CAIR joins American Muslims for Palestine’s National Israeli Date Boycott Campaign 2023
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/21/23) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today encouraged all Americans to join American Muslims for Palestine’s (AMP) Ramadan campaign to boycott Israeli dates, many of which are grown and packaged in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land.
SIGN AMP’s Pledge: 2023 Date Boycott Campaign | AMP
With Ramadan approaching, CAIR is standing in solidarity with AMP and other advocacy groups to support this Israeli date boycott campaign and is urging all Americans who oppose illegal profiteering from stolen Palestinian land to take action today.
Why this Campaign?
AMP’s nationwide boycott of dates produced in Israeli settlements first launched in Ramadan 2012 by urging grocery store owners to remove Israeli dates from their shelves. Dates are considered the “black gold” of Palestine. They are an important natural product of Palestine’s pure and blessed land. With the holy month of Ramadan knocking on the doors, this “black gold” is especially sacred due to the Muslim ritual of breaking fasts with them.
However, the government of Israel purposefully does not distinguish whether dates sold overseas were grown in Israel or illegally occupied territories. Since then, AMP has distributed tens of thousands of postcards and brochures to stores, mosques, and communities nationwide.
Israeli date farms profit from theft and abuse: They are predominantly grown in illegal Israeli settlements and are grown using stolen natural resources like water. Palestinian laborers, who are often forced by economic necessity to work in these illegal settlements, are forced to work in grueling physical conditions. Israeli labor laws are scarcely enforced when it pertains to Palestinian workers, leaving these Palestinians underpaid and un-compensated for their back-breaking work.
What Can You Do?
1. Share AMP’s 2023 Date Boycott Campaign page with your family and friends, and ask them to sign their pledge and join in solidarity with this boycott of Israeli dates to support justice for the Palestinian people.
2. Download the campaign posters below. Print and share with your local stores.
Click here (Download here)
3. Follow AMP on social media (Facebook, Twitter & Instagram) and share their campaign posts using the hashtag #BoycottIsraeliDates.
4. Find alternative date companies that you can buy from! Palestinian dates are often labeled “Grown in Palestine,” and there are a plethora of Algerian, Tunisian, Emirati, and Californian varieties to choose from.
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