Check The Label

We often check the ingredients on food packaging to decide if foods are good for our health and if they are halal. This campaign extends the concept to ‘check the label’ to ensure the dates we eat during ramadhan are good for our body and soul!

Ramadan is a time of year when we remember those who are less fortunate than ourselves. It is a to,e we feed ourselves spiritually. Therefore it  would be an affront if at such a time we helped support oppression.

Every year, Israel exports millions of pounds worth of dates to the world, which many people unknowingly buy and use to break their fasts. These dates are grown in illegal settlements in the West Bank and the Jordan Valley, on land that has been stolen from Palestinians. By buying these dates, we are in fact helping Israel to continue its occupation and oppression of the Palestinian people.

For this reason, Friends of Al-Aqsa has re-launched the ‘Check the Label’ Campaign.

Most food shops will stock dates produced in Israel, West Bank and the Jordan Valley. Dates produced in the West Bank and the Jordan Valley are highly likely to be from Illegal Israeli Settlements and should also be boycotted.

We ask all consumers to ‘Check the Label’ and not to buy dates from, Israel, West Bank or Jordan Valley.