Tear-Gas Producer Flies Israeli Flag Over Business

29.1.11

1/21/11, Update: Tear gas death triggers mobilization against Israel’s lethal tear gas | Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel: "Combined Systems Inc. of Jamestown, Pennsylvania is the primary provider of tear gas to the Israeli army, and Defense Technology of Casper, Wyoming (owned by BAE Systems in the UK) is a major provider of tear gas to the Israel’s police. After Jawaher’s death Israeli activists quickly held a protest in Tel Aviv, attempting to return spent US tear gas canisters to the US Ambassador at his home. Human rights advocates then held a New York protest at Point Lookout Capital Partners in New York City, a major investor in CSI. Two protests were held at CSI’s headquarters in Jamestown, PA. Additionally, over 1000 letters have been emailed to executives from CSI, Point Lookout Capital Partners and the Carlyle Group, another major investor in CSI, calling on CSI to stop provision of tear gas to Israel. Finally, evidence has been collected showing that Israel has a long history of inflicting death and injury using tear gas as a lethal weapon."