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WHY INTEL SHOULD SIGN
HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES
HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES:
A corporate code of conduct
for American companies
doing business in the Holy Land
OCTOBER 2014
Holy Land Principles, Inc.
PO BOX 15128 • Capitol Hill • Washington, DC 20003-0849
Tel.: 202-488-0107 • Fax: 202-488-7537
www.HolyLandPrinciples.org • support@HolyLandPrinciples.org
INTRODUCTION
This pamphlet is a moral appeal to all Intel Corporation [Intel] investors, shareholders and stake-
holders.
Please use your influence—your conscience and your American sense of fair play—to get Intel
to sign the Holy Land Principles: Amended 2014, so that American principles follow American
investment. See page 4.
This pamphlet is being sent to all 546 American companies doing business in The Holy Land – to
both the CEOs and the IRCs (Investor Relations Contacts). All these companies, and not just
Intel Corporation, are urged to sign the Holy Land Principles. Every Member of Congress,
House and Senate, and all key media, will also receive this pamphlet.
The second part of this pamphlet consists of a Special Report that Holy Land Principles, Inc.
commissioned “Intel and Human Rights, Focus on Israel-Palestine” by Sustainable Investments
Institute.
The Holy Land Principles do not call for quotas, reverse discrimination, disinvestment, divest-
ment or boycott — only American fairness. The Principles are modeled on the Mac Bride Prin-
ciples, universally regarded as the most effective campaign ever against anti-Catholic discrimina-
tion in Northern Ireland. The Principles are pro-Jewish, pro-Palestinian and pro-company.
Harrington Investments, Inc. of California—a leader in Socially Responsible Investing and
Shareholder Advocacy—has filed a resolution at Intel on the Holy Land Principles (see page 11)
which the Holy Land Principles organization will present at the 2015 annual meeting of share-
holders. We respectfully urge all Shareholders to vote for this Resolution.
This Resolution should be totally acceptable to Intel, granting its declared policy on Human
Rights and Value-Based Ethics:
HUMAN RIGHTS
Intel states that its approach to human rights is informed by the “UN Global Compact, the UN
Declaration of Human Rights, the Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights, core in-
ternational Labor Organization Conventions, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and the laws of the countries in which
we operate.”
Intel’s Value-Based Ethics:
“We are committed to ethical and legal business, environmental, human rights, and labor prac-
tices on a worldwide basis.”
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HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES
The Holy Land Principles came into being when Americans of conscience and fair play had stud-
ied and analyzed the effectiveness of the Mac Bride Principles for Northern Ireland.
They approached Fr. Sean Mc Manus, President of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus,
which initiated and launched the Mac Bride Principles on November 5, 1984. They sought his
advice on the feasibility of a similar campaign regarding American companies doing business in
the Holy Land.
Fr. Mc Manus not only thought it was feasible, but he also agreed to lead the Holy Land Princi-
ples campaign, saying: “If Catholics in Northern Ireland deserve these Principles, who can claim
that Palestinian Christians and Palestinian Muslims do not.”
Fr. Mc Manus visited the Holy Land in October 2012, as part of a delegation sponsored by the
Washington-based INTERFAITH PEACE–BUILDERS. And on International Human Rights
Day, December 10, 2012, he launched the Holy Land Principles, along with an updated edition
of his widely praised Memoirs: My American Struggle For Justice in Northern Ireland … And
The Holy Land.
MAC BRIDE PRINCIPLES ELUCIDATES HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES
The secret of the Mac Bride Principles is their moderation and reasonableness. For example, the
Principles did not try to contend with England’s partition of Ireland or the denial of Ireland’s right
to national sovereignty and self-determination. Nor did the Principles attempt to address the torture
of political prisoners and the wholesale violations of human rights in the undemocratically and
artificially created State of Northern Ireland. Although acutely conscious that Northern Ireland
was set up to be a sectarian and anti-Catholic State, the Principles did not attempt to resolve such
institutionalized injustice. None of this is the proper business of American companies—or so com-
panies might try to conveniently argue— but fair employment most assuredly is their business.
In the same way, the Holy Land Principles do not try to address the political problems in Israel–
Palestine. They take no position on a One-State, Two-State solution, or any solution.
Supporters of the Holy Land Principles, naturally, support nonviolence, security for Israel, and
full human and political rights for Palestinians. However, the Principles do not attempt to ad-
dress the fundamental, just demands of the Palestinians: Ending the post–1976 Occupation; full
equality for all Arab citizens of Israel; and the Right to Return of all refugees, as mandated by
UN Resolution 194.
We also recognize that all American companies must be aware that Settlements are a violation of
International law, and that, therefore, Settlement goods are tainted. Not only that, but all Ameri-
can Administrations have opposed Settlements. Therefore, many Americans feel it is legally and
morally wrong to deal with Settlement goods.
But the Holy Land Principles cannot incorporate any of these elements. Not because they are not
important—they supremely are—but because they are not the function of Principles. Just as the
freedom and re-unification of Ireland is the supreme objective of the Irish National Caucus,
nonetheless, the Mac Bride Principles campaign was not about that … Other campaigns of
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ours surely were, but not the Mac Bride Principles campaign. Yet no Irish-American campaign
ever was more effective in exposing injustice in Northern Ireland and raising the Irish issue to
the highest level.
