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‘The Bay’ drops Ahava, but not because of boycott

Jewish groups are satisfied that a decision by Canada\’s best-known department store chain to drop an Israeli beauty line is unrelated to boycott calls. A joint statement Thursday by The Bay stores, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and the Canada Israel Committee said The Bay was dropping AHAVA beauty products \”primarily because of sales results which had been declining for several years.\” The announcement came days after a pro-Palestinian coalition, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, launched a boycott campaign against The Bay for selling the popular AHAVA line of Dead Sea beauty products.

Boycott campaign targets Israeli goods in Canada

Calls for a boycott of Israeli-made beauty products in Canada again have kick-started Jewish counter efforts. Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, a pro-Palestinian coalition, has launched a boycott campaign against stores selling the popular Ahava line of Dead Sea beauty products. On its website, the coalition charges that Ahava \”is economically linked to Israel\’s occupation of the Palestinian territories,\” and that almost 45 percent of the company is owned by \”two illegal Israeli colonies\” near the Dead Sea.

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