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Source: BTselem
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.
AMERICAN MUSLIMS FOR PALESTINE
Purchasing dates grown in settlements supports the settlement economy and helps Israel maintain the occupation.
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
Workers, including children younger than 10, are left for 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, 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.
AMERICAN MUSLIMS FOR PALESTINE
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
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 over 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.
Israeli dates exported to the U.S. in 2011 were valued at $51 million, according to the USDA
Brands Jordan River Jordan River BioTops King Solomon All Hadiklaim products
2nd annual nationwide Boycott of Israeli dates For more information, go to www.ampalestine.org/RamadanDates Call 708.598.4267; Email info@ampalestine.org