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Anonymous
04/03/02 at 23:32:23
Salam... Just wondering if anyone knows where a list of Jewish run companies in the US (and preferably world-wide) can be found at... and anything related to such topic. Thanks.
05/08/02 at 12:27:29
jannah

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siddiqui
04/04/02 at 22:45:32
[slm] According to a reliable source even Al safah meat company is Jewish owned Wallahu AAlam [wlm]

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Abd_al-Rashid
04/04/02 at 23:51:12
[slm] I heard about al-safa too...can anyone confirm? The following list is taken from [url=http://www.muslimaccess.com]Muslim Access[/url] BOYCOTT ISRAEL CAMPAIGN Our research into companies which actively support the zionist state is provided here so that all people of conscience can make an ethical decision when purchasing. Where ever possible, we have provided references for the source of our information so that you may independently verify its accuracy. We thank all those organizations who's research we have utilised. The research is on-going so the list of guilty companies is in no way complete. COMPANY LIST AOL Time Warner Apax Partners & Co Ltd Coca-Cola Danone Delta Galil   Disney Estée Lauder   IBM Johnson & Johnson   Kimberly-Clark Lewis Trust Group Ltd   L'Oreal Marks & Spencer   Nestle News Corporation   Nokia Revlon   Sara Lee Selfridges   The Limited Inc Home Depot   Intel More info [url=http://www.inminds.com/boycott-israel.html]here[/url] Additionally, read the [url=http://www.islamonline.net/fatwaapplication/english/display.asp?hFatwaID=30402]fatwa[/url] from Shaykh Qaradawi [wlm]
04/04/02 at 23:54:06
Abd_al-Rashid

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jannah
04/05/02 at 00:02:26
[wlm] Wow....now this is a lot of good information we can use to hit back at companies where they hurt the most --the bottom line $  We should also write to them and tell them WHY we plan not to consciously buy their products/service again.... just for clarification's sake the above companies aren't necessarily jewish run, but they are on the list because they invest heavily in israeli economy  to the determent of palestians and support the israeli gov't and in some cases even have been hand in hand with the gov't  in committing atrocities: "Al-Awda (Palestine Right to Return Coalition) have pointed out that the Intel plant at"Qiryat Gat" is built on land Israel confiscated from the Palestinian villages of Iraq al Manshiya. Iraq al Manshiya was a village of 2000 people living in 300 houses with two mosques and one school. The original Palestinian inhabitants were terrorised out of the village and then the whole village was razed to the ground to prepare the way for the new israeli settlement of Qiryat Gat. Today the remaining population from Iraq al Manshiya is still not allowed to return."

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M.F.
04/05/02 at 04:17:59
Assalamu alaikum, I just got an email with a list of products this week.  Note that Sara Lee isn't just the cakes.  They also produce underwear, meats and household products.

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Kashif
04/05/02 at 04:59:40
assalaamu alaikum Also, you can often check where oranges come from. If they come from Israel they have been grown on land grabbed from Palestinians so don't buy them. In fact, you'd be buying stolen goods if you did. Kashif Wa Salaam
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salik
04/05/02 at 13:00:38
[slm] As far as I know Al Safa meat is indeed Jewish owned. They claim to employ muslims and has been certified halal by quite a number of boards in US and elsewhere. [slm]

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Learner
04/05/02 at 13:39:19
[slm] Try this link here http://www.inminds.com/boycott-israel.html I know that many of us may argue about what difference this will make as ultimately just about all the products we consume are tied to Israel in some form or another.  Well, as miniscule as these actions may be, at least it's an effort on our part.  At least we'll be able to eat our next morsel knowing that it hasn't been bought for the price of our young palestinian brother or sister. [wlm]

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Anonymous
04/05/02 at 15:08:24
assalamu alaikum, When you boycott products produced by companies that are Israeli owned or that support the Israeli cause, please keep in mind that our quarrel is with Israel, not with Jewish people in general.  Many Jews do not support what Israel is doing to the Palestinians, and recognise that the actions of the Israeli government often violate the rights of the non-Jewish people in the occupied territories. If an effort is made, we can be reasonably sure that we do not inadvertantly support Israel by our purchases, but to boycott all Jewish products and services could just punish those Jewish people who are on our side.  Why should we harm those who have not harmed us? If you are unsure about a product, don't buy it, but please keep in mind that not all Jewish people agree with or support Sharon and his government.  Punishing these people for the actions of Israel is blatantly unfair. wassalam.

