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International Business Machines Corp (IBM) designed and operates Israel's central population database "Eitan" for the Population, Immigration, and Borders Authority, which includes a biometric registry recording personal data by ethnic and religious identity. IBM also provides technologies to the Israeli military. The company has been documented as operating infrastructure that supports Israel's discriminatory population registry system.

How corporations have collaborated with US military over the decades

The US military is using AI tools during Iran war. But Pentagon's collaboration with tech companies goes back decades.

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IBM invests in Israeli startup Anima to bring “vibe coding” into the enterprise | CTech

The design-to-code platform used by Amazon and Samsung aims to cut front-end work by up to 80%.

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Tech firms complicit in 'economy of genocide', says UN rapporteur

UN Rapporteur Albanese stated IBM has trained Israeli military and intelligence since 1972 and since 2019 operates a biometric database underpinning Israel's 'discriminatory permit regime'.

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UN report lists companies complicit in Israel's 'genocide': Who are they?

UN Special Rapporteur Albanese's 2025 report names IBM as responsible for training Israeli military and intelligence personnel and managing PIBA's biometric database of Palestinians.

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IBM CEO: We Listen to What Israel and Saudi Arabia Consider 'Correct Behavior'

IBM workers repeatedly pressed the CEO about the company's role in the Israeli offensive; IBM holds a ~$275M IDF logistics data-center contract and Red Hat called the IDF its 'partner'.

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IBM loses institutional investor over biometrics sales to Israel

Norwegian asset manager Storebrand divested from IBM in Q1 2024, citing IBM's biometric database as contributing to 'discrimination and segregation of Palestinians'; IBM refused dialogue.

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