As Israel slaughters and ethnically cleanses tens of thousands of Palestinians, Alameda County continues to invest tens of millions of our tax dollars in companies that enable Israel's genocide and its decades-long occupation of Palestine. One such company is Caterpillar (CAT), which provides Israel with armored bulldozers equipped with weapons. They are essentially tanks. These D9 bulldozers are used to murder and assault Palestinians and to also destroy Palestinian homes and infrastructure. Recently, an Israeli soldier admitted that the bulldozers had been used to run over hundreds of Palestinians "dead and alive" in Gaza. Our tax dollars enable these heinous acts.

If you live in Alameda County District 5 (Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, Piedmont, and Oakland west of Lake Merrit), please join us in demanding that Supervisor Keith Carson lead the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in divesting our public funds from Israel's crimes against humanity before he leaves office at the end of the year. Free Palestine.