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Companies Supporting the Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land
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1 Companies Supporting the Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land October, 2009 This information is a gift from Hoder Investment Research (HIR). HIR wishes to thank the Coalition of Women for Peace (CWP) in Israel for information used in this report. Their web site is HIR encourages donations to their work. Items in blue were published by the New England United Methodist Divestment Task Force ( and have been updated here. Questions or suggestions may be directed to Neither Hoder Investment Research nor the Interfaith Peace Initiative assumes any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the material included in this report or for actions based thereon. Readers should go directly to the sources listed to learn more about the companies and assess their role in the occupation. 1. AFRICA ISRAEL INVESTMENTS LTD. (TLV:AFIL) (TLV:AFPR) (TLV:AFHS) builds settler housing in multiple settlements through its subsidiary construction firm, Danya Cebus. The company also owns the Israeli franchise of the real estate agency Anglo Saxon, which has a branch in the settlement of Ma'ale Edomim and offers apartments and houses in many settlements in the Occupied Territories. The company owns 26% of Alon Group, which is also involved with the settlements (see below). Note: Africa Israel Chairman and founder Lev Leviev and his brother are responsible for the settlements of Zufim (Tsufim) and Zufim North on land belonging to the village of Jayyous in the northern West Bank. They are being built by a Leviev company called Leader Management & Development. The village s water wells, greenhouses, and most of its agricultural land have been confiscated for these settlements. Among the largest investors in Africa Israel are Barclay s Global Investors (which has been purchased by BlackRock), and the Vanguard Group. In August 2009, Blackrock made a decision to divest from Africa Israel due to its involvement in the occupation. 2. AHAVA DEAD SEA LABORATORIES LTD. This company is not yet publicly traded, but it explored an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in 2007 and should be watched. It sells its products in American and British stores. These cosmetics and skin care items are manufactured in the illegal West Bank settlement of Mitzpe Shalem. They have often masqueraded as products of Israel, when in fact they are not made within Israel s internationally recognized borders. 3. AIG (NYSE:AIG) has invested $50 million in a new investment fund created by Shamrock, which is primarily controlled by the Roy Disney family. (It did this in 2008, only weeks before its financial troubles became public.) This investment gives AIG a 20% stake in the fund. Shamrock has purchased 17% of Ahava Dead Sea Cosmetics, located in the illegal West Bank settlement of Mitzpe Shalem. Shamrock also invests in the Orad Group, an Israeli firm that provides military electronic monitoring of Israel s separation wall. AIG has a subsidiary EMI, or Ezer Mortgage Insurance, in Israel, which offers funding for mortgages up to 95% with no guarantor. According to its web site, EMI works with all the major mortgage banks and major Bank Realtors/estate agents in the Israeli market. Many of these banks and realtors sell property in the illegal settlements of the West Bank. At least two banks that work with EMI have branches in the settlements. 4. ALLIANT TECH SYSTEMS (NYSE:ATK) is engaged with an Israeli company in the production of rubber coated bullets. Such bullets are frequently used against Palestinians, as well as Israeli and international peace activists engaged in peaceful demonstrations in the West Bank. Rubber bullets often blind, disfigure or kill those who are hit by them. Alliant is also engaged in other contracts that support the Israeli military, which enforces the occupation. The company produces fuses for cluster bombs and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems. 1
2 5. ALON GROUP (TLV:DRAL), (TLV:BSI) is a holding company which has several companies involved in the occupation. Alon Group owns Dor Alon (TLV:DRAL), a petrol company, which has a monopoly over the supply of petroleum to the Gaza Strip and has repeatedly halted supplies of its products to Gaza as part of the Israeli imposed siege of that area. Dor Alon has several gas stations and convenience stores in different Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Alon Group also owns Blue Square (TLV:BSI), a retail chain which has branches and offices in multiple settlements throughout the West Bank, and is the Israeli franchisee of Pizza Hut, which has a restaurant in the Israeli settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev. 6. ALSTOM (EPA:ALO) is a French company helping to build the new light rail system in Jerusalem that will connect the city to illegal settlements in the West Bank. This will strengthen the ring of settlements Israel has built around Arab East Jerusalem in violation of international law. Alstom is responsible for the construction of the light rail, the production of 23 carriages, the signal system, and the maintenance of the infrastructure for the first line of the network, which will run between the illegal settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev and Mount Herzl. 7. ARLEDAN INVESTMENTS LTD. (TLV:ARDN) is one of the companies building houses in the illegal settlements of the West Bank. The company has built in the French Hill section of occupied East Jerusalem and in the settlement of Gilo. 8. ASHLAD LTD (TLV:ASHL), a subsidiary of ASHTROM GROUP, supplies construction materials for checkpoints ("terminals") for the Israeli Ministry of Defense. According to the Coalition of Women for Peace, it also manufactures the concrete slabs and other concrete elements for the wall, such as those in the section near Beit Horon inside the West Bank. 9. ASHTROM GROUP (TLV:ASPR) is one of the investors in the construction of the Light Rail Project (37.5%) which will connect West Bank settlements with Jerusalem. Ashtrom Group also owns Israbeton Concrete Industries, which has a concrete factory in the industrial zone of Atarot, in the West Bank. Israbeton sells concrete to Solel Boneh and Danya Cebus, two major settlement construction firms. Ashtrom owns Ashlad, which rents out industrial spaces in the industrial zone of Barkan in the West Bank, supplies construction materials for checkpoints, and manufactures concrete elements for the separation wall. 10. AVGOL NONWOVEN INDUSTRIES (TLV:AVGL) manufactures nonwoven fabrics which are mostly used in sanitary pads and diapers. Avgol has factories in the US, Russia and China and one factory in the Barkan Industrial Zone, which is on occupied land in the West Bank. According to the Coalition of Women for Peace, its main clients are Proctor & Gamble and Covidien. Both companies have confirmed their use of material from this plant. 11. BAE SYSTEMS (LON:BA) (OTC:BAESY) BAE Systems provides 'Head up Displays' (HUD) for F 16 fighter aircraft destined for Israel. BAE Systems also supplies parts of the 'navigation suite' and elements of the 'self protection suite' (including a BAE Systems/Rokar flare). F 16 s have been used against Palestinians in the occupied territories. (See Lockheed Martin research.) They were used in the massive Israeli assault on Gaza in December, 2008 January, BANK LEUMI (TLV:LUMI) (PINK:BLMIF) is the second largest bank in Israel. According to the Coalition of Women for Peace, it has branches in the following settlements in the West Bank: Ma'ale Edomim, Oranit, Pisgat Ze'ev, Gilo, Kiryat Arba, Katzerin. The bank has partial control over several companies that are involved in the occupation: Paz Oil Company (15%), Super Pharm (18%) and Hot Communication Systems (cable TV) (15%). Super Pharm is an Israeli drugstore chain with branches in the following settlements: Ma'ale Edomim, Pisgat Ze'ev, Gilo. 2
3 Super Pharm is also one of the owners of Blockbuster in Israel, which has DVD vending machines in the settlements of Ariel, Giv'at Ze'ev, Ma'ale Edomim, and Sha'arei Tikva. Bank Leumi is also one of the banks lending money to the Citypass Consortium, which is building a tramway to connect Jerusalem with illegal settlements in the West Bank. 13. B. GAON HOLDINGS LTD. (TLV:GARE) owns significant shares in Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories, as well as 100% of Ace Israel. Both of these companies have either manufacturing facilities or stores in illegal settlements in the West Bank. 14. BLOCKBUSTER (NYSE:BBI) Blockbuster has kiosks in illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land. They are important in creating a climate of permanence and normalcy in illegal communities established on occupied territory. The settlements have been identified as key impediments to peace in the region. 15. BLUE SQUARE ISRAEL LTD. (TLV:BSI), owned by the Alon Group, is a retail chain which has branches and offices in multiple settlements throughout the West Bank. Alon is a holding company which has several companies involved in the occupation. It has participated in the siege of Gaza through suspension of oil and gas supplies to civilians. 16. BOEING (NYSE:BA) has been a major supplier of the F 15 Eagle and the AH 64 Apache attack helicopter to Israel. These aircraft have been used to attack Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, resulting in many civilian casualties. Boeing makes missile systems, F 15 software, Apache Helicopters, and Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), a guided air to surface weapon. All these weapons are sold to the Israeli military and were used in the massive Israeli assault on Gaza at year-end B. YAIR BUILDING CORPORATION LTD. (TLV:BYAR) is a developer of residential complexes, shopping malls, and commercial projects in settlements. It has sold buildings in many settlements, including Har Homa and Maale Adumim. The company s web site shows pictures of residential buildings it has constructed in Maale Adumim. 18. CARMEL HOLDINGS (TLV:CRHO) is a holding company for several furniture, household and carpet manufacturing companies. The company sells its products through its chain stores: Betili, I.D. Design and Carmel Carpets. According to Whoprofits.org, subsidiary companies of Carmel Holdings -- including Barkan Carpets, Iko Designs, Carmel Carpets, Carpetec, Caesarea Carpets and the Beitili Brand -- have factories and warehouses in the Shahak and Barkan industrial zones in the West Bank. 19. CATERPILLAR CORPORATION (NYSE:CAT) supplies bulldozers and earth moving equipment to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) through the US Foreign Military Sales program. It knows the IDF uses these to destroy Palestinian homes, orchards and olive groves in the Occupied Territories. These are clearly violent acts aimed at civilians. Yet Caterpillar continues to provide equipment for this purpose through its Israeli representative Zoko, owned by Israel Tractors and Equipment (ITE). Israel Tractors and Equipment has collaborated with InRob Tech and Israel Aircraft Industries to robotize Caterpillar bulldozers and equipment so that they can accomplish their destruction without endangering the lives of operators. (See p. 124) Caterpillar s weaponized bulldozers were used to clear the way for ground troops in Israel s recent assault on the Gaza Strip. The IDF considers these bulldozers such an important part of its weaponry that it has announced plans to draft civilians to maintain them on the battlefield. Caterpillar bulldozers and earth moving equipment are used to clear Palestinian land for illegal Israeli settlements, segregated roads and the Separation Barrier. 3
4 20. CEMENT ROADSTONE HOLDINGS (NYSE:CRH) benefits from a monopoly on cement production within Israel through its 25% stake in the Israeli group Mashav Initiating and Development Ltd., which is the holding company for Nesher Cement. Nesher claims on its web site to be Israel s sole producer of cement. Cement is being used in the construction of the Separation Wall inside the West Bank, which the International Court of Justice has ruled illegal. Cement is also used to build settlements on Palestinian land. 21. CEMEX (AMEX:CEQ), based in Mexico, owns Readymix, which has a site in Mishor Adumim, a settlement deep inside the West Bank. Cemex purchased the parent company of Readymix, RMC Group plc, in According to the Coalition of Women for Peace (whoprofits.org), Readymix also owns a quarry for aggregates in the West Bank, and has provided concrete elements for construction of infrastructure in the occupied West Bank. 22. CHEMRING GROUP PLC (LON:CHG, and PINK:CMGMF) owns Chemring Countermeasures Ltd., which sells ammunition to the Israeli Navy. The Israeli Navy has repeatedly fired on unarmed Gaza fishermen as they fish in Gaza s own coastal waters. Palestinian civilians seeking to earn a living have been killed and maimed in these attacks. Israel claims to have ended the occupation of Gaza, but in fact controls access to Gaza by land, sea and air. Israeli Navy ships shelled the Gaza Strip during Israel s massive 2008 year-end assault on Gaza, which killed more than 1400 Palestinians. 23. CLAL INDUSTRIES AND INVESTMENTS LTD. (TLV:CII) holds 75% of Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises, through Mashav Initiating and Development. According to the Coalition of Women for Peace (whoprofits.org) Nesher provided cement for the construction of Israeli settlements and infrastructure in the West Bank and most likely also for the construction of the separation wall. In July 2009, Clal subsidiary Mashav purchased Hanson Israel, which has three plants in West Bank settlements and one Israeli aggregates quarry in the occupied West Bank. The deal still awaits the approval of the Israeli Antitrust Authority. The company also owns Golf & Co, a retail store which has a branch in the settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev in the occupied West Bank. Clal Industries and Investments major shareholder is the IDB Group through IDB Development. (see IDB below) 24. COVIDIEN (NYSE:COV) has been one of the major customers for Avgol Nonwoven Industries, which produces nonwoven fabrics in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the West Bank. Covidien is a health care products company based in Mansfield, MA. It was recently sold to First Quality, which has been asked to comment on whether Covidien is still a customer of Avgol. First Quality also produces nonwoven fabrics, and there was speculation that it could supply Covidien with these. First Quality has declined to comment. Covidien has acknowledged that it is an Avgol customer, but says the portion of material used from the West Bank location is small. The Coalition of Women for Peace (whoprofits.org) has stated that Covidien accounts for about 32% of Avgol sales. 25. DELL COMPUTERS (NASDAQ:DELL) subsidiary Dell Israel has supplied 50,000 PCs to the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) over three years at a total cost of $20 million, which is below the market value. The IDF uses these computers to enforce Israel s military occupation of Palestinian land. 26. DOR ALON ENERGY IN ISRAEL (1988) LTD. (TLV:DRAL) (See Alon Group) 27. ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD. (NASDAQ:ESLT) - Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international defense electronics company headquartered in Israel. It is a major supplier to the IDF, which is enforcing the occupation of Palestinian land. According to the Coalition of Women for Peace, it is one of two main providers of the electronic detection fence for the separation wall in the occupied West Bank. It supplied and incorporated LORROS surveillance cameras in the Ariel and A-ram 4
5 sections of the separation wall. The company supplied UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) to the Israeli army, which has used these to kill and maim Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. 28. ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS (formerly NYSE: EDS) has been bought by Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ). (8/26/06) EDS heads a consortium that provides special electronic monitoring of the major checkpoint between Israel and the Gaza Strip. The system is based on biometric identification, and is being extended to cover at least seven other checkpoints, several of them inside the West Bank. 29. EMBLAZE (LON:BLZ) is an Israeli firm with holdings in information technology as well as wireless and cellular technology solutions. It owns 50.1% of Formula Systems, parent company of Matrix Ltd., which is outsourcing information technology work for other companies to settlers in the illegal West Bank settlement of Modi in Illit. (For more information, see Formula Systems, below.) 30. EMILIA DEVELOPMENT (TLV:EMDV) owns Adumim Food Additives, which is located in the industrial zone of Mishor Edomim in the West Bank Emilia Development also owns Maxima Air Separation Center, which holds a distribution center in the Ma ale Edomim settlement on the West Bank. (Note: Adumim and Edomim are the same word spelled in different ways. Mishor Edomim and Maele Edomim are different settlements.) 31. FORMULA SYSTEMS LTD. (NASDAQ:FORTY) is a global information technology (IT) solutions and services company based in Israel. The Company is principally engaged in providing software consulting services. It is the parent company of MATRIX (see below), which outsources IT services to settlers at the illegal settlement of Modi in Illit in the West Bank. 32. GENERAL DYNAMICS (NYSE:GD) Land Systems in the USA manufactures the GD 883 diesel engine for Israel s Merkava 4 battle tanks. It has supplied about 1,000 M60A3 Main Battle Tanks to Israel. These tanks are frequently used against Palestinians in the occupied territories. It also produces equipment used on the F-16 Fighting Falcon Jets sold to Israel. General Dynamics is the general contractor for the production of 3,500 MK 84 "general purpose" bombs, spares and repair parts for Israel. These were among the major weapons used in Israel s recent massive assault on the Gaza Strip, which killed more than 1400 Palestinians. 33. GENERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATION (NYSE:GE) GE supplies the propulsion system for Israel's AH 64 Apache Assault Helicopter, which has been used in Israeli attacks on Palestinian towns and refugee camps. It also possesses contracts with Israel to sell engines for a variety of military aircraft. In addition, GE possesses several Israeli service contracts for engineering support and testing. 34. GLOBECOMM SYSTEMS INC (GSI) (NASDAQ: GCOM) of New York, in partnership with Tadiran Spectralink of the Elisra Group (Israel), supplies the IDF with equipment and facilities for communication between all branches of the IDF ground forces. The system includes mobile stations installed on HMMWV vehicles. These vehicles are used by the IDF in the occupied territories. 35. HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY (NYSE:HPQ) owns Electronic Data Systems, which heads a consortium providing biometric monitoring of checkpoints, including several built inside the West Bank in violation of international law. HP also supplies printers to the IDF, which enforces the occupation. The Israeli Navy has chosen HP Israel to carry out the outsourcing of its IT infrastructure. Under the project, HP Israel will assume full responsibility for the management and operation of the Navy's IT infrastructure, including computer and communications centers, 5
6 information security and full end user support. The Israeli Navy has attacked ships carrying humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. It regularly attacks Gaza s fishermen within Gaza s own territorial waters, and has often shelled civilian areas in the Gaza Strip, killing Palestinians. Hewlett Packard subsidiary HP Invent outsources IT services to a company called Matrix, which employs settlers in the illegal settlement of Modi in Illit to do much of its IT work at low wages. 36. IDB HOLDING CORPORATION LTD. (TLV:IDBH) is the holding company for IDB Development Corporation Ltd. (TLV:IDBD), which owns 61% of Clal Industries and Investments Ltd. Clal Industries owns owns Nesher Cement, a major Israeli cement company, through its holding company Mashav. According to a letter from Nesher investor Cement Roadstone Holdings, Nesher has in all probability provided cement to build the separation wall and other structures of occupation. On July 29, 2009, Clal Industries Mashav purchased Israeli cement company Hanson, in part to create greater synergy with Nesher cement. Hanson also provides construction materials for the occupation, operates several plants in settlements and has at least one mine in the West Bank on occupied land. The company also has a controlling interest in several other companies that help sustain the occupation. 37. INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS CORPORATION (TLV:IBLD) constructs and manages buildings for industrial commercial uses, for rental or sale. It manages infrastructure development for the housing and industry sectors. The company has sold properties in Barkan Industrial Zone and rents out industrial spaces in the Katzerin Industrial Zone. Both of these are on occupied land. In 2006, the company held 30,000 square meters in Katzerin, and approximately 55,000 more square meters elsewhere in the Occupied Territories. 38. INROB TECH (OTC:IRBL) (PINK:IRBL) converts Caterpillar bulldozers and other earth-moving equipment into robotized machines which can enter the battlefield or destroy Palestinian property without endangering an Israeli driver. It has a facility in the Phillipines which handles conversion of Caterpillar equipment and then ships that equipment to the IDF (Israeli occupation forces) in Israel. It also has a contract with Israeli Military Industries, which is a major supplier to the IDF. 39. ITT CORPORATION (NYSE:ITT) ITT provides the Israeli Defense Forces with intensifier tubes for night vision goggles. Night vision goggles are used by pilots, co pilots and crews of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft, especially helicopter crews. They enable Israel to attack refugee camps and villages in the middle of the night, the time when many of these raids and assaults take place. In September, 2007, ITT purchased arms manufacturer EDO, which produces components of bomb racks used by the F16 war planes sold to Israel and used in Israel s recent assault on the Gaza Strip. ITT has said the acquisition would give it a bigger role in weapons systems including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and the Navy s Littoral Combat Ship. The Littoral Combat Ship was used in the recent Gaza assault. It is being used to intercept boats carrying aid to Gaza and to prevent fishermen from accessing fishing grounds off Gaza s coast. 40. LOCKHEED MARTIN (NYSE:LMT) is the single biggest overseas supplier for the Israeli armaments industry. It has received billions of dollars for supplying arms, including missile systems and fighter planes, to Israel. It has many ongoing contracts, including manufacturing F 16I fighter bombers used by the IDF against Palestinians. Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control in Orlando, Florida produces the Hellfire missile system for Apache attack helicopters used by Israel against Palestinians. According to a military trade publication, Israel s main battle tank, the Merkava MK 4 is produced by the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Group. These tanks, missiles and fighter planes were used in Israel s recent assault on Gaza, during which more than 1400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis (including 10 soldiers) were killed. 6
7 41. MAGAL SECURITY SYSTEMS (NASDAQ:MAGS) is an Israeli company that is providing intrusion detection fencing for the separation wall. It is listed in a government of Israel web site as one of the contractors engaged in the construction of the wall. 42. MATRIX (TLV: MTRX) is an Israel based information technology (IT) company. It has established a subsidiary called Talpiot in the illegal settlement of Modi in Illit deep in the West Bank. The company s operations in Modi in Illit are subsidized by the Israeli government. They employ only ultra orthodox Jewish women, and pay very low wages. Matrix I.T. is part of the Formula group. Other stakeholders in the Company are Bank Leumi and Migdal. According to a Matrix web site, major customers include Motorola, Microsoft, Texas Instruments, Hewlett Packard, Orange, Comverse, Nokia, Siemens, Amdocs, Verint, Marvell, Convergys, SAS, and other companies. 43. MIZRAHI TEFAHOT BANK (TLV:MZTF) has branches in the illegal settlements of Alon Shvut and Karnei Shomron, in the West Bank. According to Israel s Coalition of Women for Peace, 45.8% of the bank shares are held by the Ofer and Werteim Group. 44. MOTOROLA (NYSE:MOT) has a $90 million contract to provide the Israeli army with an advanced "Mountain Rose" cell phone communications system. Its wholly owned subsidiary in Israel has a contract to develop encrypted wireless communications for the military featuring vehicle mounted antenna. It also has antennae in military installations in the West Bank. Motorola subcontracts IT services to settlers in the settlement of Modi in Illit through a company called Matrix. According to Israel s Coalition of Women for Peace, Motorola subsidiary MIRS has at least 70 cell phone towers in illegal settlements in the West Bank and MIRS has developed a special pricing plan for settlers. Working with Aeronautics Defense Systems, Motorola developed a perimeter defense system called Stronghold as well as a Wide Angle Surveillance System, to be used in the West Bank. In April, 2009, Motorola sold its Israel s Government Electronics Division, which developed these two systems and produced fuses for Israeli bombs. That division was sold to Aeronautics Defense Systems. In June, 2009, Motorola announced it would sell MIRS. A buyer has not been found. Motorola asked for final MIRS bids by mid-september. 45. NORTHROP GRUMMAN (NYSE:NOC) collaborates with Lockheed Martin in producing the Israeli F 16I Sufa ( Storm') aircraft by providing the AN/APG 68 (V)9 multimode radar that provides for high resolution ground mapping. With Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman also produces the Longbow System which, when installed in the Apache helicopter, greatly enhances the Apache s lethality. The Longbow system includes fire control radar and the Hellfire Missile. In 2000 and 2001, Congress was notified of more than $500 million and $509 million respectively in pending Apache Longbow attack helicopter sales to Israel. Apache Longbows were used in the recent assault on Gaza, in which more than 1400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis (10 of them soldiers) were killed. 46. ON TRACK INNOVATIONS (NASDAQ:OTIV), an Israeli company, has developed the Basel System, which uses two biometric sensors to read the facial dimensions and hand geometry of Palestinians crossing through the Erez checkpoint. It is part of a consortium headed by Electronic Data Systems, which is developing systems based on this technology for seven other checkpoints, including several inside the West Bank. 47. OSHKOSH TRUCK COMPANY (NYSE:OSK) Oshkosh, through contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars, supplies mobility tactical trucks to the Israeli Military. These include cargo trucks with winches, wreckers and tractors. This type of equipment is used by the Israeli military in the occupied territories. Israel also has a $145 million contract with Oshkosh Truck Corp to build more than 900 armor kits for Israel s Medium Tactical Vehicles. 7
