Hilan Ltd
HLTEF
Information Technology
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Hilan Ltd is one of Israel's largest IT companies, serving "the entire defense and security organizations and entities in Israel." Its subsidiary Ness acquired EntServ Israel, which manages aspects of Israel's population registry containing ethnic and religious identity markers. In 2017, EntServ was contracted to build a system for tracking demolition of Palestinian construction in the occupied West Bank, with employees stationed at a military base in the illegal settlement of Beit El. Ness also operates an R&D center in Beitar Illit, an illegal settlement.
Hilan subsidiary Ness operates an R&D center in Beitar Illit, an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, originally established by EDS in 2006. EntServ (acquired by Ness in 2022) manages Israel's population registry, which records ethnic and religious identities and facilitates discrimination in occupied territories. EntServ holds a four-year contract (2021) with Israel's Population and Immigration Authority and a five-year biometric ID contract (2020) covering all residents, including Palestinian non-citizens.
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