Basque companies sold products worth almost EUR 200 million to Israel in 2022 at the level of Australia or Canada, as Adrian Legasa stressed in the Basque Chronicles portal. According to data produced by Eustat until July, this figure is increasing in the first half of this year, 53 million more than in the previous year, 52% more.

A turnover of around EUR 300 million is expected in 2023, but it remains to be seen how the Palestinian massacre will affect. If the figures were to follow the same line, Israel would be one of the 20 countries that buy the most products manufactured in Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa, at a level similar to Brazil, but far from Germany, the French State, the USA, the UK or Italy, in July spent more than 1 billion on products from Basque companies. By contrast, in 2022 sales from the West Bank and Gaza in the CAPV exceeded EUR 2 million.

According to their 2020 "Internationalization Strategy", "in the Middle East, Israel is a priority learning partner" for the Basque Government.

Hayedo of occupation

Despite the diversity of companies doing business with Israeli apartheid, the reason for this year’s rise is the business that CAF de Beasain has established on the lands occupied by Israel. More than half of the 155 million sales made by Basque companies to Israel until July are made by CAF.

Following the attack on the Palestinians, CAF has ensured that its businesses in Israel have not been "harmed" and has called for "teleworking" for all workers in Israel, more than 100 workers. CAF has two major projects on land stolen from the Palestinians, in cooperation with the Israeli construction company Saphir: Construction of the Tel Aviv light train and a controversial tramway that will bring together the Israeli colonies being built in Jerusalem and occupied territories.

That is why the LAB workers launched the campaign asking CAF to renounce this contract, first, and then the whole works council and today it has become an international campaign. The Palestine Liberation Organization publicly appreciated the attitude of CAF workers. CAF ignores the criticisms of the business.

Brandalism initiative in Donostia

ARGIA has known that in order to denounce the "hypocrisy of CAF" they have taken an initiative in two marquees of San Sebastian with two billboards showing the commitment of the company of Beasain to the attack of Israel. In the Hebrew phrase it says "Palestine Askitu".