Countering BDS
The town of Ofra, located in the Benjamin Region of Israel is home to Adanaim Tea. Adanim a leading tea manufacturer that produces and supplies a wide variety of unique herbal teas, caffeine free teas, and organic teas. Adanim Tea produces it tea organically to protect both the natural environment and the health of each customer. Amazingly, each blend of Tea produced by Adanim, is tailored to complement and enhance various health diets. Examples provided by Adanim, mention seaweed and grapefruit, which aid the burning of fats, while various other blends decrease stress, improve digestion and alleviate aches and pains and more.
Despite their superior natural products, Adanim has come under increasing attacks by BDS and even left-wing …show more content…
1 The Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria are not located in an "occupied territory." The last binding international legal instrument which divided the territory of Israel, Judea, Samaria and Gaza was the League of Nations Mandate, which explicitly recognized the right of Jewish settlement in all territories allocated to the Jewish national home under the Balfour Declaration. These rights under the British Mandate were preserved by the successor organization to the League of Nations, the United Nations, under Article 49 in the UN Charter.
2 Until 1993 there was never in history a Palestinian State or autonomy of any kind. Meanwhile the Jews have reestablished sovereignty for the third time in their history within the Land of Israel. It is therefore natural for Jews to build homes and communities in these areas.
3 The territory of the West Bank and Gaza Strip was captured by Israel in a defensive war, which is a legal means to acquire territory under international law. In fact, Israel's seizing the land in 1967 was the only legal acquisition of the territory this century: the Jordanian occupation of the West Bank from 1947 to 1967, by contrast, had been the result of an offensive war in 1948 and was never recognized by the international community, including the Arab states, with the exception of Great Britain and Pakistan. This fact was admitted by Stephen Schwebel, who headed the International Court of Justice in the Hague in …show more content…
They are urging local distributors to cease selling Israeli products and it has even reached a point that they are beginning to press the government to stop collaborating with Israel. As of late, the Thai Government has been expanding its relationship with Israel, both in private and public sectors including bilateral agreements and arms trade. PSC-Thailand calls the Thai Government, “deeply complicit with violations of international law, war crimes and human rights abuses against Palestinians.”
We have learned from one supporter in Thailand that BDS has had some level of success by convincing a popular Café and Catering service called au bon pain (ABP) to stop ordering from Adanim Tea, due to heavy pressure. According to an email from one of our supporters, the owners of ABP, simply did not want to deal with the ongoing BDS protests and ceased to buy Adanim products. The time has come for supporters of Israel to fight back using a two pronged
The town of Ofra, located in the Benjamin Region of Israel is home to Adanaim Tea. Adanim a leading tea manufacturer that produces and supplies a wide variety of unique herbal teas, caffeine free teas, and organic teas. Adanim Tea produces it tea organically to protect both the natural environment and the health of each customer. Amazingly, each blend of Tea produced by Adanim, is tailored to complement and enhance various health diets. Examples provided by Adanim, mention seaweed and grapefruit, which aid the burning of fats, while various other blends decrease stress, improve digestion and alleviate aches and pains and more.
Despite their superior natural products, Adanim has come under increasing attacks by BDS and even left-wing …show more content…
1 The Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria are not located in an "occupied territory." The last binding international legal instrument which divided the territory of Israel, Judea, Samaria and Gaza was the League of Nations Mandate, which explicitly recognized the right of Jewish settlement in all territories allocated to the Jewish national home under the Balfour Declaration. These rights under the British Mandate were preserved by the successor organization to the League of Nations, the United Nations, under Article 49 in the UN Charter.
2 Until 1993 there was never in history a Palestinian State or autonomy of any kind. Meanwhile the Jews have reestablished sovereignty for the third time in their history within the Land of Israel. It is therefore natural for Jews to build homes and communities in these areas.
3 The territory of the West Bank and Gaza Strip was captured by Israel in a defensive war, which is a legal means to acquire territory under international law. In fact, Israel's seizing the land in 1967 was the only legal acquisition of the territory this century: the Jordanian occupation of the West Bank from 1947 to 1967, by contrast, had been the result of an offensive war in 1948 and was never recognized by the international community, including the Arab states, with the exception of Great Britain and Pakistan. This fact was admitted by Stephen Schwebel, who headed the International Court of Justice in the Hague in …show more content…
They are urging local distributors to cease selling Israeli products and it has even reached a point that they are beginning to press the government to stop collaborating with Israel. As of late, the Thai Government has been expanding its relationship with Israel, both in private and public sectors including bilateral agreements and arms trade. PSC-Thailand calls the Thai Government, “deeply complicit with violations of international law, war crimes and human rights abuses against Palestinians.”
We have learned from one supporter in Thailand that BDS has had some level of success by convincing a popular Café and Catering service called au bon pain (ABP) to stop ordering from Adanim Tea, due to heavy pressure. According to an email from one of our supporters, the owners of ABP, simply did not want to deal with the ongoing BDS protests and ceased to buy Adanim products. The time has come for supporters of Israel to fight back using a two pronged