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Complicit Firms

A complicit firm is one which is either profiting from the Occupation or through its normal course of business perpetrating crimes against Palestinians or hindering Palestinian Human Rights.

A complicit firm does not necessarily have to be Israeli and many cases are not. In addition many examples involve joint ventures between Israeli and non-Israeli companies.

Examples of complicit firm activities include:

  • Selling arms and equipment used in the Occupation to Israel, including technologies and software
  • Construction companies involved in settlement building and their infrastructure including checkpoints, the Apatheid Wall and light railway
  • Carrying out business on stolen land within the Occupied Territories
  • Blocking or otherwise hindering legitimate Palestinian businesses or charities involved in aiding the Palestinians

Download the Corporate Watch report on complicit firms

Corporate Watch report