Two potential targets for divestment, boycott campaigns

For anyone that has ever done construction work, you know very well that you never have everything with you. There's always that missing screw, the bolt that's the wrong size or maybe you just forgot to bring the bit you needed for cement drilling. One might think that there would be problems for construction workers in the Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Where would one go in a settlement to get a drywall screw for any of the 3,500 housing units planned for this year? How about Ace Hardware?



It might not destroy town economies like Walmart but that shouldn't stop of from helping to destroy peace in the Middle East!

It goes without saying that the construction work, along with all those trips to Ace Hardware, can be physically draining, especially for the non-union Jahalin Bedouin (the people who lived on the land of Ma'ale Adumim before it was built) workers who do a lot of the construction. You'd definitely need to power-up to get ready for another low-paying ten-hour day. Well, luckily you can hit the GNC (General Nutrition Centers) in Ma'ale Adumim to get a yogurt-flavored Powerbar and maybe a protein shake-mix and some vitamin c to help rebuild that muscle tissue. After all, Ma'ale Adumim is supposed to be 75,000 people within five years, that's a lot of work!



Two unoffensive, unassuming multinationals that are part of the settlement infrastructue in the occupied West Bank. Divest, boycott, yasher koach.

Caterpillar is just the first step (photo shows a Caterpillar destroying one of the houses of the Jahalin bedouin that work in Ma'ale Adumim, taken 24 November, 2004. This was one of six houses destroyed in the Jahalin refugee camp that day, all done with Caterpillar machines).