[Peace-discuss] CCR: Petition to Stop Delivery of Caterpillar Bulldozers to Israel

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
>
> --- 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.*
>
>     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>.
>
>     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>.
>
>     Sincerely,
>
>     Annette Dickerson
>     Director of Education and Outreach
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