“ The township is home to the Project Administration Institute (PMI),
a Lyondell Chemical Firm Know-how Middle, and Apple Leisure Group,
which also contains AMResorts and Apple Vacations.
Amnesty Worldwide launched a report in Might 2004 on residence demolition in the occupied Palestinian territories that famous the danger of
complicity for Caterpillar in human rights violations. In response, Caterpillar threatened
to replace Caterpillar's complete unionized work drive.
In response, the professional-Israel advocacy group StandWithUs urged its members to
purchase Caterpillar inventory and to jot down letters
of help to the corporate. The professional-Palestinian group Jewish Voice for Peace and 4 Roman Catholic orders
of nuns planned to introduce a resolution at a Caterpillar shareholder meeting subsequent to the human rights studies asking for an investigation into whether or not Israel's use of the company's bulldozer to destroy Palestinian homes conformed with the company's
code of business conduct. The Office of the UN Excessive Commissioner on Human Rights additionally sent a warning
letter to the company the next month about its
gross sales of bulldozers to the Israel Protection Forces and their use to destroy
Palestinian farms. ”