CALL IT AS IT IS

Calling the Israeli regime as one of apartheid is not rhetoric, nor is it an exaggeration or a propaganda tool. This is the reality in modern day Palestine, where the Israeli regime is based on discrimination, through laws, practices, education and most aspects of life. This apartheid regime is not only imposed on the people in Palestine, but also on millions of Palestinian refugees denied their right to return home because they are of the wrong religion.

As awareness across the world continues to increase regarding the Israeli Apartheid regime in Palestine, each effort in this aspect would help accelerate the conclusion of this shameful page in history. And as this awareness rises, campaigns to boycott, divest and sanction this regime provide a very effective and natural response. The world witnessed a similar response transpire and bear fruit in the case of South Africa, and there are very good reasons to believe that it will do the same in the case of Palestine.

WHY BOYCOTT AHAVA?

From Pulse Media

Author and activist Anna Baltzer explains why the Israeli beauty company, Ahava, should be boycotted by people of conscience:

What does it mean to try and find beauty out of this destruction and the denial of Palestinian human rights? There is nothing beautiful about that at all. To buy beauty products to whitewash what Israel is doing is so contrary to the basic tenets of Judaism, to the tenets of morality. As a Jewish person, I reject the idea that there is anything beautiful about occupation, that there is anything beautiful about displacement…

The reason behind the call for a boycott of Ahava is summed up well in the following description from an Electronic Intifada article:

According to the Israeli group Who Profits From the Occupation? (www.whoprofits.org), the mud used in Ahava products is taken from a site on the shores of the Dead Sea inside the occupied territory, next to Kalia. Ahava uses Palestinian natural resources without the permission of or compensation to the Palestinians. Meanwhile, Israel denies Palestinians access to the shores of the Dead Sea and its resources, although one-third of the western shore of the Dead Sea lies in the occupied West Bank.

WHO PROFITS FROM ISRAELI OCCUPATION?

Boycotted by activists, the Israeli company AHAVA is backed by one of Israel’s most powerful families. This short video exposes the truth.

BOYCOTT ISRAEL? THE BIG STORY SPECIAL ON THE GLOBAL BDS MOVEMENT

From: Press TV

Footage of London Ahava demonstrations from August 2010, coverage of other BDS actions throughout the UK and Europe, as well as interviews with activists and people within the BDS movement.

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INTERVIEW WITH NANCY KRICORIAN, CODEPINK’S STOLEN BEAUTY CAMPAIGN CO-ORDINATOR

From: The Young Turks

Nancy Kricorian, in an interview from 2009,  talks about the Stolen Beauty campaign, Kristin Davis, Ahava, Code Pink and more.

Ahava (Israeli) Boycott Oct 2010: London fortnightly demo

Short interview with the Ahava Boycott Campaign’s Bruce Levy, as well as a counter-protester from the Zionist Federation.

For more information and to find out how you can help, visit CODEPINK’s Stolen Beauty Campaign page.