But even after all this, Daewoo Engineering & Construction (DEC) – which spun off from the Daewoo Group in 2000 – is still one of South Korea’s largest construction firms.

Daewoo, which means "Great Universe," created a fine motto to rebuild its image: "Creating Better Human Life." But not everyone sees Daewoo so positively. To some, Daewoo means destruction and inhumanity. For example, in 2005, staff and volunteers with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions watched as a "Daewoo bulldozer systematically demolished" two Palestinian homes, leaving piles of rubble and homeless families in its wake. These buildings, in the occupied West Bank town of Anata, are among the 26,000+ Palestinian homes demolished by Israel since 1967.

Nick Dearden, with the British group War on Want, reported that he "saw Volvo, Daewoo and JCB bulldozers or cranes being used, on a contractual basis, in the construction of the Separation Wall." The group’s 2006 report, "Profiting from the Occupation," said Daewoo "bulldozers are being used by the Israeli army to destroy Palestinian homes, schools, orchards and olive groves, and their machines are building Israel’s illegal Separation Wall."

The "Who Profits from the occupation" database says Daewoo power generators are distributed by Israel’s Orcal Industries and Mechanization, which supplies generators "installed in the Atarot military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank."

The Interfaith Peace Initiative’s online report, "Companies that Profit from the Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land," quotes a member of a UK group called The Olive Project: "Daewoo has no business selling equipment to someone who will use it for criminal purposes. Daewoo has [been] made aware of the use of its equipment."
 

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