In May 2025, the CEO of the Carrefour group, Mr Alexandre Bompard, stated, as he had in 2023 and 2024, that “there have never been and there will never be any Carrefour stores in occupied territory”. The seven organisations that exposed the group’s dangerous liaisons with Israeli settlement activity in a report of the same name in 2022 – l’Association France Palestine Solidarité, Al Haq, CGT, Fédération CGT du commerce, Ligue des droits de l’Homme, Plateforme des ONG françaises pour la Palestine, Union syndicale Solidaires – are today publishing an updated report that contradicts these statements.
Providing a detailed overview of Carrefour's activities in the region, the report highlights that as of March 2026, two stores belonging to the Carrefour franchisee, Global Retail CI Ltd, were operating in Israeli settlements under the Carrefour banner (one in the Maccabim settlement in Modi'in and the other in Neve Ya'akov). Six other stores remained operational under their original banners in the settlements of Ariel, Alfei Menashe, Mod'in Illit, Kokhav Ya'akov, and Ma'ale Adumim.
In addition, the Israeli group Yenot Bitan/Shuk Mehadrin, a franchise partner of Carrefour, owns an online order delivery platform that serves all the major settlements in East Jerusalem, the settlement blocs of the Modi'in Illit and Givat Ze'ev enclaves, and the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim.
The report also makes available data on tenders for new constructions and real estate plans approved in 2025 in the settlements where Carrefour stores and franchisees are located, thus highlighting how the commercial activity of this French company supports the development of these illegal entities.
Finally, in recent years, amidst the genocidal war in Gaza and the explosion of settlement activity in the West Bank, Carrefour has intensified its activities in Israel by opening its first hypermarkets with a great deal of publicity, signifying at the very least its manifest disinterest in respecting international law and human rights.
“The LDH (Human Rights League) denounces the practices of companies that offer their services in Israeli settlements, thereby enabling and facilitating, both directly and indirectly, this illegal colonization and profiting from it. By economically boosting Israeli settlements, Carrefour participates in the creation, maintenance, and expansion of these settlements in the illegally occupied Palestinian territory and promotes the forced displacement of the Palestinian population.”
Nathalie Tehio, President of the Human Rights League (LDH).
The Carrefour Group is nonetheless bound by the duty of vigilance as defined by French law of March 27, 2017, which requires it to ensure that its activities do not affect human rights. Furthermore, since Carrefour began its activities related to Israeli settlements in 2022, the obligations incumbent upon actors assisting the illegal situation created by Israel have been clarified by the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of July 19, 2024, which enjoins third-party states to "take measures to prevent trade or investment which helps to maintain [this] unlawful situation”. As demonstrated by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Francesca Albanese, who cites Carrefour in her 2025 report on corporate complicity, there is no doubt that recent court decisions impose on companies the prima facie responsibility not to participate in activities related to the occupation of Palestine.
“Colonisation is a war crime. The ICJ reiterated this in July 2024 and demanded its dismantling. The UN General Assembly called on states to take measures against companies that contribute to the perpetuation of this illegal situation. Since Carrefour persists in its complicity in war crimes, France must take measures to compel it to cease operations without further delay. This is an obligation, not a political choice.”
Anne Tuaillon, President of the France Palestine Solidarity Association (AFPS)
The organisations that authored this report reiterate their demands based on international law: the Carrefour group must end its direct involvement in the settlement enterprise, and the French State, the primary actor responsible under international law, must urgently adopt measures preventing trade and investments that help maintain Israel’s illegal presence in the occupied Palestinian territory.
The report can be accessed in English here and in French here.