DHL ECONOMIC

Supply Chain & Sourcing Relationships

• No public evidence identified of DHL purchasing from named Israeli agricultural exporters, acting as importer of record for Israeli produce, conducting seasonal fresh-produce procurement, or white-label sourcing goods into retail channels within the reviewed materials ^{1, 2, 3}.

• The reviewed materials did not identify a primary tender, contract award, customs record, or Israeli Ministry of Defense/IDF procurement record establishing DHL services for Israeli government bodies, settlement municipalities, defence contractors, or the military ^{1, 4, 5}.

• DHL Express Israel is identified in a 2020 Israeli Tax Authority customs-agent list, although that historic listing does not establish current authorisation, ownership, or group-control status ⁶.

• DHL Group’s public business model identifies Express, Global Forwarding, Freight, Supply Chain, eCommerce, and Post & Parcel Germany as its five divisions ^{7, 8}.

Product Origin, Labeling & Regulatory Compliance

• No public evidence identified of DHL acting as seller, label-setter, or retailer for Israeli- or settlement-origin consumer products, or of a DHL country-of-origin policy for such goods in the reviewed sources ^{1, 2, 3}.

• A DNV ISO 14001 certificate published in 2026 identifies DHL (Israel) Ltd. as a certified entity and lists its Country Office on Hermon Street ⁹.

• A separate DNV certificate dated 23 January 2026 lists DHL (Israel) Ltd.’s Airport City, Lod site and describes its certified scope as express-document and parcel distribution, with validity from 30 July 2025 to 29 July 2028 ⁹.

• DHL Paket Germany states that its DHL Paket International service cannot presently send parcels to the Gaza Strip or West Bank, but that service-specific statement does not establish the coverage or policy of DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding, or all DHL Group entities ¹⁰.

Investment, Capital & Financial Exposure

• DHL Group’s 2024 annual report records income primarily arising from the sale of a 1.0% shareholding in Global-e, described in the report as “Global-e, Israel,” alongside continuing equity-method valuation effects ¹¹.

• The cited disclosure supports an equity-accounted investment relationship with Global-e at that time, but does not state the residual holding percentage, acquisition date, or operational role ¹¹.

• DHL Group’s 2025 HGB affiliated-company annex lists DHL (Israel) Ltd. and DHL Global Forwarding Israel Ltd., both in Tel Aviv, as 100.00%-owned group companies ¹.

• The annex reports equity and annual-result figures, in thousands of euros, of €33.649 million and €2.775 million for DHL (Israel) Ltd., and €187.405 million and €6.317 million for DHL Global Forwarding Israel Ltd. ¹.

• No public evidence identified in the reviewed disclosures of Israeli sovereign-bond underwriting, Israel Bonds activity, lending to Israeli defence or settlement companies, Israeli R&D or investment centres, or insurance underwriting by DHL Group ^{1, 11}.

Operational Presence & Market Activity

• DHL’s Israel Express page offers international express services and refers to an On Demand Delivery payment system, evidencing an active customer-facing Express service in Israel ².

• DHL Express Israel’s accessibility declaration identifies the local operating name as “DHL (ISRAEL) LTD.” and refers to “DHL Express Israel” ¹².

• The same declaration provides a local postal address of P.O. Box 285, Ben Gurion Airport ¹².

• In 2004, Globes reported that DHL Israel agreed to lease 5,500 square metres in Airport City near Ben-Gurion International Airport, comprising offices and warehouse space, under a ten-year lease with extension options ¹³.

• The reported Airport City lease is historic, and the reviewed evidence does not establish whether DHL currently occupies the full reported area ¹³.

• No public evidence identified of DHL-operated locations, contracted delivery partners, authorised reseller points, or service points in West Bank, East Jerusalem, or Golan Heights settlements within the focused searches ^{2, 10}.

• The supplied document-scoped pre-scan found no DHL mention in the specified OHCHR settlement-database materials or the UN Special Rapporteur’s A/HRC/59/23 report, which does not establish absence from all UN, NGO, procurement, or other records ^{14, 15}.

Corporate Structure & Foundational Ties

• Deutsche Post AG was DHL Group’s listed German parent, domiciled in Bonn, as of 31 December 2025 ⁷.

• DHL Group reported 730 foreign fully consolidated subsidiaries at 31 December 2025, while stating that all controlled companies were consolidated except 29 immaterial subsidiaries ⁷.

• The group’s shareholdings list identifies JF Hillebrand Israel Ltd., headquartered in Tel Aviv, as a 100.00%-held group company with €25,000 equity and €8,000 2025 net income ¹⁶.

• DHL Group’s annual report and 2026 AGM materials describe a planned reorganisation under which Deutsche Post AG would be renamed DHL AG and Post & Parcel Germany would transfer to a newly established Deutsche Post AG ^{7, 17}.

• That planned reorganisation is prospective and does not evidence an Israeli corporate restructuring ^{7, 17}.

• DHL’s reviewed disclosures do not reconcile the ownership chain between DHL Group and DHL Express (Israel) Ltd.; the Israeli Corporations Authority’s company-extract service is identified as a route to registered shareholder, director, incorporation-date, and current-status information ¹⁸.

• No public evidence identified in the reviewed corporate records that DHL was founded in Israel, has Israeli headquarters or tax residency, is Israeli state-owned, has an Israeli controlling shareholder, or has Israeli state-linked governance provisions ^{7, 11, 17}.

• Deutsche Post AG’s 2026 AGM materials identify Tobias Meyer as CEO, Dr. Katrin Suder as Supervisory Board chair, and Bonn as the company’s legal seat ^{5, 17}.

• Deutsche Post AG has a German federal lobbying-register entry, while the reviewed materials do not establish Israel- or Palestine-specific lobbying ^{7, 19}.

Profit Repatriation & Economic Contribution

• The 2025 HGB annex provides equity and annual-result figures for DHL (Israel) Ltd. and DHL Global Forwarding Israel Ltd., but does not disclose their revenue, Israeli tax paid, dividends, or the direction and amount of any profit repatriation ¹.

• No public evidence identified in the reviewed materials that DHL characterises Israel as a strategic regional hub, key national employer, critical national-infrastructure provider, or separately reported revenue market ^{1, 11}.

• The 2025 annual report states that KfW Bankengruppe held 17.73% of Deutsche Post AG at 31 December 2025 and that the Federal Republic of Germany’s aggregate interest was 18.08%, below the stated 30% German voting-rights control threshold ⁷.

• A World Jewish Congress report states that Tobias Meyer signed a May 2025 declaration by German corporate leaders concerning Nazi-era corporate history, democratic values, and antisemitism; this public-statement record does not evidence Israel-related commercial activity, political contributions, or settlement activity ²⁰.