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Overview of the Israeli Economy: Franchises 218KFC and Pizza Hut have restaurants across Israel. In 2010 Pizza Hut was operating arestaurant in the East Jerusalem settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev but this has closed down. 18 PizzaHut and KFC both charge fees to their franchisees, while KFC also charge royalties. 19 TheKFC and Pizza Hut franchises are owned by the Alon Group, which owns Blue Square, aretail chain with outlets on settlements, and Dor Alon, an energy company with a monopolyon the supply of petroleum to the Gaza Strip. 20Where next?The BDS movement has not yet tackled the issue of international franchises operating inIsrael in any serious way, save for the wave of protests against H&M (see above) and anascent campaign against France Telecom (owner of the Orange brand name) and itsfranchise agreement with Partner Communications (see our earlier chapter ontelecommunications). However, it would be wrong to ignore these agreements as they makethe international franchises complicit in the actions of their franchisees.18 http://corporateoccupation.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/businesses-in-the-east-jerusalem-settlementpisgat-zeev/,[accessed 114/6/2011]. A Corporate Watch researcher visited Pisgat Ze'ev in 2011 andconfirmed that the store was no longer there.19 http://www.thefranchisemall.com/franchises/details/11149-0-Pizza_Hut.htm, [accessed 114/6/2011].20 http://www.whoprofits.org/Company%20Info.php?id=452, [accessed 114/6/2011].