What is AHAVA and why are we calling for a boycott?
Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories (www.ahava.co.il) is a privately held Israeli cosmetics company that manufactures products using minerals and mud from the Dead Sea. Ahavas productssuch as Grape & Avocado Body Wash, Dead Sea Mineral Mud, and Mineral Foot Creamare widely available in high-end department stores and pharmacies throughout the United States and in Europe. The Hebrew word Ahava means love, but there is nothing loving about what the company is doing in the Occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank. The companys practices are against international law.