The basic strategy of the Holy Land Principles campaign is to persuade all the 546 U.S. compa-
nies in the Holy Land to sign the Principles. They sign by agreeing in writing ‘to make all law-
ful efforts to implement the Fair Employment Practices embodied in the Holy Land Principles
in their operations in The Holy Land’—the very same language used by companies signing the
Mac Bride Principles.
1. T he campaign is being conducted through Shareholders’ Resolutions and through public
education.
2. This book with a personalized letter has been sent to the CEOs of all 546 companies, plus
their Investor Relations Contact.
3. This book with a personalized letter has been sent to all Members of Congress, House and
Senate, and all key media personnel.
4. An extensive Direct Mail campaign is being conducted to prospective supporters—Irish-
Americans, Arab-Americans and the faith and social-justice communities.
To date 111 companies have responded.
Significantly, whereas it took five years for the first company to sign the Mac Bride Principles,
one company—Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc.—signed the Holy Land Principles almost imme-
diately.
As anticipated, the others—just as with the Mac Bride Principles—mostly said there was no need
to sign up as they were already following codes of conduct.
Fr. Mc Manus has replied to these companies, stating: “We did, of course, already know that your
Company would have certain fair employment principles in place—just as we knew before we
launched the Mac Bride Principles on November 5, 1984, that those Companies doing business
in Northern Ireland would have fair employment principles in place.
However—as the historical record has abundantly established—it was not until those Compa-
nies signed the Mac Bride Principles that real progress was made in combatting anti-Catholic
discrimination.
Similarly, until your Company signs the Holy Land Principles, it will not be clear that it is doing
enough to combat discrimination the Holy Land (Palestine–Israel).
Companies cannot pretend that Northern Ireland and The Holy Land are not unusual, or that they
do not require special attention. History adequately proves otherwise.
Therefore, we have no option but to persist in our campaign to get your Company and all Ameri-
can Companies doing business in Palestine-Israel to sign the Holy Land Principles. We know
from our experience with the Mac Bride Principles that Companies tend to resist signing, but we
also know that sooner or later—as the moral pressure mounts and as Americans of conscience
speak out—that Companies will sign … We urge your Company to sign sooner rather than later.
It’s the right thing to do. Refusing to sign sends out the wrong signal, which is neither good for
fair employment nor business.”
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HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES
American principles following American investment
A Corporate Code of Conduct for U.S. Companies in The Holy Land
American companies have a responsibility to maximize the profits of their shareholders. And
shareholders have the right and responsibility to insist that their profits are earned through ethical
corporate practices—that they avoid discrimination based on racial, national, ethnic or religious
identity.
Moreover, ethical investment not only benefits society but also creates stronger and more sustain-
able profits for their shareholders.
By implementing the Holy Land Principles, corporations will enhance America’s security as
people in the Middle East see that American companies support equality and fairness for all.
HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES
Amended 2014
1) Adhere to equal and fair employment practices in hiring, compensation, training,
professional education, advancement and governance without discrimination
based on national, racial, ethnic or religious identity.
2) Identify underrepresented employee groups and initiate active recruitment ef-
forts to increase the number of underrepresented employees.
3) Develop training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of current
minority employees for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs
and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade, and improve the skills of
minority employees.
4) Maintain a work environment that is respectful of all national, racial, ethnic and
religious groups.
5) Ensure that layoff, recall and termination procedures do not favor a particular
national, racial, ethnic or religious group.
6) Not make military service a precondition or qualification for employment for any
position, other than those positions that specifically require such experience, for
the fulfillment of an employee’s particular responsibilities.
7) Not accept subsidies, tax incentives or other benefits that lead to the direct
advantage of one national, racial, ethnic or religious group over another.
8) Appoint staff to monitor, oversee, set timetables, and publicly report on their
progress in implementing the Holy Land Principles.
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TWO LANDS DIVIDED BY ENGLAND
– UNITED BY AMERICAN PRINCIPLES –
“But nowhere in its [British] Empire did Albion demonstrate such
perfidious behavior.” – Renowned Jewish historian, Ilan Pappe.
(Albion is, of course, the ancient Roman name for England,
which for centuries has been nicknamed Perfidious Albion.)
The olive tree, a universal symbol of peace, has become another casualty of war.
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LIST OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE RESPONDED TO DATE
3M FXCM P&G
Abbott General Dynamics Perrigo
Advanced Micro Devices General Mills Pfizer
Advanced Photonix General Motors Pitney Bowes
AES Corp Global-Energy PTC
Ambient Goldman Sachs Group Qualcomm
Allergan Henry Schein Raytheon
AMD HP Riverbed
American Airlines IBM Rockwell Automation
AMR Illumina Rockwell Collins
Anacor Pharmaceuticals Ingram Micro Rovi Corp
Applied Materials Intel Corporation Sealed Air
International Paper Sem Tech
Analog Devices
Intersil Sequenom
Arotec
ITT Sigma Aldrich
Arrow
Juniper Networks Skechers
Avon
KCC Solera Holdings
Brooks Automation
Krotos Defense Sotheby
Ca Technologies
Kulicke & Sofia Starwood
Catalyst Global
Lakes Entertainment Steelcase
CBRE
Liberty Media Stryker
Cisco
Lilly TE Conductivity
CitiGroup Mako Surgical Corp Techdata
Coca Cola Manpower Terex
Columbia Sportswear Mattson Technology Texas Instruments
Corning Marriott Thompson Reuters
Deere & Co. Maxim Intergrates Time-Warner
Delatree Merck Tyco International
Dell Microsoft US Air
Dominos MMC Vonage
Dothill Monolithic Power VMware, Inc.
