Saturday, March 21, 2015

Boycott AHAVA






Israeli companies, including AHAVA, generate around 3 billion USD annually from the sale of Dead Sea minerals.  The Dead Sea is in Palestinian territory which is being illegally occupied and raided by Israel.


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Documentation:                     

“Ahava – Dead Sea Laboratories . . . is a private Israeli cosmetics corporation that operates from the occupied West Bank:”  http://www.whoprofits.org/content/ahava-tracking-trade-trail-settlement-products

AHAVA’s “factory and visitor's center is located in the Mitzpe Shalem settlement in the occupied Jordan Valley. In addition, Ahava is partially owned by the settlement of Mitzpe Shalem and Kalia. The company's products are sold in Europe under a misleading label, which doesn't indicate the name of the settlement the factory is located in. The company uses mud which is excavated from the occupied Palestinian area in its products:”  http://www.whoprofits.org/company/ahava-dead-sea-laboratories

“Pillage of the Dead Sea: Israel’s Unlawful Exploitation of Natural Resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory:”  http://www.alhaq.org/publications/publications-index/item/pillage-of-the-dead-sea-israel-s-unlawful-exploitation-of-natural-resources-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory

“Israel’s total control of the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea is depriving the Palestinian economy of income and jobs, while bringing in big profits for the occupation.” http://www.imemc.org/article/65987

“Israel is stealing and damaging Palestinian natural resources, including Dead Sea salt, mud and land, and using this for profit.  Israeli companies generate around 3 billion USD annually from the sale of Dead Sea minerals (primarily potash and bromine) and from other products, which are derived from Dead Sea Minerals.  That is a huge amount of money being generated by and for a state which upholds apartheid and occupation of Palestinian lands.”  http://www.boycottisraelisalt.com/why-boycott/

When “you buy Ahava products you help finance the destruction of hope for a peaceful and just future for both Israelis and Palestinians.” http://www.stolenbeauty.org/article.php?id=4951

AHAVA documents its own use of minerals found near and in the Dead Sea:  http://www.ahavaus.com/discover-ahava/our-story#

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Take Action!  In addition to boycotting, Code Pink offers a number of action plans; from those you can engage in from your home computer to a ten step guide to taking action at a store that sells AHAVA products:  http://www.stolenbeauty.org/

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Participate!  If you can get a decent photo of AHAVA products or even just one product, we may be able to use it in an upcoming meme.  Contact us by private message on our facebook community page:  https://www.facebook.com/boycott4peace

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Be sure to boycott table salt from the Dead Sea as well:

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If you have any question about why we boycott Israel please check out the posts at this link:

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Boycotting is the right thing to do!  Here is our complete boycott list:

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Photo for meme - Code Pink protests AHAVA from:

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1 comment:

  1. Israeli resource raiding in the Occupied Palestinian Territory causes major ecological disaster as thousands of sink holes burst open on the banks of the Dead Sea:

    http://news.yahoo.com/huge-sink-holes-burst-open-on-banks-of-dead-sea-as-water-dries-up-184142927.html

    Highlight URL and then right click to open the article and view the photo.

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