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Aldo: Canadian company with stores in Israel

Actuonix Motion Devices – a Canadian company, are making components being used by
the Israeli military.

The Aga Khan Museum (Toronto), a museum with a mandate to offer perspective and
insight into the Islamic civilization, hosted an event in 2018 that sponsored by
the Israeli consulate.

Ahava – This cosmetic company’s factory and visitor centre is located in an illegal
Israeli settlement, and the company’s activities are based on extracting resources
from the Dead Sea in occupied Palestine.

Airbnb – After initially committing to stop listing rentals in Israel’s illegal


settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, Airbnb did a complete reversal,
and will now continue to allow rentals on stolen Palestinian land. The Canadian
Airbnb HQ is part of MaRS Discovery District, the flagship innovation hub for
business, government, and community. Pledge to deactivate your Airbnb account

Amazon – invested $7.2B in Israel in summer 2023, delivers to settlements. $1.22


billion contract to provide cloud technology to the Israeli government and military

Aroma– store in Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim. Buys milk from Israeli
settlements.

Bryan Adams played apartheid Israel in 2017.

Ballet BC – danced apartheid Israel in 2018.

BCLiquor, LCBO, SAQ and other Canadian provincial and territorial liquor agencies
carrying apartheid Israeli wine and other products. (See below info on Israeli
wine)

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is invested in a number of companies


which are on the UN Database such as Bak Hapolim, Israel Discount Bank Ltd, and
others. Also, it is invested in Elbit, Palantir, WSP, Allied Universal (G4S) and
others. In fact CDPQ is the largest invested shareholder in Allied Universal.

Chapters Inc. is a Canadian bookstore banner owned by Indigo Books and Music. It
operates superstores under the banners Chapters and Indigo, and smaller stores
under the banners Coles, Indigospirit, SmithBooks and The Book Company. Two of the
major owners founded the Heseg Foundation for Lone Soldiers, aimed at encouraging
foreigners to join the Israeli army, and pursue their studies in Israel.

Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board –invests at least 7 percent of our public
pension in Israeli war crimes

Celine Dion for playing apartheid

Costco- carries Hadiklaim Medjoul and other Israeli product

Duty Free Americas – the Falic family, owners of the US Duty Free Americas shops,
donated at least $5.6 million to settler organizations in West Bank over past
decade.

General Mills – General Mills is on the UN’s list of corporations complicit with
Israeli settlements due to their activities in illegal colonial settlements in the
West Bank. They produce many cereals sold across Canada, as well as Pillsbury
products (below). On May 31, 2022, General Mills said it will stop making
Pillsbury products on stolen Palestinian land.

Habourfront (Toronto) – Harbourfront’s 2022 International Dance Festival “Torque”


was opened by the Israeli Dance Troup L-E-V. Harbourfront did not respond to over
3400 letters calling for cancelling this “Brand Israel” group.

HSBC: The international HSBC bank is a major shareholder in companies selling


weapons and military technology to Israel and also provides those companies with
the loans they need to operate. See action you can take.

Hewlett Packard – HP and its spin-off companies are involved in contracts to track
the Palestinian population, secure the siege on Gaza and document the imprisonment
of Palestinians. Boycott HP products, printers, computers and other devices. Join
as an HP-Free zone and/or get your “this is my last HP” sticker.

Holland-Bloorview (Canada’s leading children hospital for rehabilitation), March of


Dimes, and the Ontario government accessibility leadership went to Israel in 2019
learn about accessibility, supporting the accessibility washing of Israeli war
crimes.

Israeli Dates and other Agricultural Products (Jordan River, Mehadrin, La Palma,
Bomaja, King Solomon, Prana, NBF and others — check the label!) – Israeli dates and
other agricultural products are grown on stolen Palestinian land, often through the
exploitation of Palestinian labour under colonization. Nearly 75% of the Medjoul
dates on the market are sold as “Products of Israel.” Boycott Israeli products and
purchase Palestinian agricultural produce instead.

Israeli Wines – Boycott “Israeli” wines grown on occupied Palestinian and Syrian
lands. In many provinces, government-owned liquor stores are selling these wines,
making them directly complicit in the war crimes being committed on stolen land.
Learn more about the #BoycottIsraeliWines campaign.

Laline – Israeli company with stores in Canada, and has stores in occupied
Palestine and occupied Syrian Golan

lululemon – Canadian company opens stores in Israel

Justin Bieber for playing apartheid

Manitoba Hydro, through its subsidiary Manitoba Hydro International, has with the
Israel Electric Corporation relates to licenses and maintenance for software that
simulates and analyzes power systems. A number of other Canadian utility companies
have failed to indicate if they have an agreement with Israel Electric Corporation
despite being asked multiple times. You can see the list here.

