SIMILARITIES BETWEEN 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA BDS RESOLUTION AND OTHER RESOLUTIONS The 2019 UC Santa Barbara BDS resolution highlights Israel’s “human rights violations within Israel/Palestine” that have been recognized by the United Nations General Assembly, and others, similar to the BDS resolutions introduced Tufts University (2017) UCSB Resolution Tufts BDS Resolution WHEREAS: The human rights violations WHEREAS Israel has forcibly removed and within Israel/Palestine has been recognized continues to remove Palestinians from their within several supranational bodies including homes and land, continues to build illegal by United Nations General Assembly, the settlements on occupied Palestinian territory, United Nations Security Council, and the and has been condemned by the International United Nations Human Rights Council, Court of Justice, the UN General Assembly, among others, and the UN Security Council The 2019 UC Santa Barbara BDS resolution highlights criticisms that target several companies for violating the “universal right ‘to life, liberty, and security of person”, education, privacy, along with not being “arbitrarily deprived of property,” based on the UN Declaration of Human Rights, similar to BDS resolutions introduced at UC Santa Barbara (2018), Ohio State University (2018), University of Maryland (2017), Northeastern University (2016), Northwestern University (2016), University of Michigan (2016). UC Santa Barbara BDS Resolution UC Santa Barbara (2018) WHEREAS: Boeing, CNH Industrial, WHEREAS: Cemex, CNH Industrial, United Caterpillar, Cemex, General Dynamics, Technologies Corporation, Valero Energy, L- General Electric, L-3 Technologies, Lockheed 3 Technologies, General Dynamics, General Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Electric, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Siemens, United Technologies Corporation, Grumman, have violated the universal right and Valero Energy, have violated the “to life, liberty, and security of person;” “to universal right “to life, liberty, and security of education;” to “privacy, family [and] home;” person;” “to education;” to “privacy, family “to own property, and …[not to] be arbitrarily [and] home;” “to own property, and …[not to] deprived of property” as stated in the UN be arbitrarily deprived of property” as stated Declaration of Human Rights; in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights Ohio State University Whereas G4S, Caterpillar, and HP profit from and enable violations of the universal rights to 21 life, liberty, property, education, privacy and security of person University of Maryland WHEREAS, the Africa Israel Group and its subsidiary Danya Cebus, BAE Systems, Bank Hapoalmin, Bank Leumi, Boeing, Caterpillar, Cellcom Israel, Cement Roadstone Holdings, Cemex, Dexia Israel, Elbit Systems, the First International Bank of Israel, G4S, General Dynamics, General Electric, Heidelberg Cement, Hewlett-Packard,, Lockheed Martin, Magal Security Systems, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Motorola Solutions, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, United Technologies, profit from violating the universal rights “to life, liberty, and security of person;” “to education;” to “privacy, family [and] home;” “to own property, and ...[not to] be arbitrarily deprived of property”, thus violating the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment Northeastern University WHEREAS: Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard, Raytheon and Motorola Solutions have violated the universal right “to life, liberty, and security of person;” “to education;” to “privacy, family [and] home;” “to own property, and ...[not to] be arbitrarily deprived of property” Northwestern University WHEREAS, G4S, the Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO group, have violated the universal right “to life, liberty, and security of person;” “to education;” to “privacy, family [and] home;” “to own property, and ...[not to] be arbitrarily deprived of property”; University of Michigan WHEREAS, Boeing, G4S, Hewlett-Packard, and United Technologies have violated the 92 universal right “to life, liberty, and security of person;” “to education;” to “privacy, family [and] home;” “to own property, and ...