#BDS: Protests drive #Ahava out of Covent Garden #UK #fuckIsrael

"The UK branch of Israeli cosmetics store, Ahava, is moving from its central London shop after years of pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

Protesters claim that the products sold in the store are manufactured in a factory in Israeli settlement, Mitzpe Shalom in the West Bank but are "misleadingly" labelled as produced in Israel.

The owner of the shop, currently in Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, is looking for other sites after owners of neighbouring stores complained to the landlord following protests.

Supporters claim it has been "chased out" of its location by regular "noisy and intimidating" demonstrations."

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#BDS: #AHAVA expanding to 7 more countries #fuckIsrael

"Dead Sea products to be sold in Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Korea, Greece, Denmark and Cambodia. Company CEO expects 10% growth in sales in coming year

AHAVA Dead Sea Laboratories is expanding its international activity and has recently entered seven new markets: Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Korea, Greece, Denmark and Cambodia.

The company's activity currently spans over 35 countries through franchises, distributors and stores (in Berlin and Budapest)."

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#BDS: شركة استيطانية تنهب موارد البحر الميت في الضفة الغربية #Ahava #fuckIsrael

أفاد تقرير صادر عن مؤسسة «الحق» الفلسطينية لحقوق الإنسان بأن الاحتلال ومستوطنيه ينهبون موارد البحر الميت الطبيعية في الضفة الغربية، وخصوصاً مختبرات «أهافا» الاستيطانية لمستحضرات التجميل. 
وأوضح التقرير أن مختبرات «أهافا» الواقعة في مستوطنة «ميتزبي شالم» في الضفة تستغل الموارد الطبيعية في المنطقة بتراخيص من حكومة الاحتلال، وهي مملوكة لمستوطني «ميتزبي شالم»، و«كاليا». وقد وصلت أرباحها منذ إنشائها في العام 1988 إلى 150 مليون دولار. 
وأشار التقرير إلى أن «استيلاء واستغلال الأراضي والموارد الطبيعية الفلسطينية في منطقة البحر الميت المحتلة من قبل المستوطنين والشركات الصناعية يعد في الحقيقة بمثابة جريمة حرب عبر النهب»، مضيفاً أن القيود التي فرضتها إسرائيل على التخطيط والتنقل في البحر الميت أعاقت قدرة الفلسطينيين على استخدام ودخول أراضيهم والانتفاع من الموارد الطبيعية في المنطقة، فضلاً عن وجود المستوطنين الذي ساهم في تفاقم الوضع على نحو أدى إلى الاستغلال الزائد للموارد، الأمر الذي ألحق أضراراً جسيمة بالبيئة. 

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#BDS: New report documents ‘war crime of pillage’ by BDS target #Ahava #fuckIsrael

"A new report by Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq accuses Israel of “encouraging and facilitating the exploitation of Palestinian natural resources and actively assisting their pillaging by private actors” in the Dead Sea region of the occupied West Bank.

By financially subsidizing the Mitzpe Shalem settlement and permitting the extraction of Dead Sea mud by Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories Ltd., Israel enables these “primary perpetrators of the war crime of pillage,” placing it “openly in violation of its obligations as an Occupying Power in the OPT,” the document says."

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#BDS: «ديزني» أعلنت سحب أسهمها من شركة «أهافا» للتجميل

أثار قرار أبيغايل ديزني، حفيدة وولت ديزني، مؤسس «ديزني لاند» وصانع الأفلام الأميركي الشهير الانضمام إلى حملة المقاطعة التجارية والاقتصادية لإسرائيل انتباه الأوساط السياسية والتجارية على حدٍ سواء في الغرب، نظرا لما لهذه المؤسسة من ثقل اقتصادي وثقافي في العالم أجمع، فيما أعطت الخطوة دفعا قويا لحملة المقاطعة لإسرائيل التي يخوضها الشعب الفلسطيني وأصدقاؤه في جميع أنحاء العالم والتي حققت في الآونة الأخيرة نجاحا منقطع النظير، ما يضع حكومات الدول الغربية في موقع حرج ويكشف عورة الاكتفاء بالمعارضة اللفظية للسياسة الإسرائيلية، من دون اتخاذ أي خطوة فعلية تضايق إسرائيل، مثلما فعلت «ديزني».

وقالت وريثة ديزني في بيان، أمس، انها «قررت سحب أسهم العائلة من شركة أهافا الإسرائيلية لمواد التجميل لأن الشركة تستغل مصادر طبيعية محتلة بالقوة»، في إشارة إلى أن «أهافا» تعتمد في تصنيع منتجاتها على مياه البحر الميت الغنية بالمعادن. وأضاف البيان أن «عائلة ديزني قررت التبرع بأرباحها من هذه الشركة، إلى حين يتم سحب الأسهم منها نهائيا، لصالح حملة المقاطعة التي تعمل على إنهاء هذا الاستغلال غير القانوني» للمصادر الطبيعية المحتلة».