Dupont Morgan Stanley Waters Corp.
Edwards Life Sciences Nike Wave Systems
EMC Corp NY Times Co Wyndham
Entegris Orbitz Yum! Brands
Fed Ex Oclaro, Inc. Z-Trim Holdings
FEI Ormat Tech
FSI Oxygen Biotherapeutics
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Sean Mac Bride with Fr. Sean Mc Manus. 1976.
THE MAC BRIDE PRINCIPLES
Initiated, proposed, and launched by the Irish National Caucus November 5, 1984
(Amplifications issued by Sean Mac Bride in 1986 appear in plain text)
(1) Increasing the representation of individuals, from underrepresented religious groups in
the workforce, including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical
jobs.
A workforce that is severely unbalanced may indicate prima facie that full equality of op-
portunity is not being afforded all segments of the community in Northern Ireland. Each sig-
natory to the MacBride Principles must make every reasonable lawful effort to increase the
representation of underrepresented religious groups at all levels of its operations in Northern
Ireland.
(2 Adequate security for the protection of minority employees at the workplace.
While total security can be guaranteed nowhere today in Northern Ireland, each signatory to
the MacBride Principles must make reasonable good faith efforts to protect workers against
intimidation and physical abuse at the workplace. Signatories must also make reasonable
good faith efforts to ensure that applicants are not deterred from seeking employment be-
cause of fear for their personal safety at the workplace.
(3) Banning provocative sectarian or political emblems from the workplace.
Each signatory to the MacBride Principles must make reasonable good faith efforts to pre-
vent the display of provocative sectarian emblems at their plants in Northern Ireland.
(4) Providing that all job openings be advertised publicly and providing that special recruit-
ment efforts be made to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups.
Signatories to the Mac Bride Principles must exert special efforts to attract employment
applications from the sectarian community that is substantially underrepresented in the
workforce. This should not be construed to imply a diminution of opportunity for other
applicants.
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(5) Providing that layoff, recall and termination procedures do not favor a particular religious
group,
Each signatory to the Mac Bride Principles must make reasonable good faith efforts to ensure
that layoff, recall and termination procedures do not penalize religious groups disproportion-
ately. Layoff and termination practices that involve seniority solely can result in discrimina-
tion against a particular religious group if the bulk of employees with greatest seniority are
disproportionately from another religious group.
(6) Abolishing job reservations, apprenticeships restrictions and differential employment cri-
teria which discriminate on the basis of religion,
Signatories to the MacBride Principles must make reasonable good faith efforts to abolish
all differential employment criteria whose effect is discrimination on the basis of religion.
For example, job reservations and apprenticeship regulations that favor relatives of current of
former employees can, in practice, promote religious discrimination if the company’s work-
force has historically been disproportionately drawn from another religious group.
(7) Providing for the development of training programs that will prepare substantial numbers
of minority employees for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and the
creation of new programs to train, upgrade and improve the skills of minority employees.
This does not imply that such programs should not be open to all members of the workforce
equally.
(8) Establishing procedures to assess, identify and actively recruit minority employees with
the potential for further advancement.
This section does not imply that such procedures should not apply to all employees equally.
(9) Providing for the appointment of a senior management staff member to be responsible for
the employment efforts of the entity and, within a reasonable period of time, the implemen-
tation of the principles described above.
In addition to the above, each signatory to the Mac Bride Principles is required to report an-
nually to an independent monitoring agency on its progress in the implementation of these
Principles.
The Mac Bride Principles have been signed by 116 America companies.
The Mac Bride Principles have been signed into law in 18 States, numerous cities
and towns.
The Mac Bride Principles were passed twice by the Republican Congress and
signed into law by Democratic President Clinton in October 1998. The great Jewish-
American Congressman Ben Gilman (R–NY), Chairman of the House International
Committee took to the floor of the House of Representatives and declared: “I want to
make a special note regarding Fr. Sean Mc Manus. No one has fought harder against
discrimination in Northern Ireland. Fr. Sean singlehandedly brought the Mac Bride
fair employment principles to … enactment.”
8U.S. COMPANIES THAT SIGNED MAC BRIDE PRINCIPLES
NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER’S REPORT 2010
Currently in Northern Ireland (73 firms)
3M Computer Sciences NTL
Abbott Laboratories ConocoPhillips Office Depot
AES Crawford & Co. Open wave Systems
Allen Systems Group Danaher Oxford Industries
Allstate Disney (Walt) PepsiCo
American International Group DuPont (E.I.) Nemours Pfizer
Ametek Emerson Electric Pitney Bowes
Aon Corp. Gap Procter & Gamble
Aramark General Electric Seagate Technology
Anixter International Goodrich Sonoco Products
Art Tecnologies Group Goodyear Tire & Rubber Starbucks Corp.
