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  • Gaza Bound CODEPINK Activists Stranded in Cairo, YNet, 6 March 2014
  • Beauty Products Made in Illegal Settlement Spark Controversy, Mint Press News, 5 March 2014
  • Is the movement to boycott Israel working? VICE Magazine, 4 March 2014
  • Hold the Hummus, The Indypendent, 25 February 2014
  • Close the E.U. to Israeli Settlement Products, Haaretz, 25 February 2014
  • Boycott = Anti-Semitism? Some Israeli Avoid Settlement Products Too, Haaretz, 24 February 2015
  • 9 Brands You Can Boycott to Hold Israel Accountable for Its Violations of International Law, PolicMic, 19 February 2014
  • In West Bank settlements, Israeli jobs are a two-edged sword, The New York Times, 11 February 2014
  • U.K. Zionists laud anti-BDS Court Ruling, Haaretz, 10 February 2014
  • SodaStream boycott gathers momentum, Green Left Weekly (Australia), 9 February 2014
  • British High Court Rules Against Ahava Boycotters, The Times of Israel, 8 February 2014
  • Ahava Blockaders Supreme Court Appeal Fails, But Campaign Remains Victorious, Corporate Occupation, 7 February 2014
  • Business and Human Rights in Palestine: A Case Study on Illegal Exploitation of Palestinian Natural Resources, This Week In Palestine, 3 February 2014
  • 10 Brands You'll Have To Give Up if You're Boycotting Israel, Christian Science Monitor, 31 January 2014
  • Kristin Davis, Scarlett Johansson chose different paths when work, Oxfam clashed, Fox News, 31 January 2014
  • The Politics of Celebrity Ambassadors, New Yorker.com, January 16, 2014
  • Walt Disney's Grand-Niece Agrees With Meryl: He Was 'Racist,' Hollywood Reporter, 15 January 2014
  • Boycott Activists Celebrate As Ahava Quits South Africa, The Electronic Intifada, 13 December 2013
  • Swell of Boycotts Driving Israel Into International Isolation, Haaretz, 13 December 2013
  • Canadian Protestant Church Launches Settlement Boycott Campaign, Haaretz , 7 December 2013
  • EU Punishes Israel on Settlements, Rewards It On UN Club, EU Observer, 27 November 2013
  • EU Rekindles Love Affair with Livni As Row Over Aiding Settlers Ends, Electronic Intifada, 27 November 2013
  • Research Dispute Puts EU-Israel Ties Under Severe Strain, EurActiv, 7 November 2013
  • Eminent Academics to EU: Don't Sell Out on Israeli Settlements, The Electronic Intifada, 7 November 2013
  • Six Things You Buy That Help Support Israeli Brutality, Alternet, 3 November 2013
  • Palestinians Ask 50 Countries to Demand Commercial Sanctions on Settlements, Haaretz, 25 October 2013
  • EU's New Settlement Guidelines Already Biting, Huffington Post, 9 October 2013
  • Pressure Builds on Nordstrom for Selling Ahava in Violation of 'Social Responsibility' Guidelines, Mondoweiss, 6 October 2013
  • 600 Israeli Intellectuals Send Letter in Support of EU Settlement Guidelines, BDS Movement, 16 September 2013
  • Former EU Leaders Urge Ashton: Stand Firm on Settlement Guidelines, BDS Movement, 16 September 2013
  • EU-Israel Fail to Agree on New Science Funding, EU Observer, 13 September 2013
  • EU Awards New Science Grant to Occupation Profiteer Ahava, Electronic Intifada, 12 September 2013
  • EU's Moment of Truth on Israeli Settlements, EU Observer, 12 September 2013
  • European Nations: Don't Do Business in Settlements, YNet, 26 August 2013
  • Diplomatic Flap Threatens E.U.-Israeli Research Ties, Science Mag, 21 August 2013
  • Settlement Guidelines Nix Ahava Participation in EU Funded Research Project, Mondoweiss, 20 August 2013
  • Dead Sea: Turning Occupation Into Profit, International Middle East Media Center, 19 August 2013
  • Despite Outcry, EU Guidelines on Settlements Will Have Little Effect, Haokets, 18 August 2013
  • West Bank's Ahava Muddies Address as EU Boosts Israel Rules, Businessweek, 14 August 2013
  • The Business and Trade of Ahava: An Update from Who Profits, 5 August 2013
  • Fizzy Drink Giant SodaStream Caught in EU Rules on Israeli Settlements, Times (UK), 25 July 2013
  • Is The EU Getting Tough on Israel at Last?, The Independent, 23 July 2013
  • Catherine Ashton: Israeli settlement products to be labeled in EU by end of 2013, Haaretz, 23 July 2013
  • Netherlands: Retailers Ban Goods From Settlements, YNet, 22 July 2013
  • EU (Finally) Applies Its Own Law on Israeli Settlements, EU Observer, 22 July 2013
  • Despite Israeli Objections, EU Officially Publishes New Settlement Guidelines, Haaret, 19 July, 2013
  • Ahava Cosmetics Denies It Will be Hit by EU's New Sanctions, Haaretz, 18 July 2013
  • Nordstrom Prides Itself on Caring, but Not When It Comes to Making Profits from Occupation of Palestine, Alternet, 16 July 2013
