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Does Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company support Israel?
Yes — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 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 | — | 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 | — | 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 | — | 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. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company has documented support of other kinds (Government contract, Acquisition, 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. 10 distinct sources are cited for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2023-03
- 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