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Ahava's shareholders include Kibbutz ] (41 percent); Hamashbir Holdings and Gaon Holdings (41 percent); and kibbutz ] and kibbutz ] (18 percent). <ref></ref> Ahava's shareholders include Kibbutz ] (41 percent); Hamashbir Holdings and Gaon Holdings (41 percent); and kibbutz ] and kibbutz ] (18 percent). <ref></ref>


Ahava has 200 employees, 180 of whom work in Israel. It's main manufacturing plant and showroom is at the illegal Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Shalem in the occupied Palestinian West Bank near the shores of the Dead Sea<ref>http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/501</ref>, with administrative headquarters in ].<ref></ref> Ahava has 200 employees, 180 of whom work in Israel. The plant is located at the Dead Sea, with administrative headquarters in ].<ref></ref>


Due to the location of the manufacturing facility, a boycott campaign has been organized by e.g. the ] organization, arguing that Ahava’s use of Palestinian natural resources from the Dead Sea is, according to the Fourth Geneva Convention, a "patently illegal use by an occupying power of stolen resources for its own profit." The boycott further takes issue that Ahava's products are labeled as if they were produced "in Israel". <ref>http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/501</ref><ref> israelinsider, 25 Jan. 2002</ref> In Britain some anti-Israel groups ] the company's products.<ref> israelinsider, 25 Jan. 2002</ref>


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Ahava
Company typePrivate
IndustryCosmetics
Founded1988
HeadquartersHolon, Israel
Number of employees200
Websitehttp://www.ahava.com/

Ahava (Template:Lang-he) (lit. Love) is an Israeli cosmeceutical company that manufactures skin-care products made of mud and mineral-based compounds from the Dead Sea.

Dead Sea Laboratories (DSL), the company that manufactures Ahava products was established in Israel in 1988 by three kibbutzim in the Dead Sea area. The company is now co-owned by Gaon Holdings, one of Israel's largest holding companies. Ahava exports to over thirty countries worldwide, and exports account for 60% its sales. Ahava products, popular with tourists for their quality and unique properties, are available in shops all over Israel, with an outlet store at the foot of Masada.

Ahava's shareholders include Kibbutz Mitzpe Shalem (41 percent); Hamashbir Holdings and Gaon Holdings (41 percent); and kibbutz Ein Gedi and kibbutz Kalia (18 percent).

Ahava has 200 employees, 180 of whom work in Israel. The plant is located at the Dead Sea, with administrative headquarters in Holon.

In Britain some anti-Israel groups boycotted the company's products.

Models wearing the product, and handing out samples of same, at Spring 2009 New York Fashion Week

References

  1. MarketWise, Greer Fay Cashman, Jerusalem Post, January 3, 2008.
  2. Will the British buy love from the Dead Sea? - Haaretz - Israel News
  3. From Israel with Ahava - Haaretz - Israel News
  4. Harrods reinstates Israeli products in battle with ongoing shelf life israelinsider, 25 Jan. 2002

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