 519 Secretary William Hague also has said of Givat Ze’ev: “We see this as unhelpful - repeatedly that settlements are illegal, run Figure 30 gives an overview of British particularly when Israelis and Palestinians In May 2010, the UK supported Israel’s contrary to peace and are a threat to the imports from Israel (including imports should be focusing on full implementation application to the OECD, but emphasized two-state solution, for example during his from the occupied territories) by major of their obligations under phase one of that this does not mean the government latest meeting with Ehud Barak and his product categories. The chart indicates that the road map, which include freezing accepts the illegal settlements. To this end speech to Chatham House in March 2011.525 the most important British imports from all settlement activity, including natural the OECD Secretariat has agreed to the Israel consists of electric machinery and growth.”515 addition of a footnote in reports concerning equipment (21%), plastics (14%), diamonds Israeli data. The FCO has worked hard to (13%), agricultural and food products In July 2008, Prime Minister Gordon Brown achieve sufficient language: “This report/ (13%), pharmaceutical products (10%) and visited Israel and met with President Shimon review/document is not intended to cover 12.2 chemicals (9%). Peres. Brown told that the UK supports the territories known as the Golan Heights, Israel’s right to exist in peace and security, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Trade volumes and quantities Hidden in these statistics on trading but called on Israel’s government to halt Jerusalem. However, for technical reasons, relationships between the UK and Israel construction in the West Bank and to ease it uses Israel’s official statistics, which No reliable statistics exist on trade between are the trading relationships between travel restrictions imposed on Palestinians. include data relating to the Golan Heights, the United Kingdom and settlement British companies and companies active 516 Gordon Brown also met with Palestinian East Jerusalem, and Israeli settlements companies. As trade with settlements is in Israeli settlements. How many British President Mahmoud Abbas in the West in the West Bank. It is without prejudice included in the trade statistics of the trade companies have trading relationships with Bank town of Bethlehem. He offered Abbas to positions regarding those territories, between Israel and the United Kingdom we companies active in the Israeli settlements, additional financial support and police which most members of the international discuss these official trade statistics, to get and precisely how important these trading training to the Palestinian government community regard as occupied territory an indication of which products might be relationships are in financial terms, is and pledged US$500 million over 3 years under the terms of international law.” 520 exported by settlement companies to the difficult to assess. However, as the following to 2011 for economic development in United Kingdom. paragraphs demonstrate, various trading Palestine.517 The Foreign & Commonwealth Office in links do exist between British companies September 2010 stated that “the UK is very Israel is the UK’s largest individual trading and Israeli companies active in the main disappointed that Israel has not renewed partner in the Middle East & North Africa. product categories mentioned above. 513 Its address in Israel is Beit HaCrystal, the settlement freeze that has expired in British imports from Israel increased the 12 Hahilazon Street, P.O. Box3302, Ramat Gan 521 52136, Israel. Tel: +972 (0)3 6113600 Fax: +972 (0)3 September 2010”. During a visit to Israel past decade to US$ 1.9 billion in 2007 One important category are plastic 6113640/50 E-mail: [email protected]; British products, especially plastic packaging Council, Israel Home”, Website British Council (www. 522 FCO, “Israeli settlements: ‘extremely products (boxes, crates, etc.) and britishcouncil.org/israel), Viewed in March 2011. disappointing and unhelpful’ ”, Press release kitchenware and toilet articles, which 514 British Council, ”Palestinian 518 UK minister: Keep Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 9 March 2011. account for 6% of British imports from Territories Home”, Website British Council (www. settlers out of official events, Jerusalem 523 FCO, “Middle East and North britishcouncil.org/ps), Viewed in March 2011 Post, Jerusalem, 5 August 2008. Africa – Middle East Peace Process – The Israel. The largest Israeli exporter in these 515 Jerusalem Post, “Peace Now 519 FCO, “Middle East Peace Process Palestinians”, Website Foreign & Commonwealth two product categories is the Keter Group, says there are plans to connect Jerusalem remains a top priority”, Press release Foreign Office (www.fco.gov.uk), Viewed in March 2011. which manufactures some of its products with the settlement of Adam”, Jerusalem & Commonwealth Office, 21 July 2009. 524 Cameron, D., “Prime Minister in the settlements. Post, Jerusalem, 11 March 2008. 520 FCO, “Middle East and North Urges Reform in the Middle East,”, Speech 516 FCO, “Middle East and North Africa Africa – Middle East Peace Process – Israel of Prime Minister David Cameron to Kuwaiti – Middle East Peace Process – The Palestinians”, and the international community”, Website National Assembly, 22 February 2011. Website Foreign & Commonwealth Office (www.fco. Foreign & Commonwealth Office (www. 525 Hague, W., “Sixty years of gov.uk), Viewed in March 2011; FCO, “Foreign Office fco.gov.uk), Viewed in March 2011. British-Israeli diplomatic relations”, Speech of 526 Central Bureau of Statistics Minister visits Israel and the Palestinian Authority”, 521 FCO, “Middle East and North Foreign Secretary William Hague to Chatham Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 16 January 2011. Africa – Middle East Peace Process – Israel House, 30 March 2011; London Evening Standard, (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. 517 Brown: U.K. a true friend and the international community”, Website “William Hague: Israeli settlement building ‘runs 527 Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel, will work toward terror-free Foreign & Commonwealth Office (www. contrary to peace’, London Evening Standard Israel, “Foreign Trade”, Website CBS Israel future, Haaretz, Tel Aviv, 20 July 2008. fco.gov.uk), Viewed in March 2011; (www.standard.co.uk), 18 March 2011. (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 126 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 127 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 12 UNITED KINGDOM FIGURE 29. Many economic relationships also exist in leading chain stores, and the retailers UK imports from Israel and UK exports to the category agricultural and food products Sainsbury’s and Waitrose said in their Israel (in US$ million) (accounting for 13% of British imports from comments that the retailers would follow Israel), among which potatoes, capsicum, the guidelines on produce coming from citrus fruits and other fruits are the largest the West Bank. 531 product groups. Several companies export agricultural products grown in Israeli In October 2010, the House of Commons settlements to the United Kingdom. These debated about UK’s trade with Israel, fruit and vegetable products are often sold whether imports from Israel are regularly with a “West Bank” label of origin, which is checked on their origin and about confusing to customers who have assumed mislabelling. Some of the questions they are buying goods from Palestinian- raised were whether the HM Revenues owned farms. The major UK supermarket and Customs authority has examined chains Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and customs import declarations mentioned in Somerfield in 2008 all admitted sourcing a 2009 research paper written by Profundo produce from Israeli-owned farms on for the University of London’s School Palestinian territory, but they claimed that of Oriental and African Studies; what labelling the goods “origin West Bank” the consequences will be for importers provides enough information for the making false declarations on the origin of customer to make an informed choice.528 goods from Israel; which supermarkets are contacted to explore discrepancies between However, many campaigners feel that the supermarkets’ tracking system and this is insufficient to enable consumers customs import declarations; and what Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign to tell whether they are buying products other plans HM Revenue and Customs Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel from the settlements or from Palestinian have to ensure compliance with the rules (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. enterprises and that settlement goods on claims for preference. 532 should be clearly labelled as such. 529 In response to questions raised by Andy In December 2009, pressure by campaigners Slaughter MP in May 2011, Agriculture convinced the UK government to advise Minister Jim Paice clarified that the origin retailers to label food from Palestinian labelling only applies to fresh produce. farmers as ‘Palestinian produce’ and food “Origin labelling of products other than FIGURE 30. from Israeli settlers in occupied territories food and drink is the responsibility of the UK imports from Israel in 2009 as ‘Israeli settlement produce’.530 Issued by Department for Business, Innovation and (value %) the Department for the Environment, Food Skills.” 533 and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the voluntary guidelines’ purpose is to give more precise information on the origin of produce from Israel and the OPT’s. Israeli officials and settler leaders are highly critical, saying that it is to increase the prospects of a consumer boycott of products from those territories. Palestinians on the other hand urged the UK government to make legal requirements of the guidelines.The British Retail Consortium, which represents 531 Al Jazeera, “UK calls for clearer Israeli labels. Agency advises shops how to 528 Responses from spokesmen of tell customers if produce is from illegal Israeli the supermarkets after being approached by the settlements”, Al Jazeera, 11 December 2009; Black, Observer, see also: 'Illicit' settler food sold in UK I., and R. McCarthy, “UK issues new guidance stores, The Observer, London, 6 July 2008. on labelling of food from illegal West Bank 529 Quaker Peace and Social Witness, settlements”, The Guardian, 10 December 2009; “Settlement products – the issues and advocacy Elliot, V., “Israel expresses anger at new Palestine messages in relation to the European Union”, Quaker food labels”, The Times, 12 December 2009. Peace and Social Witness, April 2009; DEFRA, 532 Hansard, “House of Commons “Technical advice: labelling of produce grown debates. 18 Oct 2010: Column 548W, EU External in the Occupied Palestinian Territories”, DEFRA Trade: Israel”, Website Hansard Daily (www. Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Israel, “Foreign (Available at archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/food/ publications.parliament.uk), 18 October 2010. pdf/labelling-palestine.pdf), 10 December 2009. Trade”, Website Central Bureau of Statistics Israel 533 Hansard, “House of Commons 530 DEFRA, “Technical advice: Written Answers. 24 May 2011: Column 548W, (www1.cbs.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. labelling of produce grown in the Occupied Origin Marking: Israel”, Website Hansard Daily Palestinian Territories”, DEFRA (Available (www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/ at archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/food/pdf/ cmhansrd/cm110524/text/110524w0002. labelling-palestine.pdf), 10 December 2009. htm#11052480009895), 24 May 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 128 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 129 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 12 UNITED KINGDOM 12.3 12.3.2 Adanim Tea In June 2008 activists occupied and shut- down Carmel Agrexco’s headquarters and On its website, Arava Export Growers Exports by settlement Adanim Tea produces (organic) herbal freight warehouse for over six hours.542 In presents a certificate which states that the tea, sold under the Adanim and Valdena February 2009 Agrexco’s and February company conforms to the Tesco Nurture companies to the UK brand names, in the Ofra settlement (see 2010 both Carmel Agrexco and Cargoflora’s (organic) standard and holds a list of paragraph 13.4). Adanim bio Camille tea is depots in Hayes Middlesex have been approved growers of peppers and herbs. This section describes the exports of sold in the United Kingdom by Yarden in blocked. 543 This indicates that Arava is supplying products or services by settlement London.538 produce to Tesco. One of the locations companies to the United Kingdom. A mentioned on the certificate is profile of the settlement companies can be 12.3.4 Arava Export Growers Mehola, a settlement in the West Bank.547 found in Chapter 13. 12.3.3 Agrexco Arava Export Growers sources agricultural Agrexco is the main exporter of agricultural produce, such as tomatoes and herbs, from 12.3.5 Barkan Mounts 12.3.1 Achdut products from Israeli settlements, mostly the occupied Jordan Valley (see paragraph under the Carmel brand (see paragraph 13.7). Arava Export Growers has a sales Barkan Mounts produces mounting Achdut is a company manufacturing 13.5). Agrexco has a branch office in the office in the United Kingdom, called Arava solutions for LCD televisions, plasma sesame products in the Barkan settlement, UK, responsible for importing Agrexco’s UK, which is closely working together with televisions and other consumer electronic which are sold under the Achva brand (see fruit, vegetable and flowers: Arava Export Growers and Arava Holland. products in a factory in the Barkan paragraph 13.2). Achva products are sold 544 settlement (see paragraph 13.9). Products in the UK by: Agrexco Agricultural Export Co. Ltd 539 The company’s Dutch subsidiary, Arava of Barkan Mounts are sold in the United Carmel House Holland (see paragraph 8.5.5) has been Kingdom by: 548 Kelmans’ Kosher Foods 534 4F Swallowfield Way decreasing its sales of vegetables to the 198 Preston Road Hayes united Kingdom in the past few years. AV Lounge Wembley, Middlesex Middlesex UB3 1DQ The largest part of Arava Holland’s sales 201-203 Streatfield Road Harrow HA9 8PA Tel: +44 (0)20-8848-7788 is imported from its parent company in London, UK United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected] Israel, but the imports from other countries Tel: +44 (0)2 082 04 85 65 Tel: +44 (0)20 87 95 03 00 are increasing.545 Website: www.avlounge.co.uk E-mail: [email protected] From this depot, Agrexco supplies fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers to all major In 2008, the company Mill Associates, Blueunplugged Ocado 535 supermarkets. Products are sold both under had taken over the marketing activities of Website: www.blueunplugged.com Titan Court the Carmel brand and under the private Arava UK, but it is now unclear whether 3 Bishop Square labels of the supermarkets. In 2008, the it still exists. At that time, Mill Associates CSN Stores Hatfield Business Park United Kingdom represented about 35% of responded on the reported trade of Tel: +44 (0)8 009 17 51 24 Hatfield AL10 9NE Agrexco’s business.540 agriculutural produce from the occupied Website: www.csnstores.co.uk United Kingdom Jordan Valley to the United Kingdom, that Tel: +44 (0)1 707 22 78 00 Cargoflora is a British freight company ‘Arava does not supply melons, mangos, Digiland - Birmingham Website: www.ocadogroup. which has, reportedly, been handling cucumbers, aubergine, watermelons or cut UNIT 5, Demuth Way com / www.ocado.com Agrexco’s cut flowers, distributing them flowers into the UK’. This statement neither Oldbury to UK’s supermarkets. Campaigners of confirms nor denies that Arava exports Birmingham Ocado is UK’s largest online supermarket CorporateWatch reported in February tomatoes, herbs and other products grown Tel: +44 (0)1 215 44 34 63 that sells more than 21,000 different 2010 that members of staff from both in the occupied Jordan Valley to the UK.546 products, of which a vast majority are Cargoflora and Agrexco confirmed the two Digiland - Telford sourced through Waitrose. 536 companies have worked together for some The address of Arava UK is: Stafford Park 12 years. The company’s partner, J and E Page Unit 5, The Mill Business Centre Telford UK Achva halva products of Achdut are also Distributors Ltd, based in the same office Gringley on the Hill Tel: +44 (0)8 449 80 21 25 sold in the United Kingdom by Yarden in as Cargoflora, advertises that it imports Doncaster, DN10 4RA London.537 flowers from Israel. 541 United Kingdom Fonejuice Tel: +44(0)1777 818 333 Website: www.fonejuice.com There have been a number of protests at E-mail: [email protected] Agrexco’s depot in Middlesex. In July and Frame your TV 534 Kelmans’ Kosher Foods, “About August 2007, activists entered the depot. 542 Various articles on Agrexco, 127 Lichfield Grove us” and “Search”, Website Kelmans’ Kosher Website Indymedia UK (www.indymedia. Products (https://www.secureonlineshopping. org.uk), Viewed in March 2011. Finchley biz/liovic/main.asp), Viewed in March 2011. 538 Yarden, “Adanim”, Website 543 Author unknown, “Carmel Agrexco London N3 2JL 535 Ocado, “Webshop. Achva Yarden (www.yardenoutlet.co.uk/index.php?_ and Cargoflora blockaded over Imports of Israeli Tel: +44 (0)8 00 82 85 86 Sugarless Sesame Halva 275g”, Website Ocado a=viewProd&productId=3166), Viewed in April 2011. Flowers”, Indymedia, Viewed in March 2011. (www.ocado.com), Viewed in April 2011. 539 Yellow pages, “Agrexco”, Website 544 Arava, “Home”, Website Arava Export 536 Ocado, “About us”, Website Ocado Yellow pages (www.yell.com), Viewed in March 2011. Growers (www.arv.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. 547 NSF-CMi Certification, (www.ocadogroup.com), Viewed in April 2011. 