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mujaahid
04/05/02 at 15:22:29
[slm] This is payback, lets see how the Iraeli jews like sanctions on them. To those in the UK, these companies are also Jewish Woolworths Sainsburies they are two major supermarkets and we should boycott them. Go to Iceland or Safeway for your grocery shopping.

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Kashif
04/05/02 at 17:19:47
wa alaikum us-salaam [quote]but to boycott all Jewish products and services could just punish those Jewish people who are on our side.  Why should we harm those who have not harmed us?[/quote] That's an incredible thing to say. I would argue that if we refused to take action to please the Israeli Jewish *minority* who are brave enough to call evil evil, then the majority of Israeli Jews will continue to steal Palestinian land and violate the rights of our brethren. Sharon didn't assume power by some magic. He was placed there by a majority vote for his party - and the Jewish people knew full well the history of the butcher they chose to run their affairs. And before Sharon, the right-wing Netenyahu took charge after receiving the majority vote from his people. The number of conscientious Jews is too few in comparison to those who are happy to turn a blind eye while crimes are committed by their leader and their army. Kashif Wa Salaam
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04/05/02 at 18:25:00
Kashif

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Kashif
04/05/02 at 18:33:52
And just on cue is the following article. Note how there is not a single mention by ANY Israeli to the root of the problem - they STOLE another people's land, and they are continuing to STEAL land and oppress the indigenous population like only oppressors do. ---------------------------- Sharon rides high in polls as Israeli public supports 'war on terror' By Eric Silver in Jerusalem 06 April 2002 Most Israelis support the "wide-scale war" on the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, in what is now the biggest military offensive in the territories since 1967, according to opinion polls released yesterday. The seven-day-old war has also boosted support for the Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, to record levels. Almost a quarter of Israelis say they want the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, "eliminated", a euphemism for killing him, according to one poll. Israelis are used to the demands of security. Yesterday's poll in The Jerusalem Post found that 72 per cent of them supported the week-long invasion, not because they lusted for revenge but because they'd had enough of terrorist attacks. They hoped that by taking the battle to the enemy, the army would win at least a respite. Mr Sharon's popularity rating has risen since the invasion. He now leads his right-wing Likud predecessor, Binyamin Netanyahu, by 32 to 26 per cent, with Labour alternatives in single figures. Yet the pollster, Hanoch Smith, argued that there had been little fundamental shift in attitudes. Only 15 per cent wanted the reoccupation to be permanent. "People are not moving very much in their deep feelings," he said, "but they're being moved by Yasser Arafat and the suicide bombers." On the streets of Jerusalem yesterday even the weather seemed symbolic. After a week of unremitting rain, thunder, lightning and hail, the sun came out – and with it, tentatively at first, the people. In the city's German Colony, with its boutique bakeries, wine bars, goat's cheese stalls and cafés, Israelis strolled as if forgetting for a moment that a suicide bombing had been aborted there last month. By mid-morning, swimmers, emboldened by three bomb-free days on this side of the West Bank border, were doing lengths in the Olympic-sized pool. Outside, Shlomo Ginossar, a veteran journalist, and his wife were taking the sun on a bench. "Perhaps it's the change of weather that has brought people out," he suggested. "Perhaps it's a feeling that it's shameful to be stuck at home fearing for the next bombing. Perhaps they recognise that the army has made it harder for terrorists to strike." In any case, he