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nancykric

Website: http://www.stolenbeauty.org

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  • In an effort to combat BDS, the JCRC doubles down on the occupation
    • nancykric July 21, 2010 at 2:38 pm with 1 replies

      We have no illusions that we are going to put a dent in AHAVA sales at this point, and on the one-year anniversary of the campaign, the long-expected pushback from the Israel lobby has started, which is an indication that we are succeeding in sullying AHAVA's reputation and garnering publicity for the boycott. We know that last summer AHAVA Dead Sea Laboratories was sniffing around for capital investors--and that the Kristin Davis/Oxfam dust-up (as reported in The New York Post) made investors wary of the company. In the meantime the Dutch Foreign Minister instigated an investigation of the company's practices, a British MP denounced its fraudulent labeling during a parliamentary session on Israeli settlement products, and a French activist group filed suit against Sephora for carrying AHAVA products in its stores. There are bi-weekly protests at the flagship AHAVA store in Covent Garden, London. Our campaign has been endorsed by dozens of national and international groups. You can check out the Media Room at http://www.stolenbeauty.org to see an archive of press coverage. We've only just begun!

    • nancykric July 20, 2010 at 2:31 pm

      We launched the Stolen Beauty boycott campaign a little over one year ago, but the pushback didn't start for real until we joined forces with Brooklyn for Peace for an AHAVA protest at the Ricky's on Montague Street in Brooklyn on July 9th. The protest was "covered" by a "journalist" from The Brooklyn Paper, and the piece was picked up by the Brooklyn Courier, The New York Post, and then WPIX Channel 11 TV did a short piece. Now several synagogues in Brooklyn have launched a buycott, and their campaign was picked up by JCRC of Greater Washington. Our slogan is "AHAVA COSMETICS: MADE BY ISRAELI PROFITEERS IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE." So sad that these people think that supporting the occupation is supporting Israel.

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