540 The Grocer, “Weak sterling deters 545 Arava Holland, “Annual report 2009 “Tesco Nurture. Certificate of Conformity”, 537 Yarden, “Achva”, Israelis”, The Grocer, Crawley, 12 May 2008. for public purposes”, Arava Holland, September 2010. NSF-CMi Certification, 30 May 2010. Website Yarden (www.yardenoutlet. 541 Author unknown, “A 546 Arava UK treads the Mill, Freshinfo, 548 Barkan Mounts, “Where co.uk/index.php?searchStr=achva&_ Valentine's message from Cargoflora”, London, 3 October 2008; E-mail by David Crossland, to Buy?”, Website Barkan Mounts (www. a=viewCat), Viewed in April 2011. CorporateWatch, 25 February 2010. Mill Associates, to SOAS, 3 December 2008. barkanmounts.com), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 130 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 131 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 12 UNITED KINGDOM Website: www.frameyourtv.co.uk/ 12.3.6 Barkan Wine Cellars 12.3.8 Carmel Carpets Ahava Shop and Beauty 557 39 Monmouth Street Global Cellular One of the vineyards of Barkan Wine Carmel Carpets manufactures carpets Covent Garden Cellars is located in the Dolev settlement in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph London Laptop Outlet (see paragraph 13.10). Barkan wines are 13.12). The Israel Export and International WC1H 9DD 51 Tottenham Court Road sold in the United Kingdom by:549 Cooperation Institute (IEICE) reports that United Kingdom London W1T 7QP Carmel Carpets has a high success rate Tel: 020-7240-8815 Tel: +44 (0)2 076 37 57 77 Kedem Europe Ltd. in repeat export orders from various E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.laptopoutlet.co.uk Morris Herzog countries including the United Kingdom. 10 Timberwharf Road 554 We could not find any more detailed Jill Kelly Skincare Clinic LTO - Cardiff London N166DB information and the company did not 11 Dean Road United Kingdom United Kingdom respond to our questions about exports to Scarborough Unit J, St. Catherine’s Trade Park Tel: +44 (0)2 088 02 88 89 the United Kingdom. YO12 7SN Pengam Road Fax: +44 (0)2 088 09 28 80 Tel: +44(0)1723 35 44 21 Cardiff E-mail: [email protected] Website: www. Tel: +44 (0)2 920 49 19 46 12.3.9 Dead Sea Laboratories beautysalonscarborough.co.uk Abudarham Kosher Food LTO - Middlesex David Abudarham Dead Sea Laboratories produces personal Arnold Hawker House, Central Way 32 Cornwall’s Lane care products, sold under the Ahava brand 12.3.10 Dispobud North Feltham Trading Estate Gibraltar name, in the Mitzpe Shalem settlement (see Feltham, Middlesex Tel: +35 (0)2 007 85 06 paragraph 13.13). Dead Sea Laboratories Dispobud is a company which manufactures Tel: +44 (0)2 087 51 51 05 Fax: +35 (0)2 007 32 49 has a branch in the UK, from which and distributes a wide variety of nonwoven customers can order Ahava products online products in the Barkan settlement (see LTO - Surrey The following British (wine) webshops sell and ask for the nearest beauty salons and paragraph 13.14). Dispobud exports to United Kingdom Barkan wines: retailers:555 the UK under private brand names since Sutton High Street Sutton Dispobud is a member of the international Surrey • Everywine.co.uk: www. Ahava (U.K.) Ltd. Private Label Manufacturers Association Tel: +44 (0)2 086 61 95 94 everywine.co.uk 550 Bentham Manor, Bentham (PLMA) and is listed on the Private Label • Selfridges & Co: www. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire UK directory, which lists suppliers and Micro Anvika selfridges.com 551 GL51 4TZ manufacturers of private label products Unit 2055 Westfield London • Yarden: www.yardenoutlet.co.uk 552 United Kingdom and services. Only disposable table covers Shopping Centre Tel: 014-5286-4574 are mentioned.558 We did not found a Ariel Way E-mail: [email protected] more recent source confirming this London W12 7GE 12.3.7 Beigel & Beigel Website: www.ahava.co.uk information. Tel: +44 (0)2 074 67 60 75 Website: www.microanvika.com Beigel & Beigel Food produces pretzels, The following beauty salons offer Ahava savoury biscuits and crackers in the treatments: 12.3.11 DiSTeK N Genius Barkan settlement (see paragraph 13.11). 239-240 Tottenham Court Road According to a report by a UK NGO, Beigel & Taylormade Made Treatments Ltd556 DiSTeK develops and manufactures zinc London W1T 7QP Beigel products in the UK are sold by large 23 West Street coating technologies for protection of Tel: +44 (0)2 076 31 20 20 retailers Tesco and Waitrose. According to Buckingham metal parts in the Barkan settlement (see Website: www.n-genius.com a website of a UK online ordering service Bucks paragraph 13.15). DiSTeK’s agent for the which delivers goods sold by the major MK18 1HE UK is located in the USA. 559 Pama & Co. Ltd supermarkets, Beigel & Beigel products Tel: +44(0)1280 816101 Pama House are indeed sold by Tesco, but not by Website: www. The following British company is among Stockport Road East Waitrose.553 taylormadetreatments.co.uk DiSTeK’s list of worldwide applicators: 560 Bredbury 549 Barkan Wine Cellars, “Partners”, Tel: +44 (0)8 707 26 26 26 Website Barkan Wine Cellars, Viewed in April 2011. Bodycote Metallurgical Coatings Ltd Website: www.pama.co.uk 550 Everywine, “Barkan Shakespeare Street Chardonnay”, Website Everywine (www.everywine. Wolverhampton Photostereo co.uk/wine.store/Products/Barkan-CLASSIC- WV1 3LR Chardonnay-Dan-Isreal-Kosher-Mevushal-95691/ co.uk/tesco-price-comparison/Snacks/Beigel_Beigel_ 109 Queensway Bayswater London Show.html), Viewed in May 2011. Extra_Thin_Stick_Pretzels_150g.html), Viewed in United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)2 077 27 56 54 551 Selfridges & Co, “Barkan”, Website March 2011; War on Want, “Profiting from the Selfridges & Co (www.selfridges.com/en/Food-Wine/ Occupation”, War on Want, London, July 2006. 557 Covent-Garden, “Ahava Store”, Brand-rooms/Gourmet-brands/BARKAN/?brandname= 554 IEICI, “Israeli Exporters Catalog”, Website Covent-Garden (www.covent-garden.co.uk/ BARKAN&departmentId=19943), Viewed in July 2011. Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute TopSpots/Ahava.html), Viewed in March 2011. 552 Yarden, “Barkan Classic Merlot”, (www.export.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. 558 Private Label UK Magazine – Website Yarden (www.yardenoutlet.co.uk/index.php?_ 555 Ahava UK, “Contact Us”, Website Issue 04, The Planet Group, Birkby, June 2008. a=viewProd&productId=2567), Viewed in May 2011. Ahava UK (www.ahava.co.uk), Viewed in March 2011. 559 Distek, “List of agencies”, Website 553 My Supermarket, “Beigel Beigel 556 Taylormade Treatments, DiSTek (www.distekgroup.com), Viewed in March 2011. Nish Nosh Mediterranean Herb Snacks (300g)”, “Treatments”, Website Taylormade Treatments (www. 560 Distek, “Clients”, Website DiSTek Website MySUpermarket (www.mysupermarket. taylormadetreatments.co.uk), Viewed in May 2011. (www.distekgroup.com), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 132 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 133 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 12 UNITED KINGDOM Tel: 019-0245-2915 and Waitrose under their private brand 12.3.16 Keter Plastic MTex, a subsidiary of the Mehadrin Group, Fax: 019-0235-2917 names (i.e. the names of the supermarket is the second-largest importer Israeli E-mail: [email protected] chains).565 Keter Plastic is a large Israeli manufacturer exporter of fruit and vegetables to the UK Website: mc.bodycote.com of plastic indoor and garden furniture, (after Agrexco). MTex markets its products In December 2009, Waitrose and shelving systems, tool boxes and storage in the UK via Tesco and Asda. Other Sainsbury’s said to start following the products for the do-it-yourself market, subsidiaries in the United Kingdom are 12.3.12 Familia Sweet UK Government’s advise for more precise which operates two plants in the Barkan Mehadrin Thnuport Marketing UK (100%), labelling on produce from the West Bank. settlement (see paragraph 13.24). Keter MTex U.K Food Service (100%) and Topgro Familia Sweet manufactures sweets, sold Food from Palestinian farmers will be Plastic has a subsidiary in the UK which U.K. (50%).573 under the Oneg brandname, in the Mishor labelled as ‘Palestinian produce’ and food imports and distributes products from its Adumim settlement (see paragraph 13.18). from Israeli settlers in occupied territories parent in Israel: In 2008, MTex started a campaign to Oneg sweets produced by Familia Sweet as ‘Israeli settlement produce’. 566 promote the Jaffa brand in the UK, are sold in the United Kingdom by Yarden Keter (UK) Ltd 570 supported by Tesco. The supermarket has in London.561 In 2008, Marks & Spencer stated the Unit 12 Woodgate Business Park an exclusive 12-month supply contract following about it: Clapgate Lane with MTex.574 For the year 2009-2010, Birmingham Tesco issued ‘Certificates of Conformity’ 12.3.13 Fermentek ”In the past, we have sold dates West Midlands B32 3DB to MTex.575 from this region, however, we made Tel: +44(0)12 1422 6633 Fermentek manufactures bioactive a policy decision sometime ago to E-mail: [email protected] compounds in a factory in the Atarot cease all purchases from this area. 12.3.18 Mul-T-Lock settlement (see paragraph 13.19). However, our UK suppliers do buy raw Keter Plastic products are sold in the UK Fermentek is mentioned as a supplier on material (dates) from the organisation by Ace, Argos, B&Q, Costco, Debenhams, Mul-T-Lock Ltd. produces high-security several British online supplier databases Hadiklaim on our behalf. The contract Focus, Homebase, Makro, Tesco, and Toys- cylinders, locks and padlocks in the Barkan and trading platforms, which suggests explicitly prohibits purchase from R-Us.571 As Keter Plastic and the other settlement (see paragraph 13.27). Mul-T- that the company is offering its products Palestinian Territories and Hadiklaim companies within Keter Group together Lock has an office in the UK, which supplies in the UK.562 And according to a profile of source the dates from elsewhere within have many production facilities, it is not Mul-T-Lock, Nemef, Corbin, Medeco and Fermentek on the platform Biopharma, the Israel to satisfy our requirements. entirely clear from which Keter Plastic Ingersoll Security branded products to company is active in United Kingdom.563 Traceability systems are in place to plants these products originate but it is Ireland and the UK: 576 confirm the source of the dates.”567 possible that they come from one of the However, we could not find further factories located in the occupied West Mul-T-Lock (UK) Ltd. information on selling points in the Bank. Portobello Works, School Street United Kingdom in public sources. In 12.3.15 Isratoys Willenhall, West Midlands, WV13 3PW response to an e-mail Fermentek told us United Kingdom it has “no formal distributors working Isratoys manufactures board games in the 12.3.17 Mehadrin Group Tel: +44 (0)1902 364 200 under Fermentek name. We are working Barkan settlement (see paragraph 13.23). Website: www.mul-t-lock.co.uk with several international biochemical Board games produced by Isratoys are Mehadrin Group is a large agricultural E-mail: [email protected] companies who buy our products and sell offered by the following webshops: company, exporting dates and grapes from them under their name.” 564 the occupied Jordan Valley (see paragraph Mul-T-Lock products are sold in the UK by • Rimmon Judaica via Amazon 13.26). MTex has an office in the UK: 572 a large number of locksmiths to be found UK: www.amazon.co.uk568 in the directory on the website of Mul-T- 12.3.14 Hadiklaim • Toy Essentials: www. MTex UK Lock UK.577 toyessentials.co.uk569 3 Penta Court Hadiklaim exports dates from Israeli Station Road settlements in the Jordan Valley (see 565 Lendman, S., "Israeli Borehamwood 573 Coalition of Women for Peace, Occupation Supportive Companies to Boycott", “Mehadrin Group”, Website Who Profits? (www. paragraph 13.21). Press reports claim The Palestine Chronicle, 3 February 2010. Hertfordshire WD61SL whoprofits.org), Updated 12 December 2010, Viewed that Hadiklaim products are sold by 566 Al Jazeera, “UK calls for clearer United Kingdom in March 2011; The Grocer, “Dates not just on the Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Asda Israeli labels. Agency advises shops how to Tel: +44(0)20 3114 3030 Christmans calendar”, The Grocer, 4 December 2010. tell customers if produce is from illegal Israeli E-mail: [email protected] 574 FreshPlaza, “MTex announces settlements”, Al Jazeera, 11 December 2009; Black, support for the Jaffa brand in the UK”, FreshPlaza, I., and R. McCarthy, “UK issues new guidance Tholen, 3 March 2008; Talking Retail, “Tesco set to on labelling of food from illegal West Bank co.uk/search.asp), Viewed in May 2011. promote Jaffa brand”, Talking Retail, Swanley, 22 561 Yarden, “Oneg”, Website Yarden settlements”, The Guardian, 10 December 2009; 570 BHETA, “Keter (UK) Ltd”, Website January 2008; Ford, R., “Jaffa gets down with the kids (www.yardenoutlet.co.uk/index.php?searchStr=oneg&_ Elliot, V., “Israel expresses anger at new Palestine British Home Enhancement Trade Association in a brand revamp”, The Grocer, 4 October 2008. a=viewCat), Viewed in April 2011. food labels”, The Times, 12 December 2009. (www.bheta.co.uk), Viewed in March 2011; 575 Corporate Watch, 562 EngNet, “Fermentek”, 567 E-mail by David Gregory, Keter, “Contact us – Keter UK”, Website Keter “Mehadrin’s business in Beqa’ot settlement Website Engineering Network (www.engnet. Technical Director Food Division of Marks (www.keter.com), Viewed in March 2011. – and Tesco’s Complicity”, Corporate co.uk), Viewed in March 2011; TradeHolding, & Spencer, to SOAS, 19 December 2008. 571 Keter, “Where to buy”, Website Watch Research Blogs, 18 May 2010. “Fermentek”, Website TradeHolding (www. 568 Amazon UK, “Rimmon - Keter (www.keter.com), Viewed in March 2011.. 576 Mul-t-lock, “Group Companies”, tradeholding.net), Viewed in March 2011. Isratoys”, Website Amazon UK (www.amazon. 572 Corporate Watch, “Mehadrin’s Website Mul-T-Lock (www.mul-t-lock.com), Viewed in 563 BioPharmaLink, co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=toys- business in Beqa’ot settlement – and Tesco’s March 2011; Mul-T-Lock UK, “Home”, Website Mul-T- “Companies”, Website BioPharmaLink (www. uk&field-keywords=Rimmon%20-%20 Complicity”, Corporate Watch Research Lock UK (www.mul-t-lock.co.uk), Viewed in March 2011. biopharmalink.com), Viewed in March 2011. Isratoys), Viewed in May 2011. Blogs, 18 May 2010; MTex, “Global location”, 577 Mul-T-Lock, “Locksmiths 564 Personal communication by Yosef 569 Toy Essentials, “Search Isratoys”, Website Mehadrin Tnuport Export Company directory”, Website Mul-T-Lock UK (www. Behrend, managing director, Fermentek, 5 July 2011. Website Toy Essentials (www.toyessentials. (www.mtex.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. mul-t-lock.co.uk), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 134 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 135 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 12 UNITED KINGDOM 12.3.19 Ofertex Industries 12.3.21 Shamir Salads Business Address 12.3.25 Tip Top Toys SodaStream Worldwide Ofertex Industries manufactures cloths Shamir Salads produces ready-made salads Trading Company Tip Top Toys Star produces high quality in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph 3, Francis Court educational toys, sold under the Interstar 13.29). Ofertex Industries has a branch for 13.34). Shamir Salads products are sold Fen Ditton brandname, in the Barkan settlement Ireland and the UK: 578 by: Cambridge (see paragraph 13.40). Tip Top Toys is CB5 8TE registered in the UK:590 Ofertex Industries (IRL) ltd Just Kosher582 Peter Hanley 5-7 Croxdale Road Warehouse Address 21st Century Toys Limited Unit 17 Tallaght Enterprise Centre Borehamwood, Hertfordshire Gefco UK Ltd t/a TipTopToys.co.uk IDA Industrial Estate WD6 4QD SodaStream UK Registration number 0717669 Whitestown Road, Dublin 24 United Kingdom Unit 13a Prologis Park Registered office: Republic of Ireland Tel: +44(0)2 8207 5556 Coventry 136 Tinshill Road Tel: +35 (0)3 12 98 13 52 E-mail: [email protected] CV6 4BX Leeds LS16 7PZ M: +35 (0)8 61 58 65 56 Website: www.justkosher.co.uk E-mail: [email protected] Registered Address Ready Steady Store Salads and dips of Shamir Salads are also Soda Club Worldwide Kirkstall Road Ofertex was also present at the Springfield sold by Yarden in London.583 Trading Company Leeds Show in Birmingham in 2008.579 Unit 3 LS4 2QD The Manorgrove Centre E-mail: [email protected] 12.3.22 Shemesh Spices Vicarage Farm Road Website: www.tiptoptoys.co.uk 12.3.20 Oppenheimer Manufacture Peterborough & Marketing Shemesh Spices produces spices and PE1 5UH Interstar toys, brand of Tip Top Toys, are sauces in the settlement Karnei Shomron Tel: 084-5601-0093 sold in the UK by: Oppenheimer Manufacturing and (see paragraph 13.35). Products of Shemesh Fax: 017-3329-6941 Marketing produces chocolate products Spices are sold in the United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected] Amazon 591 in the Atarot settlement (see paragraph by Kosher Cuisine in London584 and the Website: www.sodastream.co.uk Website: www.amazon.co.uk 13.30). Oppenheimer confectionery is sold webshop Ocado from Hatfield.585 in the UK by: On its website SodaStream mentions John Eduzone Ltd Lewis, Comet, Argos, Lakeland, Asda, Cedar House, Sopers Road Just Kosher580 12.3.23 SodaStream Sainsbury’s, Harvey Nichols, Steamer Cuffley, Herts 5-7 Croxdale Road Trading, Robert Dyas and many other in EN6 4RY Borehamwood, Hertfordshire SodaStream produces home beverage its online store locator.587 Tel: +44 (0)8456 445 556 WD6 4QD carbonation systems in the Ma’aleh E-mail: customerservice@ United Kingdom Adumim settlement (see paragraph 13.37). eduzone.co.uk Tel: 020-8207-5556 SodaStream products are exported to 39 12.3.24 Teperberg 1870 Winery Website: www.eduzone.co.uk E-mail: [email protected] countries worldwide, including the United Website: www.justkosher.co.uk Kingdom. SodaStream has the following Teperberg 1870 Winery owns vineyards In direct correspondence, Eduzone indicated offices in the UK: 586 in the Gush Etzion and Mevo Horon that it was completely unaware that any Oppenheimer choco chips are also sold by settlements (see paragraph 13.39). The of the factories producing products from Yarden in London.581 United Kingdom is one of the countries in Tip Top Toys are located in settlements 582 Just Kosher, “Search results Europe where Teperberg has a distributor. in the West Bank. Eduzone stated that it Oppenheimer”, Website Just Kosher (www. This distributor is:588 would seriously consider withdrawing justkosher.co.uk/index.aspx?page=search&que these products from sale in order to exert ry=Oppenheimer), Viewed in March 2011. Drumsticks pressure on the manufacturer to relocate 583 Yarden, “Shamir”, Website Yarden (www.yardenoutlet. London their factory out of the occupied West 578 Coalition of Women for Peace, co.uk/index.php?searchStr=shamir&_ United Kingdom Bank, and would welcome further dialogue “Ofertex Industries”, Website Who Profits? (www. a=viewCat), Viewed in April 2011. Tel: +44 (0)2 088 85 26 00 in this regard.592 However, Interstar toys whoprofits.org), Updated 1 October 2009, Viewed 584 Kosher Chuisine, can still be found on the website.593 in March 2011; Ofertex, “Contact information”, “Shemesh Spices Uma”, Website Kosher Website Ofertex Industries (www.ofertex.com), Cuisine (www.kcuisine.co.uk/index.php?