[not to] be arbitrarily deprived of property” The 2019 UC Santa Barbara BDS resolution highlights criticism leveled against Israel by the International Court of Justice, similar to BDS resolutions introduced at other campuses, including UC Santa Barbara (2018), University of Maryland (2018), George Washington University (2018), Ohio State University (2018), Tufts University (2017), UC Santa Barbara (2017), University of Chicago (2016), and Indiana-University-Purdue- University of Indianapolis (2016). UC Santa Barbara BDS Resolution UC Santa Barbara (2018) WHEREAS: Caterpillar has provided WHEREAS: Caterpillar has provided engineering tools routinely used in the engineering tools routinely used in the demolition of Palestinian homes, refugee demolition of Palestinian homes, refugee camps, water cisterns, and agricultural fields camps, water cisterns, and agricultural fields in the West Bank and Gaza … and bulldozers in the West Bank and Gaza , , and bulldozers used to expand illegal settlements and to used to expand illegal settlements and to construct the Separation Wall and military construct the Separation Wall and military checkpoints throughout the West Bank, which checkpoints throughout the West Bank, which have been ruled to be in violation of have been ruled to be in violation of international law in the International Court of international law in the International Court of Justice’s 2004 Advisory Opinion Justice’s 2004 Advisory Opinion University of Maryland WHEREAS, Caterpillar has violated these human rights by continually providing engineering tools and bulldozers routinely used in the demolition of Palestinian homes, refugee camps, water cisterns, and agricultural fields in the West Bank and Gaza, and by providing bulldozers used to expand illegal settlements and to construct the Separation Wall and checkpoints throughout the West Bank which have been ruled to be in violation of international law in the International Court of Justice’s 2004 Advisory Opinion George Washington University WHEREAS: Elbit Systems Ltd. Is an international defense and electronics company headquartered in Israel, and is one of the largest weapons supplier and surveillance systems for the Israeli government. Elbit is one of the main suppliers of surveillance technology for the separation wall in the occupied West Bank, a wall which the International Court of Justice has called a violation of human rights Ohio State University Whereas the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has declared the establishment and further expansion of Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, as well as the creation and utilization of the Apartheid Wall which divides Palestinian land, illegal according to international law Tufts University WHEREAS Israel has forcibly removed and continues to remove Palestinians from their homes and land, continues to build illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian territory, and has been condemned by the International Court of Justice, the UN General Assembly, and the UN Security Council UC Santa Barbara (2017) WHEREAS: according to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), “the construction by Israel of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and its associated regime are contrary to international law University of Chicago WHEREAS, according to “Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” a 2004 declaration by the International Court of Justice regarding the Israeli Apartheid Wall, “The construction of the wall being built by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, and its associated regime, are contrary to international law” Indiana-University-Purdue-University of Indianapolis (IUPUI) WHEREAS, Israeli government violations of human rights and international law have been recognized and condemned by the international community including by the UN General Assembly in dozens of resolutions (i.e.,259, 316, 446, 452, 465, 468-469, 471, 476, 592, 605, 607, 608, 636, 641, 672, 673, 681, 694, 726, 799, etc.); by the UN Security Council; by the International Court of Justice’s 2004 Advisory Opinion on the Route of the Separation Barrier in the West Bank; and by the Human Rights Council Fact- Finding Mission to Gaza, among others The 2019 UC Santa Barbara BDS resolution makes accusations against Caterpillar for providing “tools routinely used in the demolition of Palestinian homes,” similar to accusations found in BDS resolutions introduced at UC Santa Barbara (2018), City University of New York (2018), New York University (2018), University of Maryland (2017), CSU East Bay (2017), George Washington University (2017), Ohio State University (2017), Northeastern University (2017), Indiana-University-Purdue-University of Indianapolis (2016), Ohio State University (2016), University of Indianapolis (2016), and San Jose State University (2016). UC Santa Barbara BDS Resolution UC Santa Barbara (2018) WHEREAS: Caterpillar has provided WHEREAS: Caterpillar has provided engineering tools routinely used in the engineering tools routinely used in the demolition of Palestinian homes, refugee demolition of Palestinian homes, refugee camps, water cisterns, and agricultural fields camps, water cisterns, and agricultural fields in the West Bank and Gaza … and bulldozers in the West Bank and Gaza , , and bulldozers