  • Israel Condemns EU Exclusion Rules Over Settlements, BBC, 16 July 2013
  • EU Takes Tougher Stance on Israeli Settlements, The Guardian, 16 July 2013
  • EU: Future Agreements with Israel Won't Apply to Territories, Haaretz, 16 July 2013
  • Israel Condemns New EU Guidelines That Ban Funding and Cooperation Beyond 1967 Lines, Associated Press, 16 July 2013
  • Danger: an Israel Boycott Ahava, Haaretz, 14 July 2013
  • Livni: Without Peace Progress European Boycott Will Move from Settlements to Rest of Country, Jerusalem Post, 1 July 2013
  • Encouraging Europe to Put a Label on Settlement Goods, 972 Magazine, 1 July 2013
  • EU Ambassador Defends Settlement Product Labeling, Jerusalem Post, 27 June 2013
  • South Africa Puts a Label on Settlement Goods, Open Shuhada Street, 24 June 2013
  • Europe, stop appeasing Israel: Settlement goods are not "Made in Israel," Haaretz, 12 June 2013
  • Jerusalem Post Compares Labeling Settlement Products to Nazism, 972 Mag, 7 June 2013
  • When the Israeli Boycott Goes Mainstream, The Jewish Chronicle (UK), 7 June 2013
  • Israeli Report Claims Labeling Would Hurt Palestinian Economy, Al Monitor, 5 June 2013
  • Church Steps Up Economic Action Versus Israeli Firms, Canadian Jewish News, 4 June 2013
  • Germany Backs Labels for Goods from Settlements, Jerusalem Post, 2 June 2013
  • United Church Israel Boycott: Ahava, SodaStream, Keter Plastic In Campaign Against Settlements, Huffington Post Canada, 20 May 2013
  • Canada's Largest Protestant Denomination to Boycott 3 Israeli Products from Settlements, Jewish Daily Forward, 29 May 2013
  • Wellness Warehouse Agrees to Re-Label Ahava Products, Open Shuhada Street (South Africa), 2 May 2013
  • US Approves of EU Labeling of West Bank Products, Jerusalem Post, 25 April 2013
  • Half of EU Countries Support Labeling Settlement Goods from West Bank, East Jerusalem, Haaretz, 20 April 2013
  • EU Countries to Label Products from Israeli Settlements, AL Monitor, 19 April 2013
  • EU Foreign Ministers Want West Bank Settlement Goods Labeled, EU Business, 19 April 2013
  • Groups Call for Israeli Settlements Trade Ban, Business Day Live (South Africa), 15 April 2013
  • South Africa Requires Labels on Good from Occupied Palestinian Territories, Agence France Press, 11 April 2013
  • Products from the Colonies: Labeling or Prohibition?, Mondoweiss, 5 April 2013
  • Using Twitter to Spread the Word About #AhavaCrimes, Mondoweiss, 3 April 2013
  • You Call This Love?, Haaretz (Hebrew), 26 March 2013
  • Netherlands Becomes Latest Country to Act Against Trade with Illegal Settlements, BDS Movement, 9 March 2013
  • Netherlands Calls on Stores to Label Products from Israeli Settlements, Haaretz, 7 March 2013
  • Will Holland Label Settlement Goods?, YNet, 7 March 2013
  • D.C. Server Receives Bad Tip Over T-shirt Critical of Israel, DCist, 5 March 2013
  • EU Consuls Recommend Imposing Sanctions on Israeli Settlements, Haaretz, 27 February 2013
  • Don't Put a Pretty Face on Ahava's Occupation Profiteering, Mondoweiss, 15 February 2013
  • Patience Runs Out: EU to Crack Down on Israeli Settlement Products, Spiegel, 11 February 2013
  • Could the UNHRC Settlement Report put the 'S' Back in BDS? 972 Magazine, 4 February 2012
  • International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jadaliyya, 3 February 2012
  • Ahava Boycott Gains Momentum Going Into 2013, Mint Press News, 1 February 2013
  • Israeli Settlement Products Need EU Ban, Says Human Rights Report, The Guardian, 14 January 2013
  • BDS Roundup : The Victories of 2012, The Electronic Intifada, 2 January 2013
  • Editorial: Take a Stand on Illegal Settlements, The Independent, 3 December 2012
  • Call for Ban on Imports from Israeli Settlements, Irish Times, 3 December 2012
  • Human Cost: Items Imported from Israeli Settlements, Irish Times, 3 December 2012
  • task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=9225&fb_source=message">Video: The Real News Network: Palestine Activism in the U.K., December 2012 (Ahava campaign mentioned at 6:20)

  • Five ways to effectively support Gaza through boycott, divestment and sanctions, BDS Movement, 18 November 2012
  • Jewish Daily Forward piece about Ahava CEO omits fact of settlement profiteering, Mondoweiss, 13 November 2012
  • Ireland looks to advance EU ban on West Bank settlement products, Haaretz, 9 November 2012
  • The cosmetics industry gets tangled up in illegal Israeli settlement exports, Cosmetics Design Europe, 8 November 2012
  • Boycott campaign is essential for effective pressure on Israel, The National, 4 November 2012
  • New report from European groups highlights growing consensus for ban on Israeli settlement goods, Electronic Intifada, 2 November 2012
