UK awards 18 contracts to firms linked to Israeli settlements
The contracts total £10.7 million (about $14.4 million); 14 worth £10.4 million (about $14 million) involve Heidelberg Materials subsidiaries, mainly for roadworks.
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The contracts total £10.7 million (about $14.4 million); 14 worth £10.4 million (about $14 million) involve Heidelberg Materials subsidiaries, mainly for roadworks.
UK public bodies published details of 18 additional contracts worth £10.7 million (about $14.4 million) after the government announced powers on 8 September to sanction companies profiting from business with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the government would act against specific companies and individuals providing services for settlement expansion. Three Heidelberg Materials subsidiaries were named in 14 contracts worth £10.4 million (about $14 million).
Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are illegal under international law, Al Jazeera reports.
An Al Jazeera investigation published on 10 November used procurement records, company filings, corporate disclosures and data from market intelligence firm Tussell. It identified contracts involving businesses named in a United Nations settlement-business database and companies they ultimately own or control.
The 14 contracts involving three Heidelberg subsidiaries were worth £10.4 million and were mostly for roadworks and resurfacing for National Highways and councils in Nottingham and Lincolnshire. The UN listed the German building materials group in its September 2026 database update for commercial use of natural resources in occupied Palestinian territory.
Heidelberg’s Israeli subsidiary Hanson Israel owns the Nahal Raba quarry south of Qalqilya. Who Profits, a group that researches private-sector links to the economy in the occupied territory, says the quarry sits on land belonging to the Palestinian villages of az-Zawiya and Rafat.
Heidelberg previously said Hanson Israel stopped operating the quarry and associated plants in 2023. Separately, Who Profits said an expansion was approved on 28 May 2025; an official planning notice reviewed by Al Jazeera showed an expansion proposal had been approved. Heidelberg did not dispute the group’s assertion about the approval.
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| Supplier or group | Contract value and buyer or purpose |
|---|---|
| Motorola Solutions and subsidiaries | 2 contracts worth about £87,900 (about $120,000) for police communications |
| Breas Medical | £98,000 (about $130,000) contract with Hull hospitals |
| Thomas & Adamson International Limited | £84,000 (about $110,000) contract |
The UN lists Motorola Solutions for settlement-related activities including security equipment and services. Procurement records reviewed in the investigation show its command-and-control technology used in security and surveillance infrastructure in the occupied West Bank.
Fosun International owns Breas Medical through Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical. The UN identifies Fosun under commercial use of natural resources, particularly water and land; the investigation links Fosun’s West Bank involvement to Israeli cosmetics manufacturer Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories.
Thomas & Adamson is a subsidiary of French engineering group Egis, which the UN lists for services supporting settlements, including transport. The investigation links Egis to transport infrastructure connecting settlements in occupied East Jerusalem with the rest of the city. Egis said it had formally expressed disagreement with its inclusion in the database.
A UN database listing is distinct from a UK sanctions designation. The Cabinet Office previously said individual public authorities decide whether to exclude suppliers case by case for each contract. It said UK procurement should not be used to boycott suppliers linked to other countries unless formal British sanctions, embargoes or restrictions are in place.
Al Jazeera received no response to its requests for comment from the Cabinet Office, Motorola Solutions and Fosun.
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