8 48. PAZ OIL (TLV:PZOL) has gas stations in West Bank settlements including Ma'ale Edomim, Kiryat Arba, Pisgat Ze'ev, Gilo, Karnei Shomron and Ofra. Subsidiary company PazGas is supplying cooking gas to West Bank settlements including Ma'ale Edomim and the settlement outpost of Havat Maon. 49. PEREG UNITED INDUSTRIES (TLV:PERG.TA) manufactures and exports air conditioning systems. It has a production facility located in the industrial zone of Atarot, which is located in the West Bank. Subsidiary: Pereg Air Water Corp (USA) 50. PROCTER & GAMBLE (NYSE:PG) purchases nonwoven fabrics from Avgol Nonwoven Industries. Avgol has a factory in the Barkan Industrial Zone, which is part of an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. Its other factories are in Russia, China, and the United States. Proctor & Gamble has a factory inside Israel, not far from the Avgol West Bank plant, and a spokesman confirmed that P&G is a customer of Avgol. According to the Coalition of Women for Peace (whoprofits.org), Procter & Gamble accounts for about 37% of Avgol sales. 51. RAYTHEON (NYSE:RTN) is a major arms contractor to the Israeli military. It supplies Patriot, Sparrow, Sidewinder, Maverick and TOW missiles. The Maverick is a precision, air to ground missile that is used against small mobile and hard targets. Missiles are frequently used against Palestinians in crowded residential areas such as refugee camps. They are also used in targeted assassinations of Palestinians without trial, evidence or the opportunity for defense. 52. SILICON GRAPHICS (SGI) (NASDAQ:SGIC) has a contract to provide Israeli Air Force F 15 pilots with visual system training. SGI s system will also allow training for F 16 pilots using night vision goggles and sensors. An SGI graphics system serves as the image generator for the Israeli Air Force's UH 60/CH 53 Helicopter Aircrew Weapon Systems Trainer. These aircraft have been used in attacks on Palestinians in the occupied territory. 53. TEREX CORPORATION (NYSE:TEX) Terex subsidiary American Truck Company (ATC) signed a $54 million agreement to supply 302 medium tactical trucks and associated logistical support to the Israeli army. Terex s ATC also has a contract with the Israeli army for training, service and spare parts. Terex supplied TATRA trucks used by the Israeli army to mount artillery systems during the time it owned a controlling interest in that company. Terex owns Amida Industries, which manufactures mobile floodlight towers used by the Israeli Army in the Occupied Territories. Terex owns Demag Cranes. Until 2007, these were leased in Israel through Riwal, a major crane supplier for construction of Israel s Separation Wall. Riwal sold its crane leasing business to Sarens, a Belgian company, in Sarens also provides cranes to Israel. 54. UNILEVER (LON: ULVR or NYSE: UL) is the parent company of Beigel and Beigel, which has a plant in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the West Bank settlement of Barkan. Please note: On Monday, December 1, 2008, Unilever announced that it would sell its interest in Beigel & Beigel. Once this is accomplished, Unilever should be removed from this list. As of September, 2009, this sale had not taken place. 55. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (NYSE:UTX) United Technologies produces Blackhawk helicopters which are used by the Israeli military to attack Palestinian cities, refugee camps and villages. Many civilians have been killed in these attacks. On February 1, 2001, United Technologies Sikorsky Division announced a $211.8 million contract with the Israeli Air Force. On June 15, 2009, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Israel s Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT) announced successful completion of the test phase for the Armed BLACK HAWK (ABH) demonstrator helicopter, also known as the BATTLEHAWK helicopter. In addition to providing 8
9 Israel with new armed helicopters, the program will produce kits to adapt previously sold Blackhawk helicopters to the new armed configuration. United Technologies Pratt and Whitney Division produces engines for Israel s F 15 and F 16 aircraft, which have been used against Palestinian civilians. In 2005, Israel awarded Pratt and Whitney a contract worth up to $600 million for fleet management of these engines over the next 10 years. 56. VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION (NYSE:VLO) is one of the major suppliers of fuel to the Israeli military. It provided much of the jet fuel used in Israel s recent assault on the Gaza Strip in which more than 1400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis (10 of them soldiers) were killed. 57. VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT (NYSE:VE) operates a waste dump for settlements on occupied land in the West Bank through its subsidiary TMM Onyx. Veolia subsidiary Connex operates busses that serve at least three illegal settlements in the West Bank. Connex is a central partner in a $500 million light rail system designed to link Jerusalem to illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. This will make the settlements more convenient and less likely to be moved, as UN resolutions and international law require. Veolia owns 5% of the consortium building the system, and was awarded a lucrative contract to operate the system for the next 30 years. Veolia s energy company Dalkia signed an agreement to provide electricity to the light rail system. In early June, 2009, after losing $7 billion in contracts due to its involvement with the occupation, Veolia announced it would withdraw from the light rail project. As of September, 2009, this had not happened, though talks with a potential buyer were under way. Veolia remains involved in other activities supporting the occupation. 58. VILLAR INTERNATIONAL LTD. (TLV:VILR) is a construction and investment company which owns The Archivists and Twitoplast, both located in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the West Bank. 59. VOLVO (NASDAQ:VOLV) bulldozers have been photographed and videotaped destroying Palestinian homes. They have also been used in Israel s construction of the Separation Wall, which is on Palestinian land and has been declared illegal by the International Court of Justice. Mayers Cars and Trucks in Israel is a Volvo distributor, and according to Israeli sources, is one of the main providers of construction equipment for the settlements and the wall. 60. ZOKO ENTERPRISES (TLV:ZOKO) owns Israel Tractors and Equipment, the Caterpillar dealer in Israel, which is weaponizing CAT bulldozers and other equipment for the IDF. These weaponized CAT bulldozers were used in the recent assault on Gaza. ITE is also involved in a program to robotize these machines so they may demolish homes and other structures without endangering a driver. RESEARCH AND BACKUP INFORMATION ON COMPANIES SUPPORTING ISRAEL S OCCUPATION AFRICA ISRAEL INVESTMENTS Africa Israel is a leading settlement builder. The company also owns the Israeli franchise of the real-estate agency Anglo Saxon, which has a branch in the illegal settlement of Ma'ale Edomim and offers apartments and houses in different settlements in the Occupied Territories. The company owns 26% of Alon Group (see below), which has a monopoly over gas supply to the 9
10 Gaza Strip, and controls the Blue Square retail chain, which has branches and offices in multiple settlements throughout the Occupied Territories. Source #1 (Note: This web site is maintained by an Israeli group called Coalition of Women for Peace to provide accurate information about companies supporting Israel s occupation.) The company builds in multiple settlements through its subsidiary construction firm, Danya Cebus. The company also owns the Israeli franchise of the real-estate agency Anglo Saxon, which has a branch in the settlement of Ma'ale Edomim and offers apartments and houses in different settlements in the Occupied Territories. The company owns 26% of Alon Group, which has a monopoly over gas supply to the Gaza Strip, and controls the Blue Square retail chain. Blue Square has branches and offices in multiple West Bank settlements. Source #2 - Africa Israel provides engineering and construction services through its subsidiary, Danya Cebus. It is active in the energy sector through Alon Israel Oil Company and Total Fina. Source #3 - $50 Million Private Investment In Ariel. Excerpt: 1 June 1999,Israel Business Today, Volume 13; Issue 6 Ariel is Israel's largest city located far across the green line, (the border before the Six-Day War in 1967) and has more than 16,000 residents. Some residents, as a result of the recent election in Israel and the change in government, are a bit apprehensive about the city's future. They received a welcome sign of relief when a private contracting company (Danya Cebus) announced that the company is negotiating to build 350 two family cottages in the city. The company will invest $50 million in the project and plans on selling each cottage for $130,000. An investment of this size will have a major impact on the local economy of the city; but far more important is the political statement that a project of this kind makes. If a private company is willing to make an investment of this size and believes it can find buyers for the cottages - even in a slow economy - it shows that the political and economic future of the city is assured. Places like these need more demographic and economic investment to help them know they are on the map to stay. Source #4 Visit: UNICEF Rejects Support From Israeli Billionaire Known for Constructing Settlements on Palestinian Lands Adalah-NY, The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East, 19 Jun 2008 A senior advisor to UNICEF s Director said in a letter today that UNICEF will reject all partnerships with, or financial support from...lev Leviev...Leviev s past support for UNICEF is featured in a number of places on his company s website...unicef s rejection of Leviev s support followed meetings with Adalah-NY, letters from organizations and Palestinian communities...and a visit by UNICEF officials to Jayyous, one of the Palestinian communities where a Leviev company is building Israeli settlements...abdullah Abu Rahme, a community leader from the West Bank village of Bil in, said, We welcome UNICEF s decision to hold one of the companies that has been building Mattityahu East settlement accountable for attempting to destroy our community... 10
11 Source #5 - The wrong message to Israel By Abe Hayeem, The Guardian [UK] 09 Sep the decision by the British government to rent space for our new embassy in Tel Aviv from the Africa-Israel...company chaired by businessman Lev Leviev sends precisely the wrong message. Leviev...who recently became a UK resident, is also a major settlement builder. Danya Cebus, a subsidiary of Leviev's Africa-Israel group, has built homes in three West Bank settlements - Mattityahu East, Har Homa, and Ma'ale Adumim. Additionally, Leviev is a major donor to the Land Redemption Fund (LRF)...The LRF uses highly questionable methods to secure Palestinian land for Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, in clear violation of international law and the Fourth Geneva convention. Source #6 - Letter from the village of Jayyous re. Lev Leviev s support to UNICEF: April 10, 2008 Ms. Ann Veneman Executive Director UNICEF Dear Ms. Veneman, The people of Jayyous, a village in the West Bank s Qalqilya district, were deeply saddened to learn that UNICEF has been accepting fundraising support from Israeli businessman Lev Leviev. Leviev is the co-owner of Leader, the Israeli company that is building the settlement of Zufim on our village s land. Leviev s companies are also building Israeli settlements on Bil in s land, and are building in the settlements of Har Homa and Maale Adumim around Jerusalem. Leviev is destroying the olive groves and farms that have sustained Jayyous for centuries, and is profiting from human rights abuses. (Note: The author of this report has spent time in the village of Jayyous and has seen the settlement Lev Leviev s company is building there. She has visited Palestinian agricultural lands that have been confiscated for Leviev s settlement construction and has seen the devastating impact on Palestinian families.) Source #7 Construction of Israeli settlements by Leviev s Companies: Leviev s companies most recent settlement construction projects - Mattityahu East in Modi in Illit, Zufim, Maale Adumim and Har Homa - are central to Israel s efforts to seize control of and annex strategic areas of the West Bank. They take water and key agricultural areas from Palestinians, carve up Palestinian areas of the West Bank into isolated enclaves, cut off East Jerusalem from the West Bank, and thus help to destroy any remaining hopes for the creation of a Palestinian state. Most of the settlements that Leviev built or is building are located west of the route planned for Israel s wall, in the West Bank settlement blocs that Israel aims to annex. Indeed, there is clear evidence, according to a 11
12 report by the Israeli human rights organizations B Tselem and Bimkom, that the wall s path deep within the West Bank was drawn with the intention of facilitating the expansion and annexation of these settlements. In 2004 Leviev s Danya Cebus company, a subsidiary of Africa-Israel, agreed to serve as the subcontractor for Shaya Boymelgreen s Green Park Project for the construction of 2500 homes in the settlement of Mattityahu East on Bil in s land (click for contract in Hebrew showing Danya Cebus' responsibility for Mattityahu East homes and for other sources). The village of Bil in has gained worldwide renown for its three-plus-year nonviolent protest campaign, supported by Israeli and international activists, which aimed to save 50% of the village s land from Mattityahu East and Israel s wall. Danya Cebus is also building 60 homes in the strategic settlements of Har Homa on Jabel Abu Ghneim that divides Jerusalem from Bethlehem, and 102 homes in Maale Adumim which divides the northern and southern West Bank. Even the US government, Israel s closest ally, has criticized both Har Homa and Maale Adumim. Africa-Israel was also one of the original companies that agreed to market and build Har Homa in the early 1990s, before Leviev bought Africa-Israel. In 1999, Leviev's Africa-Israel announced plans to build 700 new homes in the settlement of Ariel, which reaches up to 13 miles inside the West Bank, cutting off the northern West Bank from the rest of the West Bank. It is not clear whether this construction was ever implemented. Articles in Globes, Israel's leading financial newspaper, also announced that Danya Cebus was contracted to build 175 homes in the settlement of Maale Adumim in 2000, as well as an undetermined number of homes in the settlement of Adam in Leviev and his brother in-law Daviv Eliashov own Leader Management and Development (often translated from Hebrew to English as LIDAR ). Leader is expanding the Zufim settlement on the land of the West Bank village of Jayyous, according to documents obtained by Israel s Coalition of Women for Peace from Israel's Companies Registrar in Jerusalem (click here for the documents). According to B Tselem and Bimkom, Leader requested approval to expand Zufim by around 1400 housing units, and has started building them. In 2002, Jayyous became the first village to mount a sustained nonviolent campaign, with the participation of Israeli and international activists, against the construction of the wall and related settlement expansion on its land. Because Jayyous agricultural land was cut off by the wall to facilitate Zufim s expansion, The Financial Times reported in September, 2006 that 50% of the once prosperous Jayyous villagers were reliant on foreign food aid. Source #8 - Africa-Israel under scrutiny for settlement construction Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 22 June 2009 On 12 June, BlackRock announced its purchase of Barclays Global Investors, a subsidiary of Barclays Bank. Capital IQ lists Barclays Global Fund Advisors as the second-largest investor in Africa-Israel Investments after Lev Leviev. Based on Capital IQ's most recent information for this year, BlackRock is mentioned as the seventh-largest holder of Africa-Israel shares. After purchasing Barclays, BlackRock is now the second-largest investor in the company after Leviev. The fourth-largest investor is the Vanguard Group. AHAVA-DEAD SEA LABORATORIES Source #1 c=&spon=&pagewanted=1 12
13 Europe Warns Israel of Limits on Some Duty-Free Goods By WILLIAM A. ORME JR. Published: May 22, 2001 The European Union, wielding tariff barriers as a diplomatic tool, warned Israel today that it might ban the duty-free entry of goods produced by Israeli companies operating in territories controlled by Israel outside the country's original boundaries ''We are very concerned,'' said an executive in the export department of Ahava, an Israeli company that exports high-priced salves, lotions and mud treatments from a factory perched high above the Dead Sea in Mitzpe Shalem, a desert hamlet on land seized by Israel from Jordan 34 years ago. ''We send 12 to 15 containers a year to Europe, and that's a lot for us.'' If disqualified for the free trade privileges, most of the disputed exports would be subject to duties of at least 10 percent, officials said. The tariff review is aimed at cutting off indirect economic support for settlements in the occupied territories, European officials said. Source #2 - According to the Israeli peace group Gush Shalom, Ahava and Ahava USA manufactures products made with ingredients from the Dead Sea. They violate US customs rules by declaring that their products are Made in Israel when they are really made in the occupied Palestinian territories in the settlement area of Mitzpe Shalem, Source #3 Some products are easier to spot.. skin care products by Ahava in Selfridges and soda stream products from Mishor Adumin in Argos. All of these products are manufactured wholly or largely in West Bank settlements. Source #4 - Will the British buy love from the Dead Sea? By Efrat Neuman, 01/02/2007 In the past year, London has become an attractive destination for Israeli companies, mainly in the real estate sector, which has raised hundreds of millions dollars. Now more industrial enterprises are eyeing London as a suitable arena, in which to raise funds and become publicly traded companies. The Marker has learned that Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories cosmetics company is considering an initial public offering (IPO) on London's Alternative Investments Market (AIM) exchange. Ahava, the Hebrew word for love, is still in the initial stages of the IPO process, but plans to go public before the end of this year. Ahava's shareholders include Kibbutz Mitzpe Shalem, located north of Ein Gedi near the Dead Sea (41 percent), Hamashbir Holdings, owned by the Livnat family, and Gaon Holdings, controlled by Benny Gaon (41 percent) and Ein Gedi and Kalia kibbutzim (18 percent). (Editor s note: Mitzpe Shalem is an illegal settlement built on Palestinian land in the West Bank portion of the Dead Sea area.) Ahava was founded in 1988 and develops, manufactures and markets cosmetics products based on Dead Sea mud and minerals. Three and a half years ago, Hamashbir almost sold its Ahava holdings to a group of American investors at a value of $21 million, but the deal did not go through. Ahava's planned IPO will presumably be at a much higher value. (Editor s note: the 13
14 IPO was withdrawn. Ahava is still a private company, with investments from Shamrock Holdings and other investment funds.) Source #5 Last June, Gaon Holdings went public, raising $71 million in its initial public offering in Tel Aviv. It now counts among its businesses the Ace Hardware franchise in Israel; Ahava, a cosmetics company with products made from Dead Sea minerals; and several industrial water equipment companies. (See B. Gaon Holdings, page 29.) Source #6 BRIEF: Disney's fund to buy Ahava stake: Ahava products are sold in 25 countries by 22 distributors. Feb 21, 2008 (Globes - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Shamrock Holdings, the investment arm of Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: has signed an memorandum of understanding (MOU) to acquire 16.9 percent of Dead Sea Laboratories Ltd., which makes skincare products under the Ahava brand, from B. Gaon Holdings Ltd. (TASE: GAON) for $12.2 million at a company value of $60 million before money. The investment is part of Shamrock's strategy to collaborate directly with Gaon Holdings' subsidiaries, and sold its stake in Gaon Holdings in November in order to avoid conflicts of interest. Ahava products are sold in over 25 countries by 22 distributors. In October 2007, Ahava deferred a planned IPO on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) at a company value of $ million when it failed to obtain the price it wanted. Gaon Holdings chairman Benjamin Gaon told "Globes" today, "There are no plans to float Ahava in the near future." He added, "Shamrock will give Ahava the American touch. Its investment will give Ahava a new dimension for marketing in the US." Source #7 Concern over Israel settlement exports British customs officials are "strongly concerned" that Israeli-produced goods made in settlements on the occupied West Bank may be circumventing import taxes en-route to British high streets, the BBC's Tim Franks learns. The British Government believes that Israeli settlements on occupied territory are illegal. So does every other government in the world, except for Israel. For that reason goods produced on settlements in the West Bank are not supposed to benefit from a free trade agreement between the EU and Israel. They are supposed to be subject to import duty. But the BBC has discovered that HM Revenue and Customs is strongly concerned that the system is being abused and that these goods may be coming into Britain for free. 14
15 Ahava is one of the better known brands to come from the occupied West Bank. Tourists pack the visitor centre for the skin care company, located on a settlement called Mitzpe Shalem, just next to the northern part of the Dead Sea. AIG AIG has invested $50 million in a new investment fund created by Shamrock, which is primarily controlled by the Disney family. This investment gives AIG a 20% stake in the fund. Shamrock has purchased 17% of Ahava-Dead Sea Cosmetics, located in the illegal West Bank settlement of Mitzpe Shalem. Shamrock also invests in the Orad Group, an Israeli firm that provides military electronic monitoring of Israel s separation wall. Source #1 AIG: AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC Articles in Trade Publications AIG to invest in new Shamrock fund. 8/12/08 Globes - Israel... finance.aol.com/headlines/american-international... Source #2 - AIG to invest in new Shamrock fund The Disney family fund is one of Israel's foremost foreign investors. by Irit Avissar12/08/ :25:22 Shamrock Holdings, the investment arm of the Disney family in Israel is in the process of closing its new investment fund on $250 million. Sources inform ''Globes'' that the main investor in the new fund is global insurance giant AIG (NYSE: AIG), which will contribute $50 million, 20% of the fund. AIG's investment at a time like this is no small matter. The group, considered one of the world's largest insurance providers, was hit hard by the recent credit crunch, with its share crashing 60% over the past year. This article further states that Shamrock has invested a total of NIS 1.5 billion in various industrial companies in Israel during the years it has been operating here. The company's funds invest principally in Israeli industrial companies which focus on export, including shoe company Teva Naot Ltd., Orad Hi-Tec Systems (AIM; XETRA: OHT), and cosmetic products company Dead Sea Laboratories Ltd... Excerpts from article published by Globes [online], Israel business news on August 12, 2008 Source #3 Teva Naot sells shoes and sandals. They export to the US under the trademark "Naot" to distinguish them from Teva's. They belong (33%) to the original Kibbutz that founded it, Neot Mordechai (in the Green line) and 66% to Shamrock Holdings (the Disney Family). They directly own a store + storage in Kfar Etzion which is a settlement in the Etzion Block. Source #4 - Border and perimeter monitoring from Israel 15
16 One of the most interesting products for civil applications being presented in Essen by the Israeli ORAD Group, one of the leading suppliers of border and perimeter protection technologies is the protection system 360i, a combination of video and sensor technology used all over the world and recently improved. Its Discoverii system is described as the world's most progressive system for night vision monitoring using laser lighting. It recognises targets even in complete darkness and under the most unfavourable weather conditions. ORAD has close connections to the Israeli Defence Ministry. Source #5 - EMI works with all the major mortgage banks and major Bank Realtors/estate agents in the Israeli market. Source #6 parc3aubcxqrmm0/&ts=&cp=0&marketing=yes Banks reduce maximum mortgage financing Ariel Rosenberg05/11/ :49:28 This article confirms that EMI offers mortgages through Mizrahi Tefahot Bank and Bank Leumi. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank has branches in the West Bank settlements of Alon Shvut, Karnei Shomron and Kedumim. (See Bank Leumi has branches in the following settlements in the West Bank: Ma'ale Edomim, Oranit, Pisgat Ze'ev, Gilo, Kiryat Arba, Katzerin. (See Source #7 In transferring the risk of low-down payment loans to EMI, mortgage banks are able to grant borrowers mortgages at up to 95% LTV (loan-to-value) ratio, without guarantors. High-LTV financing has become a legitimate and popular source of financing in Israel, with EMI today insuring annually some 14% of all new loans provided by banks in the Israeli mortgage market. Additional Sources For more sources and information on Shamrock s investment in settlement enterprises, please see Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories in this report. This is the same company as Dead Sea Laboratories mentioned above, and is located in the illegal settlement of Mitzpe Shalem. ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS Alliant Tech Systems works closely with Israeli Military Industries (IMI), which is the major supplier of weapons to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The IDF is the military arm of the Israeli government, charged with enforcing the occupation of Palestinian land. Together, Alliant and IMI have produced various weapons including rubber bullets (which can maim or kill), a key tool of the occupation forces. The two companies also collaborate in producing self-destruct fuzes for M864 projectiles (cluster bombs) and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems. Source #
