International Day of Action Against Caterpillar (3/16 @ 11:30am)- Since 1967, the Israeli army has used CAT equipment to destroy over 12,000 homes in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. Rachel Corrie was run over and murdered by a CAT bulldozer on March 16th 2003.
MARCH 16, 11:30am-1:30pm
10006 Rose Hills Rd
Whittier, CA, 90601
CAT equipment is sold to Israel under the US Foreign Military Sales
Program. It is illegal for US-purchased equipment to be used to
violate human rights, yet CAT continues to sell bulldozers to Israel.
They are used to destroy Palestinian homes, agricultural land, and
aide in the construction of illegal settlements and the erection of an
illegal separation wall on Palestinian land. Since 1967, the Israeli
army has used CAT equipment to destroy over 12,000 homes in the West
Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem.
March 16, 2006 is the three year anniversary of the death of Rachel
Corrie. Rachel was a 23 year-old U.S. peace activist who was killed
by an Israel Defense Forces Caterpillar bulldozer while trying to
prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip.
I-Witness Palestine is a Southern California based group working in
solidarity with the Palestinian people through education, action and
supporting people traveling to Palestine to witness the conflict for
themselves.
Original: Protest Catepillar- Remember Rachel Corrie: 3/16 in Whittier