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Does Delta Galil support Israel?

Delta Galil Industries

Support documentedupdated 2026-09-25

Yes — Delta Galil has documented support for Israel on record, including $1,372,000 in donations. Every claim below links to its source.

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Background

Delta Galil is an Israeli company, so the question is what it has actually done that is documented rather than whether it "supports Israel" in the abstract. Its own filings supply most of the answer: a NIS 5 million corporate donation to a fund for children orphaned on 7 October 2023, paid over eight years and matched personally by its controlling shareholder; product donations of socks, underwear and T-shirts in the first days of the war; and Israeli retail operations that stayed open and posted record sales through the fighting. Two clarifications matter. First, location: the company is based in Caesarea, not Karmiel as is sometimes stated, and its manufacturing plants are mainly in Egypt, Turkey and the Far East rather than inside Israel — what is Israeli is the headquarters, the design and development work and the retail chain. Second, the brand relationships: Delta Galil is why brands such as Hanesbrands, adidas, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria's Secret and Polo Ralph Lauren appear in boycott directories, but those are supplier and licence contracts with an Israeli manufacturer, not donations by those brands to Israel, and each runs in a specific direction that should not be blurred.

Delta Galil — 2024 Periodic Report Delta Galil — 2023 Periodic Report Sourcing Journal / WWD (Oct 2023)

Timeline of documented support

201120132015201720192021202320252011-05 — Operations in Israel: Barkan industrial zone settlement, occupied West Bank (warehouse, no longer active by 2022)Operations in Israel2011-052023-10 — In-kind support: Individuals affected by the October 7, 2023 attacks in IsraelIn-kind support2023-102023-12 — Donation: Keshet Donor-Advised Fund (Keshet DAF) Ltd., for children orphaned of both parents on 7 October 2023Donation2023-122023-12 — Operations in Israel: Delta Israel Brands retail chain and Israeli customersOperations in Israel2023-122024 — Operations in Israel: Israel (headquarters, design and development, retail chain)Operations in Israel20242024 — Partnership: Western brands and retailers sourcing from or licensing to Delta GalilPartnership20242024-10 — Operations in Israel: Israeli settlements — Pisgat Ze'ev and Ramot (East Jerusalem) and Ma'ale Adumim (West Bank), via subsidiary Delta Israel BrandsOperations in Israel2024-102025-09 — Operations in Israel: Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian Territory (UN-documented business activity)Operations in Israel2025-09

