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Does Huawei support Israel?
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Huawei does business in Israel — we found records of its operations there, but no record of donations, aid, or a public statement of support. Every claim below links to its source.
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Background
Huawei's documented ties to Israel are commercial R&D, not philanthropy: the 2016 acquisitions of Toga Networks and HexaTier gave the privately held Chinese company an Israeli development hub that it has been gradually downsizing since late 2023 (storage division closed 2023, cloud division closed 2026). No donations by Huawei to Israeli government, military or civil-society causes are on record. Huawei sells consumer devices in Israel through local importers, which is ordinary commercial distribution rather than corporate support.
Timeline of documented records
Documented records
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acquisition | 2016-12 | — | Toga Networks (Israeli chip and software design company) Huawei acquired Hod Hasharon-based Toga Networks, a chip- and software-design company with expertise in cloud computing, SDN and NFV that had already served as Huawei's development house in Israel without being fully owned by it. Calcalist broke the deal in Hebrew on 7 December 2016, called it Huawei's first acquisition in Israel, and reported that the research firm Zirra valued Toga at about $150 million and that the price paid could be higher; no purchase price was disclosed. Calcalist put the closing around a visit to Israel by Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei some ten days earlier. Toga Networks became Huawei's primary R&D center in Israel, working on switches, routers, storage, cloud infrastructure and AI/data-center components. | |
| Acquisition | 2016-12 | $42,000,000 | HexaTier (Israeli database-security startup) Huawei acquired HexaTier (formerly GreenSQL), an Israeli database-security and compliance startup, for a reported $42 million, and used the team to set up an Israeli R&D center for cloud-database security. | |
| Operations in Israel | 2016 | — | Huawei R&D operations in Israel (via Toga Networks, Hod Hasharon) Since the 2016 acquisitions, Huawei has run R&D in Israel through its subsidiary Toga Networks in Hod Hasharon — at its peak around 500 employees, one of Huawei's key development hubs outside China. The center has been shrinking: Huawei closed the storage division in late 2023 (about 20 layoffs) and closed the Israeli cloud division in 2026, cutting roughly 50-60 of about 400 remaining employees. The R&D center itself continues to operate at reduced scale. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Huawei donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of donations. What is on record is commercial activity in Israel (Acquisition, Operations in Israel), which is not the same as support — 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. 8 distinct sources are cited for Huawei. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-26
- Calcalist (Hebrew, Meir Orbach, 7 December 2016) calcalist.co.il
- Light Reading lightreading.com
- ChinaGoAbroad chinagoabroad.com
- Calcalist / CTech (2023 storage-division layoffs) calcalistech.com
- SiliconANGLE siliconangle.com
- SDxCentral sdxcentral.com
- Globes en.globes.co.il
- Calcalist / CTech (12% cloud cuts) calcalistech.com