Palestine boycott list

Boycott campaigns are pressuring brands to end their relationships with the Israeli state, and have ramped up pressure since the latest war against Gaza began in 2023.

In this article we provide a list of the main brands being targeted, and provide details on how you can use a new app to stay up-to-date and check which brands are facing a boycott call.

How to know which brands to boycott for Palestine

The list of brands being boycotted provided below comes from the ‘Boycat’ app. It’s the very first app tracking all boycott targets that is backed by the official Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. 

The BDS movement is a Palestinian-led coalition that runs campaigns, and is the most authoritative voice around on which brands should be boycotted and why. 

Tech For Palestine, an organisation which tries to mobilise the power of technology to support Palestine advocacy, partnered with BDS to create the new Boycat app, which lets you easily search a brand name and see if it faces a BDS boycott campaign.

The brands being targeted are divided in the app into three different levels:

• Level 1: Official BDS Priority Campaign (which we list below)
• Level 2: Connected Companies
• Level 3: Broad Connections

If you search a brand on the app and it isn’t in any one of these levels, then you know the Palestinian-led movement isn’t asking people to boycott that brand.  

Palestine and Israel brands to boycott

Below we list the most important boycott targets. Campaigners refer to these as ‘priority targets’, or ‘Level 1’ targets in the app. These companies are often highly complicit in the Israeli state’s violations of Palestinian human rights, may be responsive to consumer pressure, and are well-known and visible targets.

We’ve included a brief sentence explaining the reason why each company has appeared on the Boycat app. Visit the Boycat app itself for more details. In many cases, more details are also available on our main boycotts list page.

If the brands are in sectors we have researched, we’ve also included links to relevant shopping guides where you can find alternative ethical brands. We only research companies that are relevant to a UK audience. 

List of main brands

Ahava

Cosmetics

Accused of involvement in illegal Israeli settlements. 

View our list of alternative ethical skincare brands.

AXA

Software

Accused of involvement in illegal Israeli settlements.

View our list of alternative ethical car insurance, investment funds, ISAs and home insurance.

Arista Networks 

Software

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology.

BMC Software

Software

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology.

Bank Hapoalim

Finance

Accused of financing activity in illegal Israeli settlements.

Bank Leumi

Finance

Accused of financing activity in illegal Israeli settlements.

Barclays Bank

Finance

Accused of financing companies that produce military technology used against Palestinians. Barclays also owns Tesco Bank.

View our list of alternative ethical bank accounts, savings accounts, business banking, mortgages and cash ISAs. See also our profile of Barclays Bank.

Burger King

Food

Accused of donating meals to the Israeli military. 

View our list of ethical alternatives fast food chains.

Carrefour

Food

Accused of involvement in illegal Israeli settlements. 

View our shopping guides to supermarkets and eco food retailers.

Cisco

Software

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology and providing services to the Israeli military.

Coca-cola

Beverages

Accused of involvement in illegal Israeli settlements. 

Brands: Innocent, Fanta, Costa Coffee, Powerade, Honest Tea, Rose's Cordial, Sprite, Schweppes UK, Glaceau Smartwater and 5 Alive are some of the key Coca-Cola brands in the UK.

View our list of ethical alternative soft drinks, coffee shops, and read the company profile of Coca-Cola.

Comm-IT Technologies

Software

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology.

Dell

Software

Accused of supplying the Israeli military.

View our list of alternative ethical laptops.

Discount Bank

Finance

Accused of financing settlement activities.

Domino’s Pizza

Food

Accused of donating meals to the Israeli military. 

View our list of ethical alternatives fast food chains.

Energy Team

Drinks

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology.

Fortinet

Software

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology.

HP

Manufacturer, software

Accused of providing services to the Israeli government.

View our list of alternative ethical laptops.

HPE Aruba Networking

Software

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology.

Hikvision

Finance

Accused of supplying the Israeli military.

Malam Team

Finance

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology and supplying the Israeli military.

Matrix Global Services

Software

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology.

Netapp

Software

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology.

Nokia

Electronics

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology.

Nutanix

Software

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology.

Opswat

Software

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology.

Papa John’s

Food

Accused of donating meals to the Israeli military.

View our list of ethical alternatives fast food chains.

Pizza Hut

Food

Accused of donating meals to the Israeli military.

View our list of ethical alternatives fast food chains.

Prologic ITS

Software

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology.

RE/MAX

Services

Accused of involvement in illegal Israeli settlements. 

ServiceNow

Software

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology.

Siemens

Software

Accused of involvement in illegal Israeli settlements.

View our list of alternative ethical fridges, dishwashers, washing machines and cookers.

Sodastream

Drinks, electronics

Accused of exploiting the local Bedouin community at its factory in the Negev Desert.

View our list of alternative ethical carbonators.

TKH Security

Electronics

Accused of providing services to the Israeli state. 

Waterfall Security

Software

Accused of sponsoring a conference on Israeli military technology. 

Could your workplace switch to more ethical brands?

Individual consumers can boycott many of these brands, such as Ahava, Coca-Cola and Papa John’s. However, some of the targets only provide services for example to companies and governments, and are therefore unaffected by individual consumer pressure.

While you may not be able to boycott them yourself, if your workplace or local authority uses one of these, you could campaign by asking them to switch.

More brands listed on the Boycat app

There are hundreds more brands listed as complicit on the Boycat app that are being targeted but to a slightly lesser extent than the main targets. These are called level 2 targets on the app.

More still are listed as having some, more indirect, connections to abuses (called ‘level 3’ targets on the app). These brands for example might source from firms involved in the occupation, have minor investments or partnerships with firms linked to the occupation, or indirectly support it in some other way.