_ Teperberg Riesling wine is sold in the Viewed in March 2011; Personal communication a=viewProd&productId=319), Viewed in April 2011. United Kingdom by Yarden in London. 589 by Meital Tene, Ofertex Industries, 4 July 2011.. 585 Ocado, “Shemesh Spices”, Website 579 Ofertex Industries, 590 Tip Top Toys UK, “Contact Ocado (www.ocado.com/webshop/getSearchProducts.do us”, Website Tip Top Toys UK (www. “Exibitions”, Website Ofertex Industries (www. ?clearTabs=yes&entry=shemesh), Viewed in April 2011. ofertex.com), Viewed in April 2011. 587 SodaStream UK, “Home”, tiptoptoys.co.uk), Viewed in March 2011. 586 ABN, “Oppenheimer (NYSE-mail: Website SodaStream UK (www.sodastream. 591 Amazon, “Interstar 580 Just Kosher, “Search results OPY) Initiates Coverage on Sodastream International Shamir”, Website Just Kosher (www.justkosher. co.uk), Viewed in March 2011. Master Builder”, Website Amazon (www. (NASDAQ: SODA)”, American Banking News, 14 amazon.co.uk), Viewed in March 2011. co.uk/index.aspx?page=search&query=Shamir), December 2010; Who Profits, “SodaStream. A 588 Personal communication Viewed in March 2011. Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli with Teperberg, 27 April 2011. 592 Personal communication by Nigel 581 Yarden, “Oppenheimer”, Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of Women 589 Yarden, “Tperberg”, Thorogood, Eduzone Ltd, to SOAS, December 2008. Website Yarden (www.yardenoutlet.co.uk/ for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011; Website Yarden (www.yardenoutlet. 593 Eduzone, “Interstar Animal index.php?searchStr=oppenheimer&_ SodaStream, “Office Locator”, Website SodaStream co.uk/index.php?searchStr=teperberg&_ and People Pack”, Website Eduzone (www. a=viewCat), Viewed in April 2011. (www.sodastream.com), Viewed in April 2011. a=viewCat), Viewed in April 2011. website.co.uk), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 136 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 137 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 12 UNITED KINGDOM Just Childsplay 594 12.3.28 Yardeni Locks Holdings and the Israel Growth Fund. Its subsidiary Program with the goal of developing first- Unit 17, Abbey Court Apax Partners Israel Ltd is located in Tel quality, cost-effective environmentally- Wallingford Road Yardeni Locks Holdings manufactures Aviv.600 friendly coatings. Greenkote develops, Leicester, LE4 5RD high quality locks and locking cylinder produces and distributes advanced metal, United Kingdom mechanism in the Barkan settlement (see One of the companies Apax Partners invests alloy and plastics coatings. Greenkote has Tel: +44 (0)8 448 26 00 10 paragraph 13.43). On the website of the in is the Israeli Tnuva Food Industries, a R&D centre in the Barkan Industrial Zone E-mail: customerservice@ Israel Export and International Cooperation which owns 25% of Agrexco (see paragraph settlement. In this centre the Greenkote justchildsplay.co.uk Institute, Yardeni Locks claims it exports 13.5). It was acquired in January 2008 at a processes were developed and continue to Website: www.justchildsplay.co.uk to the United Kingdom.597 value of US$1.025 billion by Apax Partners be refined. 603 and the Mivtach Shamir group, which The following shops in the United Kingdom together hold 76.7% of Tnuva’s shares. Greenkote is now registered as a UK 12.3.26 Tishbi Estate Winery sell Yardeni keys: A further 23.3% is owned by a Holding company and headquartered in Cleveland, Corporation whose members include Ohio. Through subsidiaries Greenkote Tishbi Estate Winery has a vineyard in the • NW Keys Ltd: www.nwkeys.co.uk 598 Kibbutzim, Moshavim and the GmbH, Greenkote (Israel0 Ltd, Greenkote Gush Etzion settlement (see paragraph • Davenport-Burgess: www. Economic Organizations.601 USA, Greenkote NA Holdings and its 13.41). Tishbi wine is distributed in the UK davenport-burgess.com 599 subsidiaries, it has factories in the United by:595 Apax Partners also invests in Israeli Kingdom, France, Germany, China, telecommunication provider Bezeq, a India, Israel, Mexico and United States. Smithfield Wine company providing telecommunication Customers include Audi, Bosch, Daimler Tel: +44(0)16 1273 6070 services to all of the Israeli settlements, AG, Ford Motor, GE, General Motors, Hop, E-mail: [email protected] 12.4 army bases and checkpoints in the West Iscar, Motorola, Volkswagen, Whirlpool, Website: www.smithfieldwine.com Bank. Since December 2009, Apax Partners the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and TCB in Investments in has a majority stake in Israeli asset manager the UK. 604 David Barry Psagot, which Trust Funds hold shares London settlement companies (8%) in Amir Marketing and Investment in There are two addresses known of the Tel: +44 (0)797 960 4346 Agriculture. This company has a branch in company’s subsidiary in Israel. According E-mail: [email protected] This section describes investments in Thomer, occupied Jordan Valley.602 to its own website Greenkote Israel is Website: www.tishbigreen.co.uk settlement companies by UK companies located in Yavne, but according to its or financial institutions via loans, share annual report and various other sources, ownership or otherwise. 12.4.2 Greenkote Greenkote is located in the Barkan 12.3.27 Twitoplast Industrial Zone. This is the research and Greenkote Plc development site for new technologies. It Twitoplast manufactures plastic 12.4.1 Apax Partners Thames Houd also has limited production capabilities. 605 accessories for the air conditioning market Portsmouth Road in the Barkan settlement (see paragraph 33 Jermyn Street Esher Greenkote (Israel) Ltd 13.42). In the UK, Medal Aircon has secured London SW1Y 6DN Surrey KT10 9AD Ha’odem 6 UK marketing rights for the Twitoplast United Kingdom United Kingdom P.O. Box 87 range of grilles, diffusers and ancillary air Tel: +44 (0)2 078 72 63 00 E-mail: [email protected] 44820 Barkan Industrial Zone movement products.596 Website: www.apax.com Website: www.greenkote.com Israel Tel: +972 (0)3 90 60 920 Medal Aircon Distribution Ltd Apax Partners is an independent global Greenkote, formerly Summet Hi-Tech Fax: +972 (0)3 93 68 210 Suite 5 private equity advisory firm that invests Coatings Ltd, was established in 1999 LMH Business Park via its Apax Funds in companies with a in Israel as part of the OCS Incubators Harlescott Lane, Shrewsbury, value of between €1 billion and € 5 billion. Shropshire Apax Partners employs about 300 people 600 Apax Partners, “Our Company”, 603 Coalition of Women for Peace, SY1 3AH and has offices staffed by local nationals Website Apax Partners (www.apax.com), Viewed “Greenkote (Summet Hitech Coatings”, Website in March 2011; Apax Partners, “Annual Report Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated 11 United Kingdom in 12 countries worldwide. It has two funds 2009”, Apax Partners, October 2010. June 2008, Viewed in March 2011; Gush Shalom, Tel: +44(0)17 4346 6333 for investments in Israel: the Apax Israel II 601 Apax Partners, “Secotr Focus “List of Products from Settlement in the Occupied E-mail: [email protected] – Retail&Consumer Investments - Investment Territories”, Gush Shalom, 8 March 2009; Greenkote, “About Us”, Website Greenkote (www.greenkote. Website: www.medalaircon.co.uk Company”, Website Apax Partners (www.apax.com), Viewed in March 2011; Apax Partners, “Consortium com), Viewed in March 2011.; Greenkote, Annual comprising funds advised by Apax Partners & Report 2009”, Greenkote Plc, 14 June 2010. 594 JustChildsPLay, “Interstar Mivtach Shamir acquires Tnuva forUS$1.025 billion”, 604 Greenkote, “About Us” Master Builder”, Website JustChildsPlay (www. Press release Apax Partners, 7 January 2008. and “Contact Us” , Website Greenkote (www. justchildsplay.co.uk), Viewed in March 2011. 597 IEICI, “Israeli Exporters greenkote.com), Viewed in March 2011. Catalog. Yardeni Locks Ltd.”, Israel Export 602 Apax Partners, “Annual Report 595 Tishbi, “Distributors”, Website Tishbi 2009”, Apax Partners, October 2010; Coalition of 605 Coalition of Women for Peace, Estate Winery (www.tishbi.com), Viewed in March 2011. and International Cooperation Institute (www. export.gov.il), Viewed in June 2011. Women for Peace, “Amir Marketing and Investment in “Greenkote (Summet Hitech Coatings”, Website 596 Coalition of Women for Agriculture”, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits. Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated 11 Peace, “Twitoplast”, Website Who Profits? (www. 598 NW Keys, “Silca YD2 Yardeni cylinder org) Updated 21 December 2008, Viewed in March June 2008, Viewed in March 2011; Greenkote, whoprofits.org)(www.whoprofits.org), Updated key”, Website NW Keys (www.nwkeys.co.uk/Portal. 2011; Coalition of Women for Peace, “Bezeq”, Annual Report 2009”, Greenkote Plc, 14 June 2010; 21 April 2010, Viewed in March 2011; Twitoplast aspx?page=43&prod=6477), Viewed in July 2011. Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated IEICI, “Israeli Exporters Catalog - Greenkote Plc”, is Medal winner, ACR-news, South Croyden, 16 599 Davenport Burgers, “YD2R Silca 17 May 2009, Viewed in March 2011; Psagot, Website Israeli Export & International Cooperation July 2007; Twitoplast, “Links”, Website Twitoplast Yardeni”, Website Davenport Burgers (www.davenport- “English Site”, Website Psagot (www.psagot.co.il/heb/ Institute (www.export.gov.il), Viewed in May 2011. (www.twitoplast.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. burgess.com/searchresults.aspx), Viewed in July 2011. EnglishContent/Homepage), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 138 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 139 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 12 UNITED KINGDOM 12.4.3 G4S Hanson’s subsidiary in Israel, Hanson been active in Israel since 1938. In 1995, factory from the settlement. Talks with Israel, owns and operates three aggregate Unilever expanded its business by buying Wissotzky Tea in 2009 ended because the G4S plc.606 quarries, two asphalt plants and 26 ready- a 50% stake in the ice cream business of bid was too low. 619Beigel & Beigel The Manor mixed concrete plants.610 According to the Strauss, one of Israel’s two leading dairies. Manor Royal Coalition of Women for Peace, four of these This stake was later raised to 51%. Unilever Besides Beigel & Beigel Food, Unilever also Crawley plants are located in Israeli settlements in furthermore acquired the household has trade relations with Golden Ryd Dyl, West Sussex the occupied West Bank: concrete plants in and personal care division and the food an Israeli paper and cleaning products RH10 9UN Modiin Illit and in Atarot, and an asphalt division of the Israeli company Vitco and importer and distributor, which is a United Kingdom plant and an aggregates quarry located Bestfoods. 615 supplier to Lipton, a brand of Unilever.620 Tel: 44 (0)12 93 55 44 00 south of Elqana (see paragraph 13.22).611 Website: www.g4s.com Unilever Israel, a full subsidiary of Unilever, In July 2009, HeidelbergCement announced is one of the largest manufacturer of food G4S is the result of a merger between the the sale of its activities in Israel to Mashav and cleaning products in Israel. Its annual British Securicor company and the Danish Initiating and Development Ltd, a company sales amount to € 400 million and its 12.5 Group4Falck in 2004. The company, G4S owned by the IDB Group which is one of headquarters is located in Airport City, plc. is, registered in England and traded the largest public holding companies of an industry park adjacent to Ben Gurion Other trade links on the London Stock Exchange and Nordic Israel.612 airport. The company has 2,000 employees Nasdaqy-OMX. 607 The Israeli antitrust authorities, however, in various subsidiaries spread throughout This section describes UK companies indicated that they would oppose to the Israel.616 involved in exporting products or services Its subsidiary, G4S Israel (also known as originally intended sale and the agreement to settlement companies. Hashmira Company Limited, bought by was terminated. HeidelbergCement stills Unilever Israel 617 Group4Falck in 2002), provides security plans to sell Hanson Israel, as it is a non- Airport City systems to prisons in Israel and the OPT, strategic business unit.613 But at this P.O. Box 208 12.5.1 Record Power to Israeli military checkpoints and police moment the company is still part of the Ben Gurion Airport 70100 headquarters in the West Bank, and to HeidelbergCement Group.614 Israel Unit B businesses in the settlements. In March Tel: +972 (0)3 972 93 02 Adelphi Way 2011, after a campaign of Dan Watch, the F: +972 (0)3 972 93 33 Ireland Industrial Estate company stated that it would stop part of 12.4.5 Unilever E-mail: [email protected] Staveley, Chesterfield their occupation-related activities. 608 Website: www.unilever.co.il S43 3LS Unilever UK Foods United Kingdom Head Office Through its subsidiaries Unilever Israel Tel: +44 (0)8 707 70 17 77 12.4.4 Hanson Brooke House Foods and Unilever Israel Home and Fax: +44 (0)8 707 70 18 88 Manor Royal Personal Care, Unilever is owner of Beigel Website: www.recordpower.co.uk Hanson House Crawley, West Sussex & Beigel Ltd, which is located in the Barkan 14 Castle Hill RH10 9RQ industrial zone in the occupied West Bank. Record Power Ltd designs and manufactures Maidenhead United Kingdom 618 fine woodworking machinery and tools. Berkshire SL6 4JJ Tel: +44 (0)1 293 64 80 00 621 According to D.N.M.’s website, Record United Kingdom Website: www.unilever.co.uk After several campaigns against the factory Power’s products are imported from the Tel: +44 (0)1 628 77 41 00 and Unilever, the company first announced United Kingdom by the Israeli company Website: www.heidelbergcement. The Anglo-Dutch company Unilever, is it would sell Beigel & Beigel, but decided D.N.M. Technical Equipment and Tools, com/uk/en/hanson one of the largest food, personal care and in December 2010 that it will move the which has a branch located in the Barkan detergents producers in the world. It has Industrial Zone, in the West Bank.622 Hanson is the UK’s leading supplier of heavy 615 Dun & Bradstreet Israel, Dun's building materials to the construction com), Viewed in April 2011; HeidelbergCement, 100: Israel's Largest Enterprises”, Website Dun industry. Hanson’s UK business is split “Our history”, Website HeidelbergCement (www. & Bradstreet Israel (www.duns100.dundb.co.il), 619 Unilever to sell stake in plant based heidelbergcement.com), Viewed in April 2011. Viewed in May 2011; Personal communication by in West Bank settlement, The Guardian, London, 1 into three business lines - quarry products, Kees van der Waaij, Chairman Unilever Nederland December 2008; UCP, “Dossier Unilever”, Website building products and cement - which 610 HeidelbergCement, Holdings B.V., Rotterdam, 4 October 2006; Unilever United Civilians for Peace (www.unitedcivilians.nl), together operate over 350 manufacturing “Israel”, Website HeidelbergCement (www. London, Annual report 2007, April 2008. Viewed in May 2011; Author unknown, “Wissotzky heidelbergcement.com), Viewed in April 2011. Tea may reportedly acquire Beigel”, Businessweek, 12 sites and employ more than 6,000 people. 616 Dun & Bradstreet Israel, Dun's 611 Coalition of Women for Peace, 100: Israel's Largest Enterprises”, Website February; Yevet, O., “Exclusive - It seems that Unilever In August 2007 the company was acquired “Hanson Israel”, Website Who Profits?, Viewed Dun & Bradstreet Israel (www.duns100.dundb. gives up selling Beigel&Beigel”, Calcalist, October 2009; by HeidelbergCement from Germany.609 in April 2011; Personal communication by co.il), Viewed in May 2011; Unilever Israel, Chen, Shoshana, “Wissotzky CEO: ‘Mega is making a Dalit Baum, Project Coordinator, "Who Profits “About Unilever Israel”, Website Unilever Israel full of consumers’ ”, Ynet economy, 3 December 2009. from the Occupation?", The Coalition of Women (www.unilever.co.il), Viewed in May 2011. 620 Coalition of Women for Peace, 606 G4S, “Annual Report and for Peace, Tel Aviv, November 2008. “Golden Ryd Dyl”, Website Who Profits? (www. Accounts 2009”, G4S, March 2011. 617 Unilever, “Perscontacten”, Website 612 HeidelbergCement, “Press Unilever (www.unilever.nl), Viewed in May 2011. whoprofits.org), Update 5 March 2008, Viewed 607 G4S, “Factsheet”, release: HeidelbergCement sells its activities in March 2011; GRD, “About us”, Website Golden G4S, 28 March 2011. in Israel”, HeidelbergCement, 30 July 2009. 618 Coalition of Women for Peace, Ryd Dyl (www.grd.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. “Beigel and Beigel”, Website Who Profits? (www. 608 Who Profits, “The Case 613 HeidelbergCement, “Press release: whoprofits.org), Updated 6 March 2011, Viewed 621 Record Power, “About us”, of G4S. Private Security Companies and HeidelbergCement restarts sale of activities in in March 2011; Coalition of Women for Peace, Website Record Power (www.recordpower. the Israeli Occupation”, Coalition of Israel”, HeidelbergCement, 30 December 2009. “Unilever”, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits. co.uk), Viewed in March 2011. Women for Peace, March 2011. 