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Does Colgate support Israel?
Yes — Colgate has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Beauty & cosmetics brands · Household & consumer goods brands · Companies that support Israel
Background
Colgate is a brand of Colgate-Palmolive, and everything documented about it in Israel is commercial. The brand has a Hebrew consumer site, an official Israeli importer of long standing (S. Schestowitz Ltd.), and a small local subsidiary of the parent, Colgate-Palmolive Israel Ltd., that appears in SEC subsidiary lists from the FY2018 annual report onwards. Beyond that, this research found no Colgate donation, in-kind aid, sponsorship, statement or political contribution directed at Israeli state, military, relief or political causes — not before and not after October 7, 2023 — and the parent has no corporate PAC in FEC records and no charitable foundation filing US grant data. The only Israel-specific controversy on record is a domestic antitrust and product-licensing dispute over parallel imports of Colgate toothpaste, which concerns pricing and import channels rather than politics. Viral posts that place Colgate on boycott lists cite the brand's ordinary market presence and the Schestowitz relationship; that presence is real, but it is not the same thing as a documented act of support, and this page does not treat it as one.
Colgate Israel — official Hebrew brand site SEC — Colgate-Palmolive 10-K Exhibit 21, Subsidiaries (FY2018) Haaretz — Israeli importer worked with Colgate-Palmolive to keep monopoly, investigation says BDS movement — official 'What to boycott' target list (Colgate absent)
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations in Israel | 2026 | — | Israeli market — Colgate-Palmolive Israel Ltd. and the importer S. Schestowitz Ltd. Colgate is marketed in Israel as a local brand by its owner, Colgate-Palmolive. The brand runs a Hebrew-language consumer site at colgate.co.il whose footer carries the "© Colgate-Palmolive Company" notice and routes customer service to S. Schestowitz Ltd., the independent, family-owned Israeli importer that has represented the brand for decades and describes Colgate on its own site as "the No. 1 brand in oral hygiene in Israel and in the world." The brand owner also keeps a local subsidiary, Colgate-Palmolive Israel Ltd., listed in the company's SEC subsidiaries exhibit in every annual report since FY2018. Colgate toothpastes and toothbrushes sold in Israel are imported rather than manufactured there; this is a marketing and distribution structure, not a donation. | |
| Operations in Israel | 2019-02 | — | Israeli market — the official import channel for Colgate products How firmly the Colgate brand is embedded in the Israeli market is documented by a regulatory case rather than by any political act. Israel's Competition Authority found that Colgate-Palmolive's global reporting procedures worked to curb parallel imports, and in February 2019 barred the official importer S. Schestowitz Ltd. from passing information about parallel-imported Colgate goods back to Colgate-Palmolive. In 2017 and 2018 Israel's Health Ministry had recalled and seized parallel-imported Colgate toothpaste marketed without a licence, and Schestowitz shifted the sourcing of the Israeli red-and-blue anti-cavity paste from Poland to Brazil. This is a commercial-conduct matter about the brand's Israeli distribution; it is not aid to Israeli state, military or political bodies. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Colgate donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but Colgate has documented support of other kinds (Operations in Israel). 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. 9 distinct sources are cited for Colgate. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-07-30
- Colgate Israel — official Hebrew brand site colgate.co.il
- S. Schestowitz Ltd. — Colgate brand page (official importer) sch.co.il
- SEC — Colgate-Palmolive 10-K Exhibit 21, Subsidiaries (FY2025): Colgate-Palmolive Israel Ltd. sec.gov
- Ynet — Competition Commissioner: Schestowitz tried to block parallel imports of Colgate ynet.co.il
- TheMarker — official importer barred from blocking parallel imports of Colgate (2019-02-13) themarker.com
- Globes — Health Ministry recall of parallel-imported Colgate toothpastes globes.co.il
- SEC — Colgate-Palmolive 10-K Exhibit 21, Subsidiaries (FY2018) sec.gov
- Haaretz — Israeli importer worked with Colgate-Palmolive to keep monopoly, investigation says haaretz.com
- BDS movement — official 'What to boycott' target list (Colgate absent) bdsmovement.net