January/February 2006 Postcard

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DEAR SENATOR:
Caterpillar Inc. continues to flaunt its violations of international law—and even its own standards of corporate responsibility—regarding material support for Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people. I urge you to demonstrate your opposition to Caterpillar’s actions by refusing to accept contributions from its lobbying arm, the Caterpillar Employees Political Action Committee, as well as individual contributions from its CEO, James Owens, and its subsidiaries, Caterpillar Logistics Services and Solar Turbines Inc. Please take this small but principled step to support justice and a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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An Israeli policeman stands guard as a Caterpillar bulldozer demolishes a Palestinian home in East Jerusalem. (AFP Photo/Awad Awad-Str).

“Caterpillar betrays its stated values when it sells bulldozers to Israel knowing that they are being used to illegally destroy Palestinian homes. Until Israel stops these practices, Caterpillar’s continued sales will make the company complicit in human rights abuses.”
—Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director, Human Rights Watch

“All States are under an obligation not to recognize the illegal situation resulting from the construction of the wall and not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by such construction.”
—International Court of Justice’s 2004 Ruling on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Decision