cautioned, it's all temporary and provisional. "We are relaxed, but we know everything is still open, nothing is sealed." If the war, still raging in Bethlehem four miles to the south, was out of sight, it was hardly out of mind. Armed police were stopping traffic every hundred yards. The trendy Caffit café, the target of the failed bombing, now has a wrought-iron gate and a guard with a metal detector frisking visitors. The guard at the pool toted an Uzi sub-machinegun. In Zion Square, in the centre of Jewish west Jerusalem, policewomen with old-fashioned carbines were checking identity cards. I asked one of them if anyone objected. "No," she smiled, "not unless they've got something to worry about." Had she met any? "Not yet." Herzl Behari, 45, whose family has been selling nuts and dried fruit in an alley off Jaffa Road for half a century, said he was strongly in favour of the offensive. "I'm past call-up age, but if the army sent for me I'd go willingly," he said. What, he asked, would the British do if terrorists were blowing themselves up in restaurants and banquet halls every day. "Would they just sit and fold their arms?" His own shop has felt the blast of two bombings and a shooting since the beginning of 2002 and trade has fallen. "I think," he said, "if they let the army finish the job, it will open the way to peace. Only terror prevented peace, not the Palestinian people." Hai Malkan, 27, who owns a store for cheap clothes next door, chimed in: "We had to go in. It was either them or us. The Palestinians think they can hit us as they please and nothing will happen to them. If they want to fight, let them fight soldiers, not women and children." Business was picking up at Ticho House, a garden café outside an art gallery. Uriel Adiv, a single parent, was lunching with friends. "It had become unbearable," he said. "A bomb exploded the other night 200 yards from my house. I'm afraid to walk my little boy to school in the morning. I started walking close to the walls of buildings for protection. He asked why, and I said it was to keep out of the sun. He isn't fooled that easily – 'but there is no sun,' he replied." The café's owner, Nava Bibi, said that her 25-year-old son, Ran, was serving with a reserve infantry brigade in Bethlehem. "He said it has been a long time since motivation was so high," she recounted. "Usually, people with jobs and families are not so happy to go, but this time he and his friends were looking forward to it. They felt they were defending their homes." http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=282082
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Anonymous
04/08/02 at 00:31:30
assalamu alaikum, I was not referring to supporting Israelis, but asking that we not punish the Jewish people in our own communities who oppose Israel and what it does to the Palestinians. I'm sorry if I didn't make that clear in my first post. wassalam.

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Chris
04/08/02 at 09:05:09
Sorry about my long absense, but I was very busy with work and other matters. Allow me to point something out, it took a long time for me to learn that not all muslims are evil, but you, most of you, seem to have forgotten that not all jews are evil too.  I know some jews who would not go to Isreal and do not support it, Should I attack them because I don't like isreal? Continuing this, I think that the treatment of women in Saudia Arabia, Afganistan and Iran is disgraceful, should I persecute [i]muslims[/i] because of that too?

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Noor
04/08/02 at 10:41:45
Hi Chris You have a valid point and soemthing we (I think) all aggree to, that not [i]every[/i] jew aggrees to what the zionists israilis are doing. But the companies listed above aren't just jewish owned businesses, they are financial supporters of the Israili policies of cruelly trying to obliterate a whole nation. We're not talking of the corner grocery store here, these are companies that have bases in almost every country of the world and make thier profits in millions, which they then donate to the killing of other ppl, most of whome are muslims

