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.
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