AVX Hewlett-Packard Tech International
Baker Hughes Honeywell International TeleTech Holdings
Bemis IAC/Interactive Terex
Black Box Corp. Interface TJX
Blackstone Group International Business Machines United Technologies
Blockbuster Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Virgin Media
Borland Software Kraft Foods Inc. Visteon
Caterpillar Lauder (Estee) Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
CBS Lockton Inc. Warner Chilcott
Chesapeake Marsh & McLennan Watson Pharmaceuticals
Chevron McDonalds Xerox
Citigroup Merck Welch Allyn
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Microsoft
Coca-Cola Co. Nacco Industries
SIGNED MAC BRIDE BUT NO LONGER
IN NORTHERN IRELAND
AM International Fort James Shaw Industries
AT&T Fruit of the Loom Solectron
American Home Products GATX Corp. Sun Healtcare
Analog Devices General Motors Teleflex
Avery Dennison Household International TriVirix Intl.
Bell Atlantic KeySpan Toys ‘R’ Us
Bershire Hathaway King Pharmaceuticals Unisys
Cendant Lockheed Martin UPS
Dana Marriott International Viacom
EMC (was Data General) Nynex VF Corp.
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Omnicom Group Warnaco Group
ExxonMobil Oneida Waste Management
Federal Express PetsMart Westinghouse Electric
Ford Motor Sara Lee Wombat Financial Software Inc.
9SEÁN MAC BRIDE
(1904-1988)
The Irish National Caucus named the Mac Bride Principles after the
late Seán Mac Bride.
Seán Mac Bride, by any criterion, was one of Ireland’s most eminent
sons. He certainly was its most revered, internationally respected
‘Elder Statesman.’
He is the only man in history to win the three major Peace Prizes:
the Nobel Peace Prize (1974), the Lenin Peace Prize (1977) and the
American Medal of Justice (1978).
Seán Mac Bride was born in 1904. His parents—Major John Mac
Bride and Maud Gonne—were both illustrious Irish patriots. Maude
Gonne was the inspiration for a number of WB Yeats famous love poems. Major Mac Bride
was executed by the British in 1916. Mac Bride’s imprisonment by the British as a boy of four-
teen, no doubt, explains his life-long commitment to the right of political prisoners. He played
an active and key role in the Irish War of Independence. He was Chief of Staff of the IRA in
1936, and Irish Foreign Minister from 1948-1951.
As Foreign Minister, Mac Bride became one of the primary movers behind the creation of the
European Human Rights Convention. Mac Bride also was instrumental in bringing about the
United Nations’ Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
Perhaps Mac Bride is best known for co-founding Amnesty International in 1961. He also
helped to establish the Organization of African Unity. In 1973, the General Assembly of the
United Nations unanimously elected him to serve as Commissioner for Namibia.
From 1963 to 1971, Mac Bride served as the Secretary General of the International Commis-
sion of Jurists. He also went on to become Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations,
Chairman of the Congress of World Peace Forces, President of the World Federation of the
United Nations Association and President of the International Peace Bureau.
Over and above all this, he pursued a distinguished legal career, making him widely regarded
as one of the great lawyers of the 20th Century.
Seán Mac Bride served as the Irish National Caucus Liaison in Ireland from 1979 until his
death in 1988.
10HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES INTEL RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Intel Corporation has operations in Palestine-Israel;
WHEREAS, achieving a lasting peace in the Holy Land -- with security for Israel and justice for
Palestinians -- encourages us to promote a means for establishing justice and equality;
WHEREAS, fair employment should be the hallmark of any American company at home or
abroad and is a requisite for any just society;
WHEREAS, Holy Land Principles Inc., a non-profit organization, has proposed a set of equal
opportunity employment principles to serve as guidelines for corporations in Palestine-Israel.
These are:
1. Adhere to equal and fair employment practices in hiring, compensation, training, professional
education, advancement and governance without discrimination based on national, racial,
ethnic or religious identity.
2. Identify underrepresented employee groups and initiate active recruitment efforts to increase
the number of underrepresented employees.
3. Develop training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of current minority employees
for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and the creation of new programs
to train, upgrade, and improve the skills of minority employees.
4. Maintain a work environment that is respectful of all national, racial, ethnic and religious
groups.
5. Ensure that layoff, recall and termination procedures do not favor a particular national, racial,
ethnic or religious group.
6. Not make military service a precondition or qualification for employment for any position,
other than those positions that specifically require such experience, for the fulfillment of an
employee’s particular responsibilities.
7. Not accept subsidies, tax incentives or other benefits that lead to the direct advantage of one
national, racial, ethnic or religious group over another.
8. Appoint staff to monitor, oversee, set timetables, and publicly report on their progress in
implementing the Holy Land Principles.
RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board of Directors to:
Make all possible lawful efforts to implement and/or increase activity on each of the eight Holy
Land Principles.
SUPPORTING STATEMENT
The proponent believes that Intel Corporation benefits by hiring from the widest available talent
pool. An employee's ability to do the job should be the primary consideration in hiring and
promotion decisions.
Implementation of the Holy Land Principles—which are both pro-Jewish and pro-Palestinian
—will demonstrate concern for human rights and equality of opportunity in its international
operations.
Please vote your proxy FOR these concerns.
11FR. SEAN MC MANUS
Fr. Sean Mc Manus, founder-president of the Capitol
Hill-based Irish National Caucus—and the Holy
Land Principles, Inc.—was born in 1944 in County
Fermanagh, one of the Six Counties in Northern Ire-
land—in a parish, significantly, divided by the British
imposed Border.
In 1972, Church and State exiled him to the U.S. be-
cause he refused to be silent about injustice in North-
ern Ireland.