17 In April of 2004, a presentation was given by Mike Hielbel of Alliant s ATK Ordinance and Ground Systems and Ilan Glickman of Israeli Military Industries Ammunition Group, describing their partnership to produce Self Destruct Fuzes for M864 Projectiles and MLRS Rockets. Source #2 - The M864 is capable of delivering 72 dual-purpose (anti-armor/anti-personnel) grenades to the target area. Source #3 - A Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM) is an artillery or surface-to-surface missile warhead designed to burst into sub-munitions at an optimum altitude and distance from the desired target for dense area coverage. The sub-munitions are designed for both anti-armor and antipersonnel attack. Some sub-munitions may be designed for delayed reaction or mobility denial (mines). The air-to-surface variety of this kind of munition is better known as a Cluster Bomb. Source #4 - defense giant Alliant Techsystems, which--in partnership with Israel's TAAS--does a brisk business in rubber bullets. Source #5 - Alliant Techsystems Leads International Team To Produce Non-Lethal Ordnance Under $1.4 Million Army Contract Oct 12, 1998 Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) said an international team led by its Defense Systems Group has been awarded a one-year, $1.4 million contract from the U.S. Army Armament Research,* Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., to produce non-lethal, muzzle-launched ordnance for use in peacekeeping operations and military law enforcement. The contract includes options for three additional years of production, which if exercised could bring the total value to approximately $25 million. Alliant is teamed with Israel Military Industries (IMI) Ltd., Ramat Hasharon, Israel, on the program. Alliant will serve as the prime contractor and systems integrator and IMI Ltd. will manufacture the ordnance. Developed independently by IMI Ltd. and designed in conjunction with riot crowd control experts, the muzzle-launched ordnance comes in a disposable container holding 15 rubber bullets that slips over any 5.56mm or 7.62mm rifle barrel equipped with a flash suppressor. The ordnance is fired using a non-lethal 5.56mm ballistic cartridge. Don L. Sticinski, group vice president, Defense Systems, said the non- lethal muzzle-launched ordnance is intended for use in for controlling and limiting hostile crowd movement. Alliant Techsystems is a $1.1 billion aerospace and defense company with approximately 6,300 employees. Headquartered in Hopkins, Minn., the company's business groups are Conventional Munitions, Space and Strategic Systems, and Defense Systems. Company news and information can be found on the Internet at 17
18 *Editor s note: Israeli Military Industries, also known as TAAS, is owned by the Israeli government. There is substantial information that rubber bullets produced by IMI (TAAS) have been used against Palestinians with many injuries and deaths resulting. Source #6 IMI - ISRAEL MILITARY INDUSTRIES LTD. (TAAS) GENERAL INFORMATION Established: 1947 Ownership: Government Core business : Defense and military systems Employees: 5000 Founded in 1933, IMI is part and parcel of the State of Israel's dynamic development. Its leading edge technology and production capabilities have assured that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stay at the forefront of modern weapons and defense systems development. IMI is the major supplier to the Israel Defense Forces, fulfilling its most important mission - ensuring the safety and security of Israel and its citizens. Source #7 From The Lancet 2002; 359: (Editor s Note: The Lancet is a respected British Medical Journal. Blunt and penetrating injuries caused by rubber bullets during the Israeli-Arab conflict in October, 2000: a retrospective study By Ahmad Mahajna MD, Nabil Aboud MD, Ibrahim Harbaji MD, Afo Agbaria MD, Zvi Lankovsky MD, Moshe Michaelson MD, Doron Fisher MD and Prof Michael M Krausz MD Background - Low-velocity rubber bullets were used by Israeli police to control riots by Israeli- Arabs in early October, We aimed to establish the factors that contribute to severity of blunt and penetrating injuries caused by these missiles. Methods - We analysed medical records of 595 casualties admitted. We assessed relation of severity of injury to type of bullet, anatomical region of injury, and final outcome.. Interpretation -. Inaccuracy of rubber bullets and improper aiming and range of use resulted in severe injury and death in a substantial number of people. This ammunition should therefore not be considered a safe method of crowd control... (This article states that IMI was the manufacturer for many of the rubber coated bullets involved in Palestinian deaths and injuries.) Source #8- Evaluation of the Use of Force in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank: Medical and Forensic Investigation, A Report by Physicians for Human Rights, 11/3/2000 Rubber and rubber coated steel bullets 18
19 The numerous head and eye injuries related to rubber and rubber coated steel projectiles must be considered to reflect frequent misuse of these weapons, such as firing at a range of less than 40 meters and firing at the upper part of the body. Of 2,299 emergency ward visits recorded for the West Bank and East Jerusalem hospitals from September 29 to October 17, rubber bullets accounted for 40% of the injuries. 21 of 25 gunshot wounds to the head reported through October 22 at Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem were rubber bullet injuries. Of the 21 rubber bullet injuries to the head, 16 were penetrating. Source #9 The term 'rubber bullet' is misleading. 'Rubber bullets' cause a wide variety of ocular and periocular injuries. Orbital fractures are common. The tissues of the orbit are easily penetrated. If the globe is hit, it is rarely salvageable. Source #10- (one of many examples) Israeli Troops Fire Rubber Bullets at Anti-Fence Activists; 11 Hurt By Jill Lawless JERUSALEM - Israeli soldiers fired rubber bullets Friday at protesters who approached the disputed security fence Israel is building around and in some places through Palestinian areas. A protest group said 11 demonstrators were injured... Source # A study in this week's issue of THE LANCET* which highlights the injuries sustained by Arab demonstrators after clashes with Israeli forces in 2000 concludes that rubber bullets are not a safe form of ammunition for crowd control.. Contact: Professor Michael M Krausz, Department of General Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, POB 9602, Haifa, Israel; T) or ; F) ; E) ALON GROUP Source #1 ALON GROUP (TLV:DRAL) is a holding company which has several companies involved in the occupation. Alon Group owns Dor Alon (TLV:DRAL), a petrol company, which has a monopoly over the supply of petroleum to the Gaza Strip. Dor Alon also has several gas stations and convenience stores in different Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Alon Group also owns Blue Square (TLV:BSI), a retail chain which has branches and offices in multiple settlements throughout the West Bank, and is the Israeli franchisee of Pizza Hut, which has a restaurant in the Israeli settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev. Source #2 19
20 The photo below was taken by the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions in the illegal settlement of Pisgat Ze ev. Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc, has stores in the settlements. They are owned by Alon Israel Oil Company, Ltd. pizzahut.jpg, image/jpeg, 400x300 Source #3 - The website for Alon Oil Company states that it owns Pizza Hut franchises. The company also operates retail fast food outlets like Segafredo cafes (50% owned), Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises in Israel (100%). Source #4 Israeli fuel company Dor Alon earlier Sunday suspended fuel and gas supplies to the Gaza Strip. Source #5 - Meanwhile, the Dor Alon energy company has stopped selling gas to petrol stations in the Gaza Strip. Ynet has learned that the move was coordinated with the IDF and security forces. Dor Alon continues, however, to supply fuel to the power station in the Strip, which draws about onethird of the fuel supply in the Strip. ALSTOM Source #1 - Alstom SA is a France-based company that specializes in the manufacture and supply of transport and energy infrastructure. The Company designs, supplies and maintains a range of high technology products used for power generation, including turbines, alternators and boilers. It also produces hydroelectric equipment, combined-cycle power plants and environmental control systems. In addition, Alstom SA supplies equipment and infrastructure for the rail and maritime transport sectors, notably ships, rolling stock, signaling and maintenance systems, and highspeed tilting trains. The Company has production facilities in over 70 countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Alstom SA controls a number of companies through its wholly owned subsidiary Alstom Holdings, including Alstom SpA, Alstom Inc, Alstom Mexico SA de CV, Alstom Canada Inc and Alstom Transport SA. Source #
21 Alstom: A French-based multinational corporation in the power generation and transport markets. Through its subsidiary Citadis Israel it is one of the companies building the light rail project in Jerusalem (the Citipass consortium), which is designed to connect the city of Jerusalem with settlements around it. Source #3 - consists of financiers Polar Investments (27.5%) and Harel (20%), constructors Ashtrom (27.5%) and engineers Alstom (20%), plus service operators Connex later Veolia Transportation (5%) Objections to the project have come from those who see its route as effectively hardening the link between Israel/western Jerusalem and the previously Palestinian lands subsequently turned into Jewish settlements. Both Alstom and Veolia have been criticised and faced legal challenges under a Geneva Convention for their involvement... Line 1 will have 23 stations on a new 1,435mm gauge twin-track 13.8km alignment from Mount Herzl in the south west via a restyled Jaffa Road to Pisgat Ze'ev, the largest Jewish neighbourhood in east Jerusalem (HIR note: Pisgat Ze ev is an illegal settlement which lies inside the West Bank) The maintenance and storage depot for the whole fleet is on a 10- acre site near French Hill in the north of Jerusalem. (HIR note: French Hill is in East Jerusalem, which is Israeli occupied land inside the West Bank.).Alstom is responsible for the construction, the production of 23 carriages, the signal system, and the maintenance of the infrastructure for the first line of the network, which will run between Pisgat Ze'ev and Mount Herzl. Veolia Transport has won the 30 years operating rights. Source #4 Legal Action in France Against Veolia and Alstom Adri Nieuwhof and Maria Lherm, The Electronic Intifada, 14 March 2007 The projected eight lines of the tramway network will link West Jerusalem with the ring of illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank. In this way the tramway plays a vital role in the expansion of the Israeli colonisation of East Jerusalem. The contract between the Israeli government and CityPass is a violation of the Geneva convention of 1949 that not only prohibits the occupying force to transfer part of its civil population to the occupied territory, but also prohibits the demolition of property unless absolutely necessary for military operations ARLEDAN INVESTMENTS LTD. Source #1 Arledan Investments is one of the companies building houses in the illegal settlements of the West Bank. They have built in the French Hill section of East Jerusalem and in the settlement of Gilo. Source #2 - Arledan Investments Ltd. 21
22 Arledan acts as a developer with regard to properties it owns, and also rents out various commercial and residential properties, primarily in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Some of the projects Arledan has successfully developed over the years include residential projects in the neighbourhoods of French Hill, Gilo, Givat Oranim and Mevaseret Zion, as well as residential and commercial projects in downtown Jerusalem. Selected Projects Residential Building, Gilo, Jerusalem 21 ASHLAD LTD. Source #1 ASHLAD LTD, a subsidiary of ASHTROM GROUP rents out industrial spaces in the industrial zone of Barkan in the West Bank. ASHTROM GROUP Source #1 - Ashtrom Group: Suppliers of construction materials for checkpoints ("terminals") for the Israeli Ministry of Defence. One of the investors in the construction of the Light Rail Project in Jerusalem(37.5%), which will connect the West Bank settlement towns and neighborhoods in the vicinity of Jerusalem with the city. Ashtrom Group also owns Israbeton Concrete Industries, which has a concrete factory in the industrial zone of Atarot, in the West Bank, and Ashlad, which rents out industrial spaces in the industrial zone of Barkan, which is in the West Bank. Ashdar Building Company, a different subsidiary of Ashtrom gp, has housing projects in the Israeli West Bank settlements of Oranit, Alfei Menashe and Beitar Illit. 22
23 Source #2 - The entry below was taken from Ashtrom s own web site, as a featured project: The Light Railroad in Jerusalem The first line of the Light Railroad, with a length of 13.8 km., will start in Pisgat Zeev in the north of the city, will pass through the center of the city and finish its route in the west of the city near Har Herzl. (HIR note: Pisgat Ze ev is an illegal settlement built on occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank.) Source # Choosing the Concessionaire and completing preparatory work The Concessionaire was chosen in 2002 the CityPass Consortium, comprised of Connex Transport AB (from the international Vivendi Group), and renowned train manufacturer Alstom; and two Israeli companies: Ashtrom Construction and Infrastructures, and Polar Investments. CityPass undertook to build the first line, and to operate it for a period of 30 years in accordance with the terms defined in the agreement with the government. Source #4 howfull City Pass comprises three publicly traded Israeli companies: Ashtrom Properties Ltd., Polar Investments Ltd., and Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services Ltd., as well as two French companies, Alstom SA and Veolia Environnement SA. Source #5 - Israbeton Concrete Industries Ltd. Supplying quality cement and concrete throughout the country With 11 factories and a privately-owned fleet of mixer trucks, Israbeton Concrete Industries Ltd. offers a well-established infrastructure for producing a broad range of concrete mortar, limestone mortar, white mortar, cement mortar, and products in bulk, delivered all over Israel. Experience amassed during forty years of operation and the invaluable support of Ashtrom Group Ltd., along with a highly skilled staff and extensive production facilities, give the company the knowledge and flexibility to cater for any project, no matter what the size. Israbeton Concrete Industries Ltd. was a major supplier of concrete for the construction of national projects such as Hayovel Port and Ayalon Highways Co. Ltd. In addition, Israbeton also supplied the concrete to the Rotenberg Power Station II in Ashkelon, and even provided a concrete factory on a barge in the open sea. Many leading construction and engineering firms are on its lists of clients, including Solel Boneh, Danya Cebus, Ramet Ltd. and of course the many construction firms within the Ashtrom Group itself. * Editor s note: Among the construction firms listed above are major settlement builders. 23
24 AVGOL NONWOVEN INDUSTRIES Source #1 Avgol Nonwoven Industries General Info Main offices: Manufactures nonwoven fabrics which are mostly used in sanitary pads and diapers. Has factories in the US, Russia and China - and one factory in the Barkan Industrial Zone, which is an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. Major clients are Covidien and Procter & Gamble. Source #2 - Contains list of settlement products. Avgol nonwoven products from Barkan are included. BAE SYSTEMS- Source #1 - F-16 parts - As was reported in Arming the Occupation, there has been considerable concern at the supply by BAE Systems of 'Head up Displays' (HUD) for the F-16 fighter aircraft destined for Israel. The first of Israel's new order has now arrived and the first 25 will be fitted with BAE Systems HUDs. The remaining 77 will be fitted with Elbit HUDs. BAE systems are also supplying part of the 'navigation suite' and elements of the 'self protection suite' (including a BAE Systems/Rokar flare). Avionics components include Smiths/Rada data transfer and video equipment (see Other Collaborations).8 In August 2004 it was reported that BAE systems and Israel Aircraft Industries were working on the development of a radar simulation system for Hawk export aircraft.30 See Flight International, August 2004 Source #2 BAE Systems Rokar International Ltd. BAE SYSTEMS Rokar International develops, manufactures, integrates and support avionics products in the areas of: - High-end GPS receivers - Chaff & Flare Dispensing Systems - Airborne Armament Control Systems (ASC) and Low Cost Stores Management Systems (LCSMS). BAE SYSTEMS ROKAR was established in 1982 and located in Jerusalem, Israel. BAE SYSTEMS ROKAR's products meet the highest standards of quality assurance in accordance with ISO specifications, as well as the standards set by the Israel Defense Forces, the Standards Institution of Israel, and the relevant authorities of the U.S. and many European customers. Contact BAE Systems Rokar International Ltd. Science Based Industry Campus, P.O.Box Jerusalem 91450, Israel Israel Phone : Source #3 24
25 &svalue=9 Markets & Customers Rokar s products and services are sold in numerous countries worldwide: Israel, USA, Germany, India, and others in Europe and Asia. Rokar has been supplying electronic Countermeasure Dispensing Systems to the Israeli Air Force for the past 25 years, as a sole source supplier. Rokar s systems are installed in various platforms: F4, F5, F16, F15, Tornado, MIG 21, Black Hawk, Apache, CH-53, CH-47, Super Puma, MI 17, MI 35, PC-9, C-130, Antonov, Boeing 737, Gulfstream and others. Rokar has been working in collaboration with defense integrators worldwide such as: BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, EADS, IAI, Elbit Systems, IMI, Rafael and others. Source #4 Israeli companies equip new jet Israeli companies participating in the F-16I program are as follows:! Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) makes wings, tail sections, inline fuel tanks, satellite communications systems, and tactical data communications systems.! Elbit Systems makes the head-up display (HUD), helmet display, mission computer, presentation computer and digital map, elevators, ailerons, fuselage stabilizers, and doors.! Rafael makes the avionics suite, ground following algorithm software, and communications equipment.! Elisra Electronic Systems makes the defense suite against radar locking, radar-guided and heat-seeking missiles.! BAE Systems Rokar International makes external heat dissipaters and flares.! Rada Electronic Industries makes ground debriefing systems. BANK LEUMI Source #1 Bank Leumi: The second largest bank in Israel. Has branches in the following settlements in the West Bank: Ma'ale Edomim, Oranit, Pisgat Ze'ev, Gilo, Kiryat Arba, Katzerin. The bank has partial control over several companies who (sic) are involved in the occupation: Paz Oil Company, (18%) Super Pharm, and (15%) Hot Communication Systems (cable TV). Source #2 - Super Pharm: An Israeli drugstore chain. Has branches in the following settlements: Ma'ale Edomim, Pisgat Ze'ev, Gilo. Super Pharm is also one of the owners of Blockbuster in Israel, which has DVD vending machines in various settlements. Source # /free-co-profile.xhtml Bank Leumi USA is a subsidiary of Bank Leumi le-israel, one of Israel's leading banks. It provides commercial and international banking services to large and midsized corporations, specializing in import and export lending, as well as lending to businesses in such industries as textiles and apparel, real estate, diamonds, and entertainment. The bank, which also acts as an intermediary for American firms and individuals with investments in Israel, has more than a dozen offices in California, Florida, Illinois, and New York. 25
26 Source #4 The Jerusalem light rail is a "Build/Operate/Transfer" (BOT) project in which the franchisee is to construct the line, receive a concession to operate it and charge users for 30 years. The cost of the project is estimated at NIS 1.9 billion, including the state grant of NIS 1.4 billion. City Pass won the tender to build and operate the line in 2002, outbidding the Passim group, which included Africa Israel and Germany's Siemens. The City Pass consortium consists of Ashtrom (27.5%), Polar Investments (27.5%), Harel (20%), and France's Alstom (20%) and Veolia (5%). The financing agreement was signed, after five delays, in February 2005, with Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi providing City Pass with 280 million euros in a short-term loan and $100 million in a long-term loan. B. GAON HOLDINGS Source #1 Last June, Gaon Holdings went public, raising $71 million in its initial public offering in Tel Aviv. It now counts among its businesses the Ace Hardware franchise in Israel; Ahava, a cosmetics company with products made from Dead Sea minerals; and several industrial water equipment companies. Source #2 - Chart shows Retail and Trading Holdings of B. Gaon, listing AHAVA Holdings Ltd. at 50%, Dead Sea Laboratories Ltd. at 80%, and Ace Israel at 100%. Source #3 - ONE STEP BACK IN THE MIDEAST Editorial New York Times March 23, 2005 On Monday, Israel publicly confirmed plans to expand the already large settlement a few miles east of Jerusalem called Maale Adumim. In a community already housing 30,000 residents - not to mention a Blockbuster Video, Ace Hardware and other shops - Israel plans to build an additional 3,500 new housing units. Source #4 (The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions: US businesses in Israeli settlements) The photo below shows an Ace Hardware in Maale Adumim. 26
27 BLOCKBUSTER - Source #1 orders.html Photographs below show Blockbuster stores on occupied Palestinian land in French Hill (East Jerusalem), Gilo, and Pisgat Zeev. Another settlement with Blockbuster is Maaele Adumim (See Source #2 below.) Blockbuster1.jpg is from French Hill blockbusterfrenchhill.jpg, image/jpeg, 400x jpg is from Gilo blockbustergilo.jpg, image/jpeg, 400x300 S jpg is from Pisgat Zeev. blockbusterpisgat.jpg, image/jpeg, 400x300 There's a Blockbuster kiosk in every major settlement. (staff member, The Olive Project, Jerusalem) Blockbuster here is owned under franchise. Source #2 - The Hebrew language web site of Blockbuster Israel lists video machines in the following settlements: Gilo, Maale Edomim, Ariel, Givaat Zeev, and Shaarei Tikva. Source #3 27
28 ONE STEP BACK IN THE MIDEAST Editorial New York Times March 23, 2005 Maybe Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel doesn't quite get it yet, but this new era of hope in the Middle East means he needs to restrain his instincts for settlement building. On Monday, Israel publicly confirmed plans to expand the already large settlement a few miles east of Jerusalem called Maale Adumim. In a community already housing 30,000 residents - not to mention a Blockbuster Video, Ace Hardware and other shops - Israel plans to build an additional 3,500 new housing units. Source #4 - Israel to expand largest West Bank settlement by Greg Myre, The New York Times - March 22nd, 2005 MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank, March 21 - Israel on Monday publicly confirmed plans to build 3,500 new housing units in the largest Jewish settlement in the West Bank, Maale Adumim. Palestinians angrily responded that such an action would violate the Middle East peace plan and would be a major obstacle to resolving bitter disputes over nearby Jerusalem BLUE SQUARE Source #1 the Blue Square retail chain has branches and offices in multiple settlements throughout the Occupied Territories. Source #2 The Company [Africa Israel] also has holdings, either independently or jointly with others, in several dozen private subsidiaries and affiliated companies, including four public consolidated companies whose shares are listed for trade on the TASE (Packer Steel Ltd., Negev Ceramics, Ltd., Blue Square Israel Ltd [a dual company, also listed for trade on the NASDAQ], Dor Alon Energy Israel (1998) Ltd.), a consolidated company (Alon US Inc) listed for trade on the NASDAQ, and one company (Dori Media Group Ltd.) listed for trade on the London stock exchange, and its subsidiaries (the Company and its subsidiaries, hereinafter, the Group Source #3 AGREEMENT Between BLUE SQUARE ISRAEL LTD. Publ. Co of 2 Amal Street, Afeq Industrial Zone, Rosh Ha ayin (hereinafter: the Seller ) 28
29 BLUE SQUARE REAL ESTATE LTD. Pvte. Co of 2 Amal Street, Afeq Industrial Zone, Rosh Ha ayin (hereinafter: the Buyer ) The properties being transferred the real estate properties mentioned in Appendix A, which will be attached to this Agreement at the date of closing. And Ariel Ariel B 78 Tzionut Beitar Elite Beitar Illit 22/24 Baba Sali Modiin Elite Kiriat Sefer 2 Sderot Yehezkel Note: The areas listed above are illegal settlements in the West Bank. BOEING Source #1 - BOEING makes missile systems, F-15 software, Apache Helicopters, Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) a guided air-to-surface weapon. Boeing's Apache Longbow helicopter is the U.S. Army's most advanced attack helicopter. The Apaches are equipped with the Hellfire missile system, produced by Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control in Orlando, Fla. One of these missiles killed local Palestinian leader Hussein Abayat along with two women standing nearby, in the second of half of October Source #2 - Israel Kicks Off Program to Improve Its F-16s and F-15s Posted 25-Jan :13 F-15s and F-16s make up the backbone of Israel's potent fighter force. The IDF's main fighter is the F-16 Fighting Falcon, including aging F-16 A/B Netz ("Falcon"), plus F-16C Barak ("Lightning") and two-seat F-16D Brakeet ("Thunderbolt"), and now the heavily customized twoseat F-16I Block 52+ Soufa ("Storm"). Indeed, the Israelis fly the largest contingent of F-16s outside the United States. Israel also flies longer range, higher performance F-15 A-D Baz ("Eagle") models that have greatly distinguished themselves in IDF service, plus the customized two-seat F-15I Ra'ahm ("Thunder") Strike Eagle optimized for advanced ground attack as well as long range interception. Source #3 Boeing Says Israel Eyes New Bomb Kit By Jim Wolf Feb. 17, 2009 WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Israel is seeking to buy a new Boeing Co (BA.N) laser kit to boost the accuracy of bombs against moving targets, and a deal is in the works, a company executive said on Tuesday. The new system builds on the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), a bolt-on used by the United States, Israel and 20 other countries to turn free-fall bombs into nearprecision guided "smart" weapons. Israel has not yet signed a Laser JDAM contract "but we are 29
