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Ahava’s theft of occupied natural resources finally exposed

Posted on: May 21, 2011
Ahava’s theft of occupied natural resources finally exposed

21 May 2011 | Jordan Valley Solidarity

After years of strenuous denial, Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories, an Israeli cosmetics firm with its main manufacturing plant in an illegal West Bank settlement, is proven by documentary evidence to be in violation of international law through its theft of Palestinian resources. This evidence was recently discovered by Who Profits, a research project of the Israeli Coalition for Peace, which documents corporate activity in the Israeli occupation of Palestinian and Syrian territory.

Prior to this finding representatives of … Continue reading


Updated on May 21, 2011
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BDS victory against Ahava in UK

Posted on: March 31, 2011
Protesters outside Ahava, London

31 March 2011 | Anna Stevens

In a victory for the BDS movement, the UK flagship store of Ahava has been forced to relocate after years of protests and direct action. Ahava, an Israeli company which sells cosmetic products produced in the illegal settlement of Mitzpe Shalem has been a target for protesters in the UK who have sought to drive it out of London and challenge the legality of the company’s practices. In the past two and a half years protesters have blockaded the shop a number of times, preventing the store from trading. Ahava have so far been unsuccessful … Continue reading


Updated on March 31, 2011
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Tribunal finds international businesses complicit in Israeli war crimes

Posted on: November 23, 2010

22 November 2010 | Russel Tribunal

Tribunal finds British and international business complicit in Israeli war crimes, identifies legal remedies and calls for civil society boycott action

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine this morning announced its verdict after weekend deliberations. The jury said it had been presented with “compelling evidence of corporate complicity in Israeli violations of international law”.

Juror Michael Mansfield QC, who chaired this morning’s press conference, announced the jury’s call for the mobilisation of civil
society to end the involvement of companies in Israeli human rights violations.

Both Israel and the complicit businesses, are in clear violation of international human rights … Continue reading


Updated on November 28, 2010
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BDS court victory in London: ‘Ahava four’ found not guilty of trespass in Israeli store

Posted on: August 11, 2010
BDS court victory in London: ‘Ahava four’ found not guilty of trespass in Israeli store

11 August 2010 | ISM London

Four campaigners against Israeli apartheid were acquitted yesterday (August 10th) of all charges related to two direct action protests against the Israeli cosmetics retailer Ahava in Covent Garden, London. The campaigners locked themselves onto concrete-filled oil drums inside the shop, closing it down for two days in September and December of 2009.

The campaigners insist that they are legally justified in their actions as the shop’s activities are unlawful. All cosmetics on sale in the shop originate from Mitzpe Shalem, an illegal … Continue reading


Updated on August 11, 2010
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International ISM groups show solidarity with Palestine and reveal Zionist practices abroad

Posted on: April 5, 2010
H&M Occupation fashion show in Gothenburg, Sweden

International Solidarity Movement

05 April 2010

ISM groups from around the world are taking the anti-apartheid and anti-occupation campaigns, plus a bit of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) revolution out of Palestine and into the streets of their home countries. Here is a summary of some of the action from the past week.

ISM London took the opportunity to tell Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat how the world feels about the recently announced plan to build 1600 new homes in occupied East Jerusalem and … Continue reading


Updated on April 5, 2010
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London joins International Day of Action Against Ahava

Posted on: December 20, 2009

ISM London

19 December 2009

Ahava, an Israeli beauty product company that operates on stolen Palestinian land, was the target of protest on Saturday by approximately 20 pro-Palestine activists.

With Dead Sea mud covering their faces and dressed in bath robes on a freezing cold day, the protesters set out to highlight the complicity of Ahava in the expansion of Israeli settlements which are illegal under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

The activists came from a range of organisations that includes the International Solidarity Movement, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Jews for the Boycott of Israeli Goods and … Continue reading


Updated on December 22, 2009
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Adalah-NY: At Leviev Store, Protesters Tell Business Leaders “No Business as Usual with Apartheid Israel”

Posted on: December 5, 2009
At Leviev Store, Protesters Tell Business Leaders “No Business as Usual with Apartheid Israel”

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New York, NY, December 4, 2009 – 25 New York City human rights advocates caught the Israel Business Leaders Delegation to the United States by surprise this morning with a noisy protest outside their “breakfast reception amidst the Leviev jewelry collection” at the Leviev store on Madison Avenue. Groups worldwide have conducted a successful campaign for the boycott of … Continue reading


Updated on December 5, 2009
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Boycott of Ahava Dead Sea products makes an impact

Posted on: December 2, 2009
Bathrobe brigades in Amsterdam informing people about the dirty secrets of Ahava beauty products in front of a store that sells the product. (Cris Toala Olivares)

Adri Nieuwhof | The Electronic Intifada

2 December 2009

The international campaign to boycott Ahava beauty products has recently won the support of a Dutch parliamentarian and an Israeli peace group. During the past few months, activists in Canada, the UK, Ireland, Israel, the United States and the Netherlands have campaigned against the sale of Ahava products because of the company’s complicity in the Israeli occupation.

The Stolen Beauty … Continue reading


Updated on December 4, 2009
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Ahava drops spokesperson amid public relations fiasco

Posted on: September 4, 2009

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4 September 2009

A first victory for CODEPINK’s “Stolen Beauty” campaign

The Israeli cosmetics company, Ahava, which illegally manufactures and appropriates its products in occupied Palestinian territory, has dropped its spokesperson Kristin Davis amid a public relations debacle sparked by the peace group CODEPINK’s Stolen Beauty campaign.

As Gawker.com (http://gawker.com/5351985/cosmetics-company-uses-kristin-davis-and-then-kicks-her-out) first reported yesterday, ‘Sex & the City’ star Kristin Davis has been dropped by Ahava. All trace of her image and mention of her name have already been removed from Ahava’s website.

Davis’ dismissal, and the accompanying blow to Ahava’s image, follow the successful launch of CODEPINK’s Stolen Beauty campaign designed … Continue reading


Updated on September 4, 2009
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Stolen Beauty: the struggle for a just peace in the Middle East coming to a store near you

Posted on: July 22, 2009

Code Pink

21 July 2009

As the dust settled on the destroyed homes, schools and lives in the aftermath of Israel’s assault on Gaza earlier this year, mainstream human rights groups from Amnesty International to Physicians for Human Rights/Israel issued reports condemning Israel’s attack and alleging that the Israeli government and the Israeli Defense Forces had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. The staff of CODEPINK Women for Peace re-opened a discussion of what we could do about Israel’s flagrant flouting of international law and the brutality of the ongoing blockade of Gaza, the occupation of the West Bank … Continue reading


Updated on July 22, 2009
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