Tag: Ahava

  • 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…

  • BDS victory against Ahava in UK

    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…

  • Tribunal finds international businesses complicit in Israeli war crimes

    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…

  • 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…

  • International ISM groups show solidarity with Palestine and reveal Zionist practices abroad

    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…