bring it
se7en
04/08/02 at 15:29:10
[quote]most of you, seem to have forgotten that not all jews are evil too.  [/quote] This thread is discussing boycotting companies that finanically support the *state* of Israel, an illegitimate government that has and continues to *oppress* and *terrorize* a nation of people in a violent, brutal occupation of their land. Those who protested against the killing of students and activists in Tiannemen square in 1989 were not accused of being anti-Chinese.. the cry for freedom of Americans in pre-Revolutionary War days was not dismissed as hostility towards the religion of the British.. so why is it when people protest the injustice, cruelty and terror Israel daily inflicts on the Palestinian people, accusations of "anti-semetism" are heard in the background? ??? Israel does *not* equal Judaism, and no one has said that "all Jews are evil".   Here are some good links to Jewish organizations that are anti-occupation: Jewish Peace Fellowship http://www.jewishpeacefellowship.org/ Neturei Karta Homepage http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/5750/home.html Jews NOT Zionists http://www.jewsnotzionists.org/ Yesh Gvul, The movement for IDF men refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories http://www.diak.org/Haayesh-gvul.htm Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions http://www.salam.org/activism/home_demolitions.html Bat Shalom, Israeli Women for Peace http://www.batshalom.org/ B'Tselem (Israeli Human Rights Group) http://www.btselem.org Occupied Territory http://www.occupied.org/ Rabbis for Human Rights http://www.rhr.israel.net/indexa.html Not in Our Name Coalition http://www.diak.org/not_in_our_name.htm Oz v'Shalom - Netivot Shalom (religious Zionist anti-Occupation) http://www.ariga.com/ozveshalom/index.asp Jewish Alliance Against the Occupation http://www.opentent.org/jews.html Association for Civil Rights in Israel http://www.nif.org/acri/ Gush Shalom http://www.gush-shalom.org/ Jewish People Liberation Army http://msanews.mynet.net/Scholars/Weizfeld/ Amira Hass, Gideon Levy and others writing articles in Haaretz http://www.haaretzdaily.com/ Alliance of Middle East Scientists and Physicians http://www.keck.ucsf.edu/~yoram/amesp.html Visions for peace with justice in Israel/Palestine http://www.vopj.org/ Search for justice and equality http://www.searchforjustice.org Tikkun Magazine http://www.tikkun.org Jews Against Occupation http://www.angelcities.com/memberes/jato Middle East Crisis Committee http://www.thestruggle.com
04/08/02 at 16:11:14
se7en

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Kashif
04/08/02 at 17:31:47
assalaamu alaikum If people are going to boycott the above-listed companies, i think it would also be advisable to send a letter or an e-mail - even if only two sentences - to say that the action you are taking is due to their support/investment in Israel. As a few individuals our impact isn't going to tremendously affect their profits - although i hope i'm wrong - but at least it'll open their eyes up to what's brewing, and they might just keep their ear closer to the ground in future so as not to incur our economic wrath. Kashif Wa Salaam
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Abdullah
04/09/02 at 00:22:32
asalamu alaikum We too often confuse Jewish with Israeli. Saying we should boycott Jewish products and companies is racist Not much else Boycotting Zionist and Israeli products is completely different, like boycotting Iraqi goods and muslim goods. And yes, Al-Safa is owned by a Jew, I think something Kahn. The story I heard was that he was in Africa somewhere where he had a poultry plant and muslims approached him to buy some of his stock to make it halaal.  He decided to take them out of business and start his own halaal industry. And I respect that and respect him for that, because no other muslim business owners are stepping up in Canada to start something. We complain that Al-Safa is controlling our industry and that we shouldn't trust him and blah blah that was my reaction at first, but I realize that our wealthy ummah members haven't really seemed to get together for the deen on this matter. For example, a shining display of muslim solidarity is if you go to Trinidad and Togabo.  The wealthy muslims there were smart:  They joined up, and completely bought out the poultry industry right from the top, so essentially, Trinidad and Tobago is a non-muslim country where every KFC, McDonalds, etc. is carrying halaal chicken.  The minority muslims love it; I sure did cause it was a long time since I tasted any fast food, and for everyone else, it either doesn't make a difference or leads them to ask what halaal meat really is, the starting point of dawah.  You see, they don't know it but they are benefitting Insha'Allah in ignorance when they eat meat Allah SWT has blessed Insha'Allah. asalamu alaikum. abdullah,.