30 working toward that and expect that," Dan Jaspering, head of the Boeing unit that builds the weapon, told reporters. Source #4 U.S. To Sell Boeing-Made Bomb Technology to Israel By Alex Canizares Special to space.com, posted: 02:52 pm ET 18 November 1999 WASHINGTON, Nov.18 (States News Service) The U.S. Defense Department has plans to sell satellite-navigation technology to Israel that makes bombs more accurate. The Pentagon contracts Boeing to make the 700 Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAM, kits that use inexpensive hardware tapped into global positioning satellites owned by the government. The sale -- valued at $45 million, according to the Pentagon -- also includes some unguided bombs, spare parts, and technical support. Congress must now approve the government-to-government sale within 30 days. The JDAM makes an old bomb "smarter" by tacking a satellite-navigating cap on the nose of 500, 1,000 and 2,000-pound conventional warheads..israel would be the first country to receive JDAMs, which Boeing would like to sell to "most of the 20 or so NATO countries," in the future, said another Boeing spokesman, Bob Algaratti. Source #5 - Israel buys nine Boeing helicopters (February, 2001) The Boeing Co. of Seattle has signed a $500 million deal to provide nine Apache Longbow helicopters to the government of Israel. The company said the U.S. Army will contract with Boeing to provide the AH-64D helicopters once negotiations between the governments of the two countries are complete..the contract with Israel, which is expected to approach $500 million, includes aircraft, ordnance, spares, training and support, Boeing said. Source #6 - Boeing s F-15 Eagle has been sold to Israel, Japan, and Saudi Arabia,... In this role, Boeing doles out sub-contracts to its competitors (TRW,... Source #7 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Aircraft. Over the past 30 years, Israel has acquired several types of aircraft capable of carrying nuclear gravity bombs, including F-4 Phantoms, A-4 Skyhawks, and more recently, F-16s and F- 15Es. The F-16 has been the backbone of the Israeli Air Force and is the most likely candidate for air delivery of nuclear weapons. From , Israel bought or received 260 F-16s from the United States: 103 F-16As, 22 F-16Bs, 81 F-16Cs, and 54 F-16Ds. In 1999, the Israeli government announced it would buy 50 F-16Is, at a cost of about $2.5 billion. Israel will receive the aircraft over a two-year period beginning in early Under this contract, Israel has the 30
31 option to purchase 60 additional aircraft. If it does, delivery would continue through Of the F-16s, probably only a small fraction are nuclear certified with specially trained crews, unique procedures, and modifications that enable them to carry nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons may be deployed with assigned squadrons at one or more air bases. Or the weapons may be kept at dispersal bases, such as Tel Nof, where certified planes could be loaded. It is especially difficult to determine which squadrons are assigned nuclear missions and which bases support them. Likely F-16 squadrons are: the 111th, 115th, and 116th at Nevatim (southeast of Beersheba), and the 140th and 253rd at Ramon in the Negev. Other possible squadrons are the 109th, 110th, and 117th at Ramat-David in northern Israel, and the 101st, 105th, and 144th at Hatzor In January 1994, Israel selected the Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle for its long-range strike and airsuperiority roles. It is called the F-15I Ra'am (Thunder) in Israel. Initially, 21 planes were ordered, with a pricetag of just over $2 billion. In 1995, Israel bought four more. On January 19, 1998, the first two Ra'am planes landed in Hatzerim Airbase, flown by Boeing pilots. The plane has greater takeoff weight (36,750 kilograms) and range (4,450 kilometers) than other F-15 models. Its maximum speed at high altitude is Mach 2.5. The plane has been modified to use special radar with terrain-mapping capability and other navigation and guidance systems. The Ra'am can carry 4.5 tons of fuel in its internal, conformal, and detachable tanks, as well as 11 tons of munitions. The last of 25 F-15s were delivered to the Israeli Air Force before May The F-15Is are assigned to Squadron 69 (Hammers Squadron) at Hatzerim. In the U.S. Air Force, the F-15E Strike Eagle has a nuclear role. Whether the Israeli Air Force has provided nuclear capability to this high-performance plane is unknown. Source #8 - Suspend Helicopter Sale to Israel October 18, 2000 The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright Secretary of State U.S. Department of State Washington, DC Dear Secretary Albright: We urge that the recently announced sales of military helicopters by the United States to Israel be suspended pending full investigation of Israel s use of such helicopters in attacks against Palestinian civilians as well as the assured cessation of such attacks. We find the sale particularly inappropriate at a time when the U.S. government is trying to stop the violence and put the peace negotiations back on track. The undersigned organizations have worked together for over seven years to curb U.S. military sales to governments that use U.S. weapons to violate human rights standards and norms of international humanitarian law. We have previously opposed sales of attack helicopters to countries such as Turkey on this basis. In the present case, there are credible accounts, confirmed by Israeli Defense Forces sources, of Israeli deployment of Apache AH-64 attack helicopters in clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian demonstrators (Jane s Defense Weekly, October 11, 2000). For example, Israel has used helicopter gunships to attack residential areas of Hebron in response to gunfire from Palestinians aimed at Jewish settlements. 31
32 This apparently indiscriminate and therefore unlawful use of force by the Israeli Defense Forces has clearly added to the number of civilian casualties. The United Nations Security Council condemned the excessive use of force against Palestinians and reminded Israel of its obligation under international law to protect civilians. The International Committee of the Red Cross also expressed "grave concern" about the scale of violence resulting from armed confrontations, strongly condemned Israeli attacks on medical workers, and called on all parties to respect and ensure respect for civilians. Recent helicopter gunship attacks follow the troubling episode last May in which Israeli forces apparently used U.S. supplied Blackhawk helicopters to destroy sections of a civilian power grid in Lebanon in clear violation of international humanitarian law and possible breach of U.S. laws on the use of U.S. weapons. Set against this background of apparently illegal Israeli use of U.S. supplied military equipment comes the announcement of the largest helicopter sale of the decade to Israel, involving Apache and Blackhawk helicopters (Ha aretz, October 3, 2000). The combined value of the pending sales is well in excess of one billion dollars, some or all of which may be paid for with U.S. funds. The U.S. government must be consistent in its enforcement of international standards of conduct, as well as its own laws, in dealing with foreign governments. It should not supply to Israel more of the very weapons systems that have contributed to the terrible toll of civilian casualties. We therefore call for: Suspension of the pending helicopter sales to Israel; Impartial and independent investigation of the use of U.S.-supplied helicopters by Israeli forces in attacks upon Palestinians and against the civilian infrastructure in Lebanon; and Reconsideration of the helicopter sales only after securing a firm commitment from Israel that it will not use these gunships in indiscriminate and other unlawful attacks against civilians. Jim Matlack Director, Washington Office American Friends Service Committee William S. Schulz, Executive Director Amnesty International Thomas H. Hart Director of Government Relations The Episcopal Church Joost R. Hiltermann Executive Director, Arms Division Human Rights Watch Elenora Giddings Ivory Director, Washington Office Presbyterian Church (USA) Jaydee Hanson Assistant General Secretary General Board of Church and Society United Methodist Church Source #
33 World Policy Institute - Jenin, New York Times, April 18, 2002 "The decaying body of Mr. Khurj's sister appears to be one of the clearest examples to date of a civilian having been killed in an Apache helicopter missile attack. There is an enormous hole in the wall of her bedroom and a two-foot-wide crater in the floor. Shards of a missile, including one with labels in English describing ''firing temperature'' and ''cooling temperature,'' littered the floor. Near the hole in the wall was a pool of dried blood. Mr. Khurj said the missile struck in the middle of the night on the third day of the attack. It killed his sister instantly." Deheishe, Washington Post, March 10, "Today Israeli tanks and troops invaded the other camp, Deheishe, which has a population of 8,000. Tanks and bulldozers had been positioned on a hill behind the community, and armed AH- 64 Apache attack helicopters had hovered overhead. Soldiers knocked down a pedestrian bridge that led to the camp's school." Bethlehem, Washington Post, March 8, "The Israeli military almost immediately launched more missiles and opened fire with gunboats at official Palestinian buildings in the Gaza Strip, where there were heavy casualties. Israel also sent dozens of tanks and armored personnel carriers into Bethlehem, two adjacent Palestinian refugee camps and a pair of neighboring West Bank towns, bringing full-scale military action to the suburbs of Jerusalem. The bark of heavy machine guns atop Israel's armored vehicles echoed throughout Bethlehem, considered the birthplace of Jesus, and U.S.-supplied AH-64 Apache helicopters fired into the Aida refugee camp between Bethlehem and Beit Jala." Source #10 PROPOSED FOREIGN MILITARY SALE TO ISRAEL ANNOUNCED September 25, 2000 The government of Israel has requested a possible sale of eight AH-64D Apache attack helicopters, 10 AN/APG-78 AH-64D Longbow Fire Control Radar, configuration of 70 M272 Hellfire missile launchers to M299 Hellfire missile launchers, spare and repair parts, communications equipment, support equipment, tools and test sets, chaff dispensers, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. government and contractor technical support and other related elements of logistics support. The estimated cost is $509 million.. The prime contractor will be Boeing Co. of Mesa, Ariz.; Lockheed Martin Electronics and Missiles, Orlando, Fla.; Lockheed Martin Federal Systems, Owego, N.Y.; General Electric, Lynn, Mass.; and Longbow LLC, Orlando, Fla. One or more proposed offset agreements may be related to this proposed sale. B. YAIR BUILDING CORPORATION Source #1 B. Yair Building Corporation Ltd. offers development and construction of residential complexes, shopping malls, and commercial projects. The company's projects include Kanion Pisga Shopping Mall, Nofei Baka, Tzameret Allenby, Maaleh Adumim, and Rishon Le Zion. B. Yair Building Corporation was founded in 1991 and is based in Jerusalem, Israel. 33
34 Source #2 - Activities in Israel B. Yair is the largest construction company in Jerusalem and Yair Biton serves as Chairman of the Jerusalem Association of Builders and Contractors. The residential neighborhoods and public buildings put up by the company grace the capital and its suburbs and surrounding region such as: Maaleh Adumim, Betar Illit, Tzur Hadassah, Adam Hahadasha and more. In 2007, construction will be completed of Allenby Citadel in Jerusalem, Israel s most exclusive sheltered housing project offering the highest standards available. The company also began planning the National Complex project, Jerusalem s most sought after reserves of land, on which prestigious commercial buildings and 680 exclusive housing units will be built. The Group also owns Hapisga Shopping Mall in Jerusalem covering 10,000 sq.m. on three floors of commercial and leisure outlets. The mall serves 80,000 residents of North Jerusalem and its environs. In addition, the company built the B. Yair commercial center in Talpiot, Jerusalem. The 12-floor building combines residential, commercial and office units. Source #3 - Shows numerous apartments for rent by B. Yair in Maele Adumim Source #4 - Shows photos of B Yair buildings in Maele Adumim Source #5 The company built many housing projects in West Bank settlements including in Beitar Illit, Homat Shmuel (Har Homa), Giv'at Ze'ev, Pisgat Ze'ev, Ma'ale Edomim and Geva Binyamin. The company also owns the Hapisga Mall, the shopping center of Pisgat Ze'ev. CARMEL HOLDINGS Source #1- Subsidiary companies of Carmel Holdings, including Barkan Carpets, Iko Designs, Carmel Carpets, Carpetec, Caesarea Carpets and the Beitili Brand, have factories and warehouses in the Shahak and Barkan industrial zones in the West Bank. Source #2 - Caesarea Carpets (97) Ltd Barkan, 44820, Industrial Zone
35 Source #3 - Caesarea Carpets (97) Ltd. Primary Office Location Ind. Zone Barkan Israel CATERPILLAR - Source #1 Excerpt from petition submitted by Jewish Voice for Peace to Caterpillar Corporation: The Caterpillar Corporation's machinery is directly implicated in grave abuses of human rights and humanitarian law by the Israeli army; The Israeli army has used Caterpillar equipment to uproot hundreds of thousands of olive trees as well as orchards of dates, prunes, lemons and oranges, causing widespread economic hardship and environmental degradation in rural areas of Palestine; Since 1967, the Israeli army has used Caterpillar equipment, including specially modified D9 and D10 bulldozers to destroy over 12,000 houses in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, leaving tens of thousands of men, women and children homeless; Since September 2000, the Israeli army has used Caterpillar equipment to destroy more than 3,000 homes, hundreds of public buildings and private commercial properties and vast areas of agricultural land; Home demolitions are usually carried out without warning, often at night, and the occupants are forcibly evicted with no time to salvage their belongings. Often the only warning is the rumbling of the Israeli army's US-made Caterpillar bulldozers beginning to tear down the walls of their homes; The Israeli army has continued bulldozing homes even when notified that residents were still inside the targeted homes; Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in such instances, such as Nabila al-shu'bi, who was seven-months pregnant, as well as her three young children and four additional members of her family, left to die under the rubble of their Nablus home when it was bulldozed on April 6, 2002; On March , 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed by Israeli soldiers driving a Caterpillar D-9 bulldozer, while she was standing in non-violent protest of a home demolition in Rafah; All these home demolitions and civilian deaths are illegal under international law, specifically violating the Hague Regulation of 1907 and the Fourth Geneva Convention; The Israeli army uses Caterpillar bulldozers to build a separation wall with significant portions of it inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory; The International Court of Justice considered the construction of such a wall to be contrary to international law-specifically violating the Hague Regulation of 1907; the Fourth Geneva 35
36 Convention; the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights; and the Convention on the Rights of the Child; The sale of Caterpillar bulldozers to the Israeli army is carried through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales Program and is in violation of the U.S. Arms Export Control Act, U.S. Public Law , which prohibits the use of U.S. weapons against civilians and for anything outside of "internal security" or "legitimate self-defense"; The sale of the Caterpillar bulldozer to the Israeli army contravenes the United Nations' Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights, which stipulate that transnational corporations "shall not engage in nor benefit" from war crimes or other violations of human rights and humanitarian law (article C3); and that transnational corporations "shall refrain from actions which obstruct or impede" the realization of basic human rights, such as the right to development, adequate food and drinking water, adequate housing, and the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (articles E11 and E12); Source #2 - Caterpillar - USA-based company. Supplies armored bulldozers, specially adapted for the demolition of houses, to the IDF. The IDF uses them to destroy Palestinian homes, orchards and olives groves. The majority of demolitions are carried out by the IDF to clear Palestinian land for illegal Israeli settlement or road building. The bulldozers are now also being used to clear land for the building of the Wall or West Bank Barrier, which is being built miles inside the West Bank and involves the confiscation of many Palestinian homes, farms and water resources. Contact details: Caterpillar Inc., 100 N.E. Adams St., Peoria, Illinois 61629, USA. Tel: Website: Source #3 Photos of Cat bulldozer destroying agricultural buildings at Al Fundooq in the West Bank November 22,
37 Source #4 Photos of Caterpillar bulldozer destroying a home at Al Funduq in the West Bank 37
38 Caterpillar and Volvo bulldozers destroying a home at Al Funduq in the West Bank Source #5 Resource Center for Nonviolence The photo below shows a Cat bulldozer destroying a home in Gaza 38
39 Source #6 - MONDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2006 Demolitions in the West Bank by Jane Smith 12/4/06 (excerpt) House As we arrived in the village of Al Funduq, central West bank, the aftermath of the first house demolition was evident. A family stood on a pile of rubble silenced and shocked. The second house demolition was just beginning, with the Caterpillar and Volvo bulldozers ripping into the top floor of the nearly completed house. As we approached four Palestinian men ran forward from behind the line of soldiers and entered their house. I was deeply moved by their courage. The soldiers grabbed the men out of the house, holding one in a tight neck lock, and handcuffed two of them throughout the demolition. Within an hour the future home was nothing but a pile of rubble. The family was powerless in this situation, and could only watch as years of labour and money was obliterated by the Israeli army. Caterpillar and Volvo are profiting from this family's grief. The bulldozers turned around and headed off in the direction of the village. By this time we were joined by five more internationals. We walked ahead so as to be able to get to the site of the third demolition before the bulldozers arrived. Not surprisingly the Israeli army was already surrounding the building. It was a big agricultural structure, where livestock lived. Money had clearly been invested and no doubt many mouths were dependent on the income. One end of the building was already under demolition as I helped the family salvage a few things. Without pause the bulldozers and army headed off to the site of the fourth demolition, in the nearby village of Hajja..The predictable happened. The army would not wait for the papers and the demolition started. It took two hours to rip this multi-storied building apart..the final house demolition was by far the worst. It was extremely traumatic for the family involved. The soldiers tried to prevent internationals passing, pointing their guns at us. It was unclear which of the two houses the bulldozers were aiming for. Outside the first house there 39
40 were several women, gathering up their young children, petrified.. I will never forgot the agony of that family.. As the demolition was happening, the soldiers began firing rubber bullets into a group of predominantly women and children, stood outside their house, watching what was happening. There were so many outrageous things that day. But this indiscriminate shooting is where I felt my anger boiling. One soldier had his gun aimed at the women. I shouted with as much power as I had left, but with complete clarity, to stop. He looked at me. We held each others eyes for what felt like an eternity. He did not shoot. I am utterly aware the only reason I can do this and for it to work is because of inherent and deep deep racism. Fortunately there are still situations where this international privilege is working. Three people went to Qalqiliya hospital, seven to local clinics to be treated for rubber bullet injuries and shock. A young man sobbed, tears racking his body as he sat on a pile of rubble that was his family's future. The reason for any of this? A brutal, racist illegal Occupation. If you want the reason according to the Israeli army, Palestinians dared to build on their own land, in their own village without the permission of Israel. The virtual impossibility of getting building permits is another story all together. Jane Smith is a member of the International Women's Peace Service ( in the West Bank, Palestine. IWPS is a solidarity group which documents as well as intervenes in human rights abuses. On 22nd November they were called to some house demolitions in the villages of Al Funduq & Hajja. Source #7 Caterpillar bulldozers uproot trees belonging to farmers in the village of Jayyous. These trees were taken to Israel to sell. Others were destroyed. Source # ( Israeli
41 Committee Against Home Demolitions) and Caterpillar Bulldozers Destroy Palestinian Homes in East Jerusalem ICAHD Akab. Just Hours Before Caterpillar Shareholders Meet in Chicago Caterpillar Bulldozers Destroy Palestinian Homes in East Jerusalem: Two homes demolished by Caterpillar bulldozers in Anata; demolitions underway in Kfar At approximately 8:00 am, less than 12 hours before Caterpillar shareholders were scheduled to meet in Chicago to discuss a resolution concerning sales of bulldozers to Israel, 60 Israeli soldiers accompanied two Caterpillar bulldozers to the Yamani home in Anata on the outskirts of East Jerusalem. The family of 12 was given 30 minutes to remove their belongings from the 80 meter home. It took approximately 30 minutes for the Caterpillar bulldozers to destroy the home along with the animal stable alongside the house. The home was built three years ago on land owned by the Yamani family with the help of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. It was located in Area C of the West Bank in an area where it is virtually impossible to receive a building permit from the Israeli authorities. This was the reason given for the demolition: that the home was built without a permit. At around 9:30 am, once the demolition of the Yamani home was complete, the Caterpillar bulldozers moved on to the Dahalia home half a kilometer away. The house has served as the residence for the 22 members of the Dahalia family, 15 of them children, for the past two decades. After an hour, the home was reduced to a pile of rubble. The reason given for this demolition was the same as the first: it was built without a permit (in an area where it is almost impossible to receive permits). Both of these actions violate international law. As this is being written, more homes are being demolished with Caterpillar bulldozers in Kfar Akab, between Jerusalem and Ramallah. To join an action against Caterpillar TODAY, April 13th, or to find out what you can do to force Caterpillar to stop selling home crushing bulldozers to Israel, visit Staff from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, who was present at the demolitions, took the attached photographs. For more information or pictures please ICAHD is a non-violent, direct-action group originally established to oppose and resist Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses in the Occupied Territories. 41
42 Caterpillar demolition of homes in Anata Source #9 42
43 InRob Tech Ltd. to Enter Joint Venture With Israel Aviation Industries -- IAI -- and Caterpillar Israel (For more information, see Appendix B, page 124) LAS VEGAS, May 4, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- InRob Tech Ltd. ("InRob") (OTCBB:IRBL), a leader in the development and production of advanced wireless control systems and integrated solutions for unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), today announced that it expects a joint venture to be signed in the near future with a division of Israel Aviation Industries (IAI) and Caterpillar (Israel), a world leader in high-performance equipment machines. InRob will use its expertise and experience to develop a dedicated remote control system to adapt Caterpillar's multi-terrain loader to military uses. InRob will be responsible for development, integration, installation and final testing of the new machines, based on a leading industry platform. Ramta, the venture's third party, is a division of world renowned defense manufacturer IAI, and will contribute its outstanding experience in production engineering, to carry forward development from proto-type to serial production. All terms between the parties have been agreed upon and await a final round of signatures. Caterpillar is a technology leader and the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines, with a strong worldwide dealer network. Ramta, a division of IAI, brings world class know-how in systems engineering and large-scale manufacturing operations. This will be critical in supplying substantial quantities of the readily available remote controlled MTL to the market. Mr. Ben Tsur Joseph, CEO of InRob Tech. stated "Our partners in this new joint venture both have an outstanding reputation in their respective fields. InRob's expertise and experience contribute an important layer of controllability to these multi-terrain machines. The integration of InRob's military-qualified remote control systems paves the way for a range of military uses for this platform worldwide. Our joint venture is uniquely positioned to make the most of the significant global potential of a reliable, rugged remote-controlled multi-terrain loader." Sources #10 and # and Watch video of Caterpillar and Volvo bulldozers destroying homes. CEMENT ROADSTONE HOLDINGS (CRH) Source #1 - pdf In August 2001, CRH s European Materials Division acquired a 25% stake in the Israeli group Mashav Initiating and Development Ltd., with a call option to purchase a further 25%. Mashav is the holding company for Nesher Cement, the sole producer of cement in Israel. CRH has admitted that in all probability its cement is being used in the construction of the Separation Wall inside the West Bank, which the International Court of Justice has ruled illegal In its 2003 Annual Report, CRH states that cement demand in Israel had reduced, but that the market in the West Bank and Gaza had improved. With rising unemployment, a crumbling economy, and a confined Palestinian Authority, there can be no doubt that the market increase is solely attributable to the construction of the Apartheid Wall and illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. 43