In 1974, he founded the Irish National Caucus: “Thus
Mc Manus became Britain’s nemesis in America, the
driving force that would eventually erode Britain’s influence within the U.S. Government.”
(American Policy and Northern Ireland. Professor Joseph E. Thompson).
Fr. Mc Manus has an unequaled and unprecedented record of working on Capitol Hill on the
Irish issue. He has built up huge goodwill for the Irish cause, and is highly respected for the non-
partisan way he has pursued his mission. He has based his mission solidly on the teaching of the
Catholic Church: “Action on behalf of Justice [is] a constitutive dimension of the preaching of
the Gospel.” (Justice in the World. 1972).
In 2011, Fr. Mc Manus was chosen to serve on the World Peace Awarding Council (WPPAC).
The South Korea-based Council consists of twelve international and interfaith members. In 2013
Fr. Mc Manus was selected to be the Chief Judge of WPPAC.
To further promote the Holy Land Principles, Fr. Mc Manus has brought out a new edition of his
Memoirs: My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland … and The Holy Land. In the
book, which now has 424 pages, he draws a close parallel between how the British Government
partitioned both Ireland and Palestine. The prime promoter of the book is Barbara Flaherty, Ex-
ecutive Vice President of both the INC and the Holy Land Principles, Inc.
The book is available on the INC Website: Irishnationalcaucus.org, HolyLandPrinciples.org and
Amazon.com.
Fr. Mc Manus
wearing yar-
mulke at Wail-
ing Wall.
Fr. Mc Manus,
standing on
right, with
Delegation at
Dome of the
Rock.
12BARBARA J. FLAHERTY
Executive Vice President
Barbara Flaherty, a teacher and educator, has also spent many
years working in the non-profit sector. She has a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Secondary Education from The University of
Maryland, College Park, and holds a Master of Science Degree
in Curriculum and Instruction from Western Maryland College,
graduating with a 4.0 average.
Barbara has spent two decades teaching history in the Prince
George’s County, Maryland system. She said, “I love teaching,
and I have worked with the best trained educators in the country.”
In 2005, Barbara received the Outstanding Educator Award.
She is now the Executive Vice President of the Irish National
Caucus, and the Holy Land Principles.
She says, “It is a privilege to be working with both the Irish National Caucus and the Holy Land
Principles on very important, human rights issues.”
Her late husband, Martin, a Galway native, first introduced her to the Irish cause at the age of 18,
and since then she has been continually involved.
In 2011, the World Peace Awarding Council appointed Barbara Roving Ambassador of Peace,
and in 2013, Barbara was selected to also serve as a Judge and Corporate Manager of WPPAC.
The South Korea-based Council consists of twelve international and interfaith members.
Barbara is the prime promoter of Fr. Mc Manus’s Memoirs, My American Struggle for Justice in
Northern Ireland ... And The Holy Land, and his novel, Mac Ireland: Fight For Irish Freedom.
13HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES
MY AMERICAN STRUGGLE
THE HOLY LAND AND IRELAND
FOR JUSTICE IN
NORTHERN IRELAND
... AND THE HOLY LAND
“No one has done more than
HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES AND MAC BRIDE PRINCIPLES
Fr. Mc Manus to
keep the U.S.
Congress on track
regarding
justice in Ireland.”
Congressman Ben Gilman (R-NY)
Chairman, House International
MY AMERICAN STRUGGLE
Relations Committee
The Holy Land and Ireland are joined in this Third Edition of Fr. Mc Manus’
FOR JUSTICE IN
Memoirs. Having struggled for over forty years to get America to stand up for justice
A vacuum crying out to be filled
FR. SEAN MC MANUS
and peace in Ireland, Fr. Mc Manus turns his attention to The Holy Land, dear
MC MANUS NORTHERN IRELAND ... AND THE HOLY LAND
to the heart of all Irish people the world over. The Irish are deeply conscious
NORTHERN IRELAND
FR. SEAN
that the British Government partitioned both Palestine and Ireland
in England’s imperial and colonial interest.
When concerned Americans asked Fr. Mc Manus’ help in exploring if a
Mac Bride Principles-type campaign could be applied to The Holy Land,
... AND THE HOLY LAND
The Mac Bride Principles has been the most important campaign ever against
he responded, “How could I say no since I have spent decades pleading that
these principles be applied to Northern Ireland? I believe American principles
should follow American investment – no exceptions!”
“No one has done more
anti-Catholic discrimination in Northern Ireland. The Holy Land Principles – also
MY AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE IN
This new Edition recounts Fr. Mc Manus’ visit to The Holy Land,
and his new struggle for The Holy Land Principles.
than Fr. Mc Manus to
launched by Fr. Sean Mc Manus – can do for Palestinian Muslims and Palestinian
This book has already been declared a classic, and the most significant
memoir in the historiography of Irish-American nationalism keep the U.S. Congress
since John Devoy’s Recollections of an Irish Rebel (1929).
on track regarding
Christians what the Mac Bride Principles did for Catholics in Northern Ireland.
For over forty years, Fermanagh native Fr. Sean Mc Manus has been at the
heart of the Irish-American campaign against injustice in Northern Ireland.
justice in Ireland.”
England — NOT GOD — sowed the seeds of partition in both lands: the Balfour
This is his personal account of how he mainstreamed Northern Ireland on Capitol
Hill after Church and State exiled him from Britain in 1972 to silence him on the Congressman
issue. He founded the Irish National Caucus in 1974, “the driving force that would
Ben Gilman (R-NY)
Declaration for Palestine (1917) and the Government of Ireland Act (1920).
diminish Britain’s influence with the U.S. government.”
