Stand with us online and at the Motorola Shareholder Meeting

Photo shows one of Motorola's high-tech surveillance systems on Palestinian Land being confiscated by an illegal Israeli settlement

Wether you'll be standing with us outside of the Rosemont Theater protesting at the Motorola shareholder meeting, at a solidarity demonstration in your local area or just going about your daily routine on Monday, May 4th, stand with us online by sending emails to Motorola CEO, Greg Brown and VP for Investor Relations, Dean Lindroth.

Use the template below to let these masters of Moto know how you feel about their choice to profit from abuses of Palestinian human rights and violations of international law. Personalize the email, if you like, fill in your information and click "send my message."

Now, that Motorola is denying that their decision to sell Motorola Israel, Ltd's bomb fuze division had anything to do with our campaign, is the time to redouble our efforts and send Motorola's officers a powerful message about their corporate responsibility to uphold international law and human rights.

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May 22, 2013

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Dear,

It has been brought to my attention that Motorola Inc., and your fully owned subsidiary Motorola Israel provides and produces products and services which are used to sustain Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territories. I urge Motorola, Incorporated and its wholly-owned subsidiary Motorola Israel, Limited to discontinue providing products and services which have been used to further Israel’s illegal military occupation and apartheid practices in East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. This includes a request for your subsidiary, MIRS, to stop providing services that normalize the system of “Jewish only” settlements on land that, under international law, belongs to Palestinians. I appreciate that Motorola Israel Ltd’s recent sale of the Government Electronics Department (GED) shows the Motorola family is distancing itself from some of the most objectionable products that are knowingly used in violations of international law and human rights conventions. However, I am concerned that the GED sale does not substantially absolve Motorola of its responsibility for abuses, including those that took place during the recent “Operation Cast Lead,” committed against Palestinian civilians. Prior to Motorola Israel’s sale of the GED, shrapnel bearing Motorola serial numbers was found by Human Rights Watch researchers amongst the rubble at the site of a destroyed Gaza police station that was hit by a bomb dropped by an Israeli UAV. This is troubling because under international law, municipal police officers are civilians under the laws of war. The US Campaign and our allies have already alerted you to a similar situation, when a Mark 84 bomb – the same kind that used fuzes produced by the GED, was dropped on a civilian shelter in Qana, Lebanon. I am deeply troubled by this pattern of Motorola fuzes being used to bomb civilians. I am even more troubled that the purchaser of the GED is Aeronautics Defense Systems (ADS), which produces the very type of drones that dropped the bomb on the police station in Gaza. I am further troubled that Motorola Israel has ongoing collaboration with ADS, via the “Stronghold Surveillance System” and microprocessors for ADS UAV GPS systems used by the Israeli military. I am also deeply troubled by Motorola’s contracts to provide communications, and surveillance equipment to the Israeli government and settlement groups involved in abuses of Palestinian human rights and violations of international law. Specifically, I would like Motorola to end its sale to Israel of the following products: • The “Mountain Rose” or Vered Harim communications system – this enables the kind of coordination necessary to perform military incursions like “Operation Cast Lead” • The “Wide Area Surveillance System” and the “Stronghold Surveillance System” – protects illegal Israeli buildings on Palestinian property, including the apartheid wall and Jewish-only settlements • Microprocessors for UAV GPS components – these can be used for either surveillance and movement-control purposes or aerial weapons delivery against Palestinian civilians I sincerely hope that you will take expedient action to end Motorola’s support for documented human rights abuses and violations of international law. Until that time, I will not purchase another Motorola product and will do my best to encourage my friends, mobile phone retailers and service providers to distance themselves from your products and services. Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter and I look forward to your reply.
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