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#BDS BDS victory: South Africa strips Ahava’s ‘made in Israel’ label

Earlier this month, South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry announced that products produced in the West Bank but labeled "made in Israel" will no longer be sold in the country. The judgment calls for "traders in South Africa, not to incorrectly label products that originate from the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) as products of Israel."
The move came in response to pressure from the global movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). The ruling references evidence presented by Open Shuhada Street and Ahava is cited as a specific company violating South African trade legislation:

The Open Shuhada street.org (Open Shuhada) has alleged that products of Ahava such as cosmetic brands, technology and soft drinks are being distributed in South Africa as products that originate in Israel whereas they originate from the OPT.
In this regard consumers in South Africa should not be misled into believing that products originating from the OPT are products originating from Israel. The burden of proving where the products originate will lie with traders.
The government of South Africa recognizes the State of Israel only within the borders demarcated by the United Nations (UN) in 1948. Such demarcated borders of Israel by the UN do not include Palestinian Territories occupied after 1967.

Ahava cosmetics are manufactured in Mitzpe Shalem, an illegal Israeli settlement located in the West Bank near the Dead Sea. Since 2010 the European Union has required products made outside of Israel's 1967-borders are marked as such. And earlier in 2008, the United Kingdom ordered labels on settlement products. Although the British ruling was a "recommendation" and not legally binding, it indicated companies that continue to use fraudulent labels could be criminally charged.  It is unclear if South African distributors that violate the trade and industry ruling could also face prosecution. Source.

#BDS: Dead Sea Kiosks #Ahava

"If you visit a shopping centre, chances are that you’ll eventually come across a kiosk selling Dead Sea beauty products. These kiosks have attracted a lot of attention, not just for the origin of their natural resources, but also for their shady practices and coercive sales techniques that would make a snake oil salesman blush.  

Stop for just a few seconds to check the label and you’ll be approached by a young Israeli of the opposite sex, dressed in black and pawing at your hands to entice you to purchase an overpriced container of lotion. If you think they’re just being friendly, think again. Most of them work from scripts like this and this."

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#BDS #Ahava Norwegian retail chain ends sale of Ahava occupation products

AIC 27 Mar -- Norwegian retail chain VITA made public on Friday their decision to stop all sales of products originating from settlements in occupied Palestine. VITA will therefore stop selling products from the cosmetics brand Ahava. VITA has been the main retailer of Ahava products in Norway, and this decision will be a serious blow to the sales of Ahava products in Norway. The principled decision by VITA not to buy products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank is based on a position of not wanting to contribute to violations of international law. Read more, here. 

#BDS Victory: Japanese distributor drops #Ahava, #Japan

" DaitoCrea, Japanese agent of AHAVA, announced on their website
that they have ended the sales of AHAVA cosmetics
in January 31, 2012.
http://www.ahava.jp/

This decision is the result of the almost two years boycott-campaign,
in which we demanded to stop the dealings with
AHAVA, which produces their goods in the illegal settlement
located in the occupied Palestine."

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#BDS: #British Natural History Museum attacked over links to illegal Israeli company #Ahava

"The Natural History Museum is today accused by a coalition of prominent academics and cultural figures of helping to break international law by leading a research project which involves an Israeli cosmetics company based in an “illegal” settlement in the occupied West Bank.

In a letter to The Independent, leading scientists and the film directors Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, condemn the London museum - which is the fourth most visited in Britain - for its research collaboration with Ahava - Dead Sea Laboratories (DSL), which sells beauty products based on minerals extracted from the Dead Sea."

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#BDS: Osez le boycott - NON à la colonisation sous mon sapin

"Nous vous invitons à vous joindre à nous le 17 Décembre, à 14h00, devant diverses grandes surfaces et centres commerciaux de Bruxelles et de Wallonie.
En cette période de préparation des fêtes de fin d’année, nous ciblerons les cosmétiques AHAVA (www.ahava.be) et les appareils électroménagers SODASTREAM (Sodaclub) (www.sodastream.be), tous deux fabriqués dans des colonies de Cisjordanie. Les produits SODASTREAM (Sodaclub) sont distribués par les enseignes Krëfel, Media Markt, Van Den Borre, Carrefour et Makro…
Tout comme le 22 Octobre, nous souhaitons démultiplier nos lieux de diffusion, vous trouverez ci-après les zones géographiques envisagées (Bruxelles et Brabant Wallon, Luxembourg, Liège, Mons-Borinage, Wallonie-Picarde, Charleroi, Namur). N’hésitez pas à proposer une localisation supplémentaire que vous jugeriez pertinente."

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#BDS: NUS calls to end Ahava and King's College project

"Ahava's shop in Covent Garden closed following protests
The National Union of Students executive has unanimously voted to condemn King’s College London and demand that it ceases participation in a research project with Israeli cosmetics company Ahava.
King’s College Palestine Campaign organised a petition with 1,000 signatures, included Noam Chomsky and pro-Palestinian campaigner Omar Barghouti.
Support was pledged by the Universities and Colleges Union representative at King’s College.
This week the NUS National Executive Council passed a motion demanding “the immediate end of the university’s involvement in the project, and the rejection of the financial grant King’s has received for its participation.”