44 HIR Note: Cement Roadstone Holdings (CRH) is quoted on the stock exchanges in Dublin and London and on the NASDAQ exchange in New York." (From the CRH website) The subsidiary that makes the cement is Nesher. Source #2 - "Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises Ltd., Israel's sole producer of cement has led the country's building sector for over 80 years. Since its establishment, the company has become a major force in Israeli industry through the high quality of its products and its commitment to customers and the environment. Nesher supplies most of the cement needs of Israel and the Palestinian Authority and also exports cement and clinker." "Nesher's financial strength stems from its ownership by Clal Industries (75%), one of Israel's leading investment companies, which is part of the IDB Group, the country's largest holding company and CRH (25%) - a leading international building-products group based in Ireland." Source #3 - Amnesty Urges Irish Company to Explain Its Role on Israeli Fence/Wall 19 February 2004 On the eve of the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) opening hearing on the construction of the fence/wall by Israel, Amnesty International has called on the Irish-based Cement Roadstone Holdings to clarify its position in relation to the construction of the fence/wall, which violates international law and contributes to grave human rights violations. "Cement Roadstone Holdings, through its subsidiaries Mashav and Nesher, is likely to be providing the raw material for the construction of the fence/wall," said Amnesty. "If so it would contravene the UN Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights (2003)." In a letter to the company, Amnesty noted the Cement Roadstone Holdings website declares that the Europe Materials Division of Cement Roadstone Holdings has acquired a 25% stake in the Mashav group in Israel, with a call option to acquire an additional 25% of the company. Mashav is the holding company for Nesher Cement, the sole producer of cement in Israel. From two production lines at its main facility in Ramla and a single process plant at Har Tuv, Nesher supplies cement throughout Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Amnesty has urged the company to declare its position on the construction of the wall. Source #4 - HIR: Here is what a friend at ICAHD (the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions) in Israel said in response to our inquiry: "The monopoly statement comes from Nesher's own website. To be clear some cement is imported but Nesher is the preferred supplier as it boosts Israel's economy in a way that imports do not. Also, CRH said in a statement to Amnesty International (Ireland chapter) that "in all probability" their cement was being used in construction. It was in Amnesty Ireland, issue 124, September I don't see that document as being available on their website but you can probably get a copy by ing them. Also, in Nesher's statement on the issue they merely use the Caterpillar 44
45 defense, that they cannot be held responsible for what others use their products for. Mashav Group is a 50% owner in Ta'avura, Israel's leading cement hauler and the 100% owner of Av-Shal cement, an importer of cement. So at some level it's without any question that Mashav, thus CRH, is involved in the project [see the source above this one]. Additionally, there's no way that CRH can state, despite having interest in both Israel's largest cement hauler, and the only cement producer, that its subsidiaries are not involved in A. The Wall, B. Bypass Roads, C. Settlement construction, D. Checkpoint construction (meaning the large "Pedestrian Terminals" that surround East Jerusalem like, Zeitim, Atarot, etc.)." Source #5 Israel's cement industry is totally controlled by Nesher Ltd. As mentioned above, this monopoly accounts for 100 percent of domestic manufacture and most imports, which amount to less than 10 percent of the total quantity sold. Cement hauling has also always been controlled exclusively by Nesher; however, while cement prices were controlled because the product was made under a monopoly, prices of cement hauling were not regulated. CEMEX Source #1 - Cemex, based in Mexico, owns Readymix, which has a site in Mishor Adumim, a settlement deep inside the West Bank. Cemex purchased the parent company of Readymix, RMC Group plc, in Source #2 Adumim Industrial Park Factories in the park: Readymix Industries Cement supplyp.o.b CHEMRING GROUP Source #1 - From the web site of Chemring Countermeasures Ltd. Protecting Navies of the World Suppliers to 27 Countries Israel (included in the list) Naval Round Product Portfolio 5 - INCH/130mm ROUNDS Seagnat RF Seduction mortar RF Distraction rocket New Seagnat 216 IM Round (Recently awarded 12m Contract from UK MoD) PW216 RF Distraction rocket PIRATE IR Seduction mortar TALOS IR Seduction mortar in development 45
46 CHIMERA dual mode RF and IR Seduction mortar LEAD,LOKI and BABEL torpedo decoy rounds in development 112mm ROUNDS RF Seduction mortar IR Seduction mortar Source #2 - Gaza fishermen risk Israeli fire By Alan Johnston - October 13, 2006 Every night off Gaza beach you can see the lights of fishing boats rising and falling in the swell. But they are defying an Israeli ban on all Palestinian fishing, and Rami al-habeel knows how dangerous that can be. Last week, he saw his friend, Hani al-najaar, shot dead on the deck of their trawler. For more than three months the Israelis have ordered all fishing craft to stay in port. They say this is to prevent militants who have captured an Israeli soldier in Gaza, smuggling him out by sea. The fishermen though have no doubt that this is an example of what a UN human rights observer recently described as "collective punishment" in the territory. They say the blockade is an Israeli attempt to force the civilian population to put pressure on the militants. 'Sprayed with bullets' Tens of thousands of Gazans depend on fishing, and - as their desperation has mounted - some have been putting out to sea regardless of the ban. The navy now seems to let this pass, provided the vessels stay within about four kilometres of the shore. But there is always the danger that the gunboats will move in. And Mr Habeel says that is what happened last week when he and his crewmates were fishing off the town of Dier Ballah. He says a gunboat steamed up from the south. According to Mr Habeel, it did not issue any verbal warning, but opened fire first at the cables holding the nets - cutting them adrift. Then he says the Israelis circled the unarmed fishermen spraying their craft with machine gun fire from no more than 20m away. Mr Habeel says that one of the bullets hit Hani al-najaar - ripping open the side of his head. later, as the trawler lays beached for repairs in Gaza City harbour, well over 100 bullet holes are clearly visible. Both sides of the hull had been raked with fire, and the controls in the wheelhouse had been shot out. You could see where hydraulic steering cables had had to be replaced. Source#3 - Sea blockade sees dry patch for Gaza's fishermen Palestinian fishermen are in trouble as high fuel costs and an Israeli navy blockade makes finding profitable catches almost impossible. By Rory McCarthy in Gaza, Monday May :03 BST 46
47 The sun had not long set into the Mediterranean and the fishing launch was motoring out into the rolling sea, only an hour into what was to be a long night spent in search of shoals of sardine. Without warning, a sudden burst of machine gun fire came rattling a few feet overhead, the red tracer bullets arcing into the night sky above the fishermen. Abdul Salam al-hissi and his crew instinctively crouched to the deck. He brought the engine to an abrupt stop. The high-speed Israeli naval ship, invisible in the darkness, shone its powerful searchlight and Hissi turned his boat around and headed briefly back inland. So began another night in the sea off Gaza, a night of brinkmanship between a Palestinian fishing fleet in rapid decline and searching in vain for a decent catch, and the Israeli navy that patrols these waters, and is intent on keeping the fishermen close to shore. Less than 10 minutes later, there was more gunfire directed just over the head of Hissi's ship and as the evening went on two more salvos of fire from the Israelis, both apparently shells, one of which landed with a loud report and a sharp hiss into the sea just a few feet away. The bullets, shells and spotlight were the sole communication from one ship to the other that night. Source # 4 Palestinians: IDF fire wounds two fishermen near Rafah shore... According to Palestinian reports, two fishermen from Gaza were wounded Sunday morning from Israel Defense Forces fire near the Rafah shore... Source #5 (OCHA is part of the United Nations) Gaza Fishing: An Industry in Danger UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The Gaza Strip April 2007 Fishing Restrictions The Oslo Accords stipulated that Palestinian fishermen were entitled to fish up to 20 nm off the Gaza coastline. An agreement reached between the Personal Humanitarian Envoy for the Middle East for the Secretary General, Ms Catherine Bertini, and the Israeli government in August 2002 allowed for fishing up to 12 nm, however this was never realised according to the DoF. Fishing rights have been imposed arbitrarily with the Israeli navy allowing fishing in some locations but not others Source#6 From B tselem, the Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories: In the Interim Agreement, signed by Israel and the PLO as part of the Oslo peace process, Israel undertook to allow fishing boats from Gaza to go some twenty nautical miles (about thirty-seven kilometers) from the coastline (except for a few areas, to which they were prohibited entry). However, Israel did not in fact issue permits to all applicants, and allowed fishing up to a distance of no more than ten nautical miles. Following implementation of the disengagement plan, Israel 47
48 reduced the fishing area even more, and since the abduction of Cpl. Shalit, on 25 June 2006, fishermen have not been allowed to go further than three nautical miles from shore. As a result, the fishing sector in Gaza, which provides a livelihood to many Gazan families and is an important source of food for Gazans, suffered a harsh blow. CLAL INDUSTRIES AND INVESTMENTS LTD. Source #1 - Clal Industries and Investments Ltd. (CII) is an Israel-based investment company, controlled by IDB Development Corporation Ltd. The Company is engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the establishment, acquisition, development and upgrading of companies in various industries. The Company is active in a variety of industries, including cement through Nesher Israeli Cement Enterprises Ltd.; the textile industry through Golf & Co. Group Ltd. and Kitan Consolidated Ltd.; high-technology and venture capital funds through Saifun Semiconductors Ltd., Fundtech Ltd., Jordan Valley Semiconductors Ltd., Clal Venture Capital Fund and several other companies; biotechnology operations, which are conducted through Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd.; real estate operations, which are conducted through KBA Townbuilders Group Ltd.; communication services through mainly Netvision Ltd. and Clalcom Ltd.; and commerce and related services through Taavura Holdings Ltd. Source #2 The company holds 75% of Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises, through Mashav Initiating and Development. Nesher provided cement for the construction of Israeli settlements and infrastructure in the West Bank and most likely also for the construction of the separation wall. According to press reports, in July 2009, subsidiary Mashav purchased Hanson Israel, which has three plants in West Bank settlements and one Israeli aggregates quarry in the occupied West Bank. The deal still awaits the approval of the Israeli Antitrust Authority. The company also owns Golf&Co, a retail store which has a branch in the settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev in the occupied West Bank. COVIDIEN (Note: This company has sold its Retail business to First Quality Enterprises See source #3) Source #1 - According to the Coalition of Women for Peace, Covidien is one of the major customers for Avgol Nonwoven Industries, which produces nonwoven fabrics in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the West Bank. The CWP web site states that Covidien accounts for 32% of Avgol products. Source #2 - Textile News and Industry Analysis: Inteletex Avgol looking to buy Fiberweb Analysts report that Avgol has two significant customers for its sanitary products business Procter & Gamble, and Covidien, to which it sold $59.3 million worth of nonwoven products in the first three quarters of % of its total sales. Source #
49 Avgol pulls out of possible takeover of Fiberweb Avgol Industries of Tel Aviv, Israel, has pulled out of talks on a possible offer for UK-based nonwovens producer Fiberweb. Source #4 Supply shift: capacity expansion, proposed mergers and a changing customer base add up to exciting times for spunmelt producers. by McIntyre, Karen Bitz Nonwovens Industry Feb, 2008 Spunmelt Nonwovens In December, First Quality Enterprises, a maker of both spunmelt nonwovens and feminine hygiene products, announced it would buy private label diaper manufacturer Covidien in a move set to shake up the supply chain in the North American hygiene market. First Quality, which is currently adding a multi-beam Reicofil line, had announced in mid 2007 plans to enter the private label diaper market and this entry now makes it both a competitor to its customer and customer to its competitors. Because many of the large spunmelt manufacturers considered Covidien a key customer, these companies are now playing a waiting game to see if First Quality will continue to source its spunmelt externally or feed its diaper business from its own spunmelt assets. At the same time, First Quality will now be competing with its customers, like Procter & Gamble or Arquest, on the disposable diaper market and if these relationships end, those customers could be looking for new suppliers. "It's no secret that Covidien was a big customer of Avgol's," Mr. Durkin said. "There is no reason to not assume that they will source themselves, but it is really too soon to judge the overall effect on the market. Of course, it could be a situation where we are just trading capacity--losing some business but gaining others." Source #5 Covidien Ltd. (Covidien) is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of healthcare products for use in clinical and home settings. The Company operates its business through four segments: Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical Products, Imaging Solutions and Medical Supplies. The Company s customers include hospitals, surgi-centers, imaging centers, alternate site facilities, drug manufacturers and major retailers worldwide. In April 2007, the Company s Medical Devices segment acquired intellectual property from Sorbx, LLC (Sorbx), which is a developer of an absorbable tack technology used in hernia repair procedures. In November 2006, the Company s Medical Devices segment acquired the remaining interest in Airox S.A. In April 2008, the Company sold its Retail Products business to an affiliate of First Quality Enterprises, Inc. Source #6 First Quality, Covidien Deal Finalized April 21,
50 First Quality Retail Services, LLC, has completed the acquisition of Covidien Ltd s retail products business including its sizable private label diaper business as well as adult inconitnence and feminine hygiene products. DOR ALON ENERGY IN ISRAEL (1988) LTD. (See Alon Group, page 4, 22) ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD. Source #1 One of two main providers of the electronic detection fence to the seamline and Wall project in the occupied West Bank. Specifically, received the contract to the Jerusalem Envelope section of the Wall (Masu'a system) with the US Detekion. Subsidiaries Elbit Electro-Optics (El-Op) and Elbit Security Systems (Ortek) supplied and incorporated LORROS surveillance cameras in the Ariel section and for the A-ram wall. The company supplied UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) to the Israeli army, which are in operational use in during combat in the West Bank and Gaza. The cameras in these UAV are manufactured by Controp Precision Technologies. Source #2 Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international defense electronics company engaged in a wide range of defense-related programs throughout the world. The Company, which includes Elbit Systems and its subsidiaries, operates in the areas of aerospace, land and naval systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance ("C4ISR"), unmanned air vehicle (UAV) systems, advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space systems, EW suites, airborne warning systems, ELINT systems, data links and military communications systems and radios. The Company also focuses on the upgrading of existing military platforms and developing new technologies for defense, homeland security and commercial aviation applications. Source #3 In September, 2009, the Norwegian government pension fund divested its holdings in Elbit Systems. Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen stated that, we do not wish to fund companies that so directly contribute to violations of international humanitarian law. The recommendation sent to the Ministry of Finance names the Wall as the key factor in the divestment decision, specifically citing Elbit s high-tech surveillance equipment. ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS Source #1 FOR RELEASE 10:00 A.M. EUROPEAN CT, MONDAY, SEPT. 6, 1999 Consortium led by EDS Wins Award to Develop Leading- Edge Biometric Border Crossing System for the Israeli Borders. The Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Israeli National Police have awarded to a group headed by EDS Israel with a contract to develop and install an 50
51 innovative biometrics based border control system. The system monitors the entrance and exit of around 50,000 daily workers to the Israeli territories and provides improved security and efficiency of automatic inspection of passengers by applying innovative integrated biometric technolgies of hand geometry and facial recognition. The system also uses OTI s contactless smart card technology that will be issued to each of the hundred of thousands of the passengers to support the clearance process. EDS Israel will act as the prime contractor. The primary subcontractors will be EDS Access Control Solution Division (US) that will develop the access control solution (US), Credentia, a DataCard Group Company (US) that will develop the enrollment solutions and Team Computers (Israel). Source #2 - On Track to Install ID System at Gaza Checkpoint The Israeli military is about to install, a high-tech identification system at a Gaza checkpoint in an effort to speed up passage of Palestinian workers into Israel. By cutting down the waiting time, it is expected to decrease what could be potentially dangerous friction with Israeli soldiers. The Basel System, developed by Israeli company On Track Innovations (Nasdaq:OTIV), uses two biometric sensors to read the facial dimensions and hand geometry of Palestinian workers crossing through the Erez checkpoint, It would be the first of its kind in the world, according to Ohad Bashan, director of global marketing at the company.. Israel's Defense Ministry contracted an Israeli office of the U.S.-based company Electronic Data Systems to install a system that would ensure that Palestinians who pose a security risk, would not cross through the checkpoint, Bashan said. The American EDS company in turn subcontracted with the Israeli-based OTI, which specializes in smart card and contactless technology that it has tested out in Israeli communities. The Defense Ministry had requested that the system include two biometric checks to guarantee reliability. U.S. anti-terror funding was used in the development of the Basel System, Bashan said, although he could not say how much money had been invested. Source #3 OTI S SMART ID PRODUCT TO POWER ISRAEL PALESTINIAN BORDER CROSSING Wednesday, August 20, 2003 in News Project Securely Monitors Entrance and Exit of 120,000 Daily Workers Cupertino, CA August 20, 2003 On Track Innovations, Ltd., (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV; Prime Standard [Frankfurt]: OT5), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card systems, announced today that it has completed another stage in the delivery of the infrastructure toward the installation of the Basel Project, a cross-border contactless access control system, 51
52 with the first border center at the Erez checkpoint between Gaza Strip and Israel, scheduled to go live later this year. When fully operational, the system will monitor the entrance and exit of approximately 120,000 daily workers while assuring a completely secure, exceptionally fast border crossing. The project, awarded by the Israel Ministry of Defense (MoD) and the Israeli National Police, is the first border control system in the world to use both hand and facial biometrics with contactless chip technology as the primary methods of identification. The contract was awarded to a consortium headed by Electronic Data Systems, EDS, (NYSE: EDS), and includes OTI which furnishes the ISO compliant smart cards, readers and application software EMBLAZE Source #1 - Emblaze Ltd. is an Israeli corporation. The Company's shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") under the symbol BLZ. It owns Formula Systems, which owns Matrix, which owns Talpiot, which has operations in the illegal West Bank settlement of Modi in Illit. According to the company s web site, The steady growth of Formula since the acquisition of its controlling stake by Emblaze is the direct result of efforts invested by Emblaze. The Emblaze management has been highly involved in the strategy formation and implementation throughout the Formula group and played an integral in achieving the improvement demonstrated across the Formula group. Source #2 - August 2007: Private Placement completed for group company Matrix in an amount of approx. $US60 through the issuance of unlisted bonds to institutional investors in the Tel-Aviv stock exchange. The bonds were twice over-subscribed for. November March 2007: Increase of holding in Formula Systems (1985) Ltd from 33.4% to 50.1%. Emblaze to consolidate the Formula results with the rest of Group s activities from the second quarter of EMILIA DEVELOPMENT Source #1 Emilia Development owns Adumim Food Additives that is located in the industrial zone of Mishor Edomim in the West Bank. Emilia Development also owns Maxima Air Separation Center, which holds a distribution center in the Ma'ale Edomim settlement on the West Bank. Source #2 - Adumim Industrial Park Factories in the Park: Adumim Food Supplements Ltd. Haruvit P.O.B Source #3 - Emilia Development (O.F.G) Ltd. is an Israel-based investment company and a subsidiary of O. Feller Holdings Ltd. The Company holds equity in companies involved in industry, infrastructure, commerce, logistics and real estate. The Company identifies and locates 52
53 opportunities in Israel and abroad and also invests and manages real estate interests in North America. The Company's subsidiaries include Palziv, Zohar Dalia Agriculture Partnership, Adumim Food Ingredients, Maxima Air Separation Center and Caesarea Polymer Industries. As of June 19, 2008, the Company acquired 50% of Inrom Industries Ltd. FORMULA SYSTEMS LTD. Source #1 - Matrix I.T is an Israel-based information technology (IT) company. It designs, manages and executes large-scale projects in Israel, developing software products and solutions, and implementing new technologies. Matrix I.T provides services in various areas of IT, including testing, consulting, outsourcing and offshore, training and deployment, IT infrastructure services and hardware. It also markets and represents software companies and programs in Israel. The Company's customers include organizations from industry, commerce, retail, banking, insurance and finance, telecom, defense, healthcare, high-tech, and the public and government sectors. Matrix I.T is part of the Formula group. Other stakeholders in the Company are Bank Leumi and Migdal. As of June 2008, the Company acquired Tact Computer Systems Ltd. and Tact Testing Systems Ltd. Source #2 - Offshoring to the West Bank Residents of Modi in Illit do not consider themselves settlers. The housing shortage has pushed large ultra-orthodox families to the settlement where they get public housing and government assistance not available in Israel. By Gadi Algazi In Modi in Illit on the West Bank, you can see where the old economy of contractors and developers and the new hi-tech economy meet. Both are closely tied to the state. Several software companies have opened branches there; leading them is the services company Matrix, one of the largest in Israel and part of the Formula Group. Matrix is valued on the Tel Aviv stock exchange at $100m and employs 2,300 workers. To compete with cheap programmers in India, Matrix decided to use ultra-orthodox women as a cost-effective labour force, on condition that the Israeli government subsidised it. If not, Matrix threatened to relocate abroad. Ehud Olmert, then minister of trade and industry, went along with this and in 2005 Matrix opened a development centre in Modi in Illit employing such women. By the end of 2006, 500 of them will work there. Source #3 - The Talpiot Division of Matrix won projects in the amount of NIS 20M in the course of the year 2007 Talpiot, the offshore division of Matrix, reports having won projects in the amount of NIS 20M in the course of the year The division s clients in the past year included Nokia Siemens, Comverse, Amdocs, Juniper Networks, Texas Instruments, Starhome, ClickSoftware, IncrediMail, and Lavie TimeTECH. Additionally, Talpiot has acquired several new American clients as a result 53
