Monday, May 5, 2008

Women worldwide call for Mother’s Day boycott of Leviev’s diamonds, to flyer Saturday at New York store

In order to add your name, email us: info[at]adalahny.org

The letter and signatures: http://www.adalahny.org/index.php/letters-a-statements/14-statements/194-mothers-day-boycott-leviev

"New York, NY, May 2 – During the run-up to Mother’s Day in the US, over 100 women from around the world have signed a letter from Adalah-NY calling for a boycott of Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev’s diamonds because his companies are destroying the lives of Palestinian mothers. Mother’s Day, on May 11, is the third biggest shopping period for jewelry in the US. Women will begin flyering on Saturday May 3 at Leviev’s Madison Avenue store, asking shoppers to honor the boycott call. The Mother’s Day boycott call comes just days after government officials in Dubai honored a boycott call from Adalah-NY by announcing that Leviev had no license to open jewelry stores in the Emirate......."

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