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Anonymous
04/09/02 at 03:31:57
Chris wrote: "Continuing this, I think that the treatment of women in Saudia Arabia, Afganistan and Iran is disgraceful, should I persecute muslims because of that too?" Zionists control the most influential newspapers in America, including the top three: The New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. They also own the top three newsmagazines Time, Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report. But, even more importantly, they thoroughly dominate the television and broadcast media, the two largest media conglomerates being Time-Warner and Disney, and their domination includes the network news executives of the main three networks: ABC, CBS and NBC. Just a thought before we swallow what we hear so heartily.

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iimaan
04/09/02 at 04:22:21
Bismillahirahmanirrahiem [slm]  :-)s and  ;-)s, Here's something I received today and it really shook me up! _________________________________ CIGARETTES - Muslims should be ashame From CIA official statistics: 1. Total World Population : 6.5 Billion 2. Total Muslims in the world : 2 Billion 3. Total Smokers in the world : 1.15 billion 4. Total Muslim smokers in the world : 400 million 5. Largest Cigarette maker is Phillip Morris 6. Phillip Morris donates 12% profits to Israel 7. Total Muslim money to Morris $800 million DAILY 8. Average profit margin is 10% 9. Average profit for Morris is $80 million DAILY 10. Thus $9.6 million of Muslim money goes to Israel every single DAY .......yes DAY!!! 11. Forget the monetary aspect.....Smoking is HARAAM! [i]"Pass this on to all the Muslims you can, in order that they may take heed and vanquish this filthy habbit - especially the ones that smoke the filth of the Kaaffirs and help fund the Jews to kill our brothers.May ALLAH forgive us".[/i] [shadow=red,left,300]"Or think you that you will enter Paradise without such (trials) as came to those who passed away before you? They were afflicted with severe poverty and ailments and were so shaken that even the Messenger and those who believed along with him said,"When (will come)the help of Allah?" Yes! Certainly, the help of Allah is near! (Surat al-Baqara:214) [/shadow]

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Abd_al-Rashid
04/10/02 at 16:36:22
[slm] Jazakillah se7en for the links.   We have been having problems at school with the zionist student org.  and these sites are an excellent tool for us.  Next week insha'allah we are having a memorial display for the shuhadah in Palestine and we anticipate a very negative response from them.  Just last week we showed footage from al-jazeera in the student union and next thing we knew we were surrounded by zionists demanding to know why we were "teaching hate."  The footage consisted of zionist bombardments, funeral processions, marches, victims, etc.   Even though I've yet to meet a Jew who opposes the illegal occupation and genocide, sites like this give me hope. [wlm]

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Kashif
04/11/02 at 17:31:41
assalaamu alaikum It dawned on me that alot of the companies listed aren't Jewish-owned as the name of this thread indicates. Kashif Wa Salaam
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struggling
04/11/02 at 20:00:42
[slm] I have recently got some emails from my friends in the Arab countries that since US is helping Israel, we should boycott US products!!!!!!!!!! Though I am totally for this idea that we should probably boycott Israeli as well as US products (it will be hard for most of the US residents to do that any way), but........I think even if  we do decide for a boycott of Israeli or US companies it won't really make much difference. Especially about the US interests like Nike or Mac Donanlds etc.... what if we do boycott them... it turns out that many of the Nike products are made in Muslim countries of Far East. So in an effort to hurt US economy, we will also be hurting our own brothers and sisters in those countries. In my view, it is probably because of complete lack of any united effort on part of Muslim leadership all over the world. Muslims do not have a single leadership or leader that they can look for guidance to. No Khalifah or the institution of Khilafah. So if Iraq is announcing embargo on its oil alone while rest of the countries in the Arab world are just silently watching, whom is it really going to hurt? US - not at all,   Israel, no, EU probably a little Japan, AUS and NZ may be a little. If it is going to hurt any one, it is the ones that are already waiting for another bombing campaign from US and UK to start.............. none other than Iraqi people. Unless there is a united effort on the level of Ummah, I don't think these efforts will bear any fruit as long as they are not done on a communal level, though we may try to satisfy our individual consciences. It is not to say that we don't even do it. But our efforts should also be directed towards getting the Ummah united, inshallah then there will be no such problem. May Allah bless this Ummah and its leaders with His hidayah and His rahmah, Ameen. Just my opinion!!! Wassalam