  • EU Urged to Rethink Trade Deals with Israeli Settlements, The Guardian, 30 October 2012
  • NGOs Urge EU States to Cut Trade with Israeli Settlements, Haaretz, 30 October 2012
  • In South Africa Tempers Flare Over Labeling of West Bank Products, Haaretz, 18 October 2012
  • utm_source=direct-jd.fo&utm_content=general-general&utm_campaign=" target="_blank">South Africa Pushes Labels for Settlement Products, The Forward, 15 October 2012
  • Trade and Industry Portfolio Committee Endorse New Notice on Proper Labeling, Open Shuhada Street (South Africa), 10 October 2012
  • Activists Vow To Increase Protests as Wellness Warehouse Continues to Mislead Consumers, BDS Movement, 4 October 2012
  • South African Jews, Minister at Loggerheads Amid West Bank Labeling Row, Haaretz, 3 October 2012
  • South Africa: Controversial Israeli Products Back on Shelf, AllAfrica.com, 3 October 2012
  • EU Foreign Ministers Pushing for Labeling of All Settlement Products, Haaretz, 3 October 2012
  • Wellness Warehouse: Speak to Government on Ahava Issue, Cii Broadcasting (South Africa), 3 October 2012
  • More Protests Planned Against Ahava Stockists in South Africa, Cii Broadcasting (South Africa), 3 October 2012
  • Stealing Beauty: South Africa's Well-Oiled 'Wellness' Belt Boycotts Israel, Daily Maverick (South Africa), 2 October 2012
  • Wellness Warehouse Denies it Has Axed Israeli Product, Business Day (South Africa), 2 October 2012
  • Protesters Have Forced Israeli Products of Shelves, AllAfrica.com, 2 October 2012
  • Call for ban on Israeli settlement imports, The Irish Times, 19 September, 2012
  • Israeli settlement goods are illegal, says European Parliament's second biggest group, The Electronic Intifada, 19 September 2012
  • Pro-Israel Lobby in South Africa is outplayed by BDS campaign, analyst says, Haaretz, 18 September 2012
  • South African Government to go ahead with its decision on Israel products, SABC News, 15 September 2012
  • EU working on consumer labels for Israeli settlement products, EUObsever, 14 September 2012
  • The Electronic Intifada weekly podcast: Nancy Kricorian on BDS campaigns against Israel’s pillage in West Bank, September 8, 2012
  • Greek Diplomat: EU Mulling Ban of Settlement Goods, Jerusalem Post, September 7,2012
  • Norwegian Foreign Minister Says Settlement Goods are Illegal, Middle East Monitor, September 6, 2012
  • New Report Documents War Crime of Pillage by BDS Target Ahava, Mondoweiss, September 3,2012
  • Cosmetics Firm Accused of Plundering the Dead Sea, Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), September 3, 2012
  • Israel accused of pillaging Dead Sea Resources in Occupied Territory: Cosmetics Firm Ahava singled out for criticism in report by Palestinian human rights organization, The Guardian (UK), 3 September 2012
  • Israel 'Pillaging' Palestinian Resources, Inter Press Service, 3 September 2012
  • EU States Urged to Label All West Bank Product Separately, The Irish Times, 25 August 2012
  • South Africa is Right; Labeling Israeli Settlement Products is Truth in Advertising, Haaretz, 23 August 2012
  • Israel Condemns South Africa for Relabeling of West Bank Products, The Guardian (UK), 23 August 2012
  • 25 years after slapping sanctions on South Africa, tables have turned on Israel, Haaretz, 22 August 2012
  • South Africa Approves Labeling West Bank Products as “Goods from Israeli Occupied Territories, Haaretz, 22 August 2012
  • South Africa approves “Made in Palestine” Label, Al Jazeera, 22 August 2012
  • South African Ambassador Summoned to Jerusalem Over Decision to Label Settlement Goods, The Times of Israel, 22 August 2012
  • Israel anger at South African “Occupied Territories” Label, BBC, 22 August 2012
  • Canada’s Largest Protestant Church Approves Boycott of Israeli Settlement Products, Haaretz, 19 August 2012
  • United Church Members Vote for Boycott of Products from Israeli Settlements, The Star (Canada), 16 August 2012
  • An Open Letter to Presbyterian Clergy, By Rae Abileah, Tikun.org, July 11, 2012
  • Disney Heiress Disowns Her Share of Family Profits in West Bank Company, The Independent (UK), 18 July 2012
  • Disney Family Heir Renounces Her Investments in Ahava Cosmetics, Haaretz, 16 July 2012
  • Disney Kin Joins BDS Call, Tablet Magazine, 16 July 2012
  • Disney Heir Renounces Profits from Ahava, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 16 July 2012
  • Disney Scion Dumps Ahava over Occupation, The Jewish Daily Forward, 16 July 2012
  • Disney Family Member Denounces Ahava, Israeli Company Exploiting Palestinian Resources, Alternet, 16 July 2012
