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Does Motorola Solutions, Inc. support Israel?
Yes — Motorola Solutions, Inc. has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Tech companies · Companies that support Israel
Background
Motorola is one of the oldest and most-discussed corporate names in the boycott movement. Campaigns in 2007–2009 targeted Motorola Israel's Government Electronics Department, which made fuses for aerial bombs; Motorola sold that unit to Israel's Aeronautics Defense Systems in April 2009 — a move boycott groups claimed as a victory — while keeping its Israeli communications and surveillance business. Since 2020 the UN Human Rights Office has listed Motorola Solutions and its Israeli subsidiary in its settlement-business database, and Motorola Solutions has publicly responded to allegations linking its products to violations. No post-October-7 donation or support program by the company was found in this pass.
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (Reuters report) Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (company response)
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations in Israel | 1964 | — | Motorola Solutions Israel Ltd. (Airport City, near Tel Aviv) Motorola was the first American company to set up operations in Israel (1948, its first branch outside the US) and in 1964 established there its first R&D center outside North America. Motorola Solutions Israel still runs an R&D center of several hundred employees at Airport City near Tel Aviv, developing public-safety products such as the LEX line for first responders, and counts the Israeli army, police, fire departments, municipalities and emergency medical services among its customers. | |
| Government contract | 2004 | — | Israel Defense Forces — 'Mountain Rose' (Vered Harim) military cellular network Motorola developed and supplied 'Mountain Rose' (Vered Harim), the IDF's dedicated encrypted military cellular network, which became operational in mid-2004 and served the Israeli army for more than a decade until replaced by Motorola's own follow-on system. | |
| Government contract | 2014-01 | $100,000,000 | Israel Ministry of Defense / Israel Defense Forces (encrypted military smartphones) Israel's Ministry of Defense signed a $100 million agreement, spanning more than 15 years including maintenance, with subsidiary Motorola Solutions Israel to develop, produce and maintain encrypted military smartphones for the IDF, replacing the Motorola-built Mountain Rose network; adaptation, development and production costs were funded partly through US military aid. | |
| Operations in Israel | 2016-12 | — | Motorola Solutions Innovation Center (Tel Aviv, Israel) Motorola Solutions opened an innovation center in Tel Aviv — its only such center outside the United States — headed by the former head of the cyber administration in Israel's Prime Minister's Office, to work on AI, cybersecurity and public-safety technologies and to scout Israeli startups. CEO Greg Brown said the company would 'invest in start-up companies here in Israel, emerging nascent technologies.' | |
| Operations in Israel | 2020-02 | — | Israeli settlements (surveillance equipment, per UN database) The UN Human Rights Office has included Motorola Solutions and its subsidiary Motorola Solutions Israel in its database of business enterprises involved in Israeli settlement activity since the database's first publication in February 2020, citing the supply of surveillance and identification equipment; both entities remained listed in the September 2025 update. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Motorola Solutions, Inc. donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but Motorola Solutions, Inc. has documented support of other kinds (Operations in Israel, Government contract). 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 Motorola Solutions, Inc.. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-07-28
- Times of Israel timesofisrael.com
- Times of Israel timesofisrael.com
- Motorola Solutions (press release) motorolasolutions.com
- Army Technology army-technology.com
- Times of Israel timesofisrael.com
- Computer Weekly computerweekly.com
- UN OHCHR (press release) ohchr.org
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (Reuters report) business-humanrights.org
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (company response) business-humanrights.org