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CodePink Protest Products Made-in-Occupied Territories
from: William Hughes
On Saturday, at noon, on Sept. 19, 2009, activists from CodePink, a women-initiated Peace and Justice Movement, staged a protest action inside of and also in front of an upscale shop located in Union Station, in Washington, DC. The store, according to CodePink, carries products of Ahava, “Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories,” an Israeli company. CodePink charged in its press release, that it is time “to expose the dirty truth” about Ahava’s products, which are made in the “Occupied West Bank,” and which also “exploit occupied natural resources” in their production. The Amtrak police were eventually called to the scene and the protesters were told to exit the property. For background on this matter go to: “Stolen Beauty,” at: http://www.stolenbeauty.org/article.php?list=type&type=415 and http://www.codepink4peace.org/ For the latest on the critical “Human Rights” situation in the Occupied Territories, see: http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2009/09/15/UNFFMGCReport.pdf and
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/15/un-gaza-war-israel-hamas; and, http://www.pchrgaza.org/ For further information and historical perspective, go to:
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security-council/index-of-countries-on-the-security-council-agenda/israel-palestine-and-the-occupied-territories.html
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