54 of its marketing effort in the US. Among these were AEG, IBasis, and AllianceBernstein. Most of the clients have concluded long-term agreements with Talpiot for software development and testing services. The Talpiot offshore division of Matrix, established three and a half years ago, employs approximately 400 Orthodox women at its facilities in Modiin Illit and Bet Shemesh. The development center provides high quality software development and testing services, based on the offshore outsourcing model, at highly attractive and competitive prices. Matrix is about to open a third development center that will employ Orthodox women in the Haifa area. Source #4 - Hewlett Packard outsources information technology services to the Talpiot division of Matrix. A chart showing HP listed among the company s clients is at the end of this resource document and at the web site above.list Source #5 - OFFSHORE ZIONISM (highly recommended a thorough look at the practice; excellent background) GADI ALGAZI Faced with competition from low-paid computer programmers in India and elsewhere, many Western software companies have opted to offshore their testing and development operations to the Subcontinent or East Asia. In Israel, however, the largest it company, Matrix, has come up with a novel solution: introducing, as the Matrix website describes it, the first Zionist local offshore outsourcing, using low-paid ultra-orthodox women workers in state-subsidized settlements in the Occupied Territories. Matrix has opened a new development centre, named Talpiot after the idf s elite combat unit in the West Bank settlement of Modi in Illit. GENERAL DYNAMICS General Dynamics Corporation (ticker: GD, exchange: NYSE) News Release - Tuesday, June 14, 2005 Press Contact: (912) Source #1 - GD 883 V-12 DIESEL ENGINE The Merkava 4 BATTLE TANK is powered by a V-12 diesel engine rated at 1,500hp. The engine compartment and one fuel tank are at the front of the tank and two fuel tanks are at the back. The new engine represents a 25% increase in power compared to the 1,200hp powerpack installed on the Merkava 3. The German company MTU manufactures the engine components and the GD 883 engine is manufactured under licensed production by General Dynamics Land Systems in the USA. The engine is transferred to Israel for installation and integration with the automatic transmission and with the engine computer control system. Source #
55 General Dynamics is the producer of military equipment on the F-16 Falcons that the IDF uses against Palestinians. "The United States has also underwritten Israel s domestic armaments industry, by giving... $200 million to develop the Merkava tank (operative); the latest version, the Merkava 4, uses a German V-12 diesel engine produced under license in the U.S. by General Dynamics." Source #3 - Merkava MK 4 Main Battle Tank: The engine pack is easily replaced. The tank is powered by the new General Dynamics GD833 1,500-horsepower direct injection, liquid cooled diesel engine, (co-produced in the USA by General Dynamics and MTU). This type is also powering the French Leclerc MBT. This powerful weighs 1.9 tons net, and 4.9 tons with its entire power-pack. This powerful engine affords the tank greater mobility than the previous versions, which had the 900 and 1,200-horsepower engines. The tank utilizes an electric turret and gun control system, designed by Elbit Systems, which comprises two electrical brushless motors, produced by Bental Industries. Source #4 General Dynamics will be the general contractor for the production of 3,500 MK-84 "general purpose" bombs, spares and repair parts in a sale proposed by the Pentagon in April, According to an article in the Israeli newspaper Ha aretz, The Bush administration announced on Friday what would be the first officially disclosed sale of United States military equipment to Israel since the end of the Second Lebanon War this past summer. In a notice to Congress, the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Israel had requested as many as 3,500 MK-84 "general purpose" bombs, spares and repair parts plus U.S. government technical assistance in a deal worth up to $65 million if all options are exercised. General Dynamics Corp. would be the prime contractor Source #5 from a General Dynamics shareholder A General Dynamics shareholder asked the company s investor relations department about the bomb production described above, as well as the company s involvement with the F-16 aircraft. This was the reply: From: Subject: Re: product information requested We make MK-80 series bomb bodies. We generally have the mission computers on tactical aircraft like the F-16, and usually have the guns on tactical aircraft like the F-16. Source # Israel Requests 3,500 Mk84 Bombs - Posted 24-Apr
56 The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of Israel's request for 3,500 MK-84 general purpose bomb units, which are 2,000 pound bomb bodies. The Mk84 versions Israel is requesting would carry about 945 pounds of tritonal (about 80% TNT/ 20% aluminum) explosives, as opposed to using H-6. Mk80 family weapons can be fitted with a number of kits to give them laser guidance, GPS/INS guidance, extended range, and/or other capabilities as required; the Israelis have created kits of their own for such purposes, including the Spice GPS/laser guided weapon. The total value of this contract, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $65 million. The deal would also entail testing, support equipment, spares and repair parts, supply support, personnel training and training equipment, publications and technical data, U.S. Government and contractor technical assistance, and other related elements of logistics support. The prime contractor will be General Dynamics in Garland, TX; Israel has used Mk 84s for a long time, and there are no known offset agreements in connection with this proposed sale. See DSCA release [PDF format]. GENERAL ELECTRIC - Another company related to the weapons manufacturers through subcontracts is General Electric. Only 2 billion of its roughly 80 billion total sales resulted from its engine sales. However, General Electric is one of the world s three largest jet-engine makers, subcontracting to Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Particularly, General Electric has supplied the propulsion system for AH- 64 Apache Assault Helicopter. These helicopters are being used in Israeli attacks on Palestinian towns. General Electric sells its aircraft engines directly to Israel. Source #1 - A quick example is a contract for T-64 aircraft engines produced by GE are used on a variety of military aircraft, including Sikorsky Helicopters. Other aircraft that use them are: CH-53D/E, MH- 53E, MH-53J/M, RH-53D, S-65/C3, CH-53G/S Source #2 - General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $7,745,166 order against a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N D-0003) for component improvement program services for T64 engines for the Navy; the Air Force; the Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR); and the governments of Israel and Japan. These services include engineering support and testing to resolve readiness problems, maintain performance, redesign low reliability parts, and forecast hardware wear-out rates. Work will be performed in Lynn, Mass. (96.6 percent); Evendale, Ohio (1.8 percent); and various locations across the United States (1.6 percent); and is expected to be completed in December Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines 56
57 purchases for the U.S. Navy ($5,806,780; 75.0 percent); U.S Air Force ($721,273; 9.3 percent); DSCR ($289,004; 3.7 percent); and the Governments of Israel ($498,527; 6.4 percent); and Japan ($429,582; 5.6 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. Source #3 PROPOSED FOREIGN MILITARY SALE TO ISRAEL ANNOUNCED September 25, 2000 The government of Israel has requested a possible sale of eight AH-64D Apache attack helicopters, 10 AN/APG-78 AH-64D Longbow Fire Control Radar, configuration of 70 M272 Hellfire missile launchers to M299 Hellfire missile launchers, spare and repair parts, communications equipment, support equipment, tools and test sets, chaff dispensers, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. government and contractor technical support and other related elements of logistics support. The estimated cost is $509 million.. The prime contractor will be Boeing Co. of Mesa, Ariz.; Lockheed Martin Electronics and Missiles, Orlando, Fla.; Lockheed Martin Federal Systems, Owego, N.Y.; General Electric, Lynn, Mass.; and Longbow LLC, Orlando, Fla. One or more proposed offset agreements may be related to this proposed sale. Source #4 - April 2, 1997 The Department of Defense has notified Congress that the government of Israel has requested the purchase of 15 UH-60L Blackhawk helicopters; 30 GE turbine engines; four spare engines; spare and repair parts and other elements of program support. The estimated cost is $200 million. Israel already has Blackhawk helicopters in its inventory and will have no difficulty absorbing the additional ones into its inventory. The prime contractors will be United Technologies, Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, Conn., and General Electric, Lynn, Mass. A U.S. government Quality Assurance Team will be required incountry for a minimum of one week during delivery and initial operation of the helicopters. A U.S. contractor field service representative will also be in-country for approximately six months to support the new helicopters. The Department of the Army will be responsible for all transactions resulting from this proposed sale. Source #5 - PROPOSED FOREIGN MILITARY SALE TO ISRAEL ANNOUNCED Sept. 27, 2000 The government of Israel has requested the purchase of 35 UH-60L Blackhawk helicopters, 70 T700-GE-701C turbine engines, 29 spare T700-GE-701C turbine engines with containers, external rescue hoist provisions, rotor brake system, spare and repair parts, tools and support equipment, publications and technical data, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. 57
58 government quality assurance team (QAT), contractor engineering and technical support services and other related elements of logistics support. The estimated cost is $525 million.... The proposed sale will enhance their current helicopter fleet and provide combat service support for Israeli Defense personnel. Israel, which already has Blackhawk helicopters in its inventory, will have no difficulty absorbing the additional helicopters.. The prime contractors participating in the program will be Sikorsky Aircraft Co., Stratford, Conn., and General Electric, Lynn, Mass. One or more proposed offset agreements may be related to this proposed sale. GLOBECOMM SYSTEMS - This company is traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange as GCOM. [Note: the company s name in the following two articles is incorrectly stated by the media. The correct name of the company is Globecomm Systems Inc. (GSI).] Source #1 - Global Communications 19 June 2003 Under a recently awarded contract, worth approximately $18 million, Tadiran Spectralink Ltd., a member of the Elisra Group, will supply a new satellite communications system to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Under this project, named "Seventh Heaven," Tadiran Spectralink and its American partner, Global Communications Inc (GSI) of Hauppauge, New York, will furnish the IDF Signal Corps with equipment and facilities for the global communications backbone for all branches of the IDF Ground Forces. The system, which consists of an undisclosed number of fixed earth stations, flyaway stations, and mobile stations installed on HMMWV vehicles, will provide for transmission of various types of information (telephony, video, and data) at high rates and different bandwidths. Source #2 - Israel Moving Ahead With Military Satcom Plans Under a program called Seventh Heaven, the Israeli military will build and deploy an extensive satellite communications system to serve as the infrastructure for the planned spacecraft and follow-on satellites. Israel s MoD selected Tadiran Spectralink, Inc. of Holon, Israel, and Global Communications Inc. of Hauppauge, N.Y., over three competing teams for the initial $18 million contract, which Tadiran officials say contains options for expanded capabilities and services over the next few years. In a June 15 press release, Tadiran Spectralink President Itzhak Beni said the Seventh Heaven program "is just the initial stage of a larger and far more ambitious program." According to the release, the program now includes an undisclosed number of fixed ground stations, airtransportable stations and mobile stations installed on Humvee vehicles "for transmission of various types of information at high rates and different bandwidths." HEWLETT PACKARD 58
59 Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has numerous relationships to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. a) It owns Electronic Data Systems (EDS), which heads a consortium that is developing and implementing a biometric identification system being installed at checkpoints, including several inside the West Bank. The checkpoints built on occupied land prevent freedom of movement inside the Palestinian territories in violation of international law. Israel can close these checkpoints at will, and often does, preventing workers from reaching their jobs. In addition, terminals inside the West Bank are part of the effort to annex Palestinian land to Israel. b) HP subsidiary HP Invent outsources information technology work to a company called Matrix, whose subsidiary Talpiot outsources IT services to settlers at the illegal West Bank settlement of Modi in Illit. Businesses in the settlements are subsidized by the Israeli government and pay much lower wages than businesses in Israel itself. They are not bound by the same environmental requirements or labor standards. By using Talpiot s services, Hewlett-Packard is profiting from the company s relationship with an illegal settlement and is helping to sustain it. c) A contract has been awarded to HP by the Israeli Navy for management of its IT infrastructure. HP is already providing servers to the Israeli Navy, which is enforcing an illegal naval blockade of the waters off the coast of the Gaza Strip. International humanitarian assistance has been turned away, international vessels carrying this aid have been attacked or turned back, and the Navy has repeatedly attacked fishing boats within Gaza's territorial waters, killing a number of fishermen. In addition, the Israeli Navy fired missiles from its ships into buildings in the Gaza Strip during Israel s recent attack on Gaza. As long as Israel controls most borders, airspace and access to Gaza, and can regulate the flow of goods, the occupation there has not ended. Through its involvement with the Israeli Navy, Hewlett-Packard is supporting the occupation as well as violations of human rights and international law. d) In July, 2009, HP won a contract for the installation of software products in a three-year IDF (Israeli Defense Force) virtualization tender worth an estimated $15 million, with a two-year option to extend. Such technology is used by the IDF to enforce the occupation. Backup Research a) Supporting documentation for charges relating to EDS subsidiary and checkpoints: Source # HP CLOSES $13.9 BILLION EDS ACQUISITION The deal creates the world's second largest IT services and outsourcing vendor, trailing only IBM. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek August 26, 2008 Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) said Tuesday that it has completed its $13.9 billion buyout of IT services giant Electronic Data Systems (NYSE: EDS).The merger plan calls for HP to shift the outsourcing operations of its Technology Solutions Group to EDS, along with parts of its consulting and integration activities.in one stroke, the merger creates the world's second largest IT and business services company, next to IBM (NYSE: IBM). The combined services 59
60 revenue for EDS and HP last year was, pro forma, $38 billion, compared to $54 billion for Big Blue. EDS will maintain its headquarters in the Dallas area. Source #2 - On Track to Install ID System at Gaza Checkpoint The Israeli military is about to install a high-tech identification system at a Gaza checkpoint in an effort to speed up passage of Palestinian workers into Israel. By cutting down the waiting time, it is expected to decrease what could be potentially dangerous friction with Israeli soldiers. The Basel System, developed by Israeli company On Track Innovations (Nasdaq:OTIV), uses two biometric sensors to read the facial dimensions and hand geometry of Palestinian workers crossing through the Erez checkpoint, It would be the first of its kind in the world, according to Ohad Bashan, director of global marketing at the company.. Israel's Defense Ministry contracted an Israeli office of the U.S.-based company Electronic Data Systems to install a system that would ensure that Palestinians who pose a security risk, would not cross through the checkpoint, Bashan said. The American EDS company in turn subcontracted with the Israeli-based OTI, which specializes in smart card and contactless technology that it has tested out in Israeli communities. Source #3 OTI S SMART ID PRODUCT TO POWER ISRAEL PALESTINIAN BORDER CROSSING Wednesday, August 20, 2003 in News Project Securely Monitors Entrance and Exit of 120,000 Daily Workers Cupertino, CA August 20, 2003 On Track Innovations, Ltd., (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV; Prime Standard [Frankfurt]: OT5), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card systems, announced today that it has completed another stage in the delivery of the infrastructure toward the installation of the Basel Project, a cross-border contactless access control system, with the first border center at the Erez checkpoint between Gaza Strip and Israel, scheduled to go live later this year..the contract was awarded to a consortium headed by Electronic Data Systems, EDS, (NYSE: EDS), and includes OTI which furnishes the ISO compliant smart cards, readers and application software Source # f9d4b!OpenDocument (United Nations source) Israel has started constructing new terminals which will replace old crossing points between Israel and the Gaza Strip and between Israel and the West Bank. Unlike today, the new terminals will be run by civilian operators in order to reduce unnecessary friction between the military and civilians. Inside the terminal the use of sophisticated technology will reduce the inconvenience caused by long security checks. Thus, for example, passengers will get "smart cards", which will enable them to cross without any physical security check. 60
61 In the Gaza Strip, most interaction between Israelis and Palestinians is expected to take place within the two major terminals: - Erez Terminal - Karni Terminal (for the passage of goods) Seven other terminals will be built in the West Bank and in the Jerusalem area: (Editor s note: As indicated below, three of these terminals are inside the West Bank, not on Israel s internationally recognized border or green line. They are part of the effort to annex Palestinian land to Israel. - Bitunia Terminal (Editor s note: This is inside the West Bank.) - Jalameh Terminal - Kalandia Terminal (Editor s note: This is inside the West Bank.) - Qalqilya Terminal - Sha'ar Efrayim Terminal (Ma'ale Efrayim) - Tarqumia Terminal - Terminal 300 (near Bethlehem) (Editor s note: This is inside the West Bank.) Source #5 - (Israeli government source) New biometric technology ("Smart Card") is already in use in the Bitunia crossing. (This site also contains information on terminals identical to that in the domino.un web site above.) Source #6 - An excellent map showing all the checkpoints mentioned above. Increase size to 150% to view. Source # checkpoint is not located on any border. Instead, the checkpoint has been erected between the Palestinian towns of Ramallah and Qalandia refugee camp, on one side, ar-ram and Occupied East Jerusalem on the other. Thus Palestinians are forcibly parted from Jerusalem the historical, economic, spiritual, and physical heart of the West Bank. Source #
62 Photostory: The Kalandia Terminal M. El Fassed-Vermeer, The Electronic Intifada, 11 September 2005 Kalandia checkpoint is one of the largest Israeli military checkpoints in the occupied West Bank. This checkpoint is not located on a border, but between the Palestinian town Ramallah, Kalandia refugee camp, and the Palestinian town of ar-ram. It separates Ramallah residents from southern Palestinian towns and the northern Palestinian neighbourhoods of Jerusalem. Israeli soldiers check identity cards. Source #9 OTI: Basel Project Border Crossing Extended June 2005 Smart card developer OTI - On Track Innovations (Nasdaq: OTIV) announced that the Basel Project, a border crossing system that includes contact less smart cards and biometrics for identifying Palestinians wishing to enter Israel, is being extended to more access points. OTI develops contact less microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments and other applications. The Basel Project is currently the only operational project to use a contact less smart card with biometrics and public key information (PKI) infrastructure. The Basel Project contract for the Erez border crossing at the Gaza Strip was awarded in September 1999 to a consortium including OTI, which is furnishing the front end solution based on its SmartID product, including ISO compliant cards, readers and related software. The biometric-based contact less smart identification system monitors the entrance and exit of Palestinians while assuring a completely secure, exceptionally fast border crossing. The project is the most advanced exit/entry border control system in the world using encryption, contact less smart card technology and both hand (hand geometry and fingerprints) and facial biometrics as the primary methods of identification. OTI stated that the new gates are currently under construction in different areas, and that the first cards have already been issued. (Note: At least four of these gates are inside the West Bank, not on the Israeli border.) b) Supporting documentation for charges relating to illegal settlements: Source # Hewlett Packard s HP Invent subsidiary outsources information technology services to the Talpiot division of Matrix, which has the work performed in an illegal settlement called Modi in Illit in the West Bank. A chart showing HP Invent listed among the company s clients is at this web site. c) Supporting documentation for charges relating to the Israeli Navy and violations of international law: Source #
63 Israel Information Technology Report Q Business Monitor International July 24, 2008 IT Services The IT services sector had a value of around US$1.4bn in 2007, and this is expected to rise to aroundus$2bn by IT services will be the fastest growing segment of the IT market, with financial, government and military sectors accounting for a large part of spending. A number of major outsourcing deals, including that awarded to HP by the Israeli Navy for management of its IT infrastructure, have highlighted the growing opportunity. Although Israel seemingly possesses many advantages as an outsourcing destination, in particular a technologically literate, linguistically skilled workforce, and low labour costs relative to most developed countries, the country has failed to capitalise on these strengths in the past. However, the government is now actively promoting Israel to multinationals, and Israel is starting to emerge as a location for packaged applications and localisation services. Source# Sea blockade sees dry patch for Gaza's fishermen Palestinian fishermen are in trouble as high fuel costs and an Israeli navy blockade makes finding profitable catches almost impossible. By Rory McCarthy in Gaza, Monday May The sun had not long set into the Mediterranean and the fishing launch was motoring out into the rolling sea, only an hour into what was to be a long night spent in search of shoals of sardine. Without warning, a sudden burst of machine gun fire came rattling a few feet overhead, the red tracer bullets arcing into the night sky above the fishermen. Abdul Salam al-hissi and his crew instinctively crouched to the deck. He brought the engine to an abrupt stop. The high-speed Israeli naval ship, invisible in the darkness, shone its powerful searchlight and Hissi turned his boat around and headed briefly back inland. So began another night in the sea off Gaza, a night of brinkmanship between a Palestinian fishing fleet in rapid decline and searching in vain for a decent catch, and the Israeli navy that patrols these waters, and is intent on keeping the fishermen close to shore. Less than 10 minutes later, there was more gunfire directed just over the head of Hissi's ship and as the evening went on two more salvos of fire from the Israelis, both apparently shells, one of which landed with a loud report and a sharp hiss into the sea just a few feet away. The bullets, shells and spotlight were the sole communication from one ship to the other that night. Source #13 (OCHA is part of the United Nations) Gaza Fishing: An Industry in Danger UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The Gaza Strip April
64 Fishing Restrictions The Oslo Accords stipulated that Palestinian fishermen were entitled to fish up to 20 nm off the Gaza coastline. An agreement reached between the Personal Humanitarian Envoy for the Middle East for the Secretary General, Ms Catherine Bertini, and the Israeli government in August 2002 allowed for fishing up to 12 nm, however this was never realised according to the DoF. Fishing rights have been imposed arbitrarily with the Israeli navy allowing fishing in some locations but not others Source#14 From B tselem, the Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories: In the Interim Agreement, signed by Israel and the PLO as part of the Oslo peace process, Israel undertook to allow fishing boats from Gaza to go some twenty nautical miles (about thirty-seven kilometers) from the coastline (except for a few areas, to which they were prohibited entry). However, Israel did not in fact issue permits to all applicants, and allowed fishing up to a distance of no more than ten nautical miles. Following implementation of the disengagement plan, Israel reduced the fishing area even more, and since the abduction of Cpl. Shalit, on 25 June 2006, fishermen have not been allowed to go further than three nautical miles from shore. As a result, the fishing sector in Gaza, which provides a livelihood to many Gazan families and is an important source of food for Gazans, suffered a harsh blow. Source # How Israel's naval blockade denies Gazans food, aid A boat carrying foreign activists and three tons of medical supplies was rerouted Tuesday. Meanwhile, the fishing industry a key source of jobs and protein has been crippled. By Mel Frykberg Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor June 30, 2009 " Yesterday evening the Israeli Navy contacted the boat while at sea clarifying that it would not be permitted to enter Gaza coastal waters because of security risks in the area, and the existing naval blockade, " the Israeli military said in a statement, adding that humanitarian aid would be sent to Gaza subject to authorization. The naval blockade part of a wider Israeli effort to seal off the tiny coastal strip controlled by the Islamist militant group Hamas not only prevents such shipments, it is also devastating a key Gazan industry and source of food: fishing. Source #16 Gaza fishermen risk Israeli fire By Alan Johnston - October 13, 2006 Every night off Gaza beach you can see the lights of fishing boats rising and falling in the swell. But they are defying an Israeli ban on all Palestinian fishing, and Rami al-habeel knows how dangerous that can be. Last week, he saw his friend, Hani al-najaar, shot dead on the deck of their trawler. 64
