Below are Veolia's crimes in the OPT that make up the basis of many campaigns targeting this company. However, Veolia is also infamous for water privatization, mismanagement, and corruption, sparking campaigns around the world on these issues as well. Find out more on our Veolia's Other Offenses page. 

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Bus Services
Veolia operates bus lines through the occupied West Bank, connecting illegal settlements to Israel. These buses do not stop in any Palestinian towns; they use Israeli-only roads, confiscated from the Palestinians for the exclusive use of Israeli settlers. The West Bank has been cut into pieces by these roads, which have not only decimated Palestinian towns and villages by stealing their land for construction but have also restricted the right of passage between Palestinian communities. A separate but unequal Palestinian road system is made up of low grade roads snaking under the Israelis highways, cut by checkpoints and physical barriers. The picture on the right reveals a Veolia (Connex) bus traveling on road number 443, which is mostly a segregated road; Palestinians living next to the roads are not allowed near it. The following is a map of the route of the 109 bus line connecting Israeli settlements to Israel, partly along road 443.

Tovlan Landfill
The Tovlan landfill (see right) is owned and operated by T.M.M. Integrated Recycling Services, a company that is owned by a Veolia subsidiary: Veolia Environmental Services Israel. Veolia collects refuse from illegal settlements at the Tovlan landfill site in the occupied Jordan Valley, using captured Palestinian land and natural resources for the needs of Israeli settlements. While Veolia claims that the Tovlan landfill is located in Israel rather than in the occupied territories, the following map of the Tovlan landfill clearly reveals its location within occupied territory.

Light Rail Project
Veolia has also been involved in the construction and operation of a tramway (see right) linking illegal settlements in East Jerusalem with Israel. Until recently (see Veolia Campaign Successes), the company had a 5% share through its subsidiary Connex Israel in the operation of the project and owned 80% of Connex Jerusalem, the company which will be operating the trains once the project becomes operational in August 2011. The tramway is an attempt to make the illegal settlements permanent and it undermines chances of a just peace for the Palestinian people. The following is a map of the light rail service route.


Blue line = Tramway route

Red line = Separation wall

Green line = 1949 Armistice line

Purple areas = Israeli illegal settlements