Taiwanese companies' complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide

September 15, 2025

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The scale and severity of the violence currently being inflicted on the people of Gaza by Israel has reached a level widely recognized as war crimes and genocide by UN experts and international human rights organizations. In such a context, governments and private companies alike have a legal and moral responsibility to ensure that their actions—and their supply chains—do not facilitate or enable the commission of mass atrocities.

Taiwanese companies—often known for their global leadership in contract manufacturing—appear to be playing a direct role in sustaining Israel's military capabilities. Our briefing points to Taiwanese-made components in military computers, semiconductors, drones, helicopters, fighter jets, and other weapons systems. A deeply uncomfortable realisation emerged: Taiwanese businesses may be enabling war crimes and genocide, whether through negligence, opacity, or lack of accountability.

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