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EMPOWERMENT through EDUCATION and ACTION

AMERICAN MUSLIMS FOR PALESTINE

Chapter Training GuideEMPOWERMENT through EDUCATION and ACTION




Annual na(onwide Boyco0 of Israeli dates The Jordan Valley and Dead Sea comprise 30 percent of the West Bank.

It is the largest land reserve in the West Bank.

Israel has seized control of 78 percent of this land in attempts to annex it de facto.

Settlements, military zones, nature preserves, and land mine fields are ways Israel steals land from Palestinians.

The vast majority of dates from Palestine are grown in the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea area.

Hence, almost all dates from these regions are grown in illegal settlements on stolen Palestinian land.

Source: BTselem



Annual na(onwide Boyco0 of Israeli dates

Israel prevents the development of Palestinian communities in these areas by systematically demolishing their homes and structures, blocking Palestinians from accessing the valleys water resources and restricting their movement there.




Settlements are illegal!

UN Resolution 465

Fourth Geneva Convention

International Court of Justice

- Just a few of the international laws stipulating the illegality of building on occupied land.




Purchasing dates grown in settlements supports the settlement economy and helps

Israel maintain the occupation.

Photo: Reuters

Palestinian workers in settlements face discrimination, exploitation, unfair labor practices, lack of grievance redress, lower wages than Jewish counterparts.

Typically, Palestinians earn $2 an hour or less and pay is often withheld for months. Source: This Ramadan, Make a Date with Justice, AMP

Exploiting Palestinian labor and children

Annual nationwide Boycott of Israeli dates

Workers, including children younger than 10, are left for up to nine hours atop a 40-foot high date palm tree, without breaks to eat or to use the restroom. Source: Haaretz




The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics found that more than 7,000 children, ages 5-7, were working in settlements in the Jordan Valley in 2008.

Israelis like to hire Palestinian children because theyre quick and light, and can climb trees faster.

Source: Haaretz




As soon as I climb up the tree, the only thing I think about is how to get down from it I know that at any moment I can fall and die or fall and become crippled so we work with one hand and hold the tree with the other. ~ Worker from village of Jiftlik, Dates of Infamy, Haaretz, Sept. 16, 2006

Consumer Boycotts and what you can do July 2005 More than 170 Palestinian organization joined to call for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement to pressure Israel until it complies by international law and the universal principals of human rights.

BDS is strong in South Africa, the United Kingdom and in parts of the European Union.

The Presbyterian Church USA, the Methodist Church, and the Quakers are church groups that support some form of BDS.

It is picking up steam in the US.

BDS is making a difference!

It is so effective that Israel has labeled BDS an existential threat.



People concerned about social justice support BDS,

But what responsibilities do we as Muslims have?


O, you who believe! Stand out firmly for

justice, even though it be against

yourselves, or your parents, or your kin,

be he rich or poor; Allah is a Better

Protector to both.

Surah: 4:135

Israel produces more than half of the worlds leading variety of dates, the Medjool date.

Annual revenues reach about $256 million.

Most Israeli dates are marketed by Hadiklaim, a consortium of settlement date growers. But in 2012, Mehadrin opened its North American operation in New Jersey.

Boycott dates marketed by these two companies.

Israeli dates exported to the U.S. in 2011 were valued at $51 million, according to the USDA.

Brands Jordan River

Jordan River Bio-Tops

King Solomon

All Hadiklaim and Mehadrin products




Buy American!

California is a major date producer. Two companies include:

Oasis Date Gardens, www.oasisdate.com Medjool Dates, www.medjooldates.com*

For a full list of California growers and handlers, go to California Dates In the Industry www.datesaregreat.com/in-the-industry/industrial-food-service/

*Medjool Dates sells from three California growers, SunGarden Date Growers, Royal Medjool Date and Southwestern Date Ranches.




For more information, go to

www.ampalestine.org/RamadanDates

Call 708.598.4267; Email [email protected]

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