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#BDS: مخاوف إسرائيلية من إقرار البرلمان التونسي الجديد قانون "مقاطعة إسرائيل

 ذكرت صحيفة "إسرائيل اليوم" أن المستوى السياسي في إسرائيل يراقب بقلق التطورات في العالم العربي, وهم يحذرون منذ أسابيع من احتمالات تحول الربيع العربي إلى واقع كئيب بالنسبة لإسرائيل.

وأشارت الصحيفة إلى أن أول ثمار الربيع العربي تأتي من تونس حيث يعتزم البرلمان التونسي الجديد إقرار قانون "معارضة الصهيونية ومقاطعة إسرائيل", وهو بند يحظى بدعم من الحزبين الأكبر في البلاد "النهضة الإسلامي", و"التجمع الديمقراطي" بعد إبعاد زين العابدين بن علي .

وأعربت وزارة الخارجية الإسرائيلية عن مخاوفها من تفشي عدوى عداء إسرائيل في دول أخرى في الشرق الأوسط, الأمر الذي سيضع الاستقرار بالمنطقة في خطر.

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#BDS Alert: Petition against King's College London involvement with #Ahava

"King’s College London is conducting research in close collaboration with Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories, an Israeli cosmetics company partly owned by and located in the illegal Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Shalem, deep in occupied Palestinian territory. 

Ahava profits from, and helps to maintain, Israeli violations of international law. By collaborating with Ahava, KCL has itself become complicit with the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land.

Echoing the overwhelming international consensus on the illegal nature of Israeli settlements, we join KCL Action Palestine in calling upon the university to withdraw from the project immediately, reject the grant it has received as part of the project, and take active steps to ensure that the university does not find itself in a similar position in the future."

Sign the petition here

#BDS campaigners force London #Ahava shop to move

"The BDS movement celebrates another victory this week as the Israeli cosmetics company Ahava is forced to move its London location.  Read more about the boycott of Ahava here.

The central London flagship store of Ahava, an Israeli cosmetics company whose products come from stolen Palestinian natural resources in the occupied West Bank, and are produced in the illegal settlement of Mitzpe Shalem, has been forced to move following a sustained campaign from BDS activists."

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#BDS: بريطانيون يغلقون متاجر إسرائيلية بلندن

أجبر متضامنون بريطانيون وأجانب مع القضية الفلسطينية سلسلة متاجر إسرائيلية تتخذ من لندن مقرًا لها على الإغلاق بسبب بيعها منتجات مصنوعة في مستوطنات أقيمت على أراضٍ فلسطينية.

وقالت صحيفة "يديعوت أحرونوت" العبرية في عددها الخميس إن استمرار اعتصام واقتحام المتضامنين البريطانيين الذين حملوا لوحات بعنوان "منتجات مسروقة من أراضٍ مسلوبة" أمام وداخل سلسلة متاجر "أهافا" المتخصصة في مستحضرات التجميل أجبرها على الإغلاق.

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#BDS: BDS Brides Bring Boycott #SodaStream and #Ahava Sales at Bed Bath & Beyond

#BDS: Occupation profiteer #Ahava soaks up #EU science grants

"Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, the EU’s commissioner for scientific research, recently acknowledged that the cosmetics-maker Ahava was allocated more than €1 million worth of innovation grants from the Union over a period stretching from 1998 to 2013. Giving even one cent to Ahava involves facilitating breaches of international law because of the firm’s unlawful activities in the West Bank.

As Geoghegan-Quinn doesn’t appear to recognize this problem, she would be well-advised to read a report, issued in May, by the human rights organization B’Tselem. It highlights how Ahava is partly owned by two Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land: Mitzpe Shalem and Qalya. Both of those settlements are illegal under the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, which forbids an occupying power from transferring its civilian population to the territory it occupies."

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#BDS: منتجات "إسرائيلية" تغزو أسواق المكياج المغربية #Morocco #Ahava

ذكرت صحيفة "التجديد" أن منتجات شركة مستحضرات التجميل "أهافا" الإسرائيلية غزت العديد من محلات بيع الماكياج بالمغرب.

ويتعلق الأمر بمزيل ماكياج العينين وكريم اليدين والجسم، بالإضافة إلى غسول ومرطب ومستحلب للجسم.

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#BDS Alert: #Ahava products to be back at the Bay, #Canada

"A new line of Ahava skin care products from Israel will be at the cosmetics counters of select Bay stores in Canada by September, Elana Drell Szyfer, Ahava’s CEO for North America, says.

“It will be a completely new line,” she said in a telephone interview from New York. “We’re very much looking forward to it.”

Shayne Tryon, the Bay’s senior manager of service excellence, confirmed the message."

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