Code Pink has targetted Ricky’s NYC for their campaign to boycott AHAVA.
(see below)
You can contact Ricky's NYC to urge them to continue selling the AHAVA line:
Dominick Costello, CEO Ricky's
dcostello@rickys-nyc.com
212-352-8545, ext. 9
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Have a Heart!
Join the Stolen Beauty AHAVA boycott campaign in contacting Ricky’s NYC, a
family-owned chain store in New York City, to tell them, ‘Stop carrying
AHAVA cosmetics! AHAVA means love in Hebrew, but there is nothing loving
about the company’s practices.’
Your email can make a difference. This past summer we delivered Stolen
Beauty AHAVA boycott letters to store managers at fourteen of Ricky's
outlets in the city. We followed up with letters and phone calls to the
corporate headquarters and Mr. Costello's office. We also staged several
in-store protests. In late August, Mr. Costello's assistant told us they had
every intention of continuing to stock and sell AHAVA products. Let's see if
we can't encourage a change of heart. Keep the snowball rolling and join us
in sending a message to Ricky's NYC president, Dominick Costello.
Subject: Dominick, Have a Heart
Dear Dominick Costello,
Please have a heart! Stop carrying AHAVA Cosmetics at Ricky’s NYC.
Ahava promises “Beauty Secrets from the Dead Sea.” But wait until you hear
those secrets! Because Ahava is hiding the ugly truth—its products come from
stolen Palestinian natural resources in the Occupied West Bank, and are
produced in the illegal settlement of Mitzpe Shalem. Don’t let the “Made in
Israel” sticker fool you—when you buy Ahava you help finance the destruction
of hope for a peaceful and just future for both Israelis and Palestinians.
Ahava puts a pretty face on its crimes—defending its theft of Palestinian
resources by claiming: "The Dead Sea and its treasures are international and
do not belong to one nation.” This statement defies international law, and
around the world people are standing up to Ahava’s lies. The Dutch Foreign
Minister has called for an investigation into Ahava; A British Minister of
Parliament recently denounced Ahvava’s labeling practices as “fraudulent”;
and there have been boycott actions in Amsterdam, Paris, Montreal, London,
Vienna, and around the United States.
Mr. Costello, don’t you want to be on the right side of history? Stand up
for a just peace for the people of Israel and Palestine. There is no love in
occupation. Stop carrying AHAVA.
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