He forced through Congressional action to stop the sale of U.S. weapons to the Chairman, House
International
We got American companies doing business in Northern Ireland to sign the
RUC and made the Mac Bride Principles on fair employment a powerful force.
And all this time, he was opposed not only by the London and Dublin
governments but also – and ironically and inexplicably – by elements in Relations
Committee
Mac Bride Principles. Now we must, in turn, get American companies doing busi-
the Irish Republican Movement in Ireland.
“But nowhere in its [British] Empire did Albion demonstrate
such perfidious behavior.” – Renowned Jewish historian, Ilan Pappe.
ness in Palestine-Israel to sign the Holy Land Principles. Fair is fair.
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. (Albion is, of course, the ancient Roman name
for England, which for centuries has been nicknamed Perfidious Albion.)
The Holy Land Principles are a corporate code of conduct for the American com-
panies doing business in Israel-Palestine. The 8-point set of Principles do not call for
reverse discrimination, divestment or disinvestment — only American fairness.
The Holy Land Principles do not take a position on any particular solution — One
®
President
Father Seán Mc Manus Irish National
Executive Vice President
Barbara J. Flaherty
Caucus
Publications FR. SEAN MC MANUS
State, Two State, etc., etc. (Naturally, we desire security for Israelis and justice for
Congressional Friends Washington, D.C.
(112th Congress, 2011-2013)
Sen. Mark Begich ( D-AK)
Palestinians. And, again naturally, we recognize that Settlements are against con-
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)
CAMPAIGN TO DATE
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI)
sistently stated American foreign policy and international law, and that, therefore,
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
1. Holy Land Principles cam-
Sen.. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT)
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Settlement goods are tainted. But Settlement issues are not actually part of the Prin-
Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
paign was launched by mailing
Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY)
Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-MA)
ciples).
Rep. William L. Clay (D-MO)
Fr. Mc Manus’ Memoirs, My
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA)
Rep. Jerry F. Costello (D-IL)
Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD)
American Struggle for Justice
Rep. Norman D. Dicks (D-WA)
FILLING THE VACUUM
Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA)
Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)
in Northern Ireland ... And The
Names continued, over.
Until the Irish National Caucus — the Washington-based human rights lobby — P.O. Box 15128 • Washington, D.C. 20003-0849 Tel: (202) 544-0568 Fax: (202) 488-7537
Holy Land to all the 546 CEOs
E-mail: sean@irishnationalcaucus.org Web Site: www.irishnationalcaucus.org
launched the Mac Bride Principles on November 5, 1984, the American companies
and 546 IRCs, to all Members
doing business in Northern Ireland were never confronted with their complicity in anti-
of Congress, House and Sen-
Catholic discrimination. Incredibly, that obvious domestic and foreign policy nexus ate, and to hundreds in the
was missed. Same, too, with the American companies (apart from a few with obvi- media.
ous military-security aspects) doing business in Palestine-Israel, until the Holy Land 2. Monthly mailings and emails to
Principles were launched on International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2012. all the CEOs and IRCs.
Indeed, most people would have no idea of how many American companies were do- 3. Our 50-page Cisco Pamphlet,
ing business in the Holy Land. Our research gives the answer: 546 companies. Why Cisco Should Sign The
What a powerful force ... What powerful leverage ... What an obvious demand — Holy Land Principles contains a
that these 546 companies “sign” the Holy Land Principles: that they agree “to make Special Report which we com-
all lawful efforts to implement the Fair Employment Practices embodied in the Holy missioned by Sustainable In-
Land Principles in their operations in The Holy Land” — the very same language vestments Institute (Si2) which
used by companies “signing” the Mac Bride Principles. states: “This is the first report
116 American companies have signed the Mac Bride Principles. Can American of this kind published by Si2 or
companies now say: “Catholics in Northern Ireland deserve these principles but Pal- any other organization.”
estinian Muslims and Palestinian Christians do not?” And can fair-minded Ameri- 4. Shareholder Resolutions: Filing
cans — consumers, investors and other stakeholders — stand for that? with Cisco, Intel, Coca Cola,
GE, Corning and Sealed Air,
WHAT YOU CAN DO and others.
Go to HolyLandPrinciples.org — to “Contact Companies,” to the list of Com- 5. Holy Land Principles has mailed
panies which, to date, have given all sorts of reasons for not signing the Holy Land to the 546 CEOs and the 546
Principles. See email address list of the Investor Relations (ICRs) — the individuals IRCs — with a personalized let-
who deal with the issue for the Companies. Please follow directions and email all the ter — the superb booklet Zion-
IRCs urging the Company to sign the Holy Land Principles. ism Unsettled by The Israel/Pal-
estine Mission Network of the
For more information on the American companies — and how to help with our
Presbyterian Church (IPMN).