65 For more than three months the Israelis have ordered all fishing craft to stay in port. They say this is to prevent militants who have captured an Israeli soldier in Gaza, smuggling him out by sea. The fishermen though have no doubt that this is an example of what a UN human rights observer recently described as "collective punishment" in the territory. They say the blockade is an Israeli attempt to force the civilian population to put pressure on the militants. Source # Israel's Navy Debuts Employment of Precision Guided Missiles integrated with Typhoon Weapon System The Israeli Navy also participates in the attacks on Gaza, targeting coastal targets and boats formerly operated by the Palestinian police. Records of the attack, published by the Israeli Navy indicate for the first time the Israelis have equipped their naval vessels with Spike ER electrooptically guided missiles... The web site above contains a video showing attacks by a Typhoon remotely controlled gun on an Israeli Navy ship, and the firing sequence of two missiles, one targeting a small Palestinian patrol boat and the other hitting a building on the Gaza coastline. d) Supporting documentation for charges relating to the Israeli army and violations of international law: Source # HP beats IBM in Army virtualization tender: Jul 15, 2009 (Globes - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Sources inform "Globes" that Hewlett Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has beaten IBM Corporation (NYSE: IBM) for the installation of VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) products in the three-year IDF* virtualization tender, worth an estimated $15 million. The tender has a two-year option to extend. This is the IDF's first virtualization tender, will now be added to the IDF regular tenders for PCs and servers, which are held every three years. Virtualization systems virtualize computer activity regardless of the hardware on which it runs. In this way, a single computer at an organization can obtain all network resources, even if the programs are not installed on the computer itself. * IDF stands for Israeli Defense Force. For the past 42 years, it has enforced Israel s occupation of Palestinian land. IDB HOLDING CORPORATION LTD. Source #1 - IDB Development Corp Ltd (Public, TLV:IDBD).IDB Development Corp Ltd. (IDB) is an Israel-based investment company which holds various interests through its four main subsidiaries: Discount Investment Corporation, Clal Industries, Clal Insurance and Koor Industries... 65
66 Source #2 - REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE COMPANY FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2008.The Board of Directors of IDB Development Corporation Ltd. (.the Company.) is pleased to present the condensed unaudited interim financial statements of the Company for the third quarter and the nine months ended September 30, As at the date of this report the principal direct subsidiaries are Discount Investment Corporation Ltd. (74%), Clal Industries and Investments Ltd. (61%) and Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd. (57%). Source #3 - Companies of the group control Cellcom, Discount Investment Corporation, Makhteshim-Agan Industries (the parent company of FiberTech, which is located in the settlement of Karnei Shomron), the Clal Group (the parent company of Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises, which most likely provided cement for the construction of the separation wall), Shufersal [Supersol] supermarket chain (which has branches in West Bank settlements) and many more. INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS CORPORATION Source #1 - Industrial Buildings Corporation constructs and manages buildings for industrial commercial uses, for rental or sale. It manages infrastructure development for the housing and industry sectors. The company has sold properties in Barkan Industrial Zone and rents out industrial spaces in the Katzerin Industrial Zone. Both of these are on occupied land. In 2006, the company held 30,000 sqm in Katzerin, and app. 55,000 more sqm in the Occupied Territories. Source #2 - (company site) Logistical Development. Israel Name of Property: Karney Shomron Type of Property: Logistic Location: Karney Shomron, Israel Source #3. Peace Now Settlements List Karnei Shomron Exact Location: Tulkarm district Map Location Established: 1978 Number of Settlers: As of ,333 Distance from the Green Line (1967 border): 9 k"m. Source #4 - WpELmnC30mD3WrDJ4qBcXqRMm0.html IDB unit buys Hanson Israel 66
67 The deal unites the country's two largest building materials producers, but is subject to Antitrust Authority approval. By Michal Margalit29/07/2009 Nochi Dankner controlled IDB Holding Corp. Ltd. (TASE:IDBH) unit Clal Industries and Investments Ltd. (TASE: CII) announced this evening that it had signed an agreement to acquire to acquire Hanson Israelfor NIS 450 million. Hanson Israel, owned by Heidelberg Cement plc (XETRA: HEI), is the second largest building materials company in the country. It was founded 42 years ago, and has 23 concrete and cement manufacturing plants, three quarries, two asphalt plants, and a fleet of trucks. The acquisition is through Clal Industries unit Mashav. The incentive for Clal Industries to buy Hanson Israel is presumably that Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises Ltd., the largest building materials company in Israel, is also held by Mashav, and it can be expected that there will be synergies between it and Hanson. The deal to buy Hanson will need to be approved by the Antitrust Authority. INROB TECH Source #1 - Inrob Tech Ltd. (Inrob Tech) provides engineering products and services for the maintenance of equipment, and the integration and production of advanced wireless control solutions for unmanned ground vehicle robots (UVR). Inrob Ltd., the Company s wholly owned Israel-based subsidiary (Inrob Ltd.), is as an engineering firm solution for organizations to outsource maintenance of equipment. Through Inrob Ltd., the Company provides maintenance support of industrial electronic, electro-mechanical, optical, and other scientific equipment, mainly to customers in the defense industry. It also develops, integrates, and produces advanced wireless control solutions for UVR robots. (from Google Finance) Source #2 - From the InRob web site: D9 - Armored [Caterpillar] D9s have been used successfully in many combat engineering tasks in recent conflicts. Our innovative solution takes the armored D9 one step further by enhancing its military capabilities without risking human life. [Editor s note: This seems to imply that life other than that of Israeli soldiers is not human. Palestinians as well as an American peace activist have been killed by D9 bulldozers.] Source #2 r=irbl# InRob and IMI Sign Exclusive Joint Venture Marketing Agreement Wednesday June 27, 2007 PRNewsWire News Releases Released By InRob Ltd. "LAS VEGAS, June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InRob Ltd. ("InRob") (OTCBulletinBoard:IRBL.OB), announced that the company has signed an exclusive joint venture marketing agreement with IMI, Israel Military Industries for the exclusive worldwide distribution of 3 Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs). According to the agreement, InRob and IMI will dedicate marketing resources to sell the following UGV units: the Hornet MK-5, the FFR-1 and TSR-700. IMI will receive a sales commission between 4%-12% on the gross revenue from each sale of the 67
68 above products. InRob will produce and manufacture these products while IMI will market the units to its global customer basis. Source #3 InRob Continues International Expansion: Secures Manufacturing Facilities in the Philippines InRob Tech - Release date: March 5, 2008 LAS VEGAS, March 5 -- InRob Tech Ltd. ("InRob") (BULLETIN BOARD: IRBL) a leader in advanced wireless control systems for unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), today announced it has secured use of premises in the Philippines on a full turnkey basis. The premises include floor space, utilities, equipment and machinery that can be used to manufacture various components of mobile robots and other products for both civilian and military applications In 2006, the company had announced that its partners in this venture to robotize heavy machinery were Israel Aviation Industries (IAI) and Caterpillar (Israel). InRob Tech Ltd. to Enter Joint Venture With Israel Aviation Industries -- IAI -- and Source #4: InRob Tech Ltd. to Enter Joint Venture With Israel Aviation Industries -- IAI -- and Caterpillar Israel In 2006, the company announced that its partners in this venture to robotize heavy machinery were Israel Aviation Industries (IAI) and Caterpillar (Israel). Source #5 On the web site of Small Cap Spotlight, Caterpillar Israel was listed as one of InRob Tech s clients in FROM SMALL CAP SPOTLIGHT 2006.InRob Tech (OTCBB: IRBL) Client List. Israeli Defense Forces. Catepiller (Israel) (sic). Israeli Police. RAFAEL- Armament Development Authority Ltd.. Israel Military Industries. Israel Aircraft. Elbit / El-Op. Technion- Israeli Institute of Technology. Other military and civilian companies dealing with security. Source #6 - M2 PRESSWIRE-15 February 2007-momoplays.com: INVESTER ALERT momoplays.com announces latest momentum pick gains 17%-INROB TECH LTD. ( IRBL.OB ) We feel that this stock shows great potential for more gain as the Company closes a contract with Caterpillar.(C) M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD. The full article purchased through Goliath continued with the following: RDATE:
69 InRob Signs Joint Development Agreement With Caterpillar and IAI Ramta Boca Raton FL - InRob Ltd. ( InRob ) (OTC BB: IRBL ), a leader in the development and production of advanced wireless control systems and integrated solutions for unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), today announced that it has signed an agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of ITE Ltd., and the Israel Aircraft Industry through its Ramta plant for collaboration in developing remote control systems for Caterpillar s Multi-Terrain Loader tractors, based on hydraulic remote controlled systems, as a joint product development project. This contract with Caterpillar is a huge reason for our selection for this stock to be a momentum play for more potential gain. Source #7 BNet Business Network also carried this information: M2 PRESSWIRE-15 February 2007-momoplays.com: INVESTER ALERT momoplays.com announces latest momentum pick gains 17-INROB TECH LTD. ( IRBL.OB ) We feel that this stock shows great potential for more gain as the Company closes a contract with Caterpillar.(C) M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE: InRob Signs Joint Development Agreement With Caterpillar and IAI Ramta Boca Raton FL - InRob Ltd. Source #8 - On April 2, 2007, InRob announced that it was in the final stages of negotiation to produce the robotized DC9 and MTL 257B. This was six weeks after the announcement carried on Goliath and BNet above. InRob in Final Stages of Negotiations for Remote-Controlled D-9 Manufacturing Contract LAS VEGAS, April 2, 2007 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InRob Ltd. ("InRob") (OTCBB:IRBL), a leader in the development and production of advanced wireless control systems and integrated solutions for unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), today announced that the company is in the final stages of negotiations on a manufacturing contract concerning several remotely controlled systems for D-9 vehicles. Sources # There are a number of articles announcing that robotized Caterpillar machines have been produced by InRob and its partners and tested by the IDF. Some are below: On August 21, 2007, InRob issued the following press release: InRob Completes First Production Model of Caterpillar MTL.LAS VEGAS, Aug. 21 / -- InRob Ltd. ("InRob") (BULLETIN BOARD: IRBL) today announced that together with its partners they have completed the first production model of its latest UGV solution - the Robotic Caterpillar MTL 257B platform. On August 29, 2007, InRob Tech made the following announcement: InRob Ltd. ("InRob") (BULLETIN BOARD: IRBL), a leader in advanced wireless control systems for unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), today announced that marketing has begun on the robotic MTL 257B platform - the "Front Runner". This marketing campaign is being led by InRob s strategic partners, as part of their commitment to the joint venture. In October, 2007, the following press release was carried by the Shephard News Service in 69
70 London ( Automotive.com ( and Goliath News Service InRob and partners add armour upgrade to UGV caterpillar platform InRob Tech Ltd. ("InRob") announced that together with its partners, they have added armored upgrade to their latest unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) solution -- the Robotic Caterpillar MTL 257B platform. This platform, marketed under the name "Front Runner," was developed by InRob together with its strategic partners, Israel Aerospace Industries, Ltd. Ramta Division ("IAI Ramta"). Source # We found an undated Invitation for Technological Cooperation posted by the company on the internet, and containing the following: The company has developed a remote control system for Caterpillar D9 bulldozers. This system has been under development for more than one year and the company just received military approval to announce the results of the field trials. Several departments and divisions within the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) put InRob s remotely controlled Caterpillar D9 to the most stringent of testing. Source # InRob has posted a video of a robotized Caterpillar MTL 257B on this web site: If they are using the Caterpillar brand name so prominently in this video, either they have permission from Caterpillar, or Caterpillar has grounds for action against them. Again, Caterpillar was initially listed as one of the partners in this venture; it is listed as a client of InRob Tech, and a contract was said to be nearing completion in one article, and said to be signed in another. ITT INDUSTRIES - Source #1 - ITT Aerospace is another company with long experience in Israel. "Israel's military needs make it a good market," says President and General Manager Dr. Marvin Sambur, whose company sold military radios to the Israel Defense Forces. "The defense industry is a tough one to crack. It's a long process to establish yourself in the market." Since Israel uses a lot of the same equipment as the U.S. Army, which ITT supplies, Sambur looks forward to doing more business in Israel in the future. Source #2 Presbyterian Church USA In a letter dated April 26, 2005, from Kathleen S. Stolar, ITT Vice President, Secretary and Associate General Counsel, to the Episcopal Church, in answer to a question (Does your company sell goods or services to the Israeli Defense Forces(IDF)?), the company stated: "Yes, we do. ITT Industries does not make offensive weapons or any devices that are used to detonate weapons. Our sales are primarily intensifier tubes for night vision goggles and battlefield communication radios. Night vision goggles are used by the military to positively identify friend or foe under severe light restrictions. Battlefield communication radios allow the military to communicate with troops over a secure channel. Our products are sold to the Israeli military under parameters established and controlled by the U.S. government." 70
71 Source #3 ITT letter to Methodist Divestment Committee The U.S. military is ITT Defense Electronics largest single customer. ITT s products are sold to international military customers US allies including the Israeli military, under parameters established and controlled by the U.S. government. Our sales to Israel are primarily intensifier tubes for night vision goggles. Night vision goggles are used by the military to identify friend or foe positively under severe light restrictions. Battlefield communication radios have not been sold to Israel in the recent past. Source #4 - DispWho=InThePress&enZone=InThePress&Date=6/8/04%2011:22%20PM Israel s Star Night to supply night sights to ITT Jun Israel's Star Night Technologies' fully owned Star Night USA sub-subsidiary has obtained a $3.5 million order from US company ITT Industries for miniature night sights for the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Globes reported. The total order is worth NIS 40 million, of which 40% belongs to Star Night USA. The sights will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2004 and during Avraham Sagie, who manages Star Night Technologies' subsidiaries, said that this agreement was the first part of a large order, which the company believed would stretch over the next four years, and amount to $30 million. In recent years, Star Night Technologies developed the Lior night sight, which is designed for urban warfare. The site can be used with both US Army weapons and the Israeli-made Tavor assault rifle. The company has reported more orders in the past two months. At the beginning of May, Star Night Technologies' fully owned subsidiary New Noga Light obtained a $1.5 million order for night sights for the US civilian and police market from a US company. The sights will be delivered in Sources # A sampling of reports on Israel's increasingly common night raids, made possible by night vision equipment. At first glance, night vision goggles that help distinguish between "friend" and "foe" would seem to be a positive contribution to any military encounter. Yet as used by the Israeli military, they have enabled night-time attacks on Palestinian refugee camps and villages to become a major feature of the occupation. No Palestinian family can go to sleep at night without wondering if soldiers will burst down their door and carry away sons, husbands and fathers in the hours between midnight and 5 am. It happens with alarming frequency. Often, men and boys 14 and over will be pulled from their beds and forced outside, to gather in central places or be taken away by truck or bus for "interrogation." Just as often, whole families are made to stand outside in their night clothes for hours without regard to the weather as their homes are searched. Tear gas is frequently thrown inside homes, causing tremendous health problems, and holes may be punched in walls or houses demolished. Loud rotors and fire from armed helicopters often accompany these raids. The unpredictable and violent nature of these night time assaults creates an indescribable climate of fear and vulnerability among Palestinians. Night time attacks deepen the sense of Israel s pervasive dominance over Palestinians. Since there are rarely outside observers present, it is easy to claim that those killed or arrested were "militants" or "armed.". These assaults under cover of darkness would not be possible without night vision equipment provided by ITT and other companies. 71
72 About 50 tanks and armored personnel carriers, backed by helicopter gunships, thrust into Qalqiliya in the middle of the night, they said. The Israeli Army declined immediate comment on the operation, which appeared to be similar to a large-scale raid last week into Tulkarm in what the army said was a search for militants. Affidavits show that home raids are generally conducted at night-time or during the early morning hours (between midnight and 5:00 am). In the majority of cases, residents were woken up by sudden heavy banging on their doors. Those who initially refused to let the soldiers enter were forced to do so once soldiers attempted to break in through windows and doors. Most cases involve groups of up to 20 camouflaged Israeli soldiers who round up all family members and confine them regardless of their number in a single room for extended periods of time, amounting to several hours and in some instances days... from Defense for Children International Israeli forces have killed six Palestinians, including a 14-year-old, and detained more than 1,000 boys and men in two days of raids on the occupied territories. Tanks, helicopters and bulldozers led assaults on Rafah refugee camp in Gaza, and West Bank cities including Tulkarem, where the army seized a UN-run school and ordered all males between 14 and 40 to report there for detention."it was a huge Israeli force that came in the middle of the night. Tanks, helicopters and soldiers who were shooting to frighten people," Some of the detained men were released after their identities were checked, but they were put on to buses, driven out of Tulkarem, and ordered not to return for at least three days. Unborn baby dies during Israeli night raid, by Donald Macintyre in Nablus, 12 May 2007 [The mother s] family said she was shot in her third-floor bedroom as she went to comfort one of her three young sons who was crying because of the shooting which followed a pre-dawn incursion by Israeli troops into the Beit Alma refugee camp here. The civilian casualty inflicted in the early hours of Thursday morning was the latest during a series of near-nightly raids residents say the army has been conducting in a search for militants in refugee camps in the West Bank cities of Nablus and Jenin. Palestinian officials say the raids are seriously undermining attempts to expand the highly fragile ceasefire in Gaza to the West Bank. No arrests were made in the 2 am raid in the Beit Alma camp. Israel's armed forces yesterday conducted their largest and deepest raid into Palestinian territory of the 16-month intifada in a fresh effort to weaken Yasser Arafat. They were in control of Tulkarm last night after dozens of tanks invaded the West Bank town of 50,000 before dawn and soldiers imposed a curfew as they carried out house-to-house searches and made dozens of arrests. A delegation of American doctors that recently returned from the occupied territories reported receiving "frequent and detailed reports that soldiers were deliberately throwing tear gas canisters 72
73 into the houses of refugees... particularly during night-time raids on sleeping communities, and into small stores [and] health clinics." Israelis Detain Hundreds Without Trial - Nima Abu Alia's neighbors told her from bitter experience not to even bother looking for her son, Eyad, for at least a week. The 23-year-old was snatched on Wednesday from the family home in Deheisheh, near Bethlehem, by an Israeli army squad in the dead of night. At about the same time, 24 other Palestinians were detained in raids across the West Bank Al Haq and Defence for Children International (DCI)/Palestine Section write to draw your attention to Israeli occupying forces current practice of night-time raids on Palestinian homes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). These raids subject Palestinian civilian residents of the houses, including women, children and the elderly, to confinement in one room for prolonged periods of time. Although this unlawful practice has been used since the outbreak of the second intifada in 2000, the new home invasions reflect an intensification of this practice throughout the West Bank during the last few months. Much of the northern Gaza Strip sank into darkness after Israeli war planes bombed a power station, three bridges in a series of night-time raids. The night sky was lit up by flames from the power station in central Gaza and loud blasts were heard in the southern city of Rafah as combat helicopters hovered above. Fourteen-year-old Abdullah Yassin was dragged out of his bed by Israeli soldiers the night of November 1st and taken to the Ofer military detention centre. He's still there. His parents were forced to watch helplessly as their youngest child was taken away by soldiers. It was an experience they've suffered through before. Another of their sons - Basem Ahmed Yassin, 28 years old and a father of two small children with a third on the way - was taken in a similar raid three nights before. comes in the wake of the Monday night attack by Israel against -- in Gaza, in the Gaza Strip, that killed the chief of the military, militant arm of the Hamas militant group. His name Salah Shehade. But along with Shehade died 14 civilians, including nine children, 150 people injured. Israel intensified its attacks on Gaza last night with an airstrike on the home of a Hamas political leader which killed eight of his relatives and neighbours, and immediately drew threats of reprisals. INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS CORPORATION Source #1 73
74 Industrial Buildings Corporation constructs and manages buildings for industrial commercial uses, for rental or sale. It manages infrastructure development for the housing and industry sectors. The company has sold properties in Barkan Industrial Zone and rents out industrial spaces in the Katzerin Industrial Zone. Both of these are on occupied land. In 2006, the company held 30,000 sqm in Katzerin, and app. 55,000 more sqm in the Occupied Territories. Source #2 - (company site) Logistical Development - Israel Name of Property: Karney Shomron Type of Property: Logistic Location: Karney Shomron, Israel Area (sqm): 7,100 Occupancy: 100% No. of Tenants: 5 Notes: Logistic Facility Source #3 Peace Now Settlements List Karnei Shomron Exact Location: Tulkarm district Map Location Established: 1978 Number of Settlers: As of ,333 Distance from the Green Line (1967 border): 9 k"m. LOCKHEED MARTIN Source #1 - Lockheed Martin The single biggest overseas supplier for the Israeli armaments industry. Has received at least $4.4billion since 1995 for supplying arms including missile systems and fighter planes to Israel (see website of Campaign Against the Arms Trade) and has many ongoing contracts, including manufacturing F-16I fighter bombers used by the IDF against Palestinians. Contact details: Lockheed Martin Corporation, 6801 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD U.S.A. Tel Website: Source #2 74
