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Ahava's Dermud series for dry and sensitive skin includes hand cream, foot cream, facial cleanser, body milk, facial nourishing cream, facial moisturizer, moisturizing shower cream and body cream.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1198517280244&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull MarketWise], Greer Fay Cashman, Jerusalem Post, January 3, 2008.</ref>
Ahava's Dermud series for dry and sensitive skin includes hand cream, foot cream, facial cleanser, body milk, facial nourishing cream, facial moisturizer, moisturizing shower cream and body cream.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1198517280244&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull MarketWise], Greer Fay Cashman, Jerusalem Post, January 3, 2008.</ref>


==Controversy==
==Controversy and Boycott==


In 2007, actress [[Kristin Davis]], known from the TV series [[Sex and the City]], signed on as a spokeswoman for Ahava cosmetics, generating criticism from [[Oxfam]].<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418545631&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull 'Charlotte' gets no love for Ahava, [[Jerusalem Post]]]</ref> Boycott campaigns have been organized by several organizations, such as [[Code Pink]] which allege that Ahava uses stolen Palestinian natural resources from the Dead Sea and has its manufacturing plant on occupied Palestinian territories.<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3754920,00.html Code Pink protest calls for Ahava boycott (Ynet News, July 30, 2009)]</ref> According to the [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Dutch Socialist Party]] the Dutch Foreign Minister intended to launch an investigation to determine whether Ahava's products are produced on Palestinian territories.<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3806790,00.html Holland to probe if Ahava products made on occupied land (Ynet News, Nov. 18, 2009)]</ref>
In 2007, actress [[Kristin Davis]], known from the TV series [[Sex and the City]], signed on as a spokeswoman for Ahava cosmetics, generating criticism from [[Oxfam]].<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418545631&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull 'Charlotte' gets no love for Ahava, [[Jerusalem Post]]]</ref> Boycott campaigns have been organized by several organizations, such as [[Code Pink]] which allege that Ahava uses stolen Palestinian natural resources from the Dead Sea and has its manufacturing plant on occupied Palestinian territories.<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3754920,00.html Code Pink protest calls for Ahava boycott (Ynet News, July 30, 2009)]</ref> According to the [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Dutch Socialist Party]] the Dutch Foreign Minister intended to launch an investigation to determine whether Ahava's products are produced on Palestinian territories.<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3806790,00.html Holland to probe if Ahava products made on occupied land (Ynet News, Nov. 18, 2009)]</ref>

US PAC Code Pink has called for a boycott of Ahava based on the following

The Ahava factory is in an Israeli settlement in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on land that was a Palestinian village of Arab et Ta'amira.
Ahava excavates mud from the shores of the Dead Sea near the Israeli settlement of Kalya. Exploitation of occupied natural resources by an occupying power, a practice that is explicitly forbidden by the Geneva Conventions.
Mitzpe Shalem and Kalya, two Israeli settlements in the Occupied West Bank, collectively own 43% of Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories
<ref>http://mondoweiss.net/2010/07/inside-the-cosmetics-convention-ahava-boss-denies-the-occupation.html</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* [https://www.ahavacanada.ca/ Official web-site of the Ahava company for Canada] (English language)
* [https://www.ahavacanada.ca/ Official web-site of the Ahava company for Canada] (English language)
* [http://www.ahava.com.au/ Official web-site of the Ahava company for Australia] (English language)
* [http://www.ahava.com.au/ Official web-site of the Ahava company for Australia] (English language)
* [http://www.deadsea.com.au/home.html Online store from Australia that delivers Ahava products anywhere in Australia and New Zealand] (English language)


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Ahava
Company typePrivate
IndustryCosmetics
Founded1988
HeadquartersHolon, Israel
Number of employees
200
Websitehttp://www.ahava.com/

Ahava (Hebrew: אהבה) (lit. Love) is an Israeli cosmetics company that manufactures skin-care products made of mud and mineral-based compounds from the Dead Sea.

History

Models at New York Fashion Week

Dead Sea Laboratories (DSL), the company that manufactures Ahava products, was established in Israel in 1988 by three kibbutzim in the Dead Sea area. The company is now co-owned by Gaon Holdings, one of Israel's largest holding companies. Ahava exports to over thirty countries worldwide, and exports account for 60% its sales. Ahava products, popular with tourists[1], are available in shops all over Israel, with an outlet store at the foot of Masada.

Ahava's shareholders include Mitzpe Shalem (41 percent); Hamashbir Holdings and Gaon Holdings (41 percent); Ein Gedi and Kalya (18 percent). [2] The main manufacturing plant and showroom is at the Dead Sea coast, with administrative headquarters in Holon.[3]

Ahava products are based on the belief that minerals have an extraordinary capacity to act as "intercellular messengers," transmitting information to skin cells and impacting positively on their health and vital functions. [4] The company believes that the black mineral mud on the shores of the Dead Sea has healing properties and beneficial effect on joint diseases and skin conditions. According to the company, it is made of layers of sedimentary clay formed over thousands of years and contains a very high concentration of minerals, which Ahava products use to promote skin health.[5]

Ahava's Dermud series for dry and sensitive skin includes hand cream, foot cream, facial cleanser, body milk, facial nourishing cream, facial moisturizer, moisturizing shower cream and body cream.[6]

Controversy and Boycott

In 2007, actress Kristin Davis, known from the TV series Sex and the City, signed on as a spokeswoman for Ahava cosmetics, generating criticism from Oxfam.[7] Boycott campaigns have been organized by several organizations, such as Code Pink which allege that Ahava uses stolen Palestinian natural resources from the Dead Sea and has its manufacturing plant on occupied Palestinian territories.[8] According to the Dutch Socialist Party the Dutch Foreign Minister intended to launch an investigation to determine whether Ahava's products are produced on Palestinian territories.[9]

US PAC Code Pink has called for a boycott of Ahava based on the following

The Ahava factory is in an Israeli settlement in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on land that was a Palestinian village of Arab et Ta'amira. Ahava excavates mud from the shores of the Dead Sea near the Israeli settlement of Kalya. Exploitation of occupied natural resources by an occupying power, a practice that is explicitly forbidden by the Geneva Conventions. Mitzpe Shalem and Kalya, two Israeli settlements in the Occupied West Bank, collectively own 43% of Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories [10]

References

  1. ^ MarketWise, Greer Fay Cashman, Jerusalem Post, January 3, 2008.
  2. ^ Will the British buy love from the Dead Sea? - Haaretz - Israel News
  3. ^ From Israel with Ahava - Haaretz - Israel News
  4. ^ Ahava website
  5. ^ Ahava website
  6. ^ MarketWise, Greer Fay Cashman, Jerusalem Post, January 3, 2008.
  7. ^ 'Charlotte' gets no love for Ahava, Jerusalem Post
  8. ^ Code Pink protest calls for Ahava boycott (Ynet News, July 30, 2009)
  9. ^ Holland to probe if Ahava products made on occupied land (Ynet News, Nov. 18, 2009)
  10. ^ http://mondoweiss.net/2010/07/inside-the-cosmetics-convention-ahava-boss-denies-the-occupation.html
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