🚫 It’s time to boycott Israeli dates!

It’s that time of year that AMP re-launches its annual Israeli Date Boycott. We’re reaching out to you to invite you to participate in this imperative campaign. We have a lot to share with you and we’ll start with this: The Israeli date industry is built on theft. At least 40% of Israeli dates are grown in illegal Israeli settlements, enclaves of stolen land where Palestinians have been dispossessed. Moreover, Israeli date production relies on stolen natural resources such as water, which is often diverted from Palestinian communities to Israeli date farms. Palestinian laborers, who are often forced by economic necessity to work in these illegal settlements, are subjected to grueling physical labor with measly pay. Their abusive work conditions are equally extended to children, whom Israeli settlement farms are known to illegally employ. Will you pledge to boycott ALL occupation dates? Since AMP launched the National Boycott of Israeli Dates in 2011, we’ve seen a tremendous drop in Israeli