75 F-16I Sufa (Storm) The Israeli Air Force's (IAF) F-16I Sufa (Storm), a two seater, is the latest version of the Lockheed Martin F-16. Israel's Peace Marble V foreign military sales program will supply the Israel Air Force (IAF) with 102 two-seat aircraft and is the largest Israeli F-16 acquisition yet. The F-16I is specially designed for Israel, and has been named "Soufa," or "Storm" in Hebrew, by the IAF. The F-16I for Israel is based on current Block 50/52 production aircraft. The F-16I has a 23,600-kilogram [52,000 pound] take-off weight, considerably more than the earlier F-16s in IAF service, and is armed with the AMRAAM air-to-air missile. The F-16I was developed on the basis of the F-16ES [Enhanced Strategic] single-seat and twoseat, long-range interdictor F-16 proposal. This configuration was developed in November 1993 in response to Israeli preference for the F-15I Eagle. The F-16ES featured additional fuel in one 1,136 liter (300 US gallon; 250 Imp gallon) centerline tank and two wing tanks, each 2,271 litre (600 US gallons; 500 Imp gallons), as well as two conformal tanks. The combat radius extended to in excess of 1,000 nautical miles (1,852 km; 1,151 miles). The F-16ES was not purchased at that time, but the conformal tanks were developed as retrofit option for existing F-16s... On 19 July 1999 the government of Israel officially confirmed to Lockheed Martin that it will purchase 50 F-16I aircraft after a long and intense evaluation in competition with the Boeing F- 15I. The total program including the aircraft, mission equipment and a support package is worth about $2.5 billion to various suppliers. The value to Lockheed Martin is about $1.8 billion. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics received a contract for 52 F-16 aircraft for Israel on Dec. 19, 2001, significantly extending the firm F-16 production base. The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract for Israel officially exercises the option for 52 additional F-16I aircraft under the Peace Marble V program. Israel had originally ordered 50 F-16Is in 2001 but increased the purchase to 102 after deciding against the procurement of additional F-15Is. The estimated $4.5 billion dollar F-16I deal, $45 million per aircraft, will be financed by the annual U.S. military aid package and concludes the largest ever Israeli military purchase. Source #3 - Foreign Military Sales The F-16 continues as the world's most sought-after fighter. The year 2000 was one of the F- 16's best years for export orders. Firm export orders totaled 220 aircraft as follows: Israel (50), Greece (50), UAE (80), Korea (20) and Singapore (20). Also during the year, the U.S. Air Force ordered 14 additional F-16s with Fiscal Year 00/01 appropriations. In December 2001 Israel exercised an option to purchase 52 F-16 fighter jets, for a total program value of about $2 billion. Israel's sixth purchase of F-16s, the contract extended the production base at Fort Worth plant through 2008, with deliveries beginning in In August of 1978, the government of Israel announced plans to acquire 75 F-16s. The first F-16 deliveries to Israel occurred under the Peace Marble I Foreign Military Sales program. The first four F-16s arrived in Israel in July Under Peace Marble II, the Israel Defense Force was supplied with 75 Block 30 F-16s. The first Block 30 F-16 arrived in October In May 1988, a follow-on order was placed for 60 Block 40 F-16s, plus an option for 15 more. The first of these Peace Marble III Fighting Falcons arrived in Israel in August The first of 50 surplus U.S. Air Force Block 10 F-16s was delivered on August 1, 1994, under the Peace Marble IV program. Delivery was completed in late In July 1999, Israel selected the F-16I over other competing aircraft, which led to a contract for 50 F-16D Block 52+ signed in January 2000, and an option for up to 60 more aircraft to be exercised in Lockheed Martin Aeronautics received a contract for 52 F-16 aircraft for Israel on 19 December 2001, significantly extending the firm F-16 production base. The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract for Israel officially exercises the 75
76 option for 52 additional F-16I aircraft under the Peace Marble V program. Lockheed Martin s contract value for the option is $1.3 billion out of a total program value of approximately $2 billion. The Peace Marble V aircraft will deliver during 2003 through The optional aircraft would be delivered in 2006 through Source #4 January 18, 2006 (by Lieven Dewitte) ISRAEL: LOCKHEED MARTIN: Lockheed Martin Awarded $18 Million for Israeli F-16 - Flight Trainer The Israeli Ministry of Defense has awarded Lockheed Martin an $18 million Foreign Military Funds (FMF) commercial contract to provide a Flight and Systems Trainer (FST) for Israeli F-16I pilot training. This trainer will be used to familiarize Israeli aircrews with the performance of the latest F-16 Block 50 aircraft. The F-16 FST provides flight, emergency procedures, aircraft systems operation, and tactical and weapon systems training. Lockheed Martin will provide hardware and software to simulate the F-16I aircraft systems, sensors, weapons and flight dynamics. In addition, Lockheed Martin will provide an Instructor Operator Station, debrief capability and synthetic environment. A software development capability is also being provided by Lockheed Martin to enable the Government of Israel to update the FST after it is delivered. The Government of Israel has separately procured the avionics simulation, cockpit and visual system, which will be provided to Lockheed Martin as Government of Israel furnished equipment. Lockheed Martin will integrate and test all subsystems before shipping the complete FST to Israel for installation. Source #5 - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan recently expressed his concern with the use of U.S. weapons by the IDF, saying I feel obliged to call your attention to disturbing patterns in the treatment of civilians and humanitarian relief workers by the Israeli Defense Forces. Judging from the means and methods employed by the IDF-- F-16 fighter-bombers, helicopter and naval gunships, missiles and bombs of heavy tonnage-- the fighting has come to resemble all-out conventional warfare. In the process, hundreds of innocent noncombatant civilians -- men, women and children -- have been injured or killed, and many buildings and homes have been damaged or destroyed. Tanks have been deployed in densely populated refugee camps and in towns and villages; and heavy explosives have been dropped mere meters from schools where thousands of children were in attendance. Source #6 - Lockheed Martin Corp., Tactical Aircraft Systems, Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded on 16 December 2005, a $29,800,000 firm fixed price contract to provide for provisioning spares of sole source consumable and replenishment spares in support of the F-16 Program. This effort supports foreign military sales to Israel. This work will be complete by March The Headquarters Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity. Source #7 Troy-based Lockheed-Martin is collaborating with Rafael Military Industries to manufacture the Israeli-designed Popeye missiles. Rafael now seeks to serve as a subcontractor for Lockheed- Martin, who in mid-april won a $2 billion contract to manufacture American-designed JASSM cruise missiles for the American military. Source #
77 MERKAVA MK 4 BATTLE TANK -- SPECIFICATIONS Builder Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works Group Weight 65 tons Length 9.04 meters (with gun forward) Width (without skirts) 3.72 meters Propulsion Electric Motor Maximum speed 92 km/h (57 mph) Height to turret roof 2.66 meters Crew 4: Driver, commander, gunner, loader Maximum speed Over 60km/h Cross-country speed Up to 55km/h Maximum range 500 km Main gun 120mm Ammunition on board 48 rounds Read-to-fire rounds 10 rounds Machine gun 7.62 mm Mortar 60 mm Mortar range 2,700 meters Source #9 - Nov. 29, Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $23,161,000 (not-to-exceed) firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for incorporation of advanced digital transfer equipment/digital video recorders into 50 F-16D aircraft. At this time, $9,605,216 of the funds has been obligated. This work will be complete February This effort supports foreign military sales to Israel. The Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F C-2048, P00025). Source # Israel Requesting F-22EX Fighters Posted 20-Apr :20 Flight International reports that Israel has approached the USA about acquiring Lockheed Martin F-22s MAGAL SECURITY SYSTEMS Magal Security Systems is an Israeli company that is providing security fencing for the separation wall. It also provides war rooms, command and control systems for Israel s buffer area, and integrated command and control systems for the illegal settlements. 77
78 According to its web site, Investor Relations is handled by Gal Investor Relations, Ltd. Azrieli Center 3, Tel Aviv 67023, Israel. Toll free from the USA: Phone: Fax: Contact: Mr. Ehud Helft / Mr. Kenny Green (US & International IR) Mr. Emanuel Kahana (Israel IR) Magal has two US subsidiaries: Magal-Senstar, Inc., Osgood Rd., Fremont CA, USA. (Phone: Fax: ) ; and Smart Interactive Systems, Inc, nd Street, College Point, NY USA (Phone: Fax: ) It is traded on the NASDAQ as MAGS. Source #1 Intrusion detection fence Three Israeli companies are approved by the IDF to provide intrusion detection fence, having passed its technical requirements through an extensive two year on site experiment. Of these three companies, Magal Security Systems won the contract for the central section (Salem towards Elkana) and Elbit Systems together with the American company, Detektion, won the contract for the northern and southern sections of Jerusalem. Source #2 - Magal is the main contractor for most of the 140-km separation fence around Samaria. It provides the Israeli Army with war rooms, command and control systems for the buffer area, and the Fortis integrated command and control systems for settlements and secure facilities. Source #3 For the years ended December 31, 2000, 2001 and 2002, revenues generated from sales to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, or MOD, and the Israeli Defense Forces, or IDF, together accounted for 24.4%, 22.5% and 15.9%, respectively, of our revenues. MATRIX I.T. Source #1 - Matrix I.T is an Israel-based information technology (IT) company. It designs, manages and executes large-scale projects in Israel, developing software products and solutions, and implementing new technologies. Matrix I.T provides services in various areas of IT, including testing, consulting, outsourcing and offshore, training and deployment, IT infrastructure services and hardware. It also markets and represents software companies and programs in Israel. The Company's customers include organizations from industry, commerce, retail, banking, insurance and finance, telecom, defense, healthcare, high-tech, and the public and government sectors. Matrix I.T is part of the Formula group. Other stakeholders in the Company are Bank Leumi and Migdal. As of June 2008, the Company acquired Tact Computer Systems Ltd. and Tact Testing Systems Ltd. Source #2 - Offshoring to the West Bank 78
79 Residents of Modi in Illit do not consider themselves settlers. The housing shortage has pushed large ultra-orthodox families to the settlement where they get public housing and government assistance not available in Israel. By Gadi Algazi In Modi in Illit on the West Bank, you can see where the old economy of contractors and developers and the new hi-tech economy meet. Both are closely tied to the state. Several software companies have opened branches there; leading them is the services company Matrix, one of the largest in Israel and part of the Formula Group. Matrix is valued on the Tel Aviv stock exchange at $100m and employs 2,300 workers. To compete with cheap programmers in India, Matrix decided to use ultra-orthodox women as a cost-effective labour force, on condition that the Israeli government subsidised it. If not, Matrix threatened to relocate abroad. Ehud Olmert, then minister of trade and industry, went along with this and in 2005 Matrix opened a development centre in Modi in Illit employing such women. By the end of 2006, 500 of them will work there. Source #3 - Hewlett Packard outsources information technology services to the Talpiot division of Matrix. A chart showing HP listed among the company s clients is at the end of this resource document and at the web site above. List Source #4 - The Talpiot Division of Matrix won projects in the amount of NIS 20M in the course of the year 2007 Talpiot, the offshore division of Matrix, reports having won projects in the amount of NIS 20M in the course of the year The division s clients in the past year included Nokia Siemens, Comverse, Amdocs, Juniper Networks, Texas Instruments, Starhome, ClickSoftware, IncrediMail, and Lavie TimeTECH. Additionally, Talpiot has acquired several new American clients as a result of its marketing effort in the US. Among these were AEG, IBasis, and AllianceBernstein. Most of the clients have concluded long-term agreements with Talpiot for software development and testing services. The Talpiot offshore division of Matrix, established three and a half years ago, employs approximately 400 Orthodox women at its facilities in Modiin Illit and Bet Shemesh. The development center provides high quality software development and testing services, based on the offshore outsourcing model, at highly attractive and competitive prices. Matrix is about to open a third development center that will employ Orthodox women in the Haifa area. 15/10/2007 Source #5 - OFFSHORE ZIONISM (highly recommended a thorough look at the practice; excellent background) 79
80 GADI ALGAZI Faced with competition from low-paid computer programmers in India and elsewhere, many Western software companies have opted to offshore their testing and development operations to the Subcontinent or East Asia. In Israel, however, the largest it company, Matrix, has come up with a novel solution: introducing, as the Matrix website describes it, the first Zionist local offshore outsourcing, using low-paid ultra-orthodox women workers in state-subsidized settlements in the Occupied Territories. Matrix has opened a new development centre, named Talpiot after the idf s elite combat unit in the West Bank settlement of Modi in Illit. MIZRAHI TEFAHOT BANK Source #1 The bank has branches in the settlements of Alon Shvut and Karnei Shomron, in the West Bank. 45.8% of the bank shares are held by the Ofer and Werteim Group. Source #2 A listing of bank locations and phone numbers shows the following settlement: bank mizrahi ltd. karnei shomron Source #3 Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. has interests in telecommunications and industrial companies, such as Orsus Solutions Ltd., Mofet Israel Technology Fund Ltd., Pesagot Jerusalem Ltd. and Plenus Technology. In 2007, the Bank acquired Adanim Bank Ltd. As of July 2008, the Bank acquired Yahav Bank. Source #4 ntro.pdf The Israeli settlement of Pesagot is located in Ramallah governorate with a 2004 population of approximately 1,380. Photo by J.C. Tordai, Source #5 - Israeli Air Force selects Orsus Situator for continued deployment in its bases Orsus, a pioneer in the field of Situation Management, a new holistic approach to optimizing situation planning, response and analysis, has received an order for the deployment of its Situator product suite in new additional bases for the Israeli Air Force. This project marks the second order for Orsus with the Israeli Air Force, which first deployed Orsus Situator solution at numerous bases over a year ago. MOTOROLA Update: Motorola Israel has sold its Government Electronics Division which produced bomb fuses and the Wide Angle Surveillance system described below. It has announced plans to sell its MIRS division, which has about 70 cell phone towers in the West Bank, many of them in illegal settlements. It still provides cell phones to the Israeli army through the Mountain Rose system 80
81 and operates Motobridge, which connects all branches of the Israeli public safety system and the armed forces. Source #1 Motorola Israel starts field trials for next-generation army phones Good News from Israel, June, 2003 Motorola Israel started field trials for a cutting-edge secure mobile phone system that is hard to disable and ensures Israeli army commanders can contact officers in the field anytime, anywhere. The $90-million "Mountain Rose" system will make the Israeli army one of the few forces in the world using advanced cellphone technology, Motorola said in a statement. The system allows the secure transmission of voice and data running at a speed consistent with intermediate 2.5- generation mobile technology. Source #2 - (This article has been removed from the Forbes web site and from Reuters. Quotes from the article appear in other sources listed above and below. The original is available through a paid archive service. Please contact for details.) Motorola Israel starts field trials for army phones Reuters, , 7:24 AM ET TEL AVIV, June 16 (Reuters) - Motorola Israel Ltd, a unit of Motorola (NYSE: MOT - news - people), said on Monday it started field trials for a cutting-edge secure mobile phone system that is hard to disable and ensures Israeli army commanders can contact officers in the field anytime, anywhere. The $90-million Mountain Rose system will make the Israeli army one of the few forces in the world using advanced cell phone technology, Motorola said in a statement. The system allows the secure transmission of voice and data running at a speed consistent with intermediate 2.5- generation mobile technology. When it becomes fully operational next year field commanders under fire will no longer have to dash to a secure mobile telecommunications unit since they will have terminals sewn into their battle vests to allow communication with senior commanders. The Israeli army's Signals Corp has embedded its top-secret encryption and information security software into Motorola's technology which is suited to the TETRA system. The TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio Access) cellular network is the European standard for commercial dispatch systems and has been adapted by many public safety organisations. Source #3 - Israel Develops Secure Army Mobile Phone System by Gwen Ackerman (Forbes/Reuters) Mountain Rose is a $90 million cutting-edge secure mobile phone system, developed with Motorola Israel Ltd., that is expected to revolutionize the modern battlefield once it becomes fully operational in Field commanders will have terminals to the new system sewn into their battle vests over which they will be able to receive and confirm instructions from top army brass. Source # Peace Now Middle East Peace Reports, November 15, 2004, Vol. 6 Issue 17 81
82 One novelty that the IDF has rolled out recently is a new mobile telephone network called Mountain Rose. IDF units have already begun to be equipped with the sophisticated system. Outwardly, the telephones in question look like regular cell phones, but they are actually based on a closed IDF network. The goal is to prevent the network from collapsing, as often happens when there is excessive use by civilians of their mobile telephones during emergencies. Moreover, the telephone network has been encrypted, so it can be used to discuss military secrets freely. As part of Project Mountain Rose, the IDF has equipped itself with mobile cellular telephone antennas that are fixed on the roofs of vehicles, which will allow the antennas to be moved from one place to another on the battlefield in order to let troops use their encrypted phone lines. The IDF is also testing new technology that could transfer footage being filmed by drones directly to troops in the field equipped with personal digital assistants that look like "Palm Pilots." If the testing is successful in providing combat troops with an intelligence overview of the battlefield, this new equipment will be put into production soon. (Ma'ariv, 11/7-8/04) Source #5 Originally printed in The Marker (Haaretz business publication) on May 16, Now available at Army cellular network ready to be deployed :14 Hadar Horesh The Israel Defense Forces has successfully tested an independent cellular network that is scheduled to become operational on July 1, Brigadier General Arnon Zo-Eretz told Haaretz. Some $100 million was invested in this project. The unique military network, dubbed Mountain Rose (Vered Harim), was developed by Motorola Israel, with components manufactured at the company's facility in Arad. Motorola developed the system according to specifications defined by the IDF, but is now also marketing cellular networks to foreign armies. Motorola will supply several thousand cellular devices to the IDF. They will be used by officers, starting at the level of company commander. The system employs encryption technology developed by the IDF to maintain secure communication and has no links to civilian networks. The cellular devices will be used for secure telephone communication and will also offer "push to talk" capabilities and a GPS satellite location system. The Mountain Rose network incorporates several hundred base systems, as well as mobile stations that provide coverage for areas of temporary deployment. Contrary to previous assessments, the army has decided that the new cellular devices will not - at least for now - replace the traditional communication systems in use by combat units and lugged in backpacks. The new devices will, however, replace the radio telephone networks used for secure telephone communication with division headquarters. The new cellular system also provides data communication, with end users equipped to receive data on rugged palm computers supplied by Tadiran Communications. The computers will be allocated to commanders of combat units and will enable the transfer or text and pictures during military operations. 82
83 Source #6 howfull Millions spent on 'virtual fences', by Yaakov Katz, Jerusalem Post, September 8, 2006 The government is considering creating an unprecedented security system for the Jewish community of Hebron, including never-before-used hi-tech laser radars, as part of a new NIS 400 million allocation for security systems at settlements, The Jerusalem Post has learned. The stateof-the-art Hebron defense system would be part of a second phase hi-tech settlement security project carried out by the IDF. NIS 300m was spent on phase one over the past year and a half. The governmental body that creates security systems for settlements in the West Bank is a branch of the IDF Home Front Command called the Shabam Administration. Shabam is an acronym for "Special Security Zone." Set up in December 2004 by then-oc Home Front Command Maj.-Gen. Yair Naveh, the Shabam Administration was given the mandate and the funding to create hi-tech security systems for West Bank settlements. Headed by Lt.-Col. Roni Yitah, the administration has to date created highly advanced security systems in 47 settlements, mostly isolated and far away from the Green Line. The systems used until now are based on an array of advanced radar systems, created by Motorola, and operate together with thermal cameras. Source#7 An Israeli Defense Ministry web site lists companies involved with Israel s security/ perimeter protection. Motorola Israel is listed as the provider of a Wide Area Surveillance System. Motorola Israel Ltd. WASS - Wide Area Surveillance System Government Electronics Department Source #8 and The Israeli Ministry of Defense lists Motorola Israel as the provider of a system called Motobridge, which is a soft switched radio network for ground forces. MOTOBRIDGE Soft Switched Radio Network for Ground Forces MOTOROLA ISRAEL Electronics Military Communication Systems and Equipment Source #9 ISRAEL at AERO INDIA 2005 Motorola Israel Ltd. Government Electronics Department Fuzes for Aerial Munitions 980 LAPF The 980 Low Altitude Proximity Fuze (LAPF) is intended to provide a proximity function for the MK-80 series high explosive bombs. The proximity function increases dramatically weapon 83
84 effectiveness against soft and light targets.the fuze Height-of-Burst (HOB) is 10 meters (nominal).hob is independent of terrain reflectivity and is immune to battlefield disturbances. The 980 LAPF has NATO codification. 560 HAPF The 560 High Altitude Proximity Fuze (HAPF) provides accurate Height-of-Burst (HOB) or time function for cluster and dispensing munitions.the Height-of-Burst (HOB) is detected by a Doppler-ranging radar sensor which is incorporated in the fuze. The fuze is intended for installation in munitions such as SUU-30B, MK-20 and CBU type munitions. The fuze initiates opening of a dispenser at any one of 10 ground-selectable HOB altitudes between feet. 260A IMPACT DELAY FUZE The 260A Impact Delay (ID) fuze is an electronic all solid-state, selfpowered device, designed for use in application requiring survival of the fuze after the munition has penetrated a hard target (such as concrete bunkers,etc.) In its present configuration,the fuze is used for general purpose bombs,mk-80 series and M117 type munitions. It replaces successfully many older mechanical fuzes (M904,M905,etc.) The ID 260A fuze has NATO codification. 260MF (MULTI-FUNCTION PROGRAMMABLE FUZE) The Multi-Function Programmable Fuze is a flexible single fuzing system designed for existing and future weapons.the fuze is compatible with GP bombs (MK-80 series and M117) and GBU bombs.the 260MF is designed for application requiring survival of the fuze after the munition has penetrated a hard target and for applications in air burst munitions with the addition of a separate proximity sensor. This programmable electronic fuze provides manually and electronically selectable arm and function times with extended long delays up to 45 hours. SAFE AND ARM UNIT FOR ARROW MISSILE WARHEAD Motorola Israel/Government Electronics Department is in charge of the development, design, production and supply of the Safe and Arm Unit (SAU) for the Arrow Anti-Ballistic Defense System warhead (manufactured by IAI/MLM).This Safe and Arm Unit is a very unique device that incorporates very high accuracy and reliability. 84
85 SAFE AND ARM UNIT FOR HARPY ATTACK UAV Motorola Israel/Government Electronics Department is in charge of the development, design, production and supply of the Safe and Arm Unit (SAU) for the HARPY anti-radar attack UAV(manufactured by IAI/MBT).This device is capable of withstanding high electromagnetic fields, thus, ensuring high reliability and survivability of the weapon system in battlefield.. WASS In order to face terror, which appears to be a major threat today, Motorola Israel offers the customer the WASS-Wide Area Surveillance System, a total security concept, based on radar technology, which is intended to provide automated regional and perimeter protection for airports, strategic installations and etc. Source #
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