McGill University — In 2022, the McGill administration has threatened to terminate


an agreement with the undergraduate student union that would withhold its funding
after the student union adopted (71% approval) the Palestine Solidarity Policy in
its campus referendum.

Moxies: employees fired for supporting a pro-Palestinian protestors in Toronto

Pillsbury – Pillsbury is a subsidiary of General Mills. This means that Pillsbury


products have been cited by the UN for their complicity and involvement with
illegal settlements. Even the Pillsbury family has spoken out against Pillsbury’s
involvement in apartheid. On May 31, 2022, General Mills said it will stop making
Pillsbury products on stolen Palestinian land.
PayPal – Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza are unable to use
PayPal services, while Israeli settlers living in the West Bank have full access to
the platform. Not having access to PayPal limits the growth of Palestinian
businesses — especially the burgeoning tech sector, which is providing employment
and livelihood to Palestinians. Sign Petition.

Puma – This sportswear company is the sponsor of the Israel Football Association,
officially sponsoring racist teams like Beitar, teams in illegal settlements in the
occupied West Bank, and an entire structure of Israeli colonialism. The Canadian
BDS Coalition campaign has been focused on Puma in Canada.

RE/MAX ’s Israeli franchise has offices in the West Bank colonies of Ma’ale Edomim
and Oranit, as well as in occupied East Jerusalem. RE/MAX also sells and rents
homes located in the occupied Palestinian territories. Learn more.

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) – has over 2 M shares valued at over $56 M USD in
Palantir holdings. This relationship flies in the face of the recently offered
option of a market-linked guaranteed investment certificate based upon
environmental, social, and governance investigations which preclude investments in
divisive and dangerous elements of society. The RBC also is invested in a number of
companies listed in the UN data base and has indicated it can not divest these from
their equity instruments, and also we stand in solidarity with the call for the RBC
to divest from Costal GasLink. Royal Bank donated money to Israel after Oct. 7,
2023.

Scotiabank – investments in UN data base companies complicit with settlement -Bank


Leumi and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank- as per Bank Track and also in Elbit

Seacret “Dead Sea” Products – Like Ahava, Seacret’s business model is based on the
extraction of Palestinian resources from the Dead Sea.

Schulich School of Business hosts study abroad exchanges with Israel, as the
settler colonial state continues to occupy and kill Palestinians.

SodaStream – These machines and accessories are made by an Israeli company in the
occupied Naqab. SodaStream is complicit in the ongoing displacement projects
targeting Palestinian Bedouin villages and homes

Sabra Hummus – This product is produced in a joint venture between PepsiCo and the
Strauss Group. The Strauss Group financially supports the Israeli occupation army.

TEVA – Teva Pharmaceuticals is Israel’s largest pharmaceutical company, which


contributes millions of dollars in taxes each year to the Israeli regime and its
military. Teva has also filed lawsuits against boycott campaigners in France in an
attempt to silence these campaigns. Get your don’t fill Teva stickers & learn more.

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) – made its first-ever touring appearances in
Israel, with performances in Jerusalem on May 11, 2017 and Tel Aviv on May 13,
2017. The TSO also has hosted the Brand-Israel Israel, The Israel Symphony
Orchestra.

TripAdvisor – lists more than 70 different properties, activities and attractions


in illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). By
doing so, TripAdvisor is boosting the settlement economy and contributing to
settlement expansion. The company’s promotion of settlements as a tourist
destination helps to “normalise” and legitimise them to the public. Settlements are
illegal under international law – their creation amounts to a war crime.
Settlements are on stolen Palestinian land. They should not be tourist
destinations.
United Church of Canada – The Canadian BDS Coalition provided a detailed response
to the UCC taskforce but this was not included in the report back by the UCC. The
UCC at its General Council in 2009 asked Palestinians to recognize the State of
Israel and has never apologized or reversed that policy officially. In 2012, the
UCC added to a motion at its General Council that it supported right of return only
if Jewish demographic integrity (majority) was maintained. An cooperation accord
between B’nai Brith and the United Church of Canada signed in May 1973 remains in
place.

Walmart: pledges $1 million aid for Israel victims. Walmart said its donation
follows a $1 million grant the Walmart Foundation pledged to the U.S. Holocaust
Museum in October, and match funds of employees up to $3M in the USD.

Wix – This web management company is an Israeli product. If you are looking for
apartheid-free web hosting, steer clear of Wix. Boycott Apartheid, Boycott WIX

WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff a Montreal based company has a team that is responsible
for the planning and the design of the Jerusalem light rail.

Zara– Canadian-Israeli Joey Schwebel, the chair of the Israeli franchisee for Zara,
hosted MK Itamar Ben-Gvir

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