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BOYCOTT ISRAEL CAMPAIGN |
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SARA LEE
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PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED
COMPANIES:
Hanes - Intimate apparel, hosiery,
socks, knitwear, workwear, casualwear
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| Hillshire Farm - meat |
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Playtex - Intimate apparel
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Champion - Men's and women's athletic apparel
and men's underwear
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Leggs - Hosiery
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| Jimmy Dean - meat |
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Douwe Egberts - Coffee and coffee systems
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Sara Lee Bakery
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Bryan - meat
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Dim - Intimate apparel, hosiery
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Ambi Pur - Air fresheners
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Ball Park - meat
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Bali - Intimate apparel
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Superior Coffee - Coffee and coffee systems
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Just My Size - Intimate apparel
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Kiwi - Shoe care
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Maison Cafe - Coffee and coffee systems
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Aoste - meat
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Nur die - Hosiery
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Pilao - Coffee and coffee systems
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Lovable - Intimate apparel, men's underwear, socks
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Outer Banks - T-shirts, sportshirts
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Wonderbra - Intimate apparel
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Sanex - Body care
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Pickwick - Tea
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| Gossard - Intimate apparel |
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| Body Mist - bodycare |
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| Brylcreem - bodycare |
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| Aqua Velva - bodycare |
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| Radox - bodycare |
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RESEARCH FINDINGS :
Sara Lee owns 30% of Israels leading textile company Delta Galil.[4]
Sara Lee is the world's largest clothing manufacturer, this opens
the worlds markets to Israel, with cloths originating in Israel
being sold around the world under one of the many famous Sara Lee
brands.[3]
In 1998, Mr. Lucien Nessim of Sara Lee Personal Products received
the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This
is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel"
in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through
their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to
strengthen the Israeli economy. [2]
See the letter writing campaign
we have launched.
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ADDITIONAL INFO &
REFs :
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Israeli Embassy List of United States Companies with Investments
in Israel:
http://www.israelemb.org/economic/uscompanies.htm
Sara Lee - 25% interest in Delta Galil. JV with Nilit for
production of POY yarns (9/96)
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Friends of Al-Aqsa
http://www.aqsa.org.uk/flyers/boycott.html
[source for Jubilee List - Islamic Human Rights Commision]
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise:
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/states/IL.html
"Sara Lee, for example, has a minority interest in Delta
Galil Industries, an underwear and sock manufacturer in Israel,
and now distributes its clothing around the United States."
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Jerusalem Post, March 1, 1999
http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/01.Mar.1999/Business/Article-0.html
"Delta Galilis the nation's largest manufacturer and
marketer of textiles and is one of the largest private-label
underwear manufacturers in the world.
The company was one of the first local firms to benefit from
the peace process, as it moved manufacturing to neighboring
countries with low labor costs. Delta currently manufactures
in Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and Scotland.
Dov Lautman, Delta's chairman and largest shareholder holds
56% of the company and Sara Lee, the world's largest clothing
manufacturer, has some 30%. The remainder is traded on the
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange."
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Investment Promotion Center,
The State of Israel Ministry of Industry & Trade website:
http://www.moit.gov.il/root/Hidden/ipc/%7BF6922%7D
"Nilit of Migdal HaEmek has signed a joint venture agreement
with The US-based Sara Lee Corporation to manufacture POY
yarn. The two will collaborate in the creation of a new firm,
S.N.Fibres, at a $30 million investment, to make the fibers.
Under the terms of their agreement, all of S.N.Fibres' output
will be purchased by Sara Lee for processing. Sara Lee has
already been involved in various Israeli textile ventures.
Nilit is a nylon manufacturer for the textiles and plastics
industry."
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http://www.saralee.com/corporate_overview/gbs/communities.html
Sara Lee website has an interesting anti-boycott statement:
Antiboycott:
Sara Lee employees and its agents
may not by law cooperate in any way
with an unsanctioned foreign boycott of
countries friendly to the United States.
The largest international boycott today is
the boycott of Israel and the related
blacklist of companies doing business
with Israel by certain Arab countries.
Any request for information or action that
seems to be related to this or any illegal
boycott should be immediately forwarded
to the Law Department.
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URL:
http://www.inminds.com/boycott-sara-lee.html
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