Boycott Motorola and End Motorola's Support of the Israeli Occupation

When: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Where: Harvard Square T-Mobile, 1438 Massachusetts Ave. near The Body S • Coolidge Corner Verizon Store, 285 Harvard Street
2009 May 2 - 2:00pm
2009 May 2 - 3:00pm

 & Coolidge Corner Verizon Store, 285 Harvard Street

We'll be standing out in front of these stores educating people about Israeli apartheid, and asking consumers who frequent these stores to boycott Motorola products. Our aim is not to block traffic in and out of these stores, but rather to persuade the stores' customers and staff members to participate in our boycott. So please choose the location that is most convenient for you, and come help us encourage Harvard Square, Coolidge Corner, and America to boycott Motorola! And please tell your friends about the call from Palestine to participate in B/D/S work, and bring them along.

See below for information on why Motorola is our target.


Suggested Slogans for Signs, if You Want to Bring Your Own:

MOTOROLA PROFITS FROM ISRAELI APARTHEID

Motorola's Weapons Kill Children in Palestine

Motorola Profits from War Crimes
Choose Peace; Boycott Motorola
Your Cell Phone Kills Palestinian Children

Hang Up on Motorola


 Why Motorola?. 

Communication Devices for Occupation:

Motorola’s $100 million “Mountain Rose” communication system enhances the efficiency of Israeli occupying forces. Patterns of human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian include, but are not limited to, the killing and injuring of civilians, torture, extra-judicial assassinations, deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure, acts of collective punishment and economic warfare.

Surveillance Devices for Israel’s Illegal Wall:

Motorola supplies the “Wide Area Surveillance System” (WAAS) to monitor

and maintain Israel’s illegal wall constructed in violation of the July 2004

International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion. This wall is perhaps the

strongest symbol of Israeli Apartheid, carving the West Bank into Bantustans.

Surveillance Devices for Israel’s Illegal Settlements:

Motorola has made $93 million providing radar detection devices and thermal cameras for 47 illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. Israel’s confiscation of Palestinian land, illegal settlements, illegal wall, and continued occupation would not be possible without Motorola's compliance.

In the past, Motorola has yielded to public pressure and stopped it's cooperation with human rights abusing regimes in South Africa and Burma. Recently, in response to our boycott, Motorola sold its subsidiary Motorola Israel, the company that manufactures bomb fuses that kill Palestinians. We can draw from this legacy to end Motorola’s current support for Israeli apartheid.  Keep up the good work, everyone!

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