[Peace-discuss] CCR: Petition to Stop Delivery of Caterpillar Bulldozers to Israel
C. G. Estabrook
galliher at illinois.edu
Fri Oct 29 15:41:14 CDT 2010
This one I agree with you about. --CGE
On 10/29/10 12:47 PM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> Pls join me in signing this (unless you believe bulldozers don't build
> settlements, people do).
> --Jenifer
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> --- On *Fri, 10/29/10, Annette Dickerson, Center for Constitutional Rights
> /<alerts at ccrjustice.org>/* wrote:
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> Dear CCR Supporter,
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> Earlier this week, Israeli media reported
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bmHcFlKzZzawFpXt5P1an51TpGJN6o4p>
> that Caterpillar is suspending the delivery of tens of D9
> bulldozers—valued at $50 million—to the Israeli military. *This represents
> a significant step towards holding Israel accountable for its use of
> Caterpillar bulldozers, which are provided at U.S. taxpayer expense as
> military aid, to commit human rights violations.*
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> This news comes in the midst of a civil trial in Israel brought by the
> family of Rachel Corrie, an American student activist, who was crushed to
> death in 2003 by a Caterpillar D9R bulldozer while nonviolently protecting
> a Palestinian home from demolition by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in
> Rafah, Gaza. To read CCR staff attorney Katherine Gallagher’s blogs from
> the trial last week, please click here
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=h2KqPS531UXr9nmpnqEhCp1TpGJN6o4p>
> and here
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kOt9f1LU%2FnTSNKEHeaMXXp1TpGJN6o4p>.
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> In 2005, CCR sued Caterpillar on behalf of the Corries and four
> Palestinian families whose family members were killed or injured when
> bulldozers demolished their homes on top of them
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NyzeHOQEWU297QTYTqBR6Z1TpGJN6o4p>.
> The suit, which was ultimately dismissed, charged Caterpillar with aiding
> and abetting war crimes and other serious human rights violations on the
> grounds that the company provided bulldozers to the IDF knowing they would
> be used unlawfully to demolish homes and endanger civilians. Learn more
> about the use of Caterpillar bulldozers by Israel to commit human rights
> abuses against Palestinians by clicking here
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CxepyPtGtaMxNW4z%2F083uZ1TpGJN6o4p>.
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> Sign petition to stop delivery of bulldozers to Israel
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aozEepfWBxdoiT7Gh%2B%2Bd7Z1TpGJN6o4p>*Please
> act to halt all future deliveries of Caterpillar bulldozers to Israel.*
> Sign a petition to the Obama Administration asking it to stop the delivery
> of Caterpillar D9 bulldozers to the Israeli military, and to investigate
> Israel’s violations of U.S. laws committed with Caterpillar equipment
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4rwvAv1QvcYmm%2FieHS0pm51TpGJN6o4p>.
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> On a related note, the Rachel Corrie Foundation has submitted a paper
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5CzAAEGROgi8vFIHtzuAGp1TpGJN6o4p>
> as part of the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States,
> which will take place next week, documenting how the United States has
> failed to uphold its human rights obligations in Rachel’s case. CCR also
> submitted a report
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=m1fisFVldrJtCfaiDrBpzp1TpGJN6o4p>
> highlighting serious shortcomings in the U.S. response to corporate human
> rights violations, including in the case of Caterpillar. CCR will be
> co-hosting a panel discussion at the UPR on corporate accountability that
> will feature Sangina Patnaik, Rachel Corrie’s cousin. More information
> about this event can be found at CCR's events page
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aQXvlGgn2kNW47pwwU0HUdsZvRBzPLC1>.
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> Thank you for signing the petition
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=g6RD1Sj5DbYf3UuqNW0keqZ00PrCwNxm>.
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> Sincerely,
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> Annette Dickerson
> Director of Education and Outreach
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