• Dutch probing Ahava’s settlement status

    Posted on December 15, 2009

    By HERB KEINON Dec 15, 2009 A Dutch decision to investigate whether – contrary to EU regulations – Ahava is benefiting from lower tariffs given to Israeli-made products when its cosmetics are made in a settlement, has nothing to do with a recent British decision to advise retailers to mark products from Jewish areas beyond […]

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  • More investors abandoning Lev Leviev and Africa-Israel

    Posted on December 9, 2009

    Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 9 December 2009 Last month, the second-largest Dutch pension fund PFZW joined an already impressive group of investors that have divested from Africa-Israel. Africa-Israel is the target of an international boycott campaign by Palestine solidarity activists because of its involvement in the construction of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied […]

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  • Met Zwarte Piet in Amsterdam (aka more from the Boycott Ahava Dutch Bathrobes Brigade in Amsterdam

    Posted on December 4, 2009

    Tijdens de natte dagen voor de verjaardag van de Sint gingen de meiden van de Badjassenbrigade vanavond weer met Zwarte Piet de straat op. Dit keer trokken zij zingend door de winkelstraten van Amsterdam. Met een in het roze gestoken Zwarte Piet en nieuwe liedjes op het repertoire ontlokten zij veel positieve reacties.

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  • Boycott of Ahava Dead Sea products makes an impact

    Posted on December 2, 2009

    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 […]

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  • Bathrobes Brigade Boycott Ahava

    Posted on December 2, 2009

    Bathrobes Brigade protests against Ahava’s stolen beauty products. Ahava products are made in an Israeli settlement in occupied Palestine. The products are sold as ‘made in Israel’. Read more on www.stolenbeauty.org or http://mooiniet.wordpress.com (in Dutch).

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  • Steun voor campagne tegen AHAVA en van Bommel

    Posted on December 1, 2009

    by redactie MooiNiet De Badjassenbrigade ontving een steunbrief van de Coalition of women for peace uit Israel. In deze brief uit de Coalition of women for peace haar steun aan de Badjassenbrigade en Dhr. van Bommel. Hier kan je de gehele steunbetuiging lezen: support_ahava_boycott_holland

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  • Holland to probe if Ahava products made on occupied land

    Posted on November 19, 2009

    According to Socialist Party website, Dutch foreign minister intends to investigate whether Dead Sea cosmetic company’s products sporting label ‘Made in Israel’ are manufactured on ‘occupied’ territory Meirav Crystal Published: 11.18.09, 21:46 / Israel Business It seems as though not everyone in Holland is thrilled with Ahava beauty products. In a discussion held in the […]

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