Caterpillar has stopped delivering bulldozers to Israel... for now

Submitted by Sydney Levy on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 12:53pm

The Israeli press is reporting that Caterpillar is withholding the delivery of tens of D9 bulldozers—valued at $50 million—to the Israeli military. A suspension of the sale of bulldozers is what we have been asking Caterpillar for over seven years now. This is a great win, but this is no time to let off the pressure. Click here to read more and take action.

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