  • Disney Heir on Ahava: I cannot in good conscience profits from what is technically 'pillage' or 'plunder' of occupied natural resources, Mondoweiss, 16 July 2012
  • 250 European Academics Call for Exclusion of Ahava and Israeli Arms Companies from E.U. Research Projects, Electronic Intifada, 11 July 2012
  • Abigail Disney: "I cannot in good conscience profit from 'plunder' or 'pillage'", July 16, 2012
  • Israeli Settlements Can Face Trade Ban, Says Counsel, The Independent (UK), 9 July 2012
  • Prominent U.K. Jurist Says Boycott of West Bank Settlement Products is Legal, Haaretz, 9 July 2012
  • BDS Opponents' Pyrrhic Victory, The Daily Beast (Open Zion), 9 July 2012
  • U.S. Presbyterians to Boycott Israeli Cosmetics Co Ahava, Globes (Israel), 8 July 2012
  • Why Israeli Settlement Goods Should be Labeled, Politics Web (South Africa), 6 July 2012
  • Presbyterians Will Boycott Some Israeli Products, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 6 July 2012
  • Minister Hints at UK, EU Move Towards Ban on Settlement Goods, Electronic Intifada, 5 July 2012
  • Former Israeli Ambassador Says Settlement Goods Should be Denied 'Made in Israel' Label, The Guardian (UK), 27 June 2012
  • Alon Liel: Don't Buy 'Israeli' Goods Made in Palestine, Business Day (South Africa), 25 June 2012
  • Palestinians Want the “Full Menu of Rights,” Mail & Guardian (South Africa), 24 June 2012
  • Campaign and New Law Challenge Chic Israeli Company Ahava Cosmetics, Whose "Dead Sea Mud" Illegally Exploits Palestinians, Alternet, 16 June 2012
  • Plunder of Palestinian Natural Resources a Corporate War Crime, The Electronic Intifada, 15 June 2012
  • South Africa: What's in a Label?, Al Jazeera, 13 June 2012
  • Ahava's stolen mud from the occupied Palestinian territories, June 20, 2012
  • Avraham Burg: Even I -- an Israeli -- Think Settlement Goods are Not Kosher, The Independent (UK), 7 June 2012
  • Videos Photos: BDS Action Against French Perfume Shop Sephora for Selling Israeli Products, Alternative Information Center, 5 June 2012
  • London Lawyer Takes on Corporations Abetting Israel's Crimes, The Electronic Intifada, 1 June 2012
  • Made in Israel? Not a Simple Question, Businessweek, 31 May 2012
  • Six Years of BDS Success, Ceasefire (UK), 15 May 2012
  • Switzerland Enters Controversy on West Bank Settlement Produce Labeling, European Jewish Press, 30 May 2012
  • Swiss Chain to Label Settlement Products, YNet, 29 May 2012
  • Why South Africa's Decision to Rebrand Some Israeli Imports Packs a Punch,TIME blog, 25 May 2012
  • South African Jewish Leaders Say Trade Minister is Adamant on Labeling, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 24 May 2012
  • Boycotting the Settlements is Justified, Haaretz, 24 May 2012
  • Minister Davies Rejects Racism Charge with 'Utter Contempt', Writing Rights (South Africa), 23 May 2012
  • BDS Rounddup: South Africa and Denmark to correctly label Israel settlement products, The Electronic Intifada, 22 May 2012
  • South Africa Storm Over West Bank Products Spiraling into a Hurricane, Haaretz, 22 May 2012
  • Labeling of West Bank products is "racist," says Israel, The Irish Times (Ireland), 21 May 2012
  • Denmark to label West Bank Settlement Products, The Globes (Israel), 20 May 2012
  • Denmark to ban labeling West Bank Products as Made in Israel, Report Says, Haaretz, 19 May 2012
  • South Africa to Ban Labeling West Bank Settlement Products as 'Made in Israel,' Haaretz, 19 May 2012
  • South Africa to Ban Labeling Ahava as 'Made in Israel,' 19 May 2012
  • South Africa to Enforce Special Labeling of Settlement Products, YNet, 19 May 2012
  • BDS victory: South Africa strips Ahava's 'made in Israel' label, Mondoweiss, 18 May 2012
  • Israel Product Label Scrutinised, Cape Times (South Africa), 18 May 2012
  • Labels Must Reflect True Place of Origin, Business News (South Africa), 18 May 2012
  • South Africa to Ban Made in Israel Label for West Bank Products, Times of Israel, 18 May 20012
  • 'Reclaiming Jewish Activism': Easier Said Than Done, San Francisco Bay Guardian, 16 May 2012
  • Ahava and prison solidarity protest outside Sephora on the Champs Elysees in Paris, 12 May 2012
  • United Methodists Recommend Sanctions and Boycott, Reject Divestment, Jadaliyya, 7 May 2012
  • United Methodists call for boycott of ‘products made by Israeli companies operating in Occupied Palestine,’ BDS Movement, 3 May 2012
  • Brother, Can You Buy me a Beer? Jew School, 3 May 2012
  • Methodists Vote Against Ending Investments Tied to Israel, New York Times, 2 May 2012
  • Davies Under Fire for “Made in Israel Label,” Business Day (South Africa), 11 April 2012
  • Retail Chain in Norway Halts Ahava Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 1 April 2012