614 HeidelbergCement, org), Updated 8 November 2008, Viewed in March 622 D.N.M., “Home”, Website 609 HeidelbergCement, “About us”, “Israel”, Website HeidelbergCement (www. 2011; Unilever Israel, “Brands”, Website Unilever D.N.M. Technical Equipment & Tools (www. Website HeidelbergCement (www.heidelbergcement. heidelbergcement.com), Viewed in April 2011. Israel (www.unilever.co.il), Viewed in May 2011. dnm.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 140 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 141 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 12 UNITED KINGDOM British importer 12.6 Exporter Products British subsidiary / retailer Summary John Lewis, Comet, Argos, Lakeland, Asda, Carbonating Soda Club Worldwide A total of 23 Israeli settlement companies SodaStream Sainsbury’s, Harvey devices Trading Company exporting to the United Kingdom Nichols, Steamer were identified (see Table 19). For 9 of Trading, Robert Dyas these companies 12 British marketing Teperberg Wines Drumsticks, Yarden subsidiaries were found. 1870 Winery 21st Century Amazon, Eduzone Tip Top Toys Toys Toys Limited Ltd, Just Childsplay TABLE 19. Tishbi Estate Smithfield Wine, Exports from Israeli settlements in Wine occupied territories to the UK Winery David Barry Plastic Medal Aircon Twitoplast accessories Distribution Ltd British importer Exporter Products British subsidiary Yardeni Locks NW Keys Ltd, / retailer Locks Holdings Davenport-Burgess Kelmans’ Kosher Achdut Sesame products Foods, Just Kosher, Adafina, Yarden Probably to most Fruit & Agrexco Agricultural Apart from the British companies importing Agrexco supermarkets. Handling vegetables Export products from Israeli settlements, we found of flowers by Cargoflora a further 7 British companies with a trade Arava Export Fruit & or investment link to Israeli settlements. Arava UK Tesco Growers vegetables Beigel & Beigel Bakery products Tesco, Waitrose Carmel Carpets Carpets TABLE 20. Other British business links with Israeli settlements Dead Sea Ahava beauty Ahava (U.K.) Ltd, Ahava Taylormade Beauty, Jill Laboratories care products Shop and Beauty Kelly Skincare Clinic Exports under private British Type of Dispobud Textile Link with Israeli settlements brand names company company Invests in Israeli Tnuva Food Industries, Bezeq Zinc coating Bodycote Metallurgical Investment DiSTeK Apax Partners and Psagot companies that are involved in technologies Coatings company Bioactive production or services to the settlements Fermentek Greenkote has a factory located in the Barkan compounds Greenkote Coatings Asda, Marks & Spencer, Industrial Zone, a settlement in the West Bank. Security services Provides services to settlements Hadiklaim Dates Sainsbury’s, Tesco G4S and Waitrose and equipment through its subsidiary G4S Israel. Hanson’s subsidiary in Israel, Hanson Israel, owns Ace, Argos, B&Q, Costco, Supplier of and operates aggregate quarries, asphalt plants and Debenhams, Focus, Hanson heavy building Keter Plastic Plastic products Keter (UK) Ltd concrete plants in Israel of which four are located Homebase, Makro, materials Tesco and Toys-R-Us. in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Woodworking MTex UK, Mehadrin Exports to D.N.M. Technical Equipment machinery Mehadrin- Fruit & Tnuport Marketing UK, Record Power Ltd and Tools, which has a branch located Asda and Tesco and tools Tnuport vegetables MTex UK Food Service in the Barkan Industrial Zone and Topgro UK manufacturer Large number of Food, personal Owns Beigel & Beigel through its subsidiaries, Mul-T-Lock Locks Mul-T-Lock (UK) Ltd care and which is located in the Barkan industrial zone locksmiths Unilever Ofertex Ofertex Industries detergents Cloths Is supplied by Golden Ryd Dyl Industries (IRL) Ltd producer Chocolate Oppenheimer Just Kosher products Salads and ready- Shamir Salads Just Kosher made salads Spices and Shemesh Spices Kosher Cuisine, Ocado sauces research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 142 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 143 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Chapter 13 P R O F I L E S : S E T T L E M E N T COMPANIES

UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 145 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 13 P R O F I L E S : Mountains and the Jordan valley, where growing conditions are optimal.”631 More SETTLEMENT COMPANIES specifically, the company’s production facility is located in Ofra, an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank: 632

13.1 13.2 11 Ha’sela Street Ofra 90627 Abadi Bakery Achdut Tel: +972 (0)2 9975691

158 HaTozeret Street P.O. Box 79 The company sells (organic) herbal tea Jerusalem 97800 Barkan Industrial Zone 44829 under the Adanim and Valdena brand Israel Israel FIGURE 31. names.633 Tel: +972 (0)2 5855228 Tel: +972 (0)3 9068020 Factory of Achdut in the Barkan Fax: +972 (0)2 5836026 E-mail: [email protected] Settlement. The products of Adanim Tea are exported E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.halva.co.il by the Mavua Group, a major Israeli Website: www.abadibakery.com exporter of food and cosmetics products:634 Achdut is a company manufacturing 13.3 Abadi Bakery is a manufacturer of sesame products (tahini, halva), sugarless 6 Hasollelim Street traditional Mediterranean cookies, cakes products, organic products, syrups, AdaFresh Tel Aviv 67897 and other baked goods. According to the sweets, cakes, cookies & mini cakes. It uses Israel company it holds nearly 80% of the market the brand Achva. It is a major provider of Farm 37 Tel: +972 3 5626612 for savoury cookies in Israel and 12% of tahini for the Israeli Army. The company is Kfar Truman 73150 Fax: +972 3 5626615 the entire cookie market. Products are located in the industrial zone of the Barkan Tel: +972 (0)3 973 50 01 available in Israeli supermarkets and at 9 settlement, which is in the West Bank. 626 E-mail: [email protected] factory outlet-stores. In Israel its products Website: www.adafresh.co.il are distributed by Wizotsky Tea, outside Because the current factory is too small, 13.5 the country is has distributors in the United Achva has purchased new land and is AdaFresh is an exporter of (organic) States (King David Import, Galil Importing building a new modern factory. It is however agricultural products from settlements in Agrexco and Nuts & More), France (Shneiders), China unclear where this new factory is located the occupied Jordan Valley, including Eitan (Ruifuhang Food Trade) and Australia and the company did not respond to our and Inon Herbs and herbs from Aroma 121 Ha’hashmonaim Street (Botany International Foods). 623 questions about this issue. The company Na’ama.629 The company has subsidiaries in P.O. Box 20601 has distributors and retailers in amongst the Netherlands and the United States, with Tel Aviv 61206 The company offices and factory are located others: United Kingdom and France.627 their own logistics centres for distribution Israel in the Atarot Industrial Zone, which is a of AdaFresh’ products. 630 Tel: +972 (0)3 5630900 settlement in the West Bank. It employs The products of Achdut are exported by Fax: +972 (0)3 563-0988 both Israeli and Palestinian workers, but the Mavua Group, a major Israeli exporter E-mail: [email protected] would prefer to hire more Israelis.624 of food and cosmetics products:628 Website: www.agrexco.com 13.4 In response to a large boycott called upon 6 Hasollelim Street Agrexco is Israel’s largest exporter of fresh by Palestinians and Arab Israelis in May Tel Aviv 67897 Adanim Tea agricultural produce. Agrexco exports 2010, staff from Abadi Bakery told The Israel over 600 products, with some 2,000-4,000 Jerusalem Post that the company ‘doesn’t Tel: +972 3 5626612 P.O. Box 38 farmers supplying products under contract care’ because the boycott will not affect its Fax: +972 3 5626615 Beit Lehem Haglilit 36007 to about 350 buyers worldwide.635 In 2007, business.625 Israel the company marketed 435,000 tons of Tel: +972 4-9534603 fresh agricultural produce, of which 47% Fax: +972 4-9534683 were vegetables, 19% flowers, 14% fruits, E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.adanim-tea. 631 Adanim Tea, “Home”, co.il / www.adanim-tea.com Website Adanim Tea (www.adanim-tea. 623 Abadi, “About us” and co.il), Viewed in March 2011. “Distrubutors”, Website Abadi Bakery”, Viewed in 632 List of Products from Settlements March 2011, CWP, Coalition of Women for Peace, Adanim Tea Co. produces organically grown “Abadi Bakery ("Mizrahiot" Cookies) “, Website Who in the Occupied Territories, Website Gush Shalom Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Viewed in March 2011. herbal teas. The office of the company is (gush-shalom.org.), Updated in March 2009; Coalition located in Israel itself, but “the company’s of Women for Peace, “Adanim Tea”, Website Who 624 Friedman, R., “NU battles back Profits? www.whoprofits.org), Viewed in March 2011. against settlements goods ban”, The Jerusalem Post, 626 Coalition of Women for Peace, organic herbs are grown in the Galilee 7 May 2010; Gush Shalom, “List of Products from “Ahdut Factory for Tehina Halva and Sweets”, 633 Adanim Tea, “Products”, Settlement in the Occupied Territories”, Gush Shalom, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated Website Adanim Tea (www.adanim-tea. 8 March 2009; RVN, “Jordan: Next step regarding 3 February 2008, Viewed in March 2011. 629 Coalition of Women for Peace, co.il), Viewed in March 2011. Jerusalem”, Right Vision News, 11 December 2009 627 Achva, “About us”, Website “AdaFresh”, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits. 634 Mavua, “About Mavua”, Website 625 Friedman, R., “NU battles Achva (www.halva.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. org), Updated 9 July 2009, Viewed in April 2011. Mavua (www.mavua.com), Viewed in March 2011. back against settlements goods ban”, 628 Mavua, “About Mavua”, Website 630 AdaFresh, “Logistics”, Website 635 Agrexco, “Ecofresh”, Website The Jerusalem Post, 7 May 2010. Mavua (www.mavua.com), Viewed in March 2011. AdaFresh (www.adafresh.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. Agrexco (www.agrexo.com), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 146 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 147 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROFILES: SETTLEMENT 13 COMPANIES 5% plants and propagation materials, 4% Agrexco’s vegetables and fruits are settlement on the West Bank, while figs citrus fruit, 3% organic produce, 3% general transported to Europe mainly by boat. originate from Masuah, another Israeli products/processed food and 5% general Since 1987, Agrexco chartered two ships settlement on the West Bank.652 trade. 636 Of the 50,000 tonnes avocadoes from the Israeli Ofer Group to supply its produced annually in Israel, Agrexco products to Southern Europe: the Carmel Agrexco has a regional office in the Jordan produces approximately 70%.637 Topaz and the Carmel Exotic, with a Valley and also owns packing houses capacity of 370,000 cubic feet and 80 situated in the settlements in the West Agrexco is owned in part by the Israeli containers. In 2004 these two ships were Bank such as Tomer, Massua, Ro’I, Netiv government (50%), Israeli growers replaced by two ships which Agrexco had Hagdud and Mehola.653 represented by the country’s production ordered at the ENVC shipyard in Viana de and marketing boards (25%), and the Castelo in Portugal: the Carmel Biotop and In January 2006, a court case took place at Tnuva cooperative (25%), whose controlling the Carmel Ecofresh. The two ships have Uxbridge Magistrates Court in the United shareholder is Apax Partners. The company a carrying capacity of 460,000 cubic feet FIGURE 32. Kingdom against seven demonstrators has about 500 employees in Israel and and 880 containers. The costs of the ships Agrexco truck carrying products from the who had participated in a November 2004 overseas. Annual turnover amounted to were € 35 million, financed by Munchmeyer Jordan Valley through the West Bank blockade of the British office of Agrexco €653 million in 2007, mostly realised by Petersen Capital (Germany).642 Source: Coalition of Women for Peace, August 2008 in Hayes. During the court case, the British exports to the EU. Agrexco exports 85% of manager of Agrexco, Amos Orr, testified its products to Western Europe.638 In March 2004, Agrexco and the Danish that Agrexco is responsible for marketing freight transport company Maersk Sealand prices. Agrexco announced in 2008 that it 60-70% of the agricultural produce grown In 2010, Agrexco exported 300,000 established a regular freight service across intends to minimize transport by airplane in Israeli settlements in the occupied tonnes. Its main export clients are located the Mediterranean Sea, for containers and in the coming years.648 territories. These settlement products in Western Europe: 50% in France, 15% in refrigerated goods. The Carmel Ecofresh account for about 5% of Agrexco’s total Germany, 12% in the United Kingdom and and the Carmel Biotop maintain a weekly turnover.654 12% in Scandinavia.639 service, following the route Asdhod - Activities in settlements Marseille - Valencia (Wednesday) - Genua Agrexco thus exports agricultural produce Carmel is Agrexco’s leading brand. Organic (Friday) - Haifa (Monday) - Asdhod (Tuesday). Agrexco is the main exporter of agricultural from Israel, from Israeli settlements in produce is marketed under the Carmel Bio Agrexco carries its own produce on the products from Israeli settlements649, such as territories occupied by Israel and from Top label, which represent over 30 different ships, while Maersk can ship containers grapes, Medjoul dates, citrus fruits, herbs, Palestinian agricultural companies. types of organically grown goods. Other with the ships.643 vegetables, melons and flowers. These Recently it became clear that Agrexco’s brands used by Agrexco are Jaffa, Jordan The Israeli company Associated Maritime products are mostly sold under the Carmel exports are not always proper labelled. Plains, Alesia and Coral, a brand created Agencies (AMA) is the commercial and brand. Citrus fruit from the settlements In February 2011, the French court of exclusively for Palestinian agricultural operational manager of this shipping is sold under the Jaffa brand name and Montpellier issued a report of research products exported and marketed by service in all ports of call.644 In Marseille dates are sold under the Jordan Plains verifying the origin of the goods unloaded Agrexco. 640 (France) Agrexco has a “state-of-the-art brand name.650 The brand Jordan Plains is in the port of Sète, which shows that terminal”, where products are stored and owned by the Jordan Plains Development Agrexco imports settlement produce Agrexco has a global network of branches then distributed throughout the European Corporation, which provide delivery and ánd certifies it as Israeli produce. These operating in London, Frankfurt, Paris, continent and the U.K. 645 Since October packing services to agricultural growers in proceedings confirmed the law violations Rotterdam, New York, Zurich, Vienna, 2010, Agrexco also ships produce to the Israeli settlements on occupied land in the and fraud committed by Agrexco.655 Madrid and Milan. Marketing and sales port of Sète in the south of France once a Jordan Valley and exports (Medjoul) dates offices in Israel are dedicated to marketing week.646 through Agrexco. 651 The Palestine Solidarity Association of and sales in countries where Agrexco does Sweden and DanWatch also published not have representative offices, such as Agrexco also transports flowers and On its website, Agrexco confirms that reports that found Agrexco products, Eastern Europe, the Far and Near East. 641 some fruits by 747 airplane to Liege its dates originate from a wide area that labelled as ‘Made in Israel’ but actually (Belgium), where Agrexco has a terminal. includes the West Bank. The Agrexco produced in settlements, in stores of From there they are further distributed website also states that its pomegranates the Coop supermarket in Sweden and to other European countries and the UK. originate from Mitzpe Shalem, an Israeli Denmark. 656 647 636 Author unknown. (11 October Transport by airplane is decreasing in 648 Berkel, L. van, “Algemeen directeur 652 Agrexco, “News”, Website Agrexco 2001). Israel's fresh exports-produce. Eurofood. recent years however, due to rising fuel (www.agrexco.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. Retrieved from duns100.dundb.co.il van Agrexco: ‘Zo min mogelijk gebruik van luchtvracht maken’ (CEO of Agrexco: ‘Use air freight as little 653 Author unknown, “A Valentine's 637 Smits, C., “Agrexco exporteerde 642 Berrill, P., “New reefers up Agrexco fruit trade”, TradeWinds, 24 October 2003. as possible’)”, AGF, Tholen, 13 August 2008. message from Cargoflora”, CorporateWatch, 25 grootste gedeelte”, AGF, Tholen, 2 November 2009. February 2010; Coalition of Women for Peace, 643 649 Coalition of Women for Peace, 638 Coalition of Women for Peace, “Agrexco Agricultural Export Company”, Website “Agrexco Agricultural Export Company”, Website Who “Agrexco Agricultural Export Company”, Website 644 AMA, “Representation”, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Viewed in Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Viewed in March 2011. Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Viewed in AMA (www.ama.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. March 2011; William, H., “CODEPINK Activists 654 The Agrexco Seven - Day March 2011; Syngenta Seeds, “Pepper production in 645 Agrexco, “Logistics”, Website Protest AIPAC at DC Confab”, The Washington one. (2006, January 24) Retrieved July Israel”, S&G Pepper Today, No. 6, December 2007. Agrexco (www.agrexco.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. Report on Middle East Affairs, May / June 2010. 2009 from www.bigcampaign.org 639 Mercados, “El aguacate 646 Coalition contre Agrexco, 650 Green, L., “Apartheid 655 Coalition contre Agrexco, israelí se consolida en el mercado europeo”, “Une procédure judiciaire révèle les violations and Agrexco in the Jordan Valley”, The “Une procédure judiciaire révèle les violations Mercados, Nº 93, February 2011. du droit et la fraude commises par la société Electronic Intifada, 4 September 2005. du droit et la fraude commises par la société 640 Agrexco, “Our brands”, Website Agrexco-Carmel”, Press release of the Coalition 651 Coalition of Women for Peace, Agrexco-Carmel”, Press release of the Coalition Agrexco (www.agrexo.com), Viewed in March 2011. contre Agrexco, 18 February 2011. “Jordan Plains Development Corporation”, contre Agrexco, 18 February 2011. 641 Agrexco, “About us”, Website 647 Agrexco, “Logistics”, Website Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), 656 PGS, “Ett steg närmare bannlysning Agrexco (www.agrexo.com), Viewed in March 2011. Agrexco (www.agrexco.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. Updated 20 July 2008, Viewed in April 2011 av stulen frukt i Coop-butiker? (One step closer to research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 148 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 149 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROFILES: SETTLEMENT 13 COMPANIES 13.6 aubergines, and cut flowers to a large P.O. Box 39, number of export markets, all under the Ha-Inbar Street Amnon & Tamar Arava brand name.659 Barkan Industrial Zone Arava is active in the occupied Jordan 16 Kalanit Street Valley. 660 Figure 33 shows Arava’s tomato The Barkan factory accounts for 40% of Alfe-Menashe 44851 growing regions which include the Jordan Avgol’s total production volume. About Israel Valley, north of the Dead Sea, which is part half is shipped to the United States. Only a Tel: +972 (0)9 7925657 of the West Bank. minimal amount of nonwovens produced Fax: +972 (0)9 7926682 within Israel serve the domestic market E-mail: [email protected] Activists also report that Arava Export while the rest is used to supply European Website: www.herb-seasoning. Growers is supplied by “Jordan River customers.665 This means that about 20% com / www.amnon-tamar.com Herbs”, a company owned by farmers from of Avgol’s total sales are sold in Europe, the settlement of Mechola in the occupied FIGURE 34. all originating from a factory located in an

