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Does Check Point support Israel?

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Support documentedupdated 2026-09-26

Yes — Check Point has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.

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Background

Check Point is on boycott lists primarily because of what it is, not a specific donation: it is one of Israel's flagship technology companies, founded by veterans of the IDF's Unit 8200, headquartered in Tel Aviv, and a large Israeli employer and taxpayer. Its own annual reports do record corporate charitable contributions, and the list for 2024 and again for 2025 names the Hostages and Missing Families Forum alongside Tel Aviv University and the Yeholot Association; no amount is given for any of them, and the 2023 list named only the latter two. Beyond that the documented record is commerce and words: a run of acquisitions of Israeli cyber-security companies (about $503.1 million for Perimeter 81 in 2023, $188.6 million for Cyberint in 2024, $92.5 million for Veriti in 2025 and about $97.7 million for Cyclops and Cyata in 2026), the CEO's earnings-call statement after October 7, continuity of its Israeli operations while about 5% of staff served IDF reserve duty, and published cyber-threat research on the conflict.

SEC — Check Point 20-F annual report for 2024 (charitable contributions; Cyberint consideration) SEC — Check Point 20-F annual report for 2025 (charitable contributions; Veriti, Cyclops and Cyata consideration) Insider Monkey — CHKP Q3 2023 earnings call transcript Check Point Blog — The Iron Swords War (cyber perspectives) Wikipedia — Check Point

Timeline of documented support

199219972002200720122017202220271993 — Operations in Israel: State of Israel (headquarters, R&D and tax base)Operations in Israel19932023-09 — Acquisition: Shareholders of Perimeter 81 Ltd. and Atmosec Ltd., Israeli cyber-security companiesAcquisition2023-092023-10 — Public statement: Israel (solidarity statement after October 7)Public statement2023-102024 — Donation: Hostages and Missing Families Forum, Tel Aviv University and Yeholot AssociationDonation20242024-09 — Acquisition: Shareholders of Cyberint Ltd., an Israeli threat-intelligence companyAcquisition2024-092025-06 — Acquisition: Shareholders of Veriti Security Ltd., an Israeli cyber-security companyAcquisition2025-062026-02 — Acquisition: Shareholders of Cyclops Security Ltd. and Cyata Security Ltd., and the team of Rotate Ltd., all IsraeliAcquisition2026-022026-05 — Acquisition: Deepchecks Ltd. and its shareholders — an Israeli AI-evaluation start-up (team and intellectual property)Acquisition2026-05