  • Norway’s Vita Halts Sales of Ahava Products, YNet, 1 April 2012
  • Palestinian Rights Activists Join BDS Global Day of Action Commemorating Land Day, BDS Movement, 31 March 2012
  • BDS Victory: Ahava dropped by major retail chain in Norway, The Electronic Intifada, March 28,2012
  • Major Norwegian retail chain stops sale of occupation products from Ahava, BDS Movement, March 27. 2012
  • Sephora protest in Lille, France, March 17, 2012 (in French)
  • BDS Victory: Ahava products spiked in Japan because of legal and ethical issues, The Electronic Intifada, February 27, 2012
  • Distributor in Japan Drops Israeli Company Due to Its Illegal Practices, WAFA Palestine News Agency, 27 February 2012
  • Japanese Distributor Ends Contract with Ahava, IMEMC, 27 February 2012
  • Europe Funding Illegal West Bank Lab, The Scientist, 23 January 2012
  • After Its Diplomats Slam Illegal Israeli Settlements, Can EU Continue Funding Them? Mondoweiss, 22 January 2012
  • London’s Natural History Museum Blasted for Collaborating with Ahava, End the Occupation (blog), 20 January 2012
  • European Commission Slammed for Links to West Bank Lab, Nature, 19 January 2012
  • Israeli company's EU funding under scrutiny, Science Insider, 19 January 2012
  • U.K. museum lambasted over links to Israeli Dead Sea firm, Haaretz, 18 January 2012
  • British Museum urged to quit study that includes Ahava, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 18 January 2012
  • British Academics Condemn Museum for Working with Ahava, Arutz Sheva, 18 January 2012
  • Natural History Museum Attacked Over Links to “Illegal” Israeli Company, The Independent, 17 January 2012
  • Letters: Natural History Museum Must Drop West Bank Link, The Independent, 17 January 2012
  • UK Museum Attacked Over Links to Dead Sea Firm, Reuters, 17 January 2012
  • Canadians Urged to Shop at Bed, Bath & Beyond, The Canadian Jewish News, 12 January 2012
  • U.K.’s Student Body Endorses Divestment, The Electronic Intifada, January 6, 2012
  • NUS Criticizes King’s College London Links to Ahava, NUS (National Union of Students) Connect, 4 January 2012
  • It’s Never Too Late to Boycott Israel: The Proper Disposal of Already-Purchased Goods, The Electronic Intifada, 4 January 2012
  • Flashmob: Brides Boycott Ahava and SodaStream at Bed, Bath & Beyond, Jadaliyya, 2 January 2012
  • BDS Roundup: "Don’t put the fruits of apartheid under your Christmas tree!” The Electronic Intifada, 22 December 2011
  • The NGO’s That Stole Christmas, Israel National News, 22 December 2011
  • Third Annual BDS Conference Highlights Progress, Challenges, Palestine News Network, 19 December 2011
  • National Union of Students (NUS) Calls to End Ahava and King’s College Project, Jewish Chronicle (UK), 1 December 2011
  • UK Student Body Slams Ahava University Link, Electronic Intifada, 30 November 2011
  • King’s College London Students Vote to End Research with Ahava, BDS Movement, 6 November 2011
  • Protesters Target Professional Beauty North Over Exhibitor, Exhibition News (UK), 12 October 2011
  • Palestinians Link Foreign Aid to Occupation, ABC News (Australia), 4 October 2011
  • Real Vegans Boycott Ahava, Bikya Masr, 1 October 2011
  • Nordstrom Cares, Palestine Solidarity Committee, Seattle, 30 September 2011
  • BDS Update: Buttressing an Independent Palestine, Middle East Online, 26 September 2011
  • Boycott Ahava: Mother of Justice Visits Nordstrom (Seattle, 29 September 2011)
  • Ahava Flagship to Close Over Demonstrations (London), Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 21 September 2011
  • SOUTH AFRICA: Move to Label Israeli Goods as "Bads," Globe & Mail Online, 16 September 2011
  • Palestinians Say Israel Is Costing them $4billion a year, THE INDEPENDENT, September 30, 2011
  • Occupation Profiteer Ahava Soaks Up EU Science Grants, Electronic Intifada, 5 August 2011
  • The Economic War: This is How the Consumer Boycott Will Defeat Israel, The Marker (in Hebrew), 14 July 2011
  • How Israel Harms Itself When It Legitimizes Delegitimizers, The Forward, 29 July 2011
  • A Strike Against Free Speech, International Herald Tribune, 28 July 2011
  • First They Came for the Boycotters, The Only Democracy, 15 July 2011
  • United Church Wing (Canada) Calls for Boycott, The Canadian Jewish News, 23 June 2011
  • The Romance of Birthright Israel (ends with visit to visit to Ahava showroom), The Nation, 15 June 2011
  • Uproar Against 'False Labeling', Sowetan (South Africa), 13 June 2011
  • Vision: How Flash Mobs and Lady Gaga Are Energizing Protests for Palestine, Alternet, 19 May 2011