Amnon & Tamar Ltd. produces herbal Jordan Valley.661 Barkan Mounts plant in Ariel. Source: Laub, K., Israeli settlement on the West Bank. seasonings which are sold under the “Settlement deep in West Bank seen as peace spoiler”, Pyramid brand name. The factory of the Arava has subsidiaries in the United States, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 March 2010 company is located in Israel itself, but its Arava USA, and in the Netherlands, Arava corporate office is located in the Israeli Holland B.V., and a sales office in the 13.9 settlement Alfe-Menashe in the occupied United Kingdom, Arava UK. 662 13.8 West Bank, near the Palestinian town of Barkan Mounts Qalqilyah. This privately held company is FIGURE 33. Avgol owned by Amnon and Tamar Karmi. 657 Tomato growing regions of Arava Hasadna Street 18 Source: Arava, “Products. Tomatoes”, Website Avgol Holon 58815 According to the Dutch Israel Producten Arava (www.arv.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. 32 Habarzel Street Israel Centrum, the herbs are being grown in P.O. Box 13281 Tel: +972 3 936 7404 Israel, at a plantation in Jizreel, Galilee. 658 Tel-Aviv 61132 Fax: +972 3 936 7405 Israel E-mail: [email protected] Tel. +972 3 9061555 Fax. +972 3 9364376 Barkan Mounts produces mounting 13.7 E-mail: [email protected] solutions for LCD televisions, plasma televisions and other consumer electronic Arava Export Growers Avgol Nonwoven Industries is a leading products. Barkan Mounts was established global manufacturer and supplier of ultra- in 1988 by Mr Lior Barkan. The company P.O. Box 238 lightweight and top quality nonwoven fabrics has one integrated R&D and production Bnei Atarot 60991 from polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene facility, employing 120 people.666 Israel (PP), primarily for manufacturers of baby This plant is located in Ariel, an Israeli Tel: +972 (0)3 9734141 diapers, adult incontinence and feminine settlement on the West Bank:667 Fax: +972 (0)3 9734114 hygiene products. Avgol supplies nonwoven E-mail: [email protected] fabric products to large manufacturers 22 Sachlav Street Website: www.arv.co.il of disposable hygiene products in all 5 Ariel continents. The company has factories P.O. Box 89 Arava Export Growers is the third largest in an Israeli settlement (see below), the Barkan agricultural export company in Israel, with United States, China and Russia, as well export sales of about € 60 million. It is 50% as strategically located warehouses in the owned by Hamashbir Holdings, which is 659 Coalition of Women for Peace, United States and Europe. The company “Arava Export Growers”, Website Who Profits? part of B. Gaon Holdings. The other 50% is (www.whoprofits.org), Last updated 17 September is listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange held by farmers in the Arava region of Israel 2008, Viewed in March 2011; Israel's fresh (TASE).663 and by Jordan River Herbs. The company exports - produce, Eurofood, 11 October 2001; Duns 100, “B. Gaon Holdings Ltd.”, Website Dun & exports (organic) bell peppers, tomatoes, Bradstreet Israel (duns100.dundb.co.il), Viewed in The United States accounted for 78% of fresh herbs, and other products such April 2011; Arava, “Home”, Website Arava Export Avgol’s sales in 2009. Its largest customer as melons, grapes, mangos, cucumbers, Growers (www.arv.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. is the American company Proctor & 660 Gush Shalom, “List of Gamble.664 Products from Settlement in the Occupied banning stolen fruit in Coop stores?)”, Press release Territories”, Gush Shalom, 8 March 2009. 665 Nonwovens Industry, “International Palestine Gruppe Sverige, 22 Februaru 2011. 661 Coalition of Women for The first factory of Avgol Nonwoven Top 40”, Nonwovens Industry, September 2007. 657 Coalition of Women for Peace, Peace, “Arava Export Growers”, Website Who Industries is located in Barkan, an Israeli 666 Barkan Mounts, “Company “Amnon and Tamar (Pyramid Herbal Seasonings)”, Profits? ( www.whoprofits.org), Last updated settlement on the West Bank: Profile”, Website Barkan Mounts (www. Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Last 17 September 2008, Viewed in March 2011. barkanmounts.com), Viewed in April 2011. updated 2 December 2010, Viewed in March 2011; 662 Arava, “Home”, Website Arava Export 667 Dun & Bradstreet Israel, “Barkan Cronin, D., “Netherlands: Dutch Christian Group Backs Growers (www.arava.co.il), Viewed in March 2011; 663 Avgol, “Company Profile”, Website Mounts”, Website Dun & Bradstreet Israel (israel- Israeli Settlements”, Interpress Service, 28 July 2010; Coalition of Women for Peace, “Arava Export Growers”, Avgol (www.avgol.com), Viewed in April 2011. business.dundb.co.il), Viewed in April 2011; Laub, 658 IPC, “Webwinkel”, Israel Producten Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Last 664 Globes, “Nonwoven textile co Avgol K., “Settlement deep in West Bank seen as peace Centrum (www.ipc-nijkerk.nl), Viewed in March 2011. updated 17 September 2008, Viewed in March 2011. buys Cleaver Associates”, Globes, 27 December 2010. spoiler”, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 March 2010. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 150 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 151 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROFILES: SETTLEMENT 13 COMPANIES 13.10 Barkan Wine Cellars market its wines & Beigel is now fully owned by Unilever sister companies of Carmel Carpets import through an extensive network of through Unilever Israel Foods and Unilever products produced by Carmel Carpets in Barkan Wine Cellars distributors and shops throughout Europe, Israel Home and Personal Care. Unilever the settlements. the Americas (North and South) and East announced in December 2010 that it will Kibbutz Hulda Asia.671 move the factory from the settlement (see Apart from selling to consumers, Carmel P.O. Box 146 paragraph 8.6.2). 676 However, until now Carpets also specialises in consulting, Doar Na Sorek 76842 there is no evidence that this has actually producing and supplying carpets for hotels Israel happened. The company did not respond and office buildings. Among its clients Tel: +972 8-9355858 13.11 to our questions about this issue. are international hotel chains including Fax: +972 8-9355859 Sheraton, Holiday Inn, Intercontinental, E-mail: martha-export@ Beigel & Beigel Food Marriott and Meridian.679 The company barkan-winery.co.il exports to the United States, , Website: www.barkan-winery.co.il Industrial Zone China, , Australia, , Portugal, 44820 Barkan 13.12 Spain, United Kingdom, Greece, Turkey, Barkan Wine Cellars was originally Israel Italy, Brazil and Cyprus. 680 founded in 1889 and had several owners Tel: +972 3 9066534 Carmel Carpets and different names since. Today Barkan E-mail: [email protected] Wine Cellars is the second largest winery Website: www.bbexport.co.il 2 Ezzel Street, N.I.Z. in Israel. 668 Rishon Le-Zion, 75105 13.13 Beigel & Beigel Food Ltd. produces Israel In 1988 the company rented a facility in the pretzels, savoury biscuits and crackers. Tel: +972 3 936 7470 Dead Sea Laboratories Barkan Industrial Zone, near the settlement It is located in the E-mail: [email protected] of Ariel in the occupied West Bank, and in the occupied West Bank. Beigel & Beigel Website: www.carmelcarpets.co.il Main address: moved its entire operation, storage and has 120 employees. Its factory, probably Arava 1, Airport City, Lod Airport offices to that location. the largest in Israel and the Middle East, Carmel Carpets manufactures and Visitors centre: produces 11 million bags of snacks a year.672 distributes carpets. Its factory is located Mitzpe Shalem, Dead Sea, 86983 In 2005, the Tempo Beverage Company According to its website, the company lead in the industrial zones of the Barkan Israel (60% owned by Tempo Beer Industries the pretzels and mini cracker market snacks settlement. Its subsidiary company, Tel: +972 (0)2 9945117 / and 40% owned by the Dutch company in Israel with a 60% market share and is Caesarea Carpets, has factories both in the +972 (0)2 9945123 Heineken) entered into a partnership exporting to more than 20 countries. Barkan and in the Shahak settlements in Fax: +972 (0)2 9945122 with Barkan Wine Cellars. Today it owns the West Bank. 677 E-mail: [email protected] 83.16% of the company and operates as its In May 2010, Beigel & Beigel pretzels were Website: www.ahava.com exclusive distributor in Israel. Following target of a boycott of settlement-made The company is controlled by Carmel this acquisition by the Tempo Beverage products by Arab Israelis.673 Holdings (Beitili), a public holding company Dead Sea Laboratories Ltd. (DSL) was Company, Barkan Wine Cellars started to held by the Eitani family from Israel. This established in 1988. It produces personal moved its entire operation out of the West A 51% stake in Beigel & Beigel was acquired holding company owns several furniture, care products, which are sold under the Bank. By early 2007, both the production by Unilever through the take-over of Best household and carpet manufacturing Ahava brand name.681 The Ahava brand process and the warehouses of Barkan Foods in 2001.674 Unilever tried to sell its companies in Israel and abroad. In Germany, is sold in over 25 countries. In 2006, were moved out of the West Bank and stake to amongst others, Wissotsky Tea in its subsidiary Egger produces parquet Ahava had a turnover of US$ 23.4 million. into Kibbutz Hulda, and all of the winery’s 2009, but ended talks because the bid was and laminate. Grandeco, a manufacturer The international market accounted corporate activity in the Barkan Industrial too low.675 According to Who Profits? Beigel of wallpaper, is located in France and for approximately 42% of Ahava’s total Zone has completely ceased.669 Belgium. Its subsidiary Cool Grass is based products sales.682 671 Who Profits, “Forbidden Fruit – in the Netherlands. 678 We have found no Barkan Wine Cellars however still owns The Industry and the Occupation”, Who information in public sources that these The company shares are held by the West vineyards in three locations on the Golan Profits / Coalition of Women for Peace, April 2011. Bank settlement of Kibbutz Mitzpe Shalem 672 E-mail Kees van der Waaij (Chairman Heights and one location on the occupied Unilever Nederland Holdings B.V.) to United Civilians Viewed in May 2011; Author unknown, “Wissotzky (37%), Hamashbir Holdings (the investment West Bank, the settlement of Dolev, near for Peace, Rotterdam, 4 October 2006; Gush Shalom, Tea may reportedly acquire Beigel”, Businessweek, 12 fund of B. Gaon Holdings and the Livnat Ramallah. According to the company’s “List of Products from Settlement in the Occupied February; Yevet, O., “Exclusive - It seems that Unilever Territories”, Gush Shalom, 8 March 2009; United gives up selling Beigel&Beigel”, Calcalist, October 2009; website, Barkan’s Reserve Chardonnay Civilians for Peace. (2008) Improper advantage: a study Chen, Shoshana, “Wissotzky CEO: ‘Mega is making a 679 Carmel Carpets, “Client 2009 contains grapes from the settlement of Unilever’s investment in an illegal Israeli settlement. full of consumers’ ”, Ynet economy, 3 December 2009. List”, Website Carmel Carpets (www. of Dolev.670 Retrieved August 2009 from www.unilever.co.il 676 Coalition of Women for Peace, carmelcarpets.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. 673 Friedman, R., “Arab Israelis launch “Beigel and Beigel”, Website Who Profits? (www. 680 IEICI, “Israeli Exporters Catalog”, boycott of settlement goods. Shopkeepers to post no- whoprofits.org), Updated 6 March 2011, Viewed Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute buy lists * 'We are part of the Palestinian people,' Kafr in March 2011; Coalition of Women for Peace, (www.export.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. Kana leader declares”, The Jerusalem Post, 6 May 2010. “Unilever”, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), 681 Coalition of Women for Peace, 668 Barkan Wine Cellars, “Inside Barkan”, 674 United Civilians for Peace, Updated 8 November 2008, Viewed in March 2011. “Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories”, Website Who Website Barkan Wine Cellars, Viewed in May 2011. “Improper advantage: a study of Unilever’s 677 Coalition of Women for Peace, Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Last updated 10 669 Who Profits, “Forbidden Fruit – investment in an illegal Israeli settlement”, “Carmel Carpets” and “Caesarea Carpets”, October 2010, Viewed in March 2011; Dead Sea The Israeli Wine Industry and the Occupation”, Who United Civilians for Peace, 2008 Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Laboratories, “Home”, Website Dead Sea Laboratories Profits / Coalition of Women for Peace, April 2011. 675 Unilever to sell stake in plant based Updated 26 May 2008, Viewed in March 2011. (www.ahava.com), Viewed in May 2011. 670 Who Profits, “Forbidden Fruit – in West Bank settlement, The Guardian, London, 1 678 Carmel Carpets, “About”, 682 Dead Sea Laboratories, “Intention The Israeli Wine Industry and the Occupation”, Who December 2008; UCP, “Dossier Unilever”, Website Website Carmel Carpets (www.carmelcarpets. to float on the London stock exchange – AIM”, Dead Profits / Coalition of Women for Peace, April 2011. United Civilians for Peace (www.unitedcivilians.nl), co.il), Viewed in April 2011. Sea Laboratories, Mitzpe Shalem, 1 October 2007. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 152 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 153 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROFILES: SETTLEMENT 13 COMPANIES family, about 37%), Shamrock Holdings campaign against Ahava continues.689 In D.N.M. Technical Equipment and Tools is an (the investment fund of the Roy E. Disney May 2010, Ahava Dead Sea products were importer and marketer of heavy technical family, about 18.5%), and the West Bank target of a boycott of settlement-made equipment and tools for industrial and settlement of Kibbutz Kalia (7.5%).683 B. products by Arab Israelis.690 personal use. One of its two branches is Gaon Holdings Ltd. is one of the largest located in the Barkan Industrial Zone, in holding companies in Israel, managed by Its central flagship store in London the West Bank. Company clients include Benjamin Gaon (former president of Koor was forced to move as a result of the the Israeli Ministry of Defence.695 Industries).684 campaigns.691 D.N.M. claims on its website to import In October 2007, DSL announced its and market tools of various European intention to sell shares on the AIM, companies, including AEG (Germany), part of the London Stock Exchange. It 13.14 Bosch (Germany), Metabo Power Tools expected to raise US$ 22 million. British FIGURE 35. (United Kingdom), Record Power (United investment bank Evolution Securities Dispobud Jerusalem Matzy produced by Em Kingdom), and Bahco (Sweden).696 acted as nominated adviser and broker to Hachita DSL.685 However, Evolution Securities has Ha’almog Street indicated that the listing did not take place P.O. Box 93 and that it no longer has any involvement Barkan Industrial Park 44820 13.17 or relationship with Ahava.686 Israel The company DiSTeK develops and Tel: +972 (0)3 9067733 manufactures zinc coating technologies Em Hachita Dead Sea Laboratories has a plant and Fax: +972 (0)3 9368933 for protection of metal parts. DiSTeK has a visitor centre in the Mitzpe Shalem E-mail: [email protected] overseas offices in Austria, Bulgaria, Russia, 15 Hayetzira settlement in the West Bank.687 The company Website: www.dispobud.co.il Scandinavia, South Africa, Turkey, the Atarot Industrial Zone uses Palestinian natural resources without United Kingdom and the United States. A 91460 Jerusalem the permission of or compensation to Dispobud is a company which manufactures zinc thermal diffusion coating technology is Israel the Palestinians. Palestinians are further and distributes a wide variety of nonwoven registered under the trademark ArmorGalv denied access to the shores of the Dead products, from disposable table covers, in the USA. 693 Em Hachita produces Passover matza Sea and its resources, although one-third disposable clothing and promotional products. Their line includes exotic flavors of the western shore of the Dead Sea lies in products. Two private companies, Mega DiSTeK is located in the Barkan Industrial of matza, including tea matzos, spelt the occupied West Bank. 688 Print and Bold Marketing, are the owners Zone. The company is owned by Isaak matzos, matza meal, Passover cakes and of Dispobud. Its factory is located in the (Yitzhak) Shtikan, the German company more.697 The company is located in Atarot, Since 2009 Ahava Dead Sea products are Barkan Industrial Zone.692 N.T.B. AG, Y.T.B. Incentive Technological an Israeli settlement on the West Bank.698 often a target of protests. In August 2009, R&D Center in Ariel, and the Economic Oxfam International stopped publicity Company of Ariel.694 involving its ambassador, ‘Sex and the City’ actress Kristin Davis, because she was 13.15 13.18 also a spokeswoman for Ahava Dead Sea 13.16 Products. The contract has expired but the DiSTeK Familia Sweet D.N.M. Technical 7 Sapir Street 10 Ophira Street 683 Coalition of Women for Peace, P.O. Box 72 Equipment and Tools P.O. Box33 “Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories”, Website Who Profits? Barkan, Jerusalem 44820 Mishor Adumim (www.whoprofits.org), Last updated 10 October Israel Haifa branch: Tel:972-2-5355749 2010, Viewed in March 2011; Nieuwhof, A., “Boycott of Ahava Dead Sea products makes an impact”, Tel: +972 (0)3 9067976 33 Jaffa Street Fax:972-25909740 Website BDS Movement (www.bdsmovement.net), Fax: +972 (0)3 9366256 P.O. Box 681 E-mail:[email protected] Posted on 3 December 2009, Viewed in April 2011. E-mail: [email protected] Haifa 31006 Website: www.onegsweet.com 684 Gaon Holdings, “About us”, Website Website: www.distekgroup.com Tel: +972 (0)4 85 23 528 Gaon Holdings (www.gaon.com), Viewed in May 2011. E-mail: [email protected] 685 Dead Sea Laboratories, “Intention to float on the London stock exchange – AIM”, Dead Website: www.dnm.co.il Sea Laboratories, Mitzpe Shalem, 1 October 2007. 695 Coalition of Women for Peace, 686 Personal communication by TJ 689 Cheslow, D., “Mr. Khatib Goes to Barkan Branch: “D.N.M. Technical Equipment and Tools”, Website Quebec”, The Jerusalem Report, 7 december 2009. Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated 16 Worlledge, Head of Corporate Finance, Evolution Barkan Industrial Zone Securities, London, 5 December 2008. 690 Friedman, R., “Arab Israelis launch June 2006, Viewed in March 2011; DNM, “Barkan boycott of settlement goods. Shopkeepers to post no- P.O. Box48 Branch”, Website D.N.M. Technical Equipment & 687 Gush Shalom, “List of Products from Tools (www.dnm.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. Settlement in the Occupied Territories”, Gush Shalom, buy lists. 'We are part of the Palestinian people,' Kafr DN Ephraim 44820 8 March 2009; Dead Sea Laboratories, “Ahava Stores”, Kana leader declares”, The Jerusalem Post, 6 May 2010. 696 DNM, “Home”, Website Website Dead Sea Laboratories (www.ahava.com), 691 BNC, “BDS campaigners force London 693 DiSTeK, “Profile”, Website DiSTeK D.N.M. Technical Equipment & Tools (www. Viewed in May 2011; Frank, T., “Concern over Israel Ahava shop to move”, BDS Movement, 31 March 2011. (www.distekgroup.com), Viewed in April 2011. dnm.co.il),, Viewed in March 2011. settlement exports”, BBC, London, 5 November 2008. 692 Coalition of Women for Peace, 694 Coalition of Women for Peace, 697 Scandi Kosher Food, “Kosher Matzot 688 Nieuwhof, A., “Boycott of Ahava “Dispobud”, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits. “Distek”, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), products by Em Hachita”, Website Scandi Kosher Food Dead Sea products makes an impact”, Website org), Updated 4 October 2009, Viewed in March Updated 15 April 2009, Viewed in March 2011; Gush (www.scandikosherfood.com), Viewed in April 2011. BDS Movement (www.bdsmovement.net), Posted 2011; Dispobud, “About us”, Website Dispobud Shalom, “List of Products from Settlement in the 698 Kompass, “Em Hachita Ltd”, Website on 3 December 2009, Viewed in April 2011. (www.dispobud.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. Occupied Territories”, Gush Shalom, 8 March 2009. Kompass (il.kompass.com), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 154 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 155 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROFILES: SETTLEMENT 13 COMPANIES Familia Sweet manufactures and markets 13.20 West Bank settlements, the company is 13.22 sweets. The company specializes in also reported to use cheap Palestinian producing: toffee, hard candy, lollipops, Golden Ryd Dyl labour, even children, under harsh working Hanson Israel chocolate snacks, ice snacks, sour snacks conditions.705 and more. The company markets its Golden Ryd Dyl, an Israeli paper and 5 Jabotinski Street produce in Israel and abroad under the cleaning products importer and distributor, Hadiklaim’s marketing is handled by Ramat Gan 52520 name “Oneg” and also markets private is a supplier to Lipton, one of Unilever’s Israeli export company Almog Tradex P.O. Box 21137 brand names to large companies in Israel brands for beverages. Golden Ryd Dyl is Ltd (Mr Chezi Almog) to clients such as Ramat Gan 61211 and abroad. The factory of the company located in Mishor Edomim Industrial Zone, Migros, Coop, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury, Israel is located in Mishor Adumim, an Israeli which is a settlement in the occupied West Tesco, Waitrose, Safeway.706 On its website Tel: +972 (0)3 57 64 242 settlement on the West Bank.699 Bank.702 Hadiklaim states that some of its “largest Website: www.hanson-israel.com customers are leading retail chains in Golden Ryd Dyl the UK and the US”. The main European Hanson Israel owns and operates three 56 Haruvit Street countries selected for this research are all aggregate quarries, two asphalt plants 13.19 Mishor Edomim Industrial Zone 98510 amongst Hadiklaim’s export destinations 707 and 26 ready-mixed concrete plants.708 P.O. Box9030 According to the Coalition of Women for Fermentek Jerusalem 91096 FIGURE 36. Peace, four of these plants are located Israel Plants of Hanson Israel in Israeli settlements in the occupied Yatziv 25 Tel: +972 (0)2 5356060 NB: circles are concrete plants, triangles are West Bank: concrete plants in Modiin Illit Atarot Industrial Zone Website: www.grd.co.il quarries and the cylinders are asphalt plants. and in Atarot, and an asphalt plant and P.O. Box 47120 Source: HeidelbergCement, “Israel”, Website an aggregates quarry located south of Jerusalem 97800 HeidelbergCement (www.heidelbergcement. Elqana.709 Israel com), Viewed in April 2011. Tel: +972 (0)2 5853953 13.21 Although the boundaries of the West Bank Fax: +972 (0)2 5853943 are not indicated, Figure 36 also shows E-mail: [email protected] Hadiklaim - Israel Date that several Hanson sites are located in the Website: www.fermentek.co.il West Bank. Growers’ Cooperative Fermentek was founded in 1995 and Hanson Israel is a subsidiary of the manufactures bioactive compounds by 6 Harutz Street British company Hanson, which was the means of fermentation technology. Tel Aviv 67060 taken over by the German company Its products are intended for biological Israel HeidelbergCement in August 2007. In July research, in the areas of molecular biology, Tel: +972 (0)3 6389555 2009, HeidelbergCement announced the applied medical research, and, in bulk Fax: +972 (0)3 6885999 sale of its activities in Israel to Mashav amounts, for preclinical trials and for Website: www.hadiklaim.com Initiating and Development Ltd, a company drug research in a factory in the Atarot owned by the IDB Group which is one of settlement. The majority of Fermentek’s Hadiklaim - Israel Date Growers’ Cooperative the largest public holding companies of produce is sold to major chemical trading Ltd. produces and exports dates under Israel.710 companies who resell it under their three brand names - Jordan River, Jordan own trade names. The remainder is sold River Bio-Top and King Solomon - but also The Israeli antitrust authorities, however, directly to the end-users who apply to under the private labels of supermarket indicated that they would oppose to the Fermentek via the Internet. Among these chains. Its main packing houses are located originally intended sale and the agreement are university research institutes, drug in Zemach, Beit Shean and Eilat in Israel. 703 was terminated. HeidelbergCement stills research/development companies, and plans to sell Hanson Israel, as it is a non- major pharmaceutical manufacturers.700 The company exports dates from Israel and from the occupied territories, Fermentek has 10 employees and a especially Israeli settlements in the Jordan yearly turnover of about US$ 1.5 million. Valley.704 Besides harvesting dates from Fermentek is active in several European 702 Coalition of Women for Peace, countries, including France, Germany and “Golden Ryd Dyl”, Website Who Profits? (www. the United Kingdom.701 whoprofits.org), Update 5 March 2008, Viewed in March 2011; GRD, “About us”, Website Golden 708 HeidelbergCement, 699 Familia Sweet, “English”, Ryd Dyl (www.grd.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. “Israel”, Website HeidelbergCement (www. Website Familia Sweet (www.onegsweet.com), 703 Hadiklaim, “Company 705 Lendman, S., "Israeli heidelbergcement.com), Viewed in April 2011. Viewed in April 2011; Adumim Industrial Park, Overview’, Website Hadiklaim (www. Occupation Supportive Companies to Boycott", 709 Coalition of Women for Peace, “Food”, Website Adumim Industrial Park (www. hadiklaim.com), Viewed in March 2011. The Palestine Chronicle, 3 February 2010. “Hanson Israel”, Website Who Profits?, Viewed parkedom.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. 704 Coalition of Women for Peace, 706 Coalition of Women for Peace, in April 2011; Personal communication by 700 Fermentek, “About”, “Hadiklaim – Israel Date Growers’ Cooperative”, “Hadiklaim – Israel Date Growers’ Cooperative”, Dalit Baum, Project Coordinator, "Who Profits Website Fermentek (www.fermentek. Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated from the Occupation?", The Coalition of Women co.il), Viewed in March 2011. 23 November 2008, Viewed in March 2011; 23 November 2008, Viewed in March 2011;. for Peace, Tel Aviv, November 2008. 701 BioPharmaLink, “Companies”, FruitLogistica, “HADIKLAIM LTD.”, Website Fruit 707 Hadiklaim, “Company 710 HeidelbergCement, “Press Website BioPharmaLink (www.biopharmalink. Logistica Virtual Market Place (www.virtualmarket. Customers”, Website Hadiklaim (www. release: HeidelbergCement sells its activities com), Viewed in March 2011. fruitlogistica.de), Viewed in May 2011. hadiklaim.com), Viewed in March 2011. in Israel”, HeidelbergCement, 30 July 2009. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 156 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 157 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROFILES: SETTLEMENT 13 COMPANIES strategic business unit.711 But at this Keter Group, including related companies, Besides Allibert and Curver, Keter Group of rice, legumes, spices, and more. The moment the company is still part of the surpassedUS$ 1.1 billion, 90% of which subsidiaries are Jardin (the Netherlands), company also manufactures Private Label HeidelbergCement Group.712 derived from overseas sales. Sales in 2008 Lotemplast (51%) and Mckit (50%). products for several brands, as well as were forecast to reach US$ 1.1 billion. Furthermore, it is controlling shareholder special products for the Jewish holidays. Keter Plastics contributedUS$ 450 million of the Merhav Group and it holds 6.67% Company products are distributed in Israel to the Group’s turnover. The Keter Group of Israel Petrochemical Enterprises. Keter and to Jewish communities worldwide 13.23 manufactures its products in Israel, Europe sells its products under the brand names under the brand names Maya, Super Class and the USA in 29 factories with 2,500 of these subsidiaries and also under Black and others. The company is located in Isratoys employees and operates sales offices and and Decker.718 Mishor Adumim, an Israeli settlement on representatives in 90 countries. Keter Israel the West Bank.721 P.O. Box 95 operates its own chain of retail stores.715 Keter Plastic and its subsidiaries have Barkan Industrial Zone 44820 about 2,000 employees at two offices and Tel: +972 3 9368033 Keter Group is the largest supplier of 13 manufacturing locations in Israel. Since Fax: +972 3 9068374 plastic household products to the European it has closed its storage products factory in 13.26 E-mail: [email protected] market, after the acquisitions of French the Teradion Industrial Zone near Karmiel, Website: www.isratoys.net company Allibert and Dutch company manufacturing of storage products is now Mehadrin Group Curver in 2004 and 2005.716 Allibert runs limited solely to Keter’s main plant in Isratoys manufactures board games. The production facilities in France and Belgium Karmiel.719 Power Center 1 company is located in Barkan, which is an producing bathroom accessories, household Be’erot Yitzaq 60905 Israeli settlement on the occupied West storage containers, custom thermoformed Keter and its subsidiary Lipski, operate Israel Bank.713 products and garden furniture. Curver two factories in the Barkan Industrial Tel: +972 (0)3 9371371 produces plastic home and food storage, Park (Hashoham Street 11), located in Fax: +972 (0)3 9371372 cleaning, closet organization, laundry, the occupied West Bank.720 It is unclear E-mail: [email protected] bathroom- and refuse-removal products. which products are manufactured at these Website: www.mtex.co.il 13.24 The company runs plants in Poland and locations. We could not find information .717 about this issue in public sources and The Mehadrin Group is a large agricultural Keter Plastic the company did not respond to our enterprise in Israel active in fruit and questions. vegetable cultivation, packing and cooling 2 Sapir Street services, marketing, export and real estate. Hertzliya Industrial Zone 46852 FIGURE 37. The Group’s income amounted to NIS 845 Israel A collection of million (€ 161 million), with profits of NIS Tel: +972 (0)9 9591212 trademarks and 13.25 43 million (€ 8.2 million), in 2008. 722 E-mail: [email protected] brands of the Website: www.keter.com Keter Group Maya Spice of Life - Jerusalem An important subsidiary is Mehadrin Tnuport Export (MTex). With over 8,500 The Israeli company Keter Plastic is a 7 Eitam Street hectares of agricultural holdings, MTex is large manufacturer of plastic indoor Mishor Adumim Ind. Zone Israel’s largest grower and exporter of citrus and garden furniture, shelving systems, Tel.+972 (0)2 5357991 as well as other fruits and vegetables. In tool boxes and storage products for the Fax:+972 (0)2 5357568 Israel, MTEX markets citrus fruit under the do-it-yourself market. It also produces E-mail: [email protected] Pri-Or brand, supplying 20% of the domestic household products and kitchen utensils, Website: www.maya-foods.com market. Furthermore, MTEX is the leading polyurethane insulated camping products, supplier of JAFFA citrus, handling over refuse containers, electronic bathroom and Maya Spice of Life - Jerusalem manufactures, 200,000 tons of citrus and tropical fruit kitchen scales, bathroom accessories, toilet packs and markets quality foods, under the annually. The company has annual sales of seats, juvenile products and a complete strict Hechsher of Badatz Eida Charedis in approximately US$ 200 million with over line of sanitary fittings. 714 Jerusalem. The company manufactures 65% of the produce exported globally to some 300 diverse products: sweets, snacks, all continents. Key destinations currently Keter Plastic is owned by Israeli businessman baking supplies, dried fruits, various types include the United States, Canada, Europe Sami Sagol and his family. In 2007, sales by and Japan. MTEX has branches in Sweden, 723 718 Coalition of Women for France, Netherlands and United Kingdom. 711 HeidelbergCement, “Press release: 715 Duns 100, “Company profile Peace, “Keter Plastic (Keter Group)”, Website HeidelbergCement restarts sale of activities in Keter”, Website Dun & Bradstreet Israel (duns100. Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated 721 Maya Spice of Life, “Home”, Israel”, HeidelbergCement, 30 December 2009. dundb.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. 14 July 2010, Viewed in March 2011. Website Maya Spice of Life (www.maya- 712 HeidelbergCement, 716 Lauzon, M., “Keter buys rival 719 Gross Englander, Y. (23 November foods.com/len/), Viewed in April 2011. “Israel”, Website HeidelbergCement (www. Allibert”, Plastics News. 5 January 2004; Lauzon, 2008). Keter closes factory and fires 200. 722 Duns 100, “Company profile The heidelbergcement.com), Viewed in April 2011. M. ,”Keter owners acquire Curver”, Plastics News, Globes Online: Israel’s Business Arena. Retrieved Mehadrin Group”, Website Dun & Bradstreet Israel 713 Isratoys, “Home”, Website 17 January 2005; Newell Rubbermaid, “Newell August 2009 from www.globes-online.com. (duns100.dundb.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. Isratoys (www.isratoys.net), Viewed in May Rubbermaid Completes Sale of Curver”, Press 720 Coalition of Women for Peace, 723 MTex, “Home” and “About 2011; Kompass, “Isratoys”, Website Kompass release Newell Rubbermaid, Atlanta, 1 June 2005. “Keter Plastic (Keter Group)”, Website Who us”, Website Mehadrin Tnuport Export Company (il.kompass.com), Viewed in May 2011. 