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Does HPE support Israel?
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
Yes — HPE has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Tech companies · Companies that support Israel
Background
In 2015 the historic Hewlett-Packard Company split into HP Inc. (PCs and printers, covered on a separate page) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) — this page. HPE inherited most of the legacy Israeli government and security contracts that drive boycott campaigns: the Basel biometric checkpoint system (retired by the Israeli military at the end of 2016), the Aviv population registry (services passed to spin-off DXC in 2017, with IBM's replacement system taking over from 2019 and Aviv phased out from about 2021, though HPE's Israeli subsidiary still supplies servers for the legacy system during the transition), and IT contracts with the Israel Police and Israel Prison Service that continue on sole-supplier renewals. HPE has separately expanded its own Israeli footprint through the Zerto (2021) and Axis Security (2023) acquisitions. Boycott lists frequently conflate HP Inc. and HPE; the government-contract documentation comes largely from advocacy research (Who Profits, AFSC), corroborated in 2025 by the UN Special Rapporteur's report on business involvement in the occupied territories.
AFSC Investigate Who Profits — HPE involvement report UN Special Rapporteur report A/HRC/59/23
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government contract | 2015-11 | ₪3,829,410 | Israeli Ministry of Interior / Population and Immigration Authority (Aviv population registry) At the November 2015 split of the legacy Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise inherited the Aviv Project contract for Israel's population registry (originally obtained via Compaq in 2002). The systems-integration side passed to spin-off DXC Technology in 2017 and IBM won the replacement (Eitan) system in 2019, with Aviv gradually phased out from about 2021 — but HPE's Israeli subsidiary has remained sole supplier of the Itanium servers running the legacy registry during the transition, most recently under a May 2023 contract worth about NIS 3.8 million running to June 2026. Documented by advocacy research (Who Profits), corroborated by the UN Special Rapporteur's July 2025 report, which states HPE maintained the database before IBM and that its Israeli subsidiary still provides servers during the transition. | |
| Government contract | 2015-11 | — | Israeli Ministry of Defense (Basel biometric checkpoint system) — ended 2016 HPE inherited the Basel System contract — a biometric access-control system used at Israeli military checkpoints in the West Bank, acquired by legacy HP with EDS in 2008 — at the 2015 corporate split. The contract ended when the Israeli military retired the Basel System at the end of 2016 and replaced it with an in-house system. Legacy HP itself had confirmed the checkpoint role in a letter to the Presbyterian Church; documented primarily by advocacy research (Who Profits / AFSC), paired here with that company confirmation. Ended. | |
| Government contract | 2015 | ₪2,695,268 | Israel Prison Service Since 2015, HPE (through Hewlett Packard (Israel) Ltd) has supplied servers, data storage and data-security services and equipment maintenance to the Israel Prison Service — about NIS 2.7 million in contracts over 2015-2020, then repeated sole-supplier maintenance renewals including NIS 371,856 (February 2023 to February 2024), NIS 364,075 (April 2024, annual) and NIS 445,000 (March 2025 through February 2026). Documented by advocacy research (Who Profits) from Israeli procurement records, corroborated by the UN Special Rapporteur's July 2025 report naming HPE as a technology supplier to the Israeli prison service and police. | |
| Government contract | 2021-03 | ₪4,000,000 | Israel Police Hewlett Packard (Israel) Ltd was contracted by the Israel Police in 2021 to provide Data Center Care maintenance services for HPE-manufactured server systems — roughly NIS 4 million over three years — and in January 2024 the Israel Police announced its intention to re-contract the company as sole supplier for a further three years through December 2026 for an additional NIS 4 million. Documented by advocacy research (Who Profits) from Israeli procurement records, corroborated by the UN Special Rapporteur's July 2025 report naming HPE as a technology supplier to the Israeli police. | |
| Acquisition | 2021-07 | $374,000,000 | Zerto (Israeli cloud data-management company) HPE acquired Zerto, a cloud data-management and protection software maker co-headquartered in Herzliya, Israel and Boston with roughly 500 employees, for $374 million in cash, folding it into the HPE GreenLake platform and adding a substantial Israel-based R&D team. | |
| Acquisition | 2023-03 | — | Axis Security (Israeli cloud-security company) HPE acquired Tel Aviv-based cloud-security (Security Service Edge) startup Axis Security for a reported approximately $500 million (official price undisclosed); Axis had about 120 employees, roughly 80 of them in Israel, expanding HPE's Israeli R&D footprint. | |