Documented support

TypeDateAmountRecipientSources
Operations in Israel2024—Israel (headquarters, design and development, retail chain)
Delta Galil is an Israeli apparel company. Its own periodic report gives its official address as 45 Ha'eshel Street, Caesarea Industrial Park, Israel, and states that it designs and develops its products primarily in Israel (alongside Germany, Switzerland, France, the United States, China and Hong Kong) while manufacturing through its own factories in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia — chiefly Egypt, Turkey and the Far East — and through subcontractors. Note on a common misdescription: the filings place the company's Israeli base and logistics centre in Caesarea, not Karmiel; no Karmiel plant appears in its 2023 or 2024 periodic reports. Its 80%-owned subsidiary Delta Israel Brands runs a chain of about 210 stores in Israel plus Israeli e-commerce sites.
Donation2023-12-19$1,372,000Keshet Donor-Advised Fund (Keshet DAF) Ltd., for children orphaned of both parents on 7 October 2023
Delta Galil's board approved on 19 December 2023 (after audit-committee approval on 30 November 2023) a corporate donation of NIS 5 million to Keshet Donor-Advised Fund, earmarked for long-term support of children left with no living parents after the events of 7 October 2023. The company's NIS 5 million is paid in equal instalments over eight years and is matched separately by controlling shareholder and CEO Isaac Dabah and his family, who committed a further NIS 5 million of their own — the corporate and personal halves must not be conflated. Delta Galil paid its proportional share of NIS 625,000 (about $171,000) in 2024. Separately, the group's total 2024 giving in cash and in kind to educational, cultural and welfare organisations was $1.3 million, with $443,000 and $524,000 committed for 2025 and 2026.
One source
In-kind support2023-10-11—Individuals affected by the October 7, 2023 attacks in Israel
Days after the 7 October 2023 attacks, CEO Isaac Dabah said the company had donated Delta Galil socks, underwear and T-shirts to individuals affected by the events in Israel. He said no Delta Galil employees or their immediate family members were physically harmed, though many employees had relatives, friends or acquaintances hurt or killed, and that some employees had been called up as military reservists. The company remained fully operational, moving staff to remote work where the role allowed.
Operations in Israel2023-12-31—Delta Israel Brands retail chain and Israeli customers
The company kept trading in Israel through the war. Its 2023 periodic report states that apart from the first two weeks of October 2023, Delta Israel's stores were operating almost fully — 207 of 210 stores open by the fourth quarter — that its Israeli e-commerce sites continued, and that Delta Israel posted record sales results for the year. It also holds an exclusive licence to open and operate Victoria's Secret stores and an online shop in Israel, with openings delayed by the war and the brand owner agreeing to help cover the postponement costs.
One source
Partnership2024—Western brands and retailers sourcing from or licensing to Delta Galil
Delta Galil is the commercial link between many Western clothing brands and Israeli manufacturing, which is why those brands appear on boycott lists. Its own 2024 periodic report names the corporations whose private-label products it makes: Nike, Skims, Walmart, Target, Victoria's Secret, Spanx, Costco, Amazon, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Lululemon, Techstyle, Hanesbrands and American Eagle, with its Bogart unit supplying Hanes Australia & Europe, Jockey, Adore Me, Techstyle and Inditex. Separately it sells under licences it holds from brand owners including Converse, Wilson, Tommy Hilfiger, Columbia, Original Penguin, Calvin Klein, Spalding, Disney, adidas, Wolford, Bath & Body Works and — from 2023 — Polo Ralph Lauren. The direction matters: for Hanesbrands and the other private-label customers Delta Galil is the supplier, while for adidas, Calvin Klein and the rest it is the licensee. These are ordinary commercial contracts, not donations.
Operations in Israel2025-09—Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian Territory (UN-documented business activity)
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) report to the Human Rights Council, A/HRC/60/19 (26 September 2025), lists two related but distinct entities in Annex I — currently listed, not removed — both for listed activity (g), 'the use of natural resources, in particular water and land, for business purposes', over the assessment period 2 August 2019 to 30 April 2025: entry 46, 'Delta Galil Industries Ltd.' (the parent company this page covers), and entry 47, 'Delta Israel Brands Ltd.', the 80%-owned Israeli retail subsidiary documented separately above (about 210 stores, TASE: DLTI). The two are separate lines in the database for two separate legal entities and should not be merged into one figure; this page records the parent's own listing and notes the subsidiary's as related context, not as the parent's evidence.
One source
Operations in Israel2024-10—Israeli settlements — Pisgat Ze'ev and Ramot (East Jerusalem) and Ma'ale Adumim (West Bank), via subsidiary Delta Israel Brands
Who Profits, an Israeli advocacy research centre, states in its Delta Galil Industries company profile (information stated valid to 22 October 2024) that 'through its subsidiary, Delta Israel Brands (TASE: DLTI), the company operates branches in the settlement neighborhoods of Pisgat Zeev and Ramot in occupied East Jerusalem and in the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank'. AFSC's Investigate database, citing Who Profits, puts a number on it: 'the company's subsidiary Delta Israel Brands operates three stores in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank' (page dated 12 August 2022). This is Who Profits' documentation of the subsidiary's retail footprint, not Delta Galil Industries Ltd.'s directly, and is attributed to Who Profits as the source rather than presented as independently verified by this page; Delta Galil's own periodic reports (cited above) disclose an Israeli store count but do not break out settlement locations.
Operations in Israel2011-05—Barkan industrial zone settlement, occupied West Bank (warehouse, no longer active by 2022)
Who Profits documented, in May 2011, a 1,680-square-metre warehouse it said the company rented and operated in the Barkan industrial zone in the Barkan settlement, occupied West Bank; this is repeated unchanged in its current company profile (valid to 22 October 2024). AFSC's Investigate database, drawing on the same Who Profits research, states as of 12 August 2022 that 'in the past, Delta Galil also had a warehouse in an illegal settlement industrial zone' — past tense, meaning AFSC did not consider it current as of that date. This item is kept because Who Profits' own profile has not updated the claim, but the more recent AFSC framing is evidence the warehouse had ended by 2022; neither source gives an exact end date.
Donations total$1,372,000

Frequently asked questions

Did Delta Galil donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

Yes. Documented donations total $1,372,000, including $1,372,000 to Keshet Donor-Advised Fund (Keshet DAF) Ltd., for children orphaned of both parents on 7 October 2023. Each donation is listed on this page with its date and source.

How much has Delta Galil given?

Documented donations total $1,372,000. The largest single recorded item is $1,372,000 to Keshet Donor-Advised Fund (Keshet DAF) Ltd., for children orphaned of both parents on 7 October 2023 (2023-12-19).

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. 8 distinct sources are cited for Delta Galil. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

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Record last updated: 2026-09-25

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