717 Author unknown, Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated 14 July (www.mtex.co.il), Viewed in March 2011; Duns 714 Duns 100, “Company profile “Dutch Company Information Ownership 2010, Viewed in March 2011; Gush Shalom, “List 100, “Company profile The Mehadrin Group”, Keter”, Website Dun & Bradstreet Israel (duns100. Structures. Jardin International Holding of Products from Settlement in the Occupied Website Dun & Bradstreet Israel (duns100. dundb.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. B.V.”, LexisNexis Benelux, 18 July 2009. Territories”, Gush Shalom, 8 March 2009. dundb.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 158 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 159 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROFILES: SETTLEMENT 13 COMPANIES Since July 2007, MTex has exported Medjoul Barkan plant:728 13.28 (PLMA). The company has customers in dates, which are grown in the occupied Ha’inbar 15 France, Italy, the Netherlands, and various Jordan Valley.724 MTex is also one of the P.O. Box 36 Odeyah Industries other European countries, North America, largest suppliers of the Jaffa brand. Grapes Barkan Industrial Zone Latin America and Australia.736 and dates originate from amongst others Atarot Industrial Zone the settlement of Beqa’ot, but are labelled Mul-T-Lock Ltd. is an Israeli producer of P.O. Box 47105 ‘Produce of Israel’ in French, German and high-security cylinders, locks and padlocks 91470 Jerusalem English.725 for institutional, commercial, industrial Israel 13.30 and residential applications. The company Tel: +972 (0)2 5833260 The company has various subsidiaries of also develops, manufactures and supplies Fax:+972 (0)2 5833259 Oppenheimer Manufacturing which Mehadrin Thnuport Marketing UK, a wide range of key cutting machines. E-mail: [email protected] MTEX U.K Food Service (100%) and Topgro Mul-T-Lock has various subsidiaries in the Website: www.odeyah.com and Marketing U.K (50%) are located in the United Kingdom United States and Europe, as well as one in and MTEX Holland in the Netherlands.726 the United Kingdom. Mul-T-Lock has about Odeyah Industries Ltd. is a private company Hamifalot Street 13 520 employees and is fully owned by Assa producing a wide collection of cosmetic Atarot Industrial Zone The Mehadrin Group also holds 50% of Abloy.729 products and skin care products based Jerusalem 97800 Miriam Shoham, that owns a packing house on minerals taken from the Dead Sea. The Tel: +972 (0)2 6566691 for mangos in the Golan Heights. This The company’s main factory was located products are branded under the “Mineral company claims to market its products in on Ha’inbar Street in the Barkan Industrial from the Dead Sea” brand. The company is Oppenheimer Manufacturing and Marketing England, France, Germany, the Gulf States, Park in the occupied West Bank. Barkan is located in Atarot, an Israeli settlement on produces and exports chocolate products the Netherlands, Russia, Scandinavia, South part of the Israeli settlement Ariel, located the West Bank.734 and sweets. It is owned by Ya’akov Yakav Africa and Spain. Clients can order fruit 40 km east of Tel Aviv and 10 km inside and Shim’on Ben Simhon. Yakav is also packed in their own brand name. A link to the West Bank. Mul-T-Lock’s manufacturing CEO, together with David Mendel. The Tesco’s Nature’s Choice Standard indicates plant in the Barkan Industrial Park was company is located in the industrial zone that Tesco is one of their clients.727 opened by Rav-Bariach, the company’s 13.29 of Atarot in the West Bank. 737 former owner, in 1984 and was acquired by Assa Abloy in 2000.730 Ofertex Industries In May 2010, Oppenheimer chocolates were target of a boycott of settlement- 13.27 Following a report by Swedish organisations, P.O. Box 30 made products by Arab Israelis.738 Assa Abloy announced in October 2008 Industrial Zone Barkan 44820 Mul-T-Lock that it will move the Mul-T-Lock plant out Israel of the settlements.731 One year later, Mul- Tel: +972 (0)3 9366567 P.O. Box 637 T-Lock came to the conclusion that it is Fax: +972 (0)3 9068296 13.31 81104 Yavne necessary to completely rebuild the plant E-mail: [email protected] Israel at another location and decided to move to Website: www.ofertex.com Plasto-Polish Tel: +972 (0)8 94 24 333 Modi’in, within Israel but near the border Fax: +972 (0)8 94 24 609 with Palestine. The relocation is expected Ofertex Industries (1997) Ltd. manufactures P.O. Box 10383 E-mail: hanita_b@mul-t-lock to be fully complete in 2011.732 cloths by non-woven stitch bonding Petach-Tikva Website: www.mul-t-lock.com (zigzag) technology. The plant, located in 49003 Israel Mul-T-Lock has subsidiaries in the United the Barkan Industrial Zone in the occupied Tel: +972 (0)3 9368830 Kingdom, United States, France, Canada, West Bank, 735 recycles textile waste into Fax: +972 (0)3 9368333 Czech Republic, Argentina and Turkey.733 various consumer goods, with floor cloths, E-mail: [email protected] 724 Berkel, L. van, “MTex verwacht bathmats and variety of innovative cleaning Website: www.plasto-polish.co.il recordjaar voor Medjoul-dadels (MTex expects record 728 Coalition of Women for Peace, for Medjould dates this year”, AGF, Tholen, 14 August “Mul-T-Lock (formerly Rav Bariach)”, Website cloths being the company’s main products. 2008; Westen, D., “MTex voegt Medjoul-dadels toe Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated The products are packaged and supplied Plasto-Polish develops, manufactures, and aan het assortiment (MTex adds Medjoul dates to 10 June 2008, Viewed in March 2011. its line of products)”, AGF, Tholen, 5 July 2007. to distributors and large marketing chains markets high-quality household cleaning 729 Mul-T-Lock, “Company Profile”, in various countries around the world products: sponges, cleaning cloths, magic 725 Corporate Watch, Website Mul-T-Lock (), Viewed in May 2011; “Mehadrin’s business in Beqa’ot settlement under the brand names of large retailers, erasers, and scorers in a wide range of 730 Gush Shalom, “List of Products from – and Tesco’s Complicity”, Corporate as Ofertex attends the exhibition of the Watch Research Blogs, 18 May 2010. Settlement in the Occupied Territories”, Gush Shalom, 736 Ofertex, “Customers”, Website 8 March 2009; Wohlfeil, J. et al, “Illegal Ground Private Label Manufacturers Association 726 Coalition of Women for Peace, Ofertex Industries (www.ofertex.com), Viewed in - Assa Abloy’s business in occupied Palestinian March 2011; Israel Exporter, “Ofertex Industries”, “Mehadrin Group”, Website Who Profits? (www. territory”, SwedWatch, Report No. 22, October 2008. whoprofits.org), Updated 12 December 2010, Viewed 10 June 2008, Viewed in March 2011. Website Israel Exporter (www.israelexporter. in March 2011; Duns 100, “Company profile The 731 Associated Press, “Lock maker 734 Odeyah Industries, “About com/ofertex), Viewed in March 2011. Mehadrin Group”, Website Dun & Bradstreet Israel Assa Abloy to move West Bank plant”, Associated us”, Website Odeyah Industries (www. 737 Coalition of Women for Peace, (duns100.dundb.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. Press, 21 October 2008; Assa Abloy, “Sustainability odeyah.com), Viewed in April 2011. “Oppenheimer Manufacturing and Marketing”, Report 2008”, Assa Abloy, April 2009. 727 Coalition of Women for Peace, 735 Coalition of Women for Peace, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated “Mehadrin Group”, Website Who Profits? (www. 732 Communication by Ann Holmberg, “Ofertex Industries”, Website Who Profits? (www. 5 August 2008, Viewed in March 2011; Gush whoprofits.org), Updated 12 December 2010, Viewed Corporate Communication Manager, Assa Abloy, whoprofits.org), Updated 1 October 2009, Viewed Shalom, “List of Products from Settlement in the in March 2011; Duns 100, “Company profile The 10 August 2009; Assa Abloy, “Sustainability in March 2011; Gush Shalom, “List of Products Occupied Territories”, Gush Shalom, 8 March 2009. Mehadrin Group”, Website Dun & Bradstreet Israel Report 2009”, Assa Abloy, April 2010. from Settlement in the Occupied Territories”, 738 Friedman, R., “Arab Israelis launch (duns100.dundb.co.il), Viewed in March 2011; 733 Coalition of Women for Peace, Gush Shalom, 8 March 2009; Israel Exporter, boycott of settlement goods. Shopkeepers to post no- Miriam Shoham, “About us”, Website Shoham “Mul-T-Lock (formerly Rav Bariach)”, Website “Ofertex Industries”, Website Israel Exporter (www. buy lists. 'We are part of the Palestinian people,' Kafr (www.mshoham.com), Viewed in April 2011. Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated israelexporter.com/ofertex), Viewed in March 2011. Kana leader declares”, The Jerusalem Post, 6 May 2010. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 160 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 161 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROFILES: SETTLEMENT 13 COMPANIES sizes, colours, and materials. Plasto- P.O. Box 88 differences of minimum wage, vacation 13.35 Polish’s products are sold worldwide under Barkan Industrial Zone 44820 days, holiday pay and convalescence pay its own Bianco label as well as private label Tel: +972 3 9366241 in June 2009.746 Shemesh Spices for leading American companies such as 3M (under the Scotch Brite brand) and P.O. Box 13030 Kimberly Clark. 739 Karnei Shomron 13.33 13.34 Tel: +972 (0)9 7941333 The factory of Plasto-Polish is located in Barkan, an Israeli settlement on the West Royalife Shamir Salads Shemesh Spices produces spices and Bank:740 sauces. The company is located in the 29 Kaufman St. E-mail: settlement Karnei Shomron on the West 4 Inbar Street Tel Aviv 58001 [email protected] Bank.750 P.O. Box 27 Israel Website: 44820 Barkan Industrial Zone Tel: +972 (0)3 5505001 www.shamir-salads.com E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.royalife.co.il Shamir Salads is a producer of ready-made 13.36 salads. Its factory has the ability to produce 13.32 Factory: 700 tons a month and the capacity to Shor Family Wineries 29 Hametsuda Street deliver 1800 tons of salads.747 It is located RonoPolydan Packaging 68012 Azor in the Barkan Industrial Zone. It has been Arza Winery Israel exposed as deliberately mislabelling their P.O. Box 91181 P.O. Box 7767 settlement produce. In March 2001, for 18218 Jerusalem Ramat Gan Royalife is a bed textile company.743 instance, Gush Shalom found products Israel 52176 Israel According to several sources, the factory of in the Netherlands, labelled as ‘made in Tel: +972 (0)2 535 1442 Tel: +972 3 936 7060 / 7131 Royalife is located in the Barkan industrial Israel’. From an interview with a former Fax: +972 (0)2 535 2128 Fax: +972 3 936 7151 / 7063 zone.744 Palestinian worker, Corporate Watch also E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] reported that people worked seven days a Website: www.arza.biz Website: www.rpp.co.il In 2009, a report by Kav LaOved came week, made many overtime hours and were out on discrimination and bad working paid below Israeli minimum wage.748 Hacormim Vineyard (1978) Co. Ltd 751 RonoPolydan Packaging produces and conditions of Palestinian workers at the Haruvit 20 prints flexible packaging for the food and Royalife factory in the settlement. People In January 2008, 51% of Shamir Salads Maale Adumim other consumer industries. RonoPolydan were fired after organizing strikes to was bought by G. Willi-Food, Israel’s Industrial Zone Mishor Adumim covers an area of 5,000 square meters demand their rights.745 A group of 21 largest food importer and a supplier of P.O. Box 5188 with employees numbering more than 110 women are involved in legal battle with an extensive range of quality kosher food Jerusalem people.741 Royalife, claiming that conditions in the products. Willi-Food’s current product list Israel factory break Israeli Ministry of Industry, includes some 400 food products.749 Tel: +972 (0)2 535 2255 The company provides packing services to Trade and Labor health and safety rules Website: www.hacormim.com multiple consumer goods manufacturers and that they were paid far less than the and importers in Israel including Osem, Israeli minimum wage. The companies’ Zion Fine Wines Beigel & Beigel, Colon and Persil Laundry management has rejected the claims. 45 Charuvit Street Detergent, Sunfrost, Soglowek, Eden Moreover, since the group (then 45 women) Mishor Adumim Springs, Sano, Tafnukim Diapers, and took their employer to court, the company Israel Landwer Coffee. The plant of RonoPolydan sacked workers who maintain their claims. Tel: +972 (0)2 53 52 540 Packaging is located in Barkan, an Israeli About 20 have withdrawn their claims Fax: +972 (0)2 53 55 533 settlement on the West Bank:742 because of such pressure. But one of the 746 Corporate Watch, “Resisting the Website: www.zionfinewines.co.il corporations”, Corporate Watch, 18 November workers reached a compromise with the 2009; Irving, S., “Palestinian Workers in West 739 IsraelExporter, “Plasto-Polish”, defendants that enabled the payment of Bank Sue for Rights”, WeNews, 19 July 2009. Three wineries owned by the Israeli Shor Website IsraelExporter (www.israelexporter.com/ 747 Shamir Salads, “Company family are all located in Mishor Adumim, plasto-polish), Viewed in April 2011; Plasto-Polish, Profile”, Website Shamir Salads (www.shamir- an Israeli settlement in the West Bank: Arza “About us”, Website Plasto-Polish (www.plasto- salads.com/Eng), Viewed in March 2011. polish.co.il/about.asp), Viewed in April 2011. Winery, Zion Fine Wines and Hacormim 748 Coalition of Women for Peace, 740 Kompass, “Plasto - Polish (Barkan) 743 Kompass, “Royalife”, “Shamir Salads”, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits. Vineyard. The owners and managers of these Ltd”, Website Kompass (il.kompass.com), Viewed in Website Kompass, Viewed in April 2011. org), Updated 17 June 2008, Viewed in March 2011; wineries all descend from the Shor family April 2011; Dun & Bradstreet Israel, “Plasto - Polish 744 Coalition of Women for Peace, Indymedia, “Corporate Watch: Working for Shamir and sell wine, grape juice and alcoholic (Barkan) Ltd”, Website Dun & Bradstreet Israel “Ofertex Industries”, Website Who Profits? (www. Salads in Barkan industrial zone”, Indymedia, 22 (israel-business.dundb.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. whoprofits.org), Updated 1 October 2009, Viewed May 2010; Gush Shalom, “List of Products from beverages, including Kidush (sacramental) 741 RonoPolydan Packaging, in March 2011; Gush Shalom, “List of Products Settlement in the Occupied Territories”, Gush Shalom, “Profile”, Website RonoPolydan Packaging (rpp. from Settlement in the Occupied Territories”, Gush 8 March 2009; Gush Shalom, “Shamir Salads' false co.il/profile.htm), Viewed in April 2011. Shalom, 8 March 2009; Duns Guide Global, “Royalife label”, Press release Gush Shalom, 27 March 2010. 750 Dun & Bradstreet Israel, “Shemesh 742 Who Profits, “RonoPolidan Ltd.”, Website DunsGuide Global Israel Business Area 749 Indymedia, “Corporate Watch: Spices”, Website Dun & Bradstreet Israel (dunstrade. Packaging”, Website Who Profits (www. (Israel-business.dundb.co.il), Viewed in May 2011. Working for Shamir Salads in Barkan industrial dundb.co.il/D600410591.aspx), Viewed in April 2011. whoprofits.org), Viewed in April 2011; Panjiva, 745 Irving, S., “Palestinian zone”, Indymedia, 22 May 2010; Willi-Food, 751 D&B, “Hacormim Vineyard “Ronopolydan Ltd.”, Website Panjiva (www. women settlement workers’plight”, “About us – Background”, Website G. Willi-Food (1978) Co. Ltd”, Website Dun & Bradstreet Israel panjiva.com), Viewed in April 2011. Electronic Intifada, 4 May 2009. (www.willi-food.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. (dunstrade.dunb.co.il), Viewed in April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 162 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 163 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROFILES: SETTLEMENT 13 COMPANIES wine. Well-known brands of these wineries SodaStream sells its products through full import taxes on them (see paragraph are Charisma (from Arza Winery), Conditon retail stores, including Macy’s, Bed Bath 1.5.2). The factory in Ashkelon was opened and Kings Kiddush Wines (Hacormim). The and Beyond, Bloomingdale’s, Sears, Kmart, in July 2003.759 flagship wine of Zion Fine Wines is Armon. Coop, Carrefour, Gall and Gall, Edeka, and Zion further produces wine under the Migros.754 However, SodaStream International still labels Erez and Tidhar. Arza Winery has an operates the plant in Mishor Adumim, annual production of 4 million bottles and The English businessman Peter Wiseburgh, which it calls “our principal manufacturing Zion Fine Wines of 2.2 million. 752 introduced the soda makers in Israel in facility”. At this location, the company the 1970s and established Soda-Club in operates “a metal factory, plastic and 1991. Soda-Club acquired its competitor bottle blowing factory, machining factory, SodaStream in 1998, thus creating the assembly factory, cylinder manufacturing

13.37 world’s largest home carbonation system facility, CO2 refill line and cylinder retest supplier. facility”. In Ashkelon, the company SodaStream only manufactures “the flavors that are Following a financial crisis, Soda-Club was distributed worldwide”.760 Israeli Main Office taken over by Fortissimo Capital Fund in Gilboa Street 2007, a fund that invests in technology In May 2009, Soda-Club employed 450 P.O. Box 280 companies in “special situations” and people in the factory in Ma’aleh Adumim, 70151 Ben-Gurion Airport controlled by the Israeli businessman including Israelis, recent immigrants Tel Aviv Yuval Cohen. The fund’s main investors from the former Soviet Union, Ethiopians, Israel are Israeli institutional investors, including Palestinians, Israeli Arabs, 18 Bedouins, Tel: +972 (0)3 97 62 45 1 the Bank Leumi Gemel provident fund. In and even 40 Darfur refugees. “We are Fax: +972 (0)3 9736660 2008, Plenus Mezzanine Fund lent Soda doing the best we can to create coexistence Website: www.sodastream.com Club Group NIS 33 million (€ 6.3 million). among different types of people who work Another important shareholder was Real in the factory,” said Daniel Birnbaum, CEO SodaStream International (formerly known Property Investments, a Liberian company FIGURE 38. of the Soda-Club Group.761 as Soda-Club Holdings) is engaged in controlled by the British Conrad Morris.755 The structure of SodaStream. Source: Who developing, manufacturing and marketing Profits, “SodaStream. A Case Study for Corporate Activity Apart from the location of the factory, poor home beverage carbonation systems and In 2010, the company was renamed into in Illegal Israeli Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of working conditions are another problem. related products, such as soda makers, SodaStream International Ltd., whose head Women for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011. According to Salwa Alenat, the West Bank