Shareholder Resolutions — please contact support@HolyLandPrinciples.org
Holy Land Principles, Inc. • Capitol Hill • P.O. Box 15128, Washington, D.C. 20003-0849
Tel: (202) 488-0107 • Fax: (202) 488-7537
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14THE HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES:
A powerful tool for justice and peace
By Tony Magliano. Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) outlined in the Holy Land Principles - which are nearly
June 4, 2014 identical to the MacBride Principles - will be adopted by all
546 American companies doing business in the Holy Land.
On his way to celebrate Mass in Bethlehem, Pope Fran-
"American investment dollars should not subsidize
cis suddenly got out of his popemobile and walked toward
anti-Palestinian discrimination in the Holy Land. Ameri-
the towering concrete Israeli-built barrier that divides Israel
can principles must follow American investment – every-
from the Israeli occupied territory of the West Bank.
where," said Fr. McManus.
In a highly symbolic scene, with Israeli soldiers in a
The eight Holy Land Principles in summary call on U.S.
tower above him, Pope Francis touched the separation wall,
companies operating in Israel and Palestine to adhere to
and prayed with head bowed at precisely the spot where
equal and fair employment practices in all areas without
spray-painted messages cry out, "Pope we need some 1 to
discrimination, to actively recruit underrepresented em-
speak about Justice Bethlehem look like Warsaw ghetto"
ployee groups, and to work with governmental and com-
and "Free Palestine." Then he touched his forehead to the
munity authorities to eliminate ethnic, racial and religious
wall.
disparities in government
"This wall is a sign of
spending on education, train-
division, that something is
ing, access to health care and
not functioning right," said
housing.
Vatican spokesman Father
Fr. McManus is asking
Federico Lombardi. And
us to email Ms. Teri Treille
Pope Francis' prayer there,
(ttreille@cisco.com), investor
"signifies for me his de-
relations contact person for
sire for peace, for a world
Cisco Systems, with the re-
without walls."
quest that Cisco sign the Holy
The Sustainable Invest-
Land Principles.
ments Institute states that
If Cisco – a large American
barriers – including the sepa-
networking company that has
ration wall and border cross-
a major presence in Israel and
ings, lack of access to proper
the Palestinian West Bank –
government permits, and
can be persuaded to sign the
discrimination – make the During his recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the pope of Holy Land Principles, Fr.
prospects grim even for Pal-
surprises gave the world an unexpected powerful message. McManus feels confident that
estinians able to obtain gain-
Pope Francis [at Separation Wall] prays for unity between many other U.S. companies
ful employment in Israel.
Christians and Palestinians during his visit to the Holy Land. will find it advantageous to
According to The Legal
sign on as well.
Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, even Palestinian
But in order for Cisco to be persuaded, Cisco will need
citizens of Israel often face discrimination in work oppor-
to hear from many of us.
tunities, pay and conditions.
During his pilgrimage to the Holy Land Pope Francis
To help correct the discriminatory challenges faced by
said, "There is a need to intensify efforts and initiatives
Palestinians, Irish-born American Father Sean McManus
aimed at creating the conditions for a stable peace based on
has put forth the Holy Land Principles (www.holylandprin-
justice, on the recognition of the rights of every individual,
ciples.org).
and on mutual security."
In the tradition of the Sullivan Principles, which were
The adoption of the Holy Land Principles will help do
developed to counter racial workplace discrimination in
just that.
South Africa during the apartheid years, Fr. McManus
launched in 1984 the MacBride Principles – a corporate Tony Magliano is an internationally syndicated social
code of conduct for American companies doing business in justice and peace columnist. He is available to speak at
Northern Ireland. diocesan or parish gatherings about Catholic social teach-
Fr. McManus explained to me that the MacBride Princi- ing. His keynote address, "Advancing the Kingdom of God
ples campaign is widely considered the most effective tool in the 21st Century," has been well received by diocesan
against anti-Catholic discrimination in Northern Ireland. gatherings from Salt Lake City to Baltimore. Tony can be
He said he is hoping that the fair employment practices reached at: tmag@zoominternet.net
15
Special
Report
Special
Report
Intel
and
aHnd
Intel
uman
Rights
Human
Rights
Focus
on
Israel-‐Palestine
Focus
on
Israel-‐Palestine
August
August
22,
2014
22,
2014
By
PDeter
By
Peter
DeSimone
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Highlights
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business
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Israel
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turnover
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a nd
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industrial
and
communications
equipment
companies
the
value
of
its
assets
for
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notes
that
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I srael,
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such
as
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for
Si2
that
it
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Human
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Rights
PRolicy
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DPescription
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Description
Key
Risks
Key
Risks
UN
G lobal
UN
Global
Compact
C ompact
Ruggie
Ruggie
Principles
P rinciples
The
The
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was
built
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allegedly
under
dispute,
with
the
u nder
d ispute,
w ith
t he
Signatory
since
2009
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UN
U niversal
D eclaration
UN
Universal
Declaration
on
Human
Rights
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H uman
R ights
original
original
owners
ocwners
laiming
claiming
they
wtere
hey
nw ere
cnompen-‐
ever
ever
compen-‐
sated
f or
i t.
T he
I sraeli
sated
for
it.
The
Israeli
government
had
given
g overnment
h ad
Intel
given
Intel
References
References
subsidies
to
build
the
facility,
which
is
among
the
the
t o
b uild
t he
f acility,
w hich
i s
a mong
Intel
Intel
has
has
a
set
of
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suman
et
of
HRuman
ights
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ights
Principles,
which
m hich
msubsidies
wake
ake
company’s
most
significant
production
centers.
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reference
reference
to
the
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to
the
tenets
f
the
UoN
f
tGhe
lobal
Compact,
company’s
most
significant
production
centers.
