Media Advisory:
For Release: Sunday,
April 30, 2017
Press Conference: Boeing Stock Holders to Vote Again
on Israeli Munition Sales
Monday, May 1, 2017
8:15 a.m.
Field Museum, South Steps
For more information:
Newland Smith, 847-530-3818, Sarah Simmons 773-573-9100
Members
of the Anti-War Committee (AWC) will again submit to Boeing stock holders their
resolution calling for transparency and accountability in their sales to
Israel.
Last
year, 5% of Boeing stock holders voted for the resolution. This 5% threshold
earned the makers of the motion the right to have it submitted again at this
year’s meeting.
According to the AWC, most people have
no idea that Boeing is a major weapons contractor.
Boeing manufactures most of the
components of bombs and missiles in a recent $2 billion sale of arms to Israel,
including the guidance systems that turn regular bombs into “smart bombs.” A report by Amnesty
International – UK showed that the
bombings which caused the most casualties in Gaza in the 2014 Israeli assault
came from Boeing’s
laser guided, one ton bombs, the MK-84/GBU-31. Israel is purchasing 10,000 of
these smart bomb kits.
Text
of resolution and Board of Directors response: tinyurl.com/n4ka5an