exchangeable carbon-dioxide (CO2) office is located in Israel. This company coordinator for Kav LaOved, an independent cylinders, and consumables, consisting of made an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Israeli labour organisation, Palestinian

CO2 refills, reusable carbonation bottles the American NASDAQ stock exchange in The company structure of SodaStream workers say they are discriminated against. and flavours. In 2010, the company realised November 2010. The company issued 6.3 International is shown in Figure 38. “They don’t even make half the minimum global revenues of € 160.7 million and had million shares with a total value of US$ wage and working conditions are poor. If 40,000 points of sale and more than 1,000 125.29 million to private and institutional they demand their rights, they will be fired. employees worldwide. 753 investors from various countries.756 Activities in settlements This is the story at many factories in this area but Soda-Club’s factory is one of the SodaStream products are sold in 41 SodaStream International has seven worst,” Alenat said.762 countries worldwide, including the 754 ABN, “Oppenheimer (NYSE-mail: factories located in Germany, Israel, OPY) Initiates Coverage on Sodastream International 757 European countries Belgium, Denmark, (NASDAQ: SODA)”, American Banking News, 14 Australia, South Africa and China. Since Following a case study on SodaStream by Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, December 2010; Who Profits, “SodaStream. A July 1996, the main production plant of “Who Profits from the Occupation?”, a Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli the company has been located in Ma’aleh research project by the Israeli Coalition Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of Women United Kingdom. In Germany, its distributor for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011. Adumim, an Israeli settlement in the of Women for Peace, SodaStream in March Brita imports and markets products of 755 Feldman, B., “Fortissimo Capital occupied West Bank, employing 300 2011 publicly amitted that the company is SodaStream. In Sweden, Denmark, Norway, to raise new fund”, Globes – Israel’s Business Arena, people.758 But in May 2003, the company building a new plant within the Green Line. Finland, SodaStream is distributed by 27 April 2008; Habib-Valdhorn, S., “SodaStream announced it would relocate some Reports that the Ma’aleh Adumim plant will files for Nasdaq IPO; The home soda company Empire. Its products are sold under the wants to raiseUS$95 million at a company value of operations to Ashkelon in Israel. The close are not confirmed by the company, SodaStream name in most countries, and US$336 million”, Globes – Israel Business Arena, 19 company did this because the EU does not under the Soda-Club name or selected October 2010; Shlomo, G., “Institutional investors recognize exports from beyond the Green 759 Coren, O., “Soda Club exits invest NIS 11.5b in private equity”, Globes – Israel’s territories under EU pressure”, Haaretz, 4 May 2003. other names in certain other countries. Business Arena, 12 August 2008; Who Profits, Line as Israeli exports and seeks to levy “SodaStream. A Case Study for Corporate Activity 760 SodaStream Internaational, in Illegal Israeli Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition “Prospectus Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b) 752 Wines Israel, “The Shor Family – of Women for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January (1) for the issuance of 6,009,655 shares”, A Story of Wine & Religion”, Website Wines Israel 2011; SodaStream, “Milestones”, Website SodaStream “SodaStream. A Case Study for Corporate Activity in SodaStream International, 15 April 2011. (www.wines-israel.co.il), 30 September 2008, Viewed (ww.sodastream.com), Viewed in May 2011. Illegal Israeli Settlements”, Who Profits / Coalition of 761 Snyder, T. and S. Writer, Women for Peace, A Case Study No. 1, January 2011. in April 2011; Who Profits, “Forbidden Fruit. 756 Habib-Valdhorn, S., “SodaStream “Homemade Egg Cream, Anyone?”, The The Israeli Wine Industry and the Occupation”, files for Nasdaq IPO; The home soda company 757 SodaStream, “About New York Jewish Week, 6 March 2009. Coalition of Women for Peace, April 2011. wants to raise US$95 million at a company value of SodaStream”, Website SodaStream (www. 762 Diakonia, “Radio broadcast 753 SodaStream, “SodaStream US$336 million”, Globes – Israel Business Arena, 19 sodastream.com), Viewed in May 2011. translation of ‘Soda Stream manufactured in International Reports Record Fourth October 2010; Thomson One Financial Database, 758 Author unknown, “Soda Club West Bank’ at Ekot-National Swedish Radio”, Quarter And Full Year Revenue”, Press “Tearsheet deal number 2231119002”, Thomson One Leases 13,000 SqM in Mishor Edomim forUS$3.25 Diakonia Regional Office (www.business- release SodaStream, 1 March 2011. Financial Database, 2 November 2010; Who Profits, per SqM”, Globes Online, 30 July 1996. humanrights.org), 31 October 2008. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 164 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 165 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROFILES: SETTLEMENT 13 COMPANIES however. “I don’t know if production at the West Bank will cease, because “closing 13.39 The factory of Tip Top Toys is located in Mishor Adumim will continue.depends on the plant would do nothing good for the the Barkan Industrial Zone in the occupied the political atmosphere and the company’s 160 Palestinian families who depend on it Teperberg 1870 Winery West Bank (Sapir 28, Barkan 44820).774 needs,” said SodaStream CEO Daniel for employment”.767 Birnbaum to the Haaretz newspaper.763 Teperberg 1870 Winery (also known as Interstar toys are sold via Amazon, which Efrat Winery) is a family owned winery has online stores in Canada, China, The Hamburg Finance Court was asked founded in 1870. Since 2002, the winery France, Germany, Italy, Japan and United in July 2009 to decide whether Soda- 13.38 has been located in Tzor’a, inside the Kingdom.775 Club devices made in Ma’ale Adumim internationally recognized borders of can be imported into the European Union Supergum Industries Israel. The company’s vineyards extend duty-free, like all other Israeli industrial to several areas inside Israel as well as to products. The judges have been asked to Supergum Ltd. areas in the occupied West Bank. On the 13.41 reach a decision concerning €19,155.46 Barkan Industrial Area West Bank, Teperberg owns vineyards in for imported Soda-Club water-carbonating P.O. Box 54 the Gush Etzion settlement block and in Tishbi Estate Winery machines and syrup from Ma’ale Adumim P.N. Ephraim 44820, extensive plots in Mevo Horon. by Brita GmbH, a distributor of Soda-Club Israel 33 Hameyasdim St. devices since 1995. The company labelled Tel: +972 3 9365692 Planted between 1999 and 2007, the Zichron Yaakov 30900 the products as being “Made in Israel”, and Fax: +972 3 9367742 Mevo Horon vineyards bear the grapes of Israel claimed that they should consequently be E-mail: [email protected] French Colombard, Chardonnay, Shiraz, Tel: +972 4-6380434/5 exempt from customs duties. Website: www.supergum.com Petit Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Fax: +972 4-6380223 Morvedre, Malbec, Tempranillo, Sangiovese E-mail: [email protected] The Hamburg court consulted with the Supergum Industries is an important and Petit Verdot. These vineyards range Website: www.tishbi.com European Court of Justice about obtaining manufacturer of plastic and rubber across 281,000 mᵌ and yield between 1.25- a “preliminary ruling” that would settle products for the automotive industry. The 1.50 tons per 1,000mᵌ.772 Tishbi Estate Winery is a family-owned the issue in a binding manner for all 27 company was established in Tel Aviv, but medium-sized winery in Zichron Yaakov. EU member states.764 A hearing took place moved to Barkan Industrial Zone following Teperberg has three wine series, branded as One of the company’s vineyards is located on September 2009, before the Fourth expansion and investment in machinery.768 Reserve, Terra and Silver. The origin of the in Gush Etzion, a block of settlements in Chamber of the European Court of Justice Activist report that Supergum also has a grapes for each wine is not clearly marked the occupied West Bank. Additionally, and in March 2010, the Court ruled that location in Ma’ale Efraim. 769 in any of the company’s publications. Tishbi is one of the owners (8%) of Gush “Israeli products originating from Israel’s Etzion Wineries, which has wineries in the colonial settlements built on Occupied Supergum Industries is privately owned by Teperberg exports its wines to more than settlement of Efrata.776 Tishbi also uses Palestinian Territory (OPT) do not qualify Yehuda Gescheit and Eilon Ronel and part 22 countries worldwide, including the grapes from Gush Etzion Wineries in the for preferential customs treatment of the Supergum Group. Other companies United States, Canada, France, England, production of its own wines.777 under the EC-Israel trade agreement”765 in the Supergum Group include Impertech Australia and more. Advocate General Bot also concluded that Industries and Supergum Manufacture of The wines are sold under the Jonathan preferential tariffs there may apply “only Rubber & Plastic Products.770 Tishbi, Tishbi and Tishbi Estate brand if the certificates of origin necessary are names, in various European countries, issued, in accordance with that agreement, Customers of Supergum include: Egged, 13.40 Canada and South Africa.778 The company by the Palestinian authorities.”766 International (Navistar), Crown Automotive, does not provide accurate information as MAN, Johnson Controls (Automotive Tip Top Toys Star to the origin of the grapes in each of its In March 2011, the company announced that System Group), IDF (Israeli Defense Forces), wines.779 a new plant is being built within the Green Swedish Army, GIAT Industries (France). 15 Mendes Street Line, but it is unsure whether production in Supergum is spread worldwide with sales Ramat Gan 52653 774 Coalition of Women for Peace, offices in North America and Europe and Israel “Ram Quality Products B.R. (Tip Top Toys Star)”, 763 Sadeh, S., “SodaStream setting operates front logistical facilities in the Tel: +972 3 9364121 Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated up plant within Green Line”, The Marker, 3 March 14 September 2009, Viewed in March 2011; Gush 2011; Kepler, T., “SodaStream to Open Plant within United States and Germany to support on Website: www.interstar.co.il 771 Shalom, “List of Products from Settlements in the Green Line, but Not Closing Settlement Operation”, time delivery demands of its customers. Occupied Territories”, Gush Shalom, 8 March 2009. Alternative Information Center (AIC), 3 March 2011. Tip Top Toys Star (91) Ltd is an Israeli 775 Amazon, “Interstar 764 Best, R. and Schult, C., “Will 767 Sadeh, S., “SodaStream setting up producer of high quality educational toys. Master Builder”, Website Amazon (www. EU penalize exports from Israeli settlements?”, plant within Green Line”, Haaretz.com, 3 March 2011. amazon.co.uk), Viewed in March 2011. Spiegel Online International, 14 July 2009. The company was established in 1991 by 768 Author unknown, “Supergum 776 Coalition of Women for Peace, 765 Court of Justice of the European Uri Barazani. Its main product line is the Ltd. Homeland Security 2009/2010 catalogue”, 773 “Tishbi Estate Winery (Habaron Wine Cellars)”, Communities, “In Advocate General Bot’s opinion, Website Israeli Export & International plastic Interstar construction system. Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated products originating from the occupied territories are Cooperation Institute, Viewed in April 2011. 22 February 2009, Viewed in March 2011 not entitled to preferential customs treatment under the EC-Israel Agreement”, Press release Court of Justice 769 Coalition of Women for 777 Who Profits, “Forbidden Fruit – of the European Communities, 29 October 2009. Peace, “Supergum Industries”, Website Who 772 Teperberg 1870, “The vineyards”, The Israeli Wine Industry and the Occupation”, Who Profits? (www.whoprofits.org), Updated Website Teperberg 1870, Viewed in April 2011; Profits / Coalition of Women for Peace, April 2011. 766 AFP, “EU-Israel trade terms can’t 19 June 2008, Viewed in April 2011. apply to occupied areas: EU advisor” EU Business, Who Profits, “Forbidden Fruit – The Israeli Wine 778 Tishbi, “Wine Store” and 29 October 2009; Kolb, V.M., “Europäischer 770 Coalition of Women for Peace, Industry and the Occupation”, Who Profits / “Distributors”, Website Tishbi Estate Winery Gerichtshof zu Soda-Club. Ärger um Sprudler “Supergum”, Website Who Profits? (www.whoprofits. Coalition of Women for Peace, April 2011. (www.tishbi.com), Viewed in March 2011. aus Nahost. (European Court versus Soda- org), Updated 19 June 2008, Viewed in April 2011. 773 Tip Top Toys Star, 779 Who Profits, “Forbidden Fruit – Club. Anger at bubbler from the Middle East)”, 771 Supergum, “Supergum “About us”, Website Tip Top Toys (www. The Israeli Wine Industry and the Occupation”, Who Suddeutsche Zeitung, 3 September 2009. Industries Ltd”, Supergum, 8 March 2011. interstar.co.il), Viewed in March 2011. Profits / Coalition of Women for Peace, April 2011. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 166 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROSPERPalestine 167 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories PROFILES: SETTLEMENT 13 COMPANIES 13.42 The company was founded in 1947 by Mr Yardeni and now is part of the Astron Twitoplast Group.782

3 Gazit Street Segula Industrial Zone Yardeni Locks has a factory in the Petach-Tikva 49279 Barkan Industrial Zone in the West Bank.783 Tel: +972 (0)3 9345888 According to the Coalition of Women for E-mail: [email protected] Peace, the company has announced that as Website: www.twitoplast.co.il of May 2011 it will shut down its factory in the settlement and will be moving to Twitoplast is a privately owned company inside Israel.784 focusing on the development and manufacture of plastic accessories, primarily for the air conditioning market. Twitoplast is owned by Israel Twito 13.44 and Shoshana Twito. Twitoplast has a production facility in the Barkan Industrial Zriha Hlavin Industries Zone in the occupied West Bank. It exports to 33 countries, amongst others to 5 Saphir Street France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and United P.O. Box28 Kingdom.780 Barkan 44820 Tel: +972 (0)3 9066906 Fax: +972 (0)3 9364578 Website: www.zriha.com END 13.43 Zriha Hlavin Industries manufactures, OF Yardeni Locks Holdings imports and markets technical plastic products, office computer products and REPORT 2 Inbar Street communication components. Under the Industrial Zone Barkan brand name Dr Byte the company markets P.O.B. 24 office supplies of a number of foreign 44820 companies (Sky, Ovann, Muller, PAQ, A4- Israel Tech, Circle Data and Speed) in Israel. The Tel: +972 (0)3 936 50 00 company is located in the Barkan Industrial E-mail: [email protected] Zone, which is an Israeli settlement in the Website: www.yardenilocks.co.il occupied West Bank. 785

Yardeni Locks Holdings is a manufacturer The company exports to the United States of high quality locks and locking cylinder and Italy.786 mechanisms. The company produces a wide range of locks for practically all requirements of OEM, contractors, locksmiths, and DIY stores. It has around 782 Astron, “Company Profile”, 80 employees and annual sales between Website Astron (www.astron.co.il), Viewed in May 2011; Yardeni, “About us”, Website Yardeni US$ 2.5 and 5 million. Yardeni exports (www.yardenilocks.co.il), Viewed in May 2011. between 61-70% of its products. Its main 783 Coalition of Women for Peace, markets include France, Italy and the “Yardeni Locks Holdings”, Website Who Profits? United Kingdom.781 (whoprofits.org), Updated 16 April 2009, Viewed in March 2011; Gush Shalom, “List of Products from Settlement in the Occupied Territories”, Gush Shalom, 8 March 2009; Yardeni, “Contact”, Website Yardeni (www.yardenilocks.co.il), Viewed in May 2011. 780 Twitoplast, “Profile”, Website Twitoplast (www.twitoplast.co.il), Viewed in April 784 Coalition of Women for 2011;Coalition of Women for Peace, “Twitoplast”, Peace, “Yardeni Locks Holdings”, Website Website Who Profits?(www.whoprofits.org)?, Who Profits? (whoprofits.org), Updated Updated 21 April 2010, Viewed in April 2011; 16 April 2009, Viewed in May 2011. IEICI, “Israeli Exporters Catalog”, Israel Export 785 Zriha Hlavin Industries, “Home”, PROSPERPalestine and International Cooperation Institute (www. Website Zriha Hlavin Industries(www.zriha.com/), export.gov.il), Viewed in March 2011. Viewed in April 2011; Coalition of Women for An Independent Economy 781 Alibaba, “Yardeni Locks Holdings Peace, “Zriha Hlavin industries”, Website Who Profits for an Independent State (2005)”, Website Alibaba, Viewed in April 2011; (www.whoprofits.org), Viewed in April 2011. IEICI, “Israeli Exporters Catalog. Yardeni Locks 786 Nave, C., “Packaging www.prosperpalestine.org Ltd.”, Israel Export and International Cooperation Index-2007”, The Israel Export & International Institute (www.export.gov.il), Viewed in June 2011. Cooperation Institute, 2007. research conducted by: PROFUNDO by: conducted research UNVEILED: European Trade & Investment Relationships with Companies PROSPERPalestine 168 in Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories