PARTIAL LIST OF ISRAELI PRODUCTS SOLD IN THE SEATTLE AREA

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Contents:
I.      Partial list of boycotted products sold in Seattle stores
II.     Partial list of stores where boycotted products have been spotted
III.   What you can do
IV.    Five products PSC has pledged to boycott
V.     Boycott Victoria's Secret
VI.   Some further products to watch for

Note to fellow boycott activists: This is only an initial list of products for which we are advocating boycott. We need help expanding it. As you are shopping, please keep an eye out for products from Israel. If you spot a product, please notify PSC at info@palestineinformation.org. Let us know whether it is listed as coming from Israel; the store where it is sold; and the location of that store. (Please write "Israeli product" (or something similar) in the subject line of your note.)

Reminder of the goals we have established for our boycott campaign: We are boycotting specific products including all goods produced in Israel or by Israeli-owned companies. We will also boycott products sold by companies that conduct business with Israel or supply goods or services to the Israeli armed forces. We will not boycott products simply because they are kosher or associated with Jewish cultural practices. Our boycott is directed at the State of Israel, not at the Jewish people of the world.


PARTIAL LIST OF BOYCOTTED PRODUCTS SOLD IN SEATTLE STORES

Ahava Dead Sea products   
Barkan and Golan wines     
Beigel and Beigel (pretzels and snacks)
Dorot Herbs                            
Ener-G Crisp Pretzels
Ener-G Sesame Pretzel Rings
Ener-G Gourmet (Wheat-Free) Crackers
Ener-G Gourmet (Wheat-Free) Onion Crackers
HerbCo Tarragon (and possibly other products)
Kedem tea biscuits            
Kedem and Yehuda products          
Masada Bath Salts                
Naot shoes                              
Osem Couscous (box mix)     
Osem Falafel Mix                 
Pastures of Eden Feta                    
Sabra Hummus
Telma Stock Cubes
Tribe Hummus                        
Trikona Couscous                    

NOTE: You may think you’re buying an “Arab product” when you buy a Land’s End sweater or T-shirt that says “Made in QIZ Jordan,” but the initials QIZ tell a different story:  Qualifying Industrial Zones are joint Israeli-Jordanian (or Israeli-Egyptian) business ventures to normalize relations between these countries.  Check out this article about them on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualifying_Industrial_Zone

Israeli Wines spotted in Seattle stores:

Yarden Galilee and Golan Moscato Galilee

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PARTIAL LIST OF STORES WHERE BOYCOTTED PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED

Anderson's Comfort Footwear on Madison
Ballard Market
Costco (Israeli products vary - keep an eye out for Sabra hummus)
Madison Market on Capitol Hill
Metropolitan Market on top of Queen Anne Hill
Nordstrom's (Ahava products)
QFC stores including University Village QFC and Westwood Village in West Seattle
Safeway
Shoes 'n Feet at the corner of Stoneway/4th in Wallingford
TJ Maxx (Israeli jewelry)
Top Food and Drugs
Trader Joe's
Woolly Mammoth


WHAT YOU CAN DO:
educate yourself  
educate others
refuse to buy one or all of these products
talk to stores and outlets, tell them what you're boycotting, and ask them not to carry Israeli products
Contact PSC at info@palestineinformation.org with tips on boycott products you have spotted
Contact PSC at info@palestineinformation.org and volunteer to participate in upcoming boycott activities.

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FIVE PRODUCTS PSC HAS PLEDGED TO BOYCOTT:

1. Motorola cell phones
Motorola has supplied the Israeli military with a Wide Area Surveillance System (WASS), radar devices, and thermal cameras installed around Israel’s rapidly expanding settlement/colonies on Palestinian land in the West Bank.

2. Ahava skin care products
Ahava beauty products come from the Israeli settlement Mitzpe Shalem, near the Dead Sea. The land where this kibbutz was founded is internationally recognized as occupied Palestinian land. Settlement of occupied territories is prohibited under the Fourth 1949 Geneva Convention.

3. L'Oreal Cosmetics
L’Oreal maintains extensive involvement in business relations with Israel, despite the continuing occupation. L’Oreal’s Israeli factory is located in the Israeli town of Migdal HaEmek, near Nazareth. This town was established on lands belonging to an ethnically-cleansed Palestinian village. Approximately two thousand Palestinians, the original inhabitants of this village, were expelled in 1948. They are still denied the right to return to their homes.

4. Sabra Hummus
This product is manufactured by Sabra Dipping Company LLC, which is owned by the Israel-based Strauss Group and PepsiCo. Strauss Group is the second-largest Israeli food and beverage company. The Strauss Group avidly supports the Israeli Defense Forces, donating products to Israeli soldiers who are responsible for killing nearly 6,000 Palestinians since October 2000.

5. Dorot food products
The "Dorot Garlic and Herbs" company was established in Kibbutz Dorot in 1992. It has grown to become Israel's largest supplier of frozen seasonings. Dorot sells to food retailers, hotels, and restaurants.

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BOYCOTT VICTORIA'S SECRET

Over Valentine's Day weekend, PSC launched its Boycott Victoria's Secret campaign. Victoria's Secret maintains close corporate partnerships with Israeli textile giant Delta Galil and the Israeli airline EL Al.  We are asking people not to buy Victoria's Secret products until Victoria's Secret terminates these corporate relationships.  Click here to view and download our Boycott Victoria's Secret flier, which includes details and action items.  Most of the information on this flier is taken directly from the corporate websites of DELTA GALIL and EL AL.   Other sources are listed below.  Check back later for eye-catching photos of our inaugural Boycott Victoria's Secret event.
 
Delta Galil Industries Limited: http://www.deltagalil.com/
El Al's fly and buy program: http://www.elal.co.il/ELALDutyFree/Homepage.aspx?lang=en
 
Also:
Ynet on Victoria's Secret/ El Al partnership: 
http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3755182,00.html
 
National Labor Committee report on Delta Galil Jordan subsidiary sweatshop problems at the end of 2007:  http://www.nlcnet.org/article.php?id=490


SOME FURTHER PRODUCTS TO WATCH FOR

These products are some of the most common from Israel, but they are also imported from other countries:
hummus, feta, pilaf, halvah, wine, certain cosmetics, occasional fresh produce.
Please contact PSC if you see these or any other Israeli products in Seattle stores.

Some Israeli wines:
Barkan
Baron
Binyamina
Carmel
Castel
Castel
Clos de Gat
Dalton
Efrat Winery
Flam
Galil
Gamla
Golan
Margalit
Mount Tabor
Pelter
Recanati
Rimon Winery
Segal
Tishbi
Tzora Vineyards
Yarden

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