  • Israel's Concerns in the Jordan Valley are Not Just About Security, TIME blog, 19 May 2011
  • Stolen Beauty boycott culture jam turns Ahava's online market contest into a social media #FAIL, Mondoweiss, 13 May 2011
  • Ahava Promotional Campaign on Twitter Jammed with BDS Messaging, Electronic Intifada, 11 May 2011
  • The Ahava Protests: A Victory for BDS?, Global Socialite Blog (London), 23 April 2011
  • (Ahava) Twitter Spam Bots: Drowning Out Speech, Global Voices Online, 22 April 2011
  • Statement from the Ahava 4, IndyMedia UK, 21 April 2011
  • Ahava 4 Convicted of Trespass (London), The Jewish Chronicle, 21 April 2011
  • Ahava Victory, Corporate Watch, 6 April 2011
  • Chicago Activists Visit Ulta Headquarters, BDS Movement, April 2011
  • Bed, Bath &...Settlements?, Activists ask retailer to drop Ahava & SodaStream, Mondoweiss, 5 April, 2011
  • British Quakers to Boycott Settlement Products, 5 April 2011
  • Boycott roundup: Canada campuses mobilize to divest, The Electronic Intifada, 18 March 2011
  • Czech Activists Picket Ahava, BDS Movement, 1 April 2011
  • Protests Drive Ahava Out of Covent Garden, Jewish Chronicle (London), 31 March 2011
  • Protesting Ahava at the Natural Products Expo West 2011 in Anaheim, California, By Jodie Evans, March 15, 2011
  • VIDEO: Sephora Mulhouse (France) will no longer sell Ahava!
  • Open Letter to The Bay on its Ahava Statement, Tadamon! Montreal, March 11, 2011
  • Who's Afraid of Omar Barghouti?, Varsity (Cambridge, UK), March 4, 2011
  • Jordan Valley Apartheid and Exploitation: Presentation in House of Commons (UK), Innovative Minds, March 1, 2011
  • Ahava: An Israeli Unfair Trade Company at the London Excel Centre, London BDS, February 27, 2011
  • The War on Israeli Goods, YNet, February 18, 2011
  • Ahava: Stop Breaking Palestinian Hearts, Valentine's Demo (London), February 13, 2011
  • Russell Tribunal on Palestine Examines Corporate Complicity in Israeli Crimes, Jan/Feb 2011, WRMEA
  • Ahava Confirms 'The Bay is Committed to Ahava Brand,' but Says Its Products Were Not Discontinued (Canada), January 26, 2010
  • Wellness Warehouse Must Drop Ahava or Face Protest (South Africa), January 24, 2011
  • Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, January 14, 2011
  • ‘The Bay’ drops Ahava, but not because of boycott, January 14, 2011
  • Press Release: The Canadian Retailer The Bay Drops Cosmetics Line as Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories Admits Declining Sales and Attempts to Rebrand; Victory for Human Rights Boycott Campaign, Common Dreams, January 14, 2011
  • BDS Movement Victory: John Lewis Stops Stocking Ahava Products in Britain, Common Dreams, January 14, 2011
  • British retailer denies boycotting Israeli cosmetics, JTPost, January 14, 2011
  • Letter from the Bonnie Brooks, CEO of The Bay, issued jointly with UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and Moshe Ronen, National Chair, Canada Israel Committee, January 13, 2011
  • January 11 “Buycott Day”, January 11, 2011
  • Canadian retailer ‘The Bay’ drops AHAVA Cosmetics
    by Nancy Kricorian and Rae Abileah, Mondoweiss, January 13, 2011
  • Boycott roundup: activists mark holidays with boycott carols and victories http://bit.ly/fh00Y
  • Case filed against Ahava Peddlers & ANC denounces Ahava, Open Shuhada Street, South Africa, Friday, December 3,  2010
  • The Day the Dead Sea Died, The Elders, December 9, 2010
  • "Breaking the 'Israel Barrier," Wednesday, December 1, 2010, Alter Net
  • Lobbyists challenge ‘made in Israel’ moniker, Wednesday, December 1, 2010, Business Day
  • Dutch Flashmob: AHAVA not for me!, Tuesday, Novemeber 30th, 2010, IMEU
  • Presbyterian Mission Network Votes to Boycott Ahava,Tuesday, November 28, 2010, The Alternative Information Center
  • Middle East Peace Project Begins Boycott in Colorado Springs, Saturday, November 27, 2010, KRDO
  • Ahava protest, Monday, November 22, 2010, London
  • Ahava: Occupation Number Five, Monday, 22 November 2010, Free Palestine Fortnightly Demo
  • Ahava uses ‘crazy pants logic’ to try and beat stolen-minerals rap, Monday, November 22, 2010, Mondoweiss
  • Ahava Cosmetics: There's Nothing Beautiful About Stolen Resources, Saturday, November 13, 2010, change.org
  • What Is and Isn't, the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement, Wednesday, November 10, 2010, The Only Democracy
  • Bad Company, Saturday, November 6, 2010, Free Palestine Fortnightly Demo
  • Uri Avnery Supports Boycott of Settlement Products, November 1, 2010, Writing Rights
  • Operation No Love, Manchester, England, October-November, 2010
  • OSS and UCT Palestine Solidarity Forum protest against Ahava – Video, October 31, 2010, Open Shuhada Street
