founded israel 1993 headquarters israel number of locations 10 2009 area served israel products fried chicken parent kfc website www.kfc.com kfc israel hebrew was the israeli franchise of kfc which opened its first branch in israel in 1993 . contents 1 history 2 kashrut 3 west bank franchises 4 see also 5 references history edit on 13 october 1993 kfc announced their intention of opening their first location in israel . their first location would open two weeks later in rishon lezion . 1 kfc in israel was originally franchised by clal trading limited who also held the pizza hut israel franchise . 2 in 2002 dor energy purchased the rights to the kfc israel franchises and elected to close 4 of the chains 6 locations 3 however they began expanding again and by 2009 they had 10 locations . 4 by 2013 all locations had closed . 5 kashrut edit in 2009 kfc israel received permission after two years of requesting to replace their milk based coating with a soy based coating . 4 by making this substitution kfc was able to make their locations in israel kosher . two out of the eight locations at the time were transitioned into kosher locations ; however the soy coating was utilized at all locations . 6 kfc israel stated that the new coating tasted identical to the old one . 7 west bank franchises edit many fast food chains in the west bank such as mcdonald s have trouble getting franchises without going through the israeli franchisee . kfc however did not feel this was needed and allowed the first palestinian owned location to open in ramallah in 2012 . 8 as of 2016 kfc has locations in four cities in the palestinian authority controlled area hebron 9 bethlehem 10 jenin 11 and three separate outlets in ramallah the ersal branch bacri plaza mall branch and masyoun branch . 12 13 in 2013 the new york times reported that kfc was being smuggled into gaza through tunnels . 14 15 16 see also edit food portal companies portal israel portal culture of israel israeli cuisine economy of israel list of restaurants in israel references edit kfc to openi n israel retrieved 29 august 2014 clal firm sells rights in pizza hut kfc retrieved 29 august 2014 israel kfc fails to realise potential operations close retrieved 29 august 2014 a b the world yearns for kentucky fried chicken retrieved 29 august 2014 store locator retrieved 29 august 2014 kfc israel going kosher retrieved 29 august 2014 retrieved 29 august 2014 american fried chicken comes to the palestinian territories retrieved 29 august 2014 kfc hebron . www.facebook.com . retrieved 2016 04 12 . kfc bethlehem west bank fast food restaurant facebook . www.facebook.com . retrieved 2016 04 12 . kfc jenin . www.facebook.com . retrieved 2016 04 12 . ramallah kfc palestine . kfc.ps . retrieved 2016 04 12 . kfc . www.facebook.com . retrieved 2016 04 12 . akram fares 2013 05 15 . tunneling kfc to gazans craving the world outside . the new york times . issn 0362 4331 . retrieved 2016 04 12 . american fried chicken comes to the palestinian territories . la times blogs world now . 2012 02 04 . retrieved 2016 04 12 . smuggled chicken tunnels into gaza . the times of israel . retrieved 2016 04 12 . v t e kfc people colonel sanders founder pete harman david c. novak roger eaton company advertising history notable locations harland sanders caf and museum kfc yum center kfc eleven products and recipes original recipe popcorn chicken double down regional operations japan china south africa israel related articles kentucky fried cruelty peta satirical browser games big bash league bbl kfc twenty20 big bash h. salt esquire zantigo category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kfc israel & oldid 726312421 categories restaurant chains in israelkfchidden categories articles containing hebrew language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 june 2016 at 11 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view