The Zionist Companies

Yedioth Ahronoth's former headquarters in the Tel Aviv colony Founded in 1939, it remains one of the most prominent newspapers in Israel. It was the first evening paper in Mandatory Palestine and was similarly designed as the London Evening Standard.

Established in 1934 in Ramat Gan colony, it became the leading manufacturer of and sweets in Palestine.

Founded in Jerusalem in 1927, it became one of the largest commercial bakeries in the region.

Established by Baron Edmond de Rothschild in 1924 to manage and expand Jewish agricultural colonies.

Founded in 1926 as a cooperative to market dairy and agricultural products from kibbutzim and moshavim. Tnuva was created as a result, but at first, it only delivered regular milk for drinking. It expanded to cover other dairy products in the 1930s. Tnuva is the largest food manufacturer in Israel; its sales account for 70% of the country's dairy market as well as sales of meat, eggs, and packaged food. In 2014, the company was sold nd controlled by a Chinese state company, B

Established in 1934 to invest in land and housing developments.

Founded in 1935, it was one of the few major private banks established during the Mandate period.

Established in 1921 by the WZO and the Histadrut to provide financial services to workers and labor-related enterprises.

Founded in 1902 by the World Zionist Organization (WZO), it served as the primary financial engine for Jewish settlement and later became Israel's first national bank. Now, it is called Bank Leumi.

Founded in 1934, it served as the region's first airline before the establishment of El Al.

Established in 1921 by the Histadrut (Jewish labor federation), it became the largest construction firm in Mandate Palestine, building roads, bridges, and airfields.

Founded in 1930, this company obtained a concession to extract minerals from the Dead Sea, eventually becoming the Dead Sea Works.

It was established in 1923 near Haifa, and was a vital local source of cement for major British and Jewish construction projects.

Hanotea (Planter) was a citrus planting company based in Netanya and established in 1929 by established Jewish settlers in Palestine. In an arrangement with the Reich Economics Ministry, the blocked German bank accounts of prospective immigrants would be unblocked and funds from them used by Hanotea to buy agricultural German goods; these goods, along with the immigrants, would then go to Palestine, and the immigrants would be granted a house or citrus plantation by the comp

It was founded in 1923 and was initially called the Jaffa Electric Company. Later, it was expanded to provide electricity to most of Mandatory Palestine. Today, it is called "Israel" Electric Corporation.

PLDC is a land-purchasing company of the world zionist organization. It was established in 1908 by Arthur Ruppin, a German Zionist Jew, as part of the World Zionist Organization. The Palestine Land Development Company (PLDC) used Jewish National Fund and private monies to purchase and populate tracts of land with Jewish immigrants. It acquired extensive holdings in northern Palestine (Galilee), particularly in the 1920s and 1930s.The PLDC was a program of the practicalist mov

The Haavara Agreement (“Transfer Agreement”) was concluded on 25 August 1933 between Nazi Germany and Zionist organizations, following negotiations involving the Zionist Federation of Germany and the Anglo-Palestine Bank with Nazi economic authorities. The agreement enabled the migration of approximately 60,000 German Jews to British Mandatory Palestine between 1933 and 1939. Under the agreement, Jewish emigrants transferred part of their assets by purchasing German-manufactu