  • Open letter to the UK Jewish Film Festival about Ahava's Sponosorship, Thursday, October 28, 2010, Jews for Justice for Palestinians
  • Price of Beauty: Boycotts and 'Buycotts,' Wednesday, October 27, 2010, The Jewish Daily Forward
  • New Scandal Rocks Zionist Federation, Monday, October 25, 2010, Palestine Chronicle
  • Video of Covent Garden London Ahava Protest, Saturday, October 23, 2010, YouTube
  • Fortnightly Demo, Saturday, October 23, 2010, London's Covent Garden
  • Battered By Boycotts, Wednesday, October 13th, 2010, The Jewish Week 
  • Ahava: a clarification, Wednesday, October 13, 2010, The Jewish Chronicle Online
  • Ahava protest, Saturday, October 9th, 2010 London's Covent Garden
  • Activists arrested at Israeli cosmetics store, Thursday, October 7th, 2010 The Jewish Chronicle Online
  • Ahava Campaign in South Africa, Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 Demonstration at Wellness Warehouse
  • Ahava Campaign in London, Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 Activists Blockade Ahava Shop in Covent Garden
  • "Boycott turns into "buycott" for West Bank lotions," Andy Campbell, The Brooklyn Paper, September 29, 2010
  • Another Ricky’s Boycott Protest on Montague St., Brooklyn Heights Blog, September 29, 2010
  • Ahava Complicit in the Sins of Occupation, Palestinechonicle.com, September 27, 2010
  • Boycott Israel?, presstv.ir, September 22, 2010
  • Ahava Complicit in the Sins of Occupation, Palestinechonicle.com, September 27, 2010
  • CEO of Israeli Cosmetic Firm Ahava Rattled by Growing Boycott, Common Dreams, September 14, 2010
  • Ahava letter to business partners reveals settler company`s sensitivity to boycott campaign, Kibush.co, September 12, 2010
  • Crossing into Israel: ‘two highly-charged narratives’, Mondoweiss, September 13, 2010
  • ISRAEL: Actors threaten settlement boycott, lawmaker acts up, September 8, 2010
  • Open Letter to the SA Zionist Federation: Why are you supporting occupation, settlement and oppression?, September 6, 2010
  • Anti-Israel economic boycotts are gaining speed, September 5, 2010
  • The Boycott Israel Movement Needs to Rethink Tactics, by Uri Avnery, August 30, 2010
  • Boycott Ahava: Wellness Warehouse Responds — Open Shuhada Street Plans protest, August 23, 2010
  • Why Boycott Ahava? An Interview With Anna Baltzer, PulseMedia.com
  • Pro-Palestinian protesters claim the Covent Garden store Ahava are 'mislabelling' products, WestEndExtra, August 27, 2010
  • A rather depressing mud fight, Guardian, August 19, 2010
  • Legal victory for BDS campaigners, MiddleEastMonitor, August 18, 2010
  • Settlement trade in the spotlight, J News, August 16, 2010
  • Ahava store protesters cleared of charges, JPost, August 13, 2010
  • “Ahava Four” found not guilty of trespass in Israeli store, ISM London, August 10, 2010
  • ‘NYT’ piece from Dead Sea ‘kibbutz’ ignores int’l boycott of its products, By Nancy Kricorian, August 6, 2010
  • Ahava Blockaders Finally on Their Way to Court, ISM London, August 4, 2010
  • Stolen Beauty Campaign Against Ahava Continues, ISM London, August 4, 2010
  • The Neighbourhood News - Ricky's Action Coverage, Brooklyn Heights , NY Times Magazine, July 25, 2010
  • Inside the Cosmetics convention, Ahava boss denies the Occupation, by Nancy Kricorian, July 22, 2010
  • Why I’m Fasting Today, By Rae Abileah, July 21, 2010
  • NYC Beauty Chain Targeted by Boycott, Code Pink continues anti-Ahava crusade, TabletMag, July 20, 2010
  • Mud-slinging on Montague! Protesters say Ricky’s backs Israel’s ‘illegal’ occupation, The Brooklyn Paper, July 12, 2012
  • Ahava campaign comes to court, The Electronic Intifada, 17 June 2010 (includes mention of our campaign)
  • The Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement, The Nation, June 9, 2010 (includes mention of our campaign)
  • BDS in the USA, 2001-2010, by Noura Erakat, June 7, 2010 (includes mention of our campaign)
  • Inaccurate Labelling Of Israeli Dead Sea Cosmetics, May 5, 2010
  • When Beauty is Ugly, Commentary by Chippy Dee, Photos © by Bud Korotzer, May 27, 2010
  • Ahava protest targets Israeli settlement goods, CounterFire, April 10, 2010
  • Occupation Isn’t Beautiful: Palestine Solidarity Activists Target Ricky’s NYC for Stocking AHAVA, the Indypendent, March 31, 2010
  • Communal Groups Mobilize Against ‘Delegitimizers’ of Jewish State, Jewish Daily Forward, March 31, 2010
  • At the end of March 2010 and as part of the Second Global BDS Days of Action for Palestine supporters of the Stolen Beauty AHAVA Boycott Campaign held protests in Arlington, VA, Washington, D.C, Montreal, Seattle, New York, and Los Angeles.
