J.C. Bamford Excavators (JCB)

J.C. Bamford Excavators (JCB) is a British manufacturer of construction and agricultural equipment, including backhoe loaders, excavators, telehandlers, and skid steers. JCB equipment has been repeatedly used by Israeli authorities to demolish Palestinian homes and in the construction of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. JCB is a direct target for boycotts.

Isreal and Apartheid

J.C. Bamford Excavators (JCB) is listed in the UN Database of businesses profiting from illegal Israeli settlements. This database, published in February 2020, resulted from an independent investigation into how these settlements violate Palestinian rights in occupied territories, including East Jerusalem, and their effects on the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of the Palestinian people.

By continuing to operate in occupied Palestinian territories, J.C. Bamford Excavators (JCB) is legitimizing illegal occupation and profiting from human rights violations, including the displacement and exploitation of Palestinian resources. They have undermined peace efforts, ignoring the UN report for years, choosing profits over principles, Contributing to discrimination, supporting a system of inequality, and eroding Palestinian rights. Their operations contribute to the systematic denial of Palestinian civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights.

Services to the Israeli Occupational Efforts

The Who Profits entry on JCB references and documents numerous instances in which JCB has contributed to Israeli occupation efforts. According to the entry, JCB has sold equipment to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, which is subsequently used to maintain occupation and apartheid structures. These include deployment by the IDF in urban warfare operations, as well as utilization in the construction of occupation-related structures such as segregation walls and checkpoints. Additionally, the entry reports that JCB machinery has been employed in the demolition of Palestinian homes. These documented uses demonstrate JCB's involvement in multiple aspects of the occupation's infrastructure and operations.

Sources:

• OHCHR update of database of all business enterprises involved in the activities detailed in paragraph 96 of the report of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
• OHCHR Report of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
• Who Profits JCB (JC Bamford Excavators)