Documented support

TypeDateAmountRecipientSources
Operations in Israel1993—State of Israel (headquarters, R&D and tax base)
Israeli company through and through: founded in Israel in 1993 by Gil Shwed, Marius Nacht and Shlomo Kramer, incorporated under Israeli law with international headquarters at 5 Shlomo Kaplan Street, Tel Aviv. One of Israel's largest technology companies and a major Israeli tech employer, listed on NASDAQ under CHKP.
Acquisition2023-09-13$503,100,000Shareholders of Perimeter 81 Ltd. and Atmosec Ltd., Israeli cyber-security companies
On 13 September 2023 Check Point completed the acquisition of all outstanding shares of Perimeter 81 Ltd., which its annual report calls a privately-held Israeli-based company, for total consideration of approximately $503.1 million; the same figure appears in the auditors' critical audit matter for that year. Two days earlier, on 11 September 2023, it completed the purchase of all shares of Atmosec Ltd., another privately-held Israeli-based start-up, with no consideration disclosed. Both are commercial acquisitions: the money went to the target companies' shareholders, not to any Israeli institution.
Public statement2023-10-30—Israel (solidarity statement after October 7)
On the company's Q3 2023 earnings call, CEO Gil Shwed said Israel had "gone through a very terrible terror attack" and that "our hearts go to all the people that are suffering from the situation"; he disclosed that roughly 5% of Check Point's entire global headcount had been called up for IDF reserve duty in the three weeks after October 7, while the company continued to operate "as planned uninterrupted." Statement made by the CEO on behalf of the company; the reserve call-ups are employees' state-mandated military service.
Donation2024—Hostages and Missing Families Forum, Tel Aviv University and Yeholot Association
Check Point's own annual report for 2024 discloses that the entities it contributed to that year "included, among others, the Tel Aviv University, Yeholot Association and Hostages and Missing Families Forum" — the last being the Israeli organisation of the families of people taken captive on 7 October 2023. The donor is the corporation itself, not a foundation, its employees or its executives personally: its articles of association authorise the company to contribute reasonable amounts to worthy causes. No amount is disclosed for any recipient. The 2025 annual report names the same three; the 2023 report, covering the year of the attack, listed only Tel Aviv University and Yeholot Association. The filing gives the list in a related-party context — founder and Executive Chair Gil Shwed sits on Tel Aviv University's Board of Governors and chairs the board of Yeholot Association.
Acquisition2024-09-30$188,600,000Shareholders of Cyberint Ltd., an Israeli threat-intelligence company
Agreed on 27 August 2024 and completed on 30 September 2024: Check Point acquired all outstanding shares of Cyberint Ltd., described in its annual report as a privately-held Israeli-based company specialising in threat intelligence, digital risk protection and attack surface management, for total consideration of approximately $188.6 million. Israeli tech press reported the price as about $200 million; the figure recorded here is the one in the company's audited annual report. A commercial acquisition made during the war, not a donation.
Acquisition2025-06-09$92,500,000Shareholders of Veriti Security Ltd., an Israeli cyber-security company
Announced on 27 May 2025 and completed on 9 June 2025: Check Point acquired all outstanding shares of Veriti Security Ltd., a privately-held Israeli-based company founded in 2021 by Adi Ikan and Oren Koren, for total consideration of approximately $92.5 million. The announcement itself disclosed no financial terms; the figure comes from the company's annual report for 2025. Commerce, not support: the consideration went to Veriti's shareholders.
Acquisition2026-02$97,700,000Shareholders of Cyclops Security Ltd. and Cyata Security Ltd., and the team of Rotate Ltd., all Israeli
Continued buying Israeli cyber-security start-ups: in February 2026 Check Point acquired all of the share capital of Cyclops Security Ltd. for total consideration of approximately $53.7 million and all of the share capital of Cyata Security Ltd. for approximately $44.0 million — about $97.7 million for the two — and separately acquired the team of Rotate Ltd., a third privately-held Israeli company, as a talent acquisition with no share purchase and no consideration disclosed. All of this is from Check Point's annual report for 2025, filed on 31 March 2026. Israeli press put the combined price at about $150 million — Geektime and Calcalist’s CTech both call that an estimate and say the terms were not disclosed, and CTech alone adds about $85 million for Cyclops; the filed figures do not support that total.
Acquisition2026-05-19—Deepchecks Ltd. and its shareholders — an Israeli AI-evaluation start-up (team and intellectual property)
On 19 May 2026 Check Point announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire the team and intellectual property — not the shares — of Deepchecks, an Israeli start-up whose platform evaluates and monitors AI models in production. The company disclosed the deal in its own release launching its Agentic Network Security Orchestration platform, and described the team there as graduates of the Israeli army’s Talpiot programme. Neither side disclosed financial terms; Calcalist’s CTech put industry-source estimates at $10-20 million, which is why no amount is recorded here. Deepchecks’ own website carried a banner reading "Deepchecks is joining forces with Check Point". CTech counted it Check Point’s fourth purchase of an Israeli start-up in 2026, after Cyclops Security, Cyata and the Rotate team acquisition. A commercial talent-and-technology purchase: the consideration went to Deepchecks, not to any Israeli institution.

Frequently asked questions

Did Check Point donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

We have no records of cash donations, but Check Point has documented support of other kinds (Operations in Israel, Acquisition, Public statement, Donation). See the records on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 16 distinct sources are cited for Check Point. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

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Record last updated: 2026-09-26

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