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Find sources: "Who Profits Research Center" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR%5B%5BWikipedia%3AArticles+for+deletion%2FWho+Profits+Research+Center%5D%5DAFD Independent research center Who Profits? Founded 2007[1] Type Non-profit organization Purpose "dedicated to exposing the role of the private sector in the Israeli occupation economy"[1] Region served Israel and the Palestinian territories[1] Method Online database of complicit corporations, online information center, and publication of regular reports on the corporate aspects of the occupation.[1] Key people Dalit Baum, Merav Amir[2] Website whoprofits.org **Who Profits Research Center** is an independent research center which investigates links between the private sector and the economy in the [Israeli-occupied territories](/source/Israeli-occupied_territories).[3] The Center was founded in 2007 as a project by the Israeli [Coalition of Women for Peace](/source/Coalition_of_Women_for_Peace) and became independent in 2013.[3] The director of Who Profits?, Dalit Baum, explains the idea as follows:[4] We do know that nobody likes corporations profiting from human rights violations...we know that the occupation is costly but it is costly to the state, while the economy is benefitting through the private sector, following the privatisation of the 1990s...so maybe by focusing on the corporations, we can find a new audience and new allies because corporations are not people and because [corporate crime](/source/Corporate_crime) goes in many different directions and many people suffer from it’ On its website Who Profits? keeps an updated database of Israeli and international corporations involved in the occupation. The database is often consulted by the [BDS movement](/source/BDS_movement) when selecting boycott targets.[5] Who Profits? has published reports about Israeli cosmetics manufacturer [Ahava](/source/Ahava),[6][7] the international security giant [G4S](/source/G4S),[8] and the rental online marketplace [Airbnb](/source/Airbnb).[9] ## See also - [Boycott from Within](/source/Boycott_from_Within) ## References ### Citations 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Who_Profits?''_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Who_Profits?''_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Who_Profits?''_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Who_Profits?''_1-3) [*Who Profits?*](#CITEREFWho_Profits?). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarlow2015_2-0)** [Harlow 2015](#CITEREFHarlow2015). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Foundation_for_Middle_East_Peace''_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Foundation_for_Middle_East_Peace''_3-1) [*Foundation for Middle East Peace*](#CITEREFFoundation_for_Middle_East_Peace). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFleischmann201941_4-0)** [Fleischmann 2019](#CITEREFFleischmann2019), p. 41. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarghouti201131_5-0)** [Barghouti 2011](#CITEREFBarghouti2011), p. 31. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHass2012_6-0)** [Hass 2012](#CITEREFHass2012). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Who_Profits?''_April2012_7-0)** [*Who Profits?* April 2012](#CITEREFWho_Profits?_April2012). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Who_Profits?''_March2011_8-0)** [*Who Profits?* March 2011](#CITEREFWho_Profits?_March2011). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Who_Profits?''_September2017_9-0)** [*Who Profits?* September 2017](#CITEREFWho_Profits?_September2017). ### Sources - Fleischmann, Leonie (19 September 2019). [*The Israeli Peace Movement: Anti-Occupation Activism and Human Rights since the Al-Aqsa Intifada*](https://books.google.com/books?id=xq-pDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT41). Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 41–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-83860-098-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-83860-098-3). - ["Who Profits Research Center"](https://whoprofits.org/about-who-profits). *whoprofits*. Retrieved August 29, 2020. - Barghouti, Omar (2011). [*BDS: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions : the Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights*](https://books.google.com/books?id=odEO0JqAuzMC&pg=PA62). Haymarket Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-60846-114-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60846-114-1). - Hass, Amira (July 16, 2012). ["Disney family member renounces her investments in Israel's Ahava Cosmetics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180823114347/https://www.haaretz.com/disney-heir-dumps-ahava-investment-1.5267006). *Haaretz.com*. Archived from [the original](https://www.haaretz.com/disney-heir-dumps-ahava-investment-1.5267006) on August 23, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2020. - ["Ahava: Tracking the Trade Trail of Settlement Products"](https://whoprofits.org/updates/the-israeli-exploitation-of-palestinian-natural-resources-part-iv-ahava/). *whoprofits.org*. Who Profits?. April 2012. - ["The Case of G4S: Private Security Companies and the Israeli Occupation"](https://whoprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/old/WhoProfits-PrivateSecurity-G4S.pdf) (PDF). *whoprofits.org*. Who Profits?. - ["Foundation for Middle East Peace"](https://fmep.org/grant-program/who-profits/). *Foundation for Middle East Peace*. March 11, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2020. - ["Touring Israeli Settlements: Business and Pleasure for the Economy of Occupation"](https://whoprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/old/touring_israeli_settlements_wp_flash_report_oct_2017-3.pdf) (PDF). *whoprofits.org*. Who Profits?. - Harlow, Barbara (Fall 2015). [""Be it Resolved …": Referenda on Recent Scholarship in the Israel–Palestine Conflict"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/culturalcritique.91.2015.0190). **91**: 190–205. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.5749/culturalcritique.91.2015.0190](https://doi.org/10.5749%2Fculturalcritique.91.2015.0190). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [10.5749/culturalcritique.91.2015.0190](https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/culturalcritique.91.2015.0190). {{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical)); Unknown parameter |publication= ignored ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#parameter_ignored)) ## External links - [Who Profits?](https://whoprofits.org/) - [Dalit Baum - Who Profits from the Israeli Occupation? April 12, 2012](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iZKh6aCbNU) v t e Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions List of opponents List of supporters Organizations Reactions Campaigns and groups 2017 Humboldt University lecture incident Arab League boycott of Israel Boycott from Within CUPE Ontario and disinvestment from Israel Film Workers for Palestine No Music for Genocide Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel Academic boycott of Israel American Studies Association's boycott of Israel British Committee for the Universities of Palestine Writers Against the War on Gaza Gaza war protest vote movements Opposition AMCHA Initiative Anti-BDS laws Amendment No. 28 to the Entry Into Israel Law Combating BDS Act Israel Anti-Boycott Act Law for Prevention of Damage to State of Israel through Boycott Creative Community for Peace Maccabee Task Force Ministry of Strategic Affairs Related Anti-normalization Omar Barghouti (co-founder) Boycott (documentary film) Boycotts of Israel Companies Disinvestment from Israel Economy of Israel Occupied Territories Bill Palestine exception Who Profits Research Center --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Who Profits Research Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Profits_Research_Center) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Profits_Research_Center?action=history)). 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