<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">CODEPINK</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@codepink.org" target="_blank">info@codepink.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:01 AM<br>Subject: ACTION ALERT: Let's Crash Ahava's Twitter party<br>To: <a href="mailto:naiman.uiuc@gmail.com" target="_blank">naiman.uiuc@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><p style="text-align:center"><a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Zi%2FbluiXWwPqlCq0tWuI2xEAgzmxuC89" target="_blank"><img width="774" border="0" hspace="0" height="207" src="http://www.codepinkarchive.org/img/original/ahava-banner-alert_2.jpg" alt=""></a></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:medium"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">March 26, 2015</font></span></b><span style="font-size:medium"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium"><font color="#333333" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dear </font><font color="#ff0099" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Robert</font><font color="#333333" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium">Today, Thursday, M arch 26 from 1-2 p.m. EST, Ahava US and several of its beauty partners are hosting an #AhavaSkincare “Twitter Party.” </span><b><span style="font-size:medium">We’re going to </span></b><b><span style="font-size:medium"><a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7hHQZv84jiNx6KMPqjbAexEAgzmxuC89" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><u>crash the party</u></span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:medium"><a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OOv75Xt4dGGJH78mEsKpPREAgzmxuC89" target="_blank"></a></span><b><span style="font-size:medium"> with the truth about Ahava and its occupation profiteering.</span><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium">Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories is an Israeli cosmetics company that has been the target of an international boycott campaign since 2009 because of its illegal practices.</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><b><span style="font-size:medium">The company’s primary manufacturing facility and visitors center are located in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. </span></b><span style="font-size:medium">It pillages mud from occupied shores for use in its products. You can read more about Ahava and the ongoing boycott campaign <b><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kzLsVjx6U1eJaskvEAfvEREAgzmxuC89" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><u>here</u></span></a></span></b><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UiVI14fiZcsvt7pNskQ5chEAgzmxuC89" target="_blank"></a><u><b>.<img width="348" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="348" align="right" alt="" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7644/16892284426_946036c525_o.jpg"></b></u></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><b><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium"><font color="#333333" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><b><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font size="3" color="#ff0099"><b><strong><img width="19" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="2" height="11" alt="" src="http://codepinkarchive.org/img/original/arrow_22.gif"> </strong></b></font></b></font></b></span></font></span></span>HOW TO CRASH THE PARTY</span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium">There’s still time to sign up your Twitter account for our </span><b><span style="font-size:medium"><a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4OGMMl29sRqIiccaGIaWeREAgzmxuC89" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><u>Occupation isn’t Pretty Thunderclap</u></span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:medium"><a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=n2LHzca7rY1vtEHgLOrUbREAgzmxuC89" target="_blank"> </a></span><b><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></b><span style="font-size:medium">which</span><b><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></b><span style="font-size:medium">will</span><b><span style="font-size:medium"> automatically post our message via your feed </span></b><span style="font-size:medium">at 1:30 p.m. EST during their Twitter party.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium">Our online action team will also be crashing the party between 1-2 p.m. EST using the hashtags #AhavaSkincare (that’s their hashtag) and #BDS (that’s ours, and it stands for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions for Palestinian rights).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium"><font color="#333333" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><b><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font size="3" color="#ff0099"><b><strong><img width="19" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="2" height="11" alt="" src="http://codepinkarchive.org/img/original/arrow_22.gif"> </strong></b></font></b></font></b></span></font></span></span><b><span style="font-size:medium">Here are some sample Tweets you can cut and paste:</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium">Hey @BeautyStat Ahava products are made with stolen resources on occupied land <a href="http://ow.ly/KEHZ1" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/KEHZ1</a> #AhavaSkincare #BDS <a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ga4WNvKFZXPxLcAtVCmquREAgzmxuC89" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><u><b>(click to tweet!)</b></u></span></a><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium">Ahava gentle exfoliator may be easy on the skin, but it's rough on the conscience <a href="http://ow.ly/KEIdF" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/KEIdF</a> #BDS #AhavaSkincare <a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=brN%2FaYaZOuS4cSJ41A9BfhEAgzmxuC89" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><u><b>(click to tweet!)</b></u></span></a><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium">Ahava cosmetics are made by Israeli profiteers in Occupied Palestine. That's ugly. <a href="http://ow.ly/KEIdF" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/KEIdF</a> #BDS #AhavaSkincare <a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Iz5AtAW%2BcSMmwBcXgmE22bKMjyTZtmoV" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><u><b>(click to tweet!)</b></u></span></a><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium">Ahava pillages mud from occupied shores. That's ugly and illegal <a href="http://ow.ly/KEIdF" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/KEIdF</a> #BDS #AhavaSkincare <a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ThTRKnlv2v4ShHLqNwjhRBEAgzmxuC89" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><u><b>(click to tweet!)</b></u></span></a><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium">Unlock @Ahava_US beauty secrets. Ugly truth here: <a href="http://ow.ly/KEHZ1" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/KEHZ1</a> #AhavaSkincare #BDS </span><a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Z8ALcobDJmM9%2B7H049opKREAgzmxuC89" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><u><b><span style="font-size:medium">(click here to tweet!) </span></b></u></span></a><span style="font-size:medium"><a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=s51Z9FvVQeA5E%2Bq6Gfz8RREAgzmxuC89" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=35LXHD8hsj8PnWsd0bT7ZLKMjyTZtmoV" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium">VIDEO: Virtual field visit by @alhaq_org to occupation profiteer Ahava <a href="https://vimeo.com/110238952" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/110238952</a> #BDS #AhavaSkincare <a href="http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fK%2BpwQgV105d4n946qLu7xEAgzmxuC89" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><u><b>(click to tweet!)</b></u></span></a><br>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium"><font color="#333333" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><b><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font size="3" color="#ff0099"><b><strong><img width="19" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="2" height="11" alt="" src="http://codepinkarchive.org/img/original/arrow_22.gif"> </strong></b></font></b></font></b></span></font></span></span>FEEL FREE TO COMPOSE YOUR OWN, but remember to include #AhavaSkincare and #BDS. Also try to space your tweets out at least 5 minutes apart so they have a bigger impact. </span></b><span style="color:rgb(255,0,153)"><b><span style="font-size:medium">GAME ON </span></b></span><span style="font-size:medium">at 1 pm EST!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium">We hope you’ll help us crash Ahava’s Twitter party today between 1-2 p.m. EST! And thanks for being part of the team working to take the profit out of occupation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium">Nancy K and the Stolen Beauty Team</span></p>
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