U.S. activists protested the sale of American-made bulldozers to Israel. Sixty members of Jewish Voice for Peace gathered at a San Francisco-area Caterpillar dealership Tuesday to protest the company’s sale of bulldozers to the Israeli army. The group chose Tuesday to demonstrate because it was the first anniversary of the death of American activist Rachel Corrie in the Gaza Strip.
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