In 2006, United Church Funds helped to create the Ecumenical Action Group for a Just Peace in Israel-Palestine — a task force comprising over 20 denominational executives and lay leaders who collaborate in engaging US and multi-national corporations, seeking to end profi t-making from the Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian Territories. Over the last several years, the group has met with Caterpillar, Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, United Technologies and related corporations, encouraging positive change in their business practices in Israel and Palestine and sponsoring shareholder resolutions when discussions bear little fruit.

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