Inbrief

Charges that bulldozers sold by Caterpillar aided killing and torture in the Palestinian territories have been dismissed by a US court, which ruled that a judgment would interfere with US foreign policy. The lawsuit was brought by relatives of 16 Palestinians and one American killed or injured by Israeli demolition of homes. They had alleged that by selling the US government the bulldozers, which were then passed to Israel and used to demolish Palestinian homes, Caterpillar was responsible for the deaths and injuries (EP7, issue 11, p2).