15 Sep 2025
I/OPT: Report by 80+ NGOs exposes companies profiting from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank & East Jerusalem, calls for an end to settlement trade
Summary
Date Reported: 15 Sep 2025
Location: Palestine, State of
Companies
eDreams ODIGEO - Parent Company , Opodo - Service providerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Racial & ethnic groups: ( Number unknown - Palestine, State of - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
Racial, ethnicity, caste or origin discrimination , Complicity , Violence , Access to Water , Land Rights , Restricted mobility , Surveillance , Freedom of Movement , Impacts on Livelihoods , Displacement , Forced RelocationResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Researchers
External link to response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Opodo was offered the opportunity to comment on the allegations but no response was received. On 2 September 2025 eDreams ODI-GEO’s Chief Financial Officer announced during an Annual General Meeting that the company had withdrawn and will continue to block listings of accommodation in illegal Israeli settlements.
Source type: NGO
Summary
Date Reported: 15 Sep 2025
Location: Palestine, State of
Companies
TUI Travel - Service providerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Racial & ethnic groups: ( Number unknown - Palestine, State of - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
Racial, ethnicity, caste or origin discrimination , Complicity , Violence , Access to Water , Land Rights , Restricted mobility , Surveillance , Freedom of Movement , Impacts on Livelihoods , Displacement , Forced RelocationResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Report authors
Action taken: The company was given an opportunity to respond to these allegations but did not.
Source type: NGO
Summary
Date Reported: 15 Sep 2025
Location: Palestine, State of
Companies
JCB - Supplier , Comasco - Service providerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Racial & ethnic groups: ( Number unknown - Palestine, State of - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
Racial, ethnicity, caste or origin discrimination , Complicity , Violence , Access to Water , Land Rights , Restricted mobility , Surveillance , Freedom of Movement , Impacts on Livelihoods , Displacement , Forced RelocationResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Report authors
Action taken: The company was given an opportunity to respond to these allegations but did not.
Source type: NGO
Summary
Date Reported: 15 Sep 2025
Location: Palestine, State of
Companies
Siemens - SupplierAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Racial & ethnic groups: ( Number unknown - Palestine, State of - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
Racial, ethnicity, caste or origin discrimination , Complicity , Violence , Access to Water , Land Rights , Restricted mobility , Surveillance , Freedom of Movement , Impacts on Livelihoods , Displacement , Forced RelocationResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Report authors
External link to response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Siemens was given the opportunity to respond to these allegations. The company confirmed its ongoing framework agreement with Israel Railways, signed in 2017, allowing Siemens to supply mobility trains for Israel's entire electric rail network over a 10-year period, with maintenance and repair services extending up to 29 years. Siemens clarified that it was not involved in conducting the A1 train line route or supplying traffic control systems for roads in the OPT. the company stated that any new business activities connected to occupied territories are subjected to heightened due diligence and human rights risk assessments. Siemens further reported that it was not aware of "any negative human rights impacts' associated with its existing agreement, following an external review".
Source type: NGO
Summary
Date Reported: 15 Sep 2025
Location: Palestine, State of
Companies
Elco Ltd - Parent Company , Global Retail CI (formerly Yenot Bitan) - Service provider , Electra Consumer Products - Parent Company , Carrefour - SupplierAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Racial & ethnic groups: ( Number unknown - Palestine, State of - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
Racial, ethnicity, caste or origin discrimination , Complicity , Violence , Access to Water , Land Rights , Restricted mobility , Surveillance , Freedom of Movement , Impacts on Livelihoods , Displacement , Forced RelocationResponse
Response sought: Yes
Action taken: The company was given an opportunity to respond to these allegations but did not.
Source type: NGO
Summary
Date Reported: 15 Sep 2025
Location: Palestine, State of
Companies
HSBC - InvestorAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Racial & ethnic groups: ( Number unknown - Palestine, State of - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
Racial, ethnicity, caste or origin discrimination , Complicity , Violence , Access to Water , Land Rights , Restricted mobility , Surveillance , Freedom of Movement , Impacts on Livelihoods , Displacement , Forced RelocationResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Report authors
Action taken: The company was given an opportunity to respond to these allegations but did not.
Source type: NGO
Summary
Date Reported: 15 Sep 2025
Location: Palestine, State of
Companies
Bank Hapoalim BM - InvestorAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Racial & ethnic groups: ( Number unknown - Palestine, State of - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
Racial, ethnicity, caste or origin discrimination , Complicity , Violence , Access to Water , Land Rights , Restricted mobility , Surveillance , Freedom of Movement , Impacts on Livelihoods , Displacement , Forced RelocationResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Report authors
Action taken: The company was given an opportunity to respond to these allegations but did not.
Source type: NGO
Summary
Date Reported: 15 Sep 2025
Location: Palestine, State of
Companies
Juganu - Service providerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Racial & ethnic groups: ( Number unknown - Palestine, State of - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
Racial, ethnicity, caste or origin discrimination , Complicity , Violence , Access to Water , Land Rights , Restricted mobility , Surveillance , Freedom of Movement , Impacts on Livelihoods , Displacement , Forced RelocationResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Report authors
Action taken: The company was given an opportunity to respond to these allegations but did not.
Source type: NGO
"UNI GLOBAL UNION JOINS CALL TO BAN TRADE WITH ILLEGAL ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS", 15 September 2025
Today, UNI Global Union joins an alliance of more than 80 civil society organizations to launch the campaign “Stop Trade with Settlements,” demanding countries to ban all trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), including by major multinational companies and financial institutions sustaining the settlement enterprise.
The alliance is also releasing the report ‘Trading with Illegal settlements, which highlights how foreign states and corporations, through ongoing trade with illegal settlements, directly enable the humanitarian crisis driven by Israel’s prolonged occupation...
Israel’s settlement enterprise, established in violation of international law, is built on land confiscation, forced displacement and systemic exploitation of Palestinian workers. Trade with these settlements not only sustains the occupation but also undermines Palestinian livelihoods, fuels humanitarian crises and enables ongoing violations of human rights.
German company TUI...
Equipment manufactured by JC Bamford Excavators (JCB), a UK-based construction company...
The German multinational giant Siemens...
French retailer Carrefour has an agreement with Yenot Bitan...
Among the foreign banks that continue to finance settlement trade through loans and financial support, British multinational Barclays...following BNP Paribas and HSBC.
Danish shipping firm Maersk has transported goods for four companies...Comasco, Extal, Ofertex Industries, and Twitoplast.
Spanish company eDreams Odigeo...and its subsidiary Opodo...
Campaigners contacted the highlighted companies ahead of report launch. Since sending the companies their specific mentions in the report, E-dreams and Maersk have announced changes to their policy in relation to their business activity in illegal Israeli settlements. Opodo has withdrawn their offerings by the time of publication. These have been reflected in the report.