Bank of Jerusalem Ltd

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JBNK
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EXPO
company headquarters
Israel
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An Israeli bank that is deeply involved in the expansion of Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Bank of Jerusalem is an Israeli commercial bank. It facilitates the expansion of Israel's illegal settlement enterprise by routinely providing loans to settlement construction projects. As documented by Who Profits, between 2017 and 2021 alone, the bank granted such loans to multiple construction companies for building hundreds of housing units in at least six illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, including two neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem.

In addition, the bank operates branches in at least two illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Bank of Jerusalem was included on the 2020 United Nations database of companies doing business in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Economic Activism Highlights
  • In November 2020, San Francsico State University's student government passed a resolution calling for the university to pull out of investments in companies that do business in Israeli settlements, referencing the 112 companies linked to the illegal settlements in Palestine as listed by the United Nations.
  • In October 2020, Fresno State University’s student government voted in favor of a divestment resolution calling for the university to divest from the 112 companies linked to the illegal settlements in Palestine, as listed by the United Nations.
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22 August 2022