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ASDA V-MIL

MILITARY AUDIT UPDATED 2026-06-11
V-MIL Score 0.00 /10 D ASDA — BDS-1000 363
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Evidence-only forensic audit. Scoring happens downstream — see the main dossier for the composite assessment.

V-MIL Audit: Asda

Audit Phase: V-MIL Audit Subject: Asda Stores Limited Date: 2025

Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

No direct defence contracts linking Asda to the Israeli Ministry of Defence (IMOD), Israel Defence Forces (IDF), Israel Prison Service, Israel Border Police, or other Israeli state security bodies have been identified in Israeli defence trade directories (SIBAT), international defence exhibition catalogues, or defence procurement registries 1.

Walmart, which retains a 10% stake in Asda, has invested in Team8, an Israeli cybersecurity venture foundry founded by veterans of Israeli military intelligence Unit 8200 2.

Walmart acquired Aspectiva in 2019, an Israeli natural language processing startup focused on consumer analytics for retail applications 3.

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

Asda is a British supermarket chain selling consumer goods 4.

No evidence has been found of Asda manufacturing, marketing, or supplying ruggedised, tactical, mil-spec, or defence-grade product variants 1.

No Asda products have been documented as sold to Israeli security forces 1.

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

No documented cases of Asda equipment, vehicles, or machinery being used in Israeli settlements, the separation barrier, military installations, or occupied territories have been identified 1.

Asda has no physical stores, franchises, or subsidiaries in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, or Golan Heights 1.

Asda stocks Mehadrin Medjoul dates under its “Extra Special” own-brand label, sourced from Mehadrin farms in the Jordan Valley and Arava regions, which include Israeli settlement areas 56.

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

No verified supply relationships have been found where Asda provides components, sub-systems, raw materials, or manufacturing services to Israeli defence prime contractors including Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries, Rafael, or IMI 1.

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

No evidence of Asda providing catering, transport, fuel supply, waste management, facilities maintenance, or other support services to IDF bases, military training facilities, detention centres, or security installations has been identified 1.

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

No verified role by Asda as a prime contractor or licensed manufacturer of weapons, munitions, or strategic platforms supplied to Israeli forces has been identified 1.

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

On 30 October 2024, the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) issued a formal legal notice to Asda, along with seven other UK supermarkets, threatening legal action for selling illegal settlement goods 7.

The ICJP legal notice cited potential individual director liability under Section 52 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 and Sections 328 and 329 of the Proceeds of Crimes Act 2002 7.

No corporate press statement, policy change, or settlement produce delisting announcement from Asda in response to the ICJP notice has been identified 8.

A follow-up ICJP notice to Sainsbury’s in June 2025 references the October 2024 notices to Asda and other retailers, implying no satisfactory resolution was achieved 8.

UK export licensing data shows 345 total licences to Israel as of July 2025, with approximately 30 suspended in September 2024 1.

No Asda-specific export licences were identified in public records 1.

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

Multiple NGO investigations confirm Asda stocks produce from Israeli settlements through supplier Mehadrin, which operates farms in the Jordan Valley and Arava including settlement areas 956.

The UN OHCHR database (A/HRC/60/19, September 2025) lists 158 business enterprises involved in settlement activity 10.

Asda does not appear in the UN OHCHR settlement database 10.

The UN Special Rapporteur report “From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide” (A/HRC/59/23) identifies 48 corporations with financial ties to Israel’s militarism 11.

Based on available summaries and the Law4Palestine database, no direct evidence was found that Asda is specifically named in the report’s company listings 12.

Asda has been targeted by BDS movement activists for selling settlement produce 13.

Campaign documentation shows activism at Asda stores in Manchester, Belfast, and Strabane 13.

Co-op is the only UK supermarket to have committed not to stock Israeli goods 13.

Asda’s Transparency and Supply Chain Monitoring Policy explicitly lists “Occupied Palestinian Territories” as a prohibited sourcing region alongside Xinjiang, Russian Federation, Occupied Ukraine, and Myanmar 4.

Mehadrin dates from settlement areas continue to appear in Asda stores, indicating a gap between policy and enforcement 4.

Mehadrin is listed in the Who Profits database as operating in Israeli settlements 514.

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Footnotes

  1. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/export-control-licensing-management-information-for-israel/israel-export-control-licensing-data-31-july-2025 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

  2. https://team8.vc/about ↩

  3. https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2019/02/25/walmart-acquires-israeli-natural-language-processing-startup-aspectiva ↩

  4. https://asdagroceries.scene7.com/is/content/asdagroceries/Asda.com/Transparency%20and%20Supply%20Chain%20Monitoring%20Policy.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  5. https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/4108 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  6. https://corporateoccupation.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/2020/04/apartheid-in-the-fields-EBOOK.pdf ↩ ↩2

  7. https://www.icjpalestine.com/2024/10/30/8-national-supermarkets-threatened-with-legal-action-for-selling-illegal-goods-from-israeli-settlements ↩ ↩2

  8. https://www.icjpalestine.com/2025/06/13/icjp-issues-legal-notice-to-sainsburys-and-notifies-northern-ireland-executive-over-stocking-of-illegal-israeli-settlement-products ↩ ↩2

  9. https://www.whoprofits.org/writable/uploads/old/uploads/2018/06/old/made_in_israel_web_final.pdf ↩

  10. https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/thematic-reports/ahrc6019-database-all-business-enterprises-involved-activities-detailed ↩ ↩2

  11. https://www.un.org/unispal/document/a-hrc-59-23-from-economy-of-occupation-to-economy-of-genocide-report-special-rapporteur-francesca-albanese-palestine-2025 ↩

  12. https://law4palestine.org/summary-of-the-un-special-rapporteurs-report-on-corporate-complicity-in-the-economy-of-occupation-and-genocide-including-a-list-of-referenced-companies ↩

  13. https://palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/supermarkets ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  14. https://www.somo.nl/un-expands-list-of-companies-operating-in-illegal-israeli-settlements ↩