  • Passover, Pocketbooks, and PACs that Hurt, by Rae Abileah, March 30, 2010
  • YouTube: Arlington, VA store action, March 27, 2010
  • YouTube: Washington, D.C. Lord & Taylor Action, March 30, 2010
  • YouTube: Montreal, Canada AHAVA action, March 30, 2010
  • Anna Baltzer video: Why I Boycott AHAVA
  • Alice Walker supports boycotting Israeli Settlement Products
  • Gush Shalom letter about the Ahava Dead Sea Festival, March 25, 2010
  • Support Our Troops: Boycott the Israeli Occupation, Huffington Post, March 15, 2010
  • Spirit of Bil’in travels to London, Mondoweiss, March 15, 2010
  • Ahava London shut down on the weekend, Ism, March 14, 2010
  • Flouting Its Own laws, EU Accommodates "Made in Israel", March 12, 2010
  • Truth in labeling: EU court challenges "Made in Israel" March 10, 2010
  • EU court strikes blow against Israeli settlers, EUObserver, February 25, 2010
  • JCPA Taking Direct Aim at Anti-Israel Boycotters, Jewish Daily, February 24, 2010
  • EU: West Bank goods aren't Israeli, Haaretz.com, February 22, 2010
  • Valentine Rhymes with Palestine, on a Big Day for BDS, By Alex Kane, The Indypendent, and Mondoweiss, February 14, 2010
  • US Store discontinues Ahava dead sea products after boycott call, IMEMC, February 12, 2010
  • Stolen Beauty Victory: COSTCO Feels the Love! January 18, 2010
  • Milestones in the history of the Israeli BDS movement, By Rachel Giora, January 18, 2010
  • For Israel, a reckoning, by John Pilger, January 14, 2009
  • Settlement goods – House of Commons debate, January 27, 2010
  • The Case Against AHAVA, Business & Human Rights Resource Center, January 1, 2010
  • Palestinians destroy settler-made Dead Sea cosmetics, AFP, December 16, 2009
  • Holland to probe if Ahava products made on occupied land, YNetNews, December 18, 2009
  • Setting the Record Straight on Ahava: According to CNN, Ahava won't say whether they're being boycotted in the United States, By David Hosey, December 10, 2009
  • TUNE IN! Omar Barghouti of the Palestinian BDS National Committee and Nancy Kricorian of CodePink explain the international BDS movement to Mimi Rosenberg of WBAI. November, 2009
  • RESISTING THE CORPORATIONS: Interview with Nancy Kricorian, November 2, 3009, Corporate Watch
  • Waging Peace: CodePink Protests Ahava Beauty Products, Washington Report, November 2009
  • ‘LA Times’ runs piece by investor in Occupation without disclosing his interest, by Nancy Kricorian, October 7, 2009
  • Palestinian-Led Movement To Boycott Israel Is Gaining Support
    ‘Our South Africa Moment Has Finally Arrived,’ Says One Leader
    , By Gal Beckerman, Forward.Com, September 16, 2009
  • ‘LA Times’ runs piece by investor in Occupation without disclosing his interest, by Nancy Kricorian, October 7, 2009
  • Ahava Drops Spokesperson Amid Public Relations Fiasco: A first victory for CODEPINK's "Stolen Beauty" campaign, CODEPINK Press Release, September 4, 2009
  • Cosmetics Company Uses Kristin Davis and Then Kicks Her Out
    By Brian Moylan, Gawker.com, September 3, 2009
  • Pink Panthers: Why the antiwar group Code Pink has targeted an Israeli cosmetics company, By Liel Leibovitz, August 27, 2009
  • Corporate Responsibility -- Products for War and Occupation or Products for Peace? By Ann Wright, Huffington Post, August 13, 2009
  • Oxfam sacks Sex and the City's Kristin Davis for joining Ahava, Jerusalem Post, August 7, 2009
  • Boycott campaign pays off as Oxfam suspends TV star Kristin Davis, by Philip Weiss on August 7, 2009
  • Major press mentions of Oxfam's suspension of spokesperson Kristin Davis, also spokesperson for Ahava, thanks to pressure from CODEPINK, Aug. 6, 2009
  • The ugly reality of Israel's settlement-made beauty products, Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, August 3, 2009
  • BDS, American style, July 31, 2009
  • Stolen Beauty posted, Peter Rothberg, The Nation, July 31, 2009
  • Code Pink protest calls for Ahava boycott, July 30, 2009
  • Pretty upset, July 29, 2009
  • Cosmetics Company In Crosshairs of Anti-War Group, Care Fair, July 26, 2009
  • STOLEN BEAUTY: The Struggle for a Just Peace in the Middle East Coming to a Store Near You, By Nancy Kricorian
  • Press and blog mentions of "Stolen Beauty" Ahava boycott campaign, July 22, 2009
  • Bikini-clad CODEPINK NYC activists crash 'Tel Aviv Beach' party in Central Park , June 22, 2009
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