Washington State invests $1+ billion in more than 50 companies directly profiting from Israel’s genocide.

INVESTMENTS SUMMARY

  • A Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor fighter. Credit: Rob Shenk. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

    $260M in Lockheed Martin

    The world’s largest arms manufacturer

  • Raytheon missiles on display at the Paris Air Show. Credit: David Monniaux. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

    $202M in Raytheon

    The world’s second largest arms manufacturer

  • Palantir Technologies

    $73.4M+ in Palantir Technologies

    One of the world's leading mass surveillance companies, which fuels human rights abuses from the United States to Palestine.

  • Caterpillar D9T Bulldozer. Credit: Shaun Greiner. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

    Almost $20M in Caterpillar

    The company responsible for supplying the Israeli military with the bulldozer that killed Washington resident Rachel Corrie in 2003

  • Elbit Systems 900 take off (cropped & levels). Credit: Ronite. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    $2.2M in Elbit Systems

    Israel’s largest weapon manufacturer

  • Paz Oil Company tanks near Ben Gurion Airport. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

    $512,140 in Paz Oil

    Israeli supplier of jet fuel to the Israeli military

*Numbers calculated based on publicly available information that lists WSIB holdings by percentage of each fund. If you want to see more, you can find the WSIB annual holdings report here.

Whose money is invested?

The WSIB manages funds for all Washingtonians, but has particular impact for a few key groups of people.

  • The largest fund is the retirement one, which manages pensions for well over 600,000 public employees throughout Washington. Public employees under Washington State’s retirement plan include public school teachers, bus drivers, and most faculty and staff at public universities in Washington, as well as Harborview Medical Center.

  • WSIB manages money for parents and guardians across Washington state who save money through the Graduated Education Tuition Fund for their children’s future college tuition.

  • WSIB manages money withheld from all Washington residents’ paychecks and employer contributions, including the L&I fund which pays out workers’ compensation in case of injury or disability on the job. WSIB also manages funds from the Long Term Care tax, which provides long-term care to low-income Washingtonians.

  • WSIB manages funds held in trust on behalf of educational institutions across Washington.

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