IN 2003, RACHEL CORRIE, 23, a U.S. college senior, was killed by a bulldozer. This was not a freak accident. Corrie was in Gaza with a team of peace activists, nonviolently protecting Palestinian homes from demolition. The bulldozer operator was an Israel Defense Forces soldier. The Cat D9 was made in East Peoria, Illinois. Corrie’s family subsequently sued Caterpillar for war crimes and extra-judicial killing — without success.
This June, the United Nations released an investigation into the corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s ongoing anti-Palestinian project. The report adds 48 international corporations, institutions, and charitable organizations to a list of more than 1,000 corporate entities that, violating international law, profit from Israel’s project to displace, replace, and now eliminate Palestinians.
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