| Operations in Israel | 2015-11 | — | Hewlett Packard (Israel) Ltd and Israel-based R&D teams HPE operates in Israel through its wholly owned subsidiary Hewlett Packard (Israel) Ltd, which sells servers, software and maintenance services to Israeli government and security agencies, and through Israel-based R&D teams gained via the Zerto (Herzliya) and Axis Security (Tel Aviv) acquisitions. | |
| Government contract | 2015-11 | ₪31,000,000 | Israel National Digital Agency (national biometric ID/database project, formerly under the Ministry of Interior) Israel's national biometric ID-card and database project has been run by the HP lineage since 2008: in December 2008, Hewlett Packard (Israel) Ltd — then part of the historic, pre-split Hewlett-Packard Company, not yet HPE — signed a roughly NIS 270 million, five-year agreement with the Ministry of Interior to manufacture five million biometric smart ID cards (reported at the time by Israeli daily TheMarker); Who Profits separately gives the card/equipment portion of that deal as NIS 230 million, and states it was extended in 2014 to run through 2025. HPE inherited this relationship, through the same Israeli subsidiary, at the November 2015 corporate split, and per Who Profits has remained sole supplier of the computing infrastructure for what is now the Israel National Digital Agency's biometric database, awarded by tender in 2011: a 2016 extension worth over NIS 31 million, a March 2022 extension to April 2025 for NIS 3.5 million, and a May 2025 extension without competitive tender through May 2028 for NIS 3,129,750. The 2008 origin and its approximate value are independently corroborated by contemporary Israeli business press; the 2016-2025 renewal figures rest on Who Profits' reading of Israeli procurement records alone — no independent corroboration was found for those specific later amounts. | |
| Government contract | 2024-07 | — | Israeli military (IDF) — reported server-farm project, selection stage In July 2024, Israeli tech-business outlet Zman Avir reported that the Israeli military had selected HPE to lead a new server-farm project: HPE would supply the hardware and manage the process of choosing the construction contractor, after a request-for-proposals process narrowed sixteen bidders to eleven capable of building a facility sized at 10 megawatts with an option for a further 10 megawatts; the facility was reported likely to be built underground for security reasons. No contract value, signature date, or Israeli government procurement notice was found — this is a reported vendor-selection/RFP-management role at the time of reporting, not a confirmed signed supply contract. Who Profits (advocacy research) also lists this report under 'Services to the Israeli Military,' citing the same account; no further independent confirmation was located. | |
| Political (PAC) | 2016-01 | — | U.S. Congress / Defense Security Cooperation Agency (lobbying disclosure — Q4 2015) Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's own Q4 2015 federal lobbying disclosure (LDA filing, registrant and client both HPE) lists, under the Defense (DEF) general issue-area code, 'discussions with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) related to Hewlett Packard Enterprise contract with the Government of Israel,' alongside separate, unrelated issues on the Navy Marine Corps Intranet and FY2016 defense appropriations. This is a specific, named item — DSCA administers US government-to-government Foreign Military Sales — not a boilerplate country-relations mention buried among many; it corroborates that HPE (or its immediate predecessor, at the month of the corporate split) had an existing contract with the Government of Israel, but the filing does not itself identify which contract, state a dollar figure tied to it, or state a motive — only that the company's lobbyists discussed it with DSCA. | One source |
Frequently asked questions
Did HPE donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but HPE has documented support of other kinds (Government contract, Acquisition, Operations in Israel, Political (PAC)). 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. 13 distinct sources are cited for HPE. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-25
- Who Profits (advocacy research) whoprofits.org
- UN Special Rapporteur report A/HRC/59/23 un.org
- AFSC Investigate investigate.afsc.org
- Electronic Intifada (quoting HP's letter to the Presbyterian Church) electronicintifada.net
- Christianity Today (2014 Presbyterian divestment) christianitytoday.com
- Who Profits — HPE involvement report whoprofits.org
- HPE (official press release) hewlett-packard-enterprise.prezly.com
- Times of Israel timesofisrael.com
- Globes en.globes.co.il
- CTech (Calcalist) calcalistech.com
- TheMarker (Dec 2008 — HP Israel/Interior Ministry smart-ID card agreement) themarker.com
- Zman Avir (Hebrew tech/business press) zmanavir.co.il
- Senate Office of Public Records / lda.gov — LD-2 filing, Q4 2015 lda.gov