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UN
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also
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u nclear
how
Intel’s
Human
Rights
Principles
the
UN
the
UN
GPuiding
Guiding
rinciples
Principles
on
Business
on
Business
and
Human
also
is
unclear
how
Intel’s
Human
Rights
Principles
and
Human
Rights
(Ruggie
Principles)
and
the
UN
Universal
Decla-‐ translate
in
the
field
in
fIield
translate
i n
t he
in
aIsrael,
srael,
as
is
s
there
there
is
no
no
data
data
on
its
on
its
Rights
(Ruggie
Principles)
and
the
UN
Universal
Decla-‐ workforce
demographics.
Finally,
Intel
sells
equip-‐
ration
on
Human
Rights.
It
also
has
an
EEO
policy
tworkforce
hat
demographics.
Finally,
Intel
sells
equip-‐
ration
on
Human
Rights.
It
also
has
an
EEO
policy
that
ment
to
the
Israeli
government
that
could
be
used
to
specifically
bars
discrimination
and
harassment
based
ment
t o
t he
Israeli
government
that
could
be
used
to
specifically
bars
discrimination
and
harassment
based
violate
privacy
laws
and
human
rights.
on
religion
and
national
origin.
violate
p rivacy
laws
and
human
rights.
on
religion
and
national
origin.
Copyright
2014,
Si2
Copyright
2014,
Si2
Si2
Special
Report
Intel
and
Human
Rights,
Focus
on
Israel-‐Palestine
–
10
IV.
Key
Risks
for
Intel
and
its
Shareholders
Intel
lists
several
general
global
risks
to
its
operations
that
apply
to
its
facilities
in
Israel.
These
include
security
concerns,
dependency
on
government
support
for
subsidies,
grants
and
sales,
differing
e m-‐
ployment
practices
and
labor
issues,
unique
local
business
and
cultural
factors,
and
the
challenges
and
opportunities
in
recruiting
and
retaining
talent.
Local
organizations
and
a
smattering
of
news
outlets
have
reported
on
a
dispute
over
the
land
where
Intel’s
main
manufacturing
facilities
are
situated.
The
land
was
supposed
to
go
to
local
Palestinians
living
there
instead
of
being
taken
over
by
the
Israeli
gov-‐
ernment
and
remodeled
into
an
industrial
city.
There
are
also
calls
for
boycotts
of
Intel
because
of
its
close
ties
to
the
Israeli
government,
as
well
as
issues
related
to
the
Israeli
government’s
use
of
its
prod-‐
ucts.
Form
10-‐K:
Intel’s
2013
Form
10-‐K
lists
several
material
risks
that
apply
to
its
global
operations,
but
several
can
be
read
to
be
related
to
Israel:
• Business
activities
are
concentrated
in
several
countries,
some
of
which
have
security
concerns,
“such
as
armed
conflict
and
civil
or
military
unrest,
crime,
political
instability,
and
terrorist
activi-‐
ty.”
• Governments,
at
times,
“place
restrictions”
on
its
operations
to
support
local
industries,
nation-‐
alization
of
Intel’s
operations,
and
limits
on
the
company’s
ability
to
repatriate
earnings.
• Government
sales
are
dependent
on
budgetary
funding
and
oversight
rules,
which
can
change.
•
“Differing
employment
practices
and
labor
issues”
affect
operations.
• “Local
business
and
cultural
factors”
at
times
differ
from
Intel’s
“normal
standards
and
practic-‐
es,”
including
business
practices
that
Intel
is
“prohibited
from
engaging
in
by
the
Foreign
Cor-‐
rupt
Practices
Act
(FCPA)
and
other
anti-‐corruption
laws
and
regulations.”
• It
needs
to
attract
and
retain
talented
employees
to
remain
competitive,
and
“competition
for
experienced
employees
in
the
semiconductor
industry
can
be
intense.”
It
says
these
factors
can
affect
its
operations
and
reputation,
as
well
as
result
in
legal
actions
and
fines.
It
also
notes
that
its
properties
worldwide
are
insured
by
multiple
carriers,
but
that
it
still
is
exposed
to
risks
of
coverage
falling
short
or
carriers
not
willing
to
pay
claims.
Qiryat
Gat
dispute:
A
2002
article
from
SF
Gate,
citing
doc-‐
uments
from
local
civil
society
organizations,
the
Israeli
government
and
United
Nations,
which
were
analyzed
by
a
prominent
Israeli
historian,
point
out
that
Intel’s
facility
sits
on
land
that
would
have
been
part
of
Arab
Palestine
under
the
partition
plan
adopted
by
the
United
Nations
in
1947,
but
within
the
larger
Israel
that
emerged
from
the
1948
war
between
that
country
and
its
neighbors.
So,
while
not
situ-‐
ated
in
the
Occupied
Territories
resulting
from
the
1967
war,
the
plant
sits
on
land
the
United
Nations
has
demand-‐
ed
be
turned
over
to
Palestinians.
With
that
said,
Qiryat
Gat
is
in
the
center
of
modern
day
Israel
and
is
not
going
to
be
turned
over
by
the
Israelis
in
any
peace
agreement.
(See
map.)
However,
it
is
part
of
the
Faluja
pocket,
where
the
Egyptian
army
and
Palestinian
forces
had
managed
to
hold
their
ground
through
the
end
of
the
1948
war.
As
part
of
Copyright
2014,
Si2
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