4. It’s about the transformation of the Holy Land, where ancient ways of life are still preserved…
5. … .into an endless sea of settlements, shopping centers and industrial zones for the use of one ethnic group alone.
6. This conflict is about driving Palestinians out of the Holy Land or confining them in ghettos, and about a people’s right to resist.
7. This is a takeover of land and water by one ethnic group at the expense of all others. This is a takeover of land and water by one group at the expense of all others.
8. 2000 Camp David After Completion of the Wall 1967 1947 UN Partition It’s about the willful destruction of Palestine and the dispossession of her people
18. Growth in West Bank settler population * * Settlers in West Bank including East Jerusalem, which is also occupied land. 450,000 ________________________________________________________ 500,000 2007*
26. A 2005 Israeli study proved government support for outposts.
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30. In 2005, there were 12,800 new illegal settlers in the West Bank. In 2006, the Settler Population in the West Bank grew by more than 15,000 --- at a rate 3 times that of the population inside Israel.
32. There are 2.4 million Palestinians living In the West Bank. There are 462,000 settlers living among them. That means one fifth of the West Bank’s population is now Jewish. About one fifth of the population of Israel is Palestinian (1.2 million out of 6 million). Two peoples are interspersed throughout the area, with - Different rights, - Different restrictions on movement - Different water allocation.
42. Checkpoints are barriers manned by soldiers/border police, used to control pedestrian/vehicular access. Most checkpoints are between Palestinian towns and villages . More than 500 checkpoints separate Palestinian villages from each other. Most are inside the West Bank.
58. These companies either: 1. have a presence on occupied land, 2. support the occupation infrastructure (wall, settlements, checkpoints) or 3. provide the Israeli military with weapons or equipment used against Palestinians in the occupied territories. Let’s look at these one at a time.
59. ALLIANT TECH SYSTEMS (NYSE:ATK) Supplies the Israeli Occupation Forces with: Rubber-coated steel bullets, Fuses for cluster bombs, Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems.
63. BOEING (NYSE:BA) Major supplier to Israeli Occupation Forces of the F-15 Eagle F-15 software AH-64 Apache attack helicopters Missile systems, and Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM)
64. A US-supplied Boeing Apache helicopter gunship fires at Palestinian houses in the West Bank City of Nablus, April 7, 2002. Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
65. CATERPILLAR (NYSE:CAT) Sells bulldozers and construction equipment to the Israeli military under the Foreign Military Sales Program. These are used to destroy homes and uproot orchards in the occupied territories. Caterpillar is also working with an Israeli company, InRob Tech, to produce robotized demolition machines that can be used to destroy homes in the occupied territories without endangering a driver
75. ITT Industries An Israeli soldier checks his night vision equipment at an Israeli army base in the Jewish settlement of Avnei Hefetz in March, 2002. AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS
78. MAGAL SECURITY SYSTEMS (NASDAQ:MAGS) Provides intrusion detection fencing for the “ separation wall,” which annexes about 15 % of the West Bank to Israel.
101. It also endangers Americans. The entire Arab world knows that the United States is paying for this ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land. This creates enormous hatred toward us. People in other countries know more about the US role in undermining the democratically elected Palestinian government than Americans do. This damages our credibility when we call for democracy in other parts of the world. It erodes respect for our country around the globe!
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105. What Selective Divestment is NOT: It is NOT divestment from Israel. It is NOT divestment from Israeli companies. It is NOT divestment from companies that do business in Israel. What Selective Divestment IS: It IS a decision not to profit from Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian land. It involves divesting ONLY from specific companies that play a documented role in this occupation. It’s a way of stating we will not make money from practices that violate our basic values and beliefs. Every investor has that right.
107. 1. Educate your organization’s members about the occupation. Invite speakers who have been to the occupied territories. If possible, include Jewish speakers who oppose occupation or DVDs by people like Anna Baltzer (www.annainthemiddleeast.com). Provide statements from Jewish people and organizations condemning the occupation. This is critical ! These are available at www.unitedmethodistdivestment.com
108. 2. Learn which companies support the occupation. A good source: www.interfaithpeaceinitiative.com Also check www.unitedmethodistdivestment.com and www.neumc.org/divest . A good Israeli site: http://www.whoprofits.org/
109. 3. Examine your organization’s portfolio to identify the companies supporting occupation that are in its holdings. Organizations may be pension funds, foundations or other entities that invest on behalf of your group.
110. 4. Make a list of specifics including number of shares, purchase price, current value, and profits.
111. 5. Add up these profits to determine how much your organization has earned from the occupation through these investments. Publicize this information within your group.
112. 6. Review your organization’s guidelines on investment. Make a list of any that are relevant…..ie., those that preclude investment in firms that violate human rights, or firms that make weapons or military equipment.
113. 7. Draw up a letter or petition to the investment managers asking for withdrawal of the organization’s funds from companies supporting Israel’s occupation. We prepared a sample letter and asked individual clergy to send letters to the board asking for a change in policy.
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115. 9. Meet with the Foundation or Pension Board to see if they will consider withdrawing these investments. If the answer is no, send a letter to all your members with the meeting results, the list of your investments that profit from the occupation, and a call to action. Publicize your findings through press releases, articles, etc. Introduce resolutions.
116. 10. Publicize whatever you do. Even if it’s just a committee that approves divestment or calls for divestment, get publicity for this.
117. Hajo Meyer, an Auschwitz survivor , has written: “… there's only one way to call Israel to order. That is, by a strict regime of boycott , disinvestment and sanctions from all nations…”
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120. Together we can end Israel’s occupation and bring about a just, lasting peace for all.
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