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admin
04/11/02 at 20:54:11
Moved from a duplicate thread: Amoora: [slm] :( Sisters I was passed on this site, and told to pass it on, I was surprised myself of all the products listed since I use them myself... http://www.inminds.com/boycott-l-oreal.html Please check it out[url][/url]http://www.inminds.com/boycott-l-oreal.html [wlm] :-)

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Noor
04/12/02 at 03:20:07
[slm] Struggling, I was thinking of the same thing. The Israili-American businesses have become so merged with the muslim economies, that it's difficult to isolate them. But even then, if only the muslims could get their act together and work unitedly maybe some impact can be made inshaAllah. Check out this article from Haeretz: [url=http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=150724&contrassID=2&subContrassID=2&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y] Made-in-Israel label is hard to sell [/url] Importers of Israeli goods, particularly in Egypt and other North African countries, have stepped up requests that the products be sold without a tag indicating their origination. An Israeli manufacturer recently received a similar request from an importer in India. Although these requests have been sporadic, manufacturers believe this is a trend that is likely to intensify due to escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence. Rachel Ro'i, a top foreign trade official at the Industry and Trade Ministry, said that two major local companies recently appealed to an Israeli commercial attache in India, asking for help with local merchants on the matter. One of the companies, a communications equipment manufacturer, said it was asked to remove all signs that its products are made in Israel. The other company told the attache it is being discriminated against for political reasons in a tender bid on an Indian government project. Chairman of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce, Dan Gillerman, said importers and exporters are having particular problems selling Israeli-made goods in Europe. He said that with the threat of an arms embargo against Israel, Italy has stopped sending guns used with police robots. Spain has stopped a shipment of fireworks that were to be used on Independence Day on the grounds that they can be used for military purposes, Gillerman said. The Manufacturers' Association said it had received 10 complaints from exporters who are having trouble selling Israeli goods in Scandinavia. All of them reported they had received letters from their buyers saying they are having an increasingly-difficult time marketing Israeli goods due to anti-Israel public sentiment. Exporters fear the Scandinavian market may dry up completely. The Industry and Trade Ministry's foreign trade department has set up a team that will stay in constant contact, and consult, with commercial attaches abroad.

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bhaloo
04/12/02 at 03:30:11
[slm] The very least we can do is to support Muslim businesses (which we should be doing anyways).  Buy your goods from Muslim stores, even if you have to pay a few cents more, you'll insha'Allah be helping a brother/sister.  I know a lot of Muslim businesses have suffered since September 11th due to discrimination.

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struggling
04/12/02 at 20:57:08
[slm] US tells Saudis to stabilise oil market uploaded 12 Apr 2002 COLIN POWELL finally meets the Israeli Government today, but the most fruitful meeting of his trip has probably already happened: his dinner in Casablanca on Monday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah. In talks perfected in years of US-Saudi diplomacy, the Secretary of State asked for, and got, reassurances that the kingdom would stabilise the oil price during the current turmoil. That promise was made after Iraq suspended supplies but before the strikes at Venezuela's monopoly oil exporter - potentially more disruptive to the US in the short term. Still, the markets have assumed the promise will hold good; few are predicting a further jump in the oil price after a 60 per cent rise in the past year. Crucially for American politics, the heat is coming off petrol prices. But Americans may be taking it too calmly. Attempts to reshape US energy policy are dying amid bitter fighting between the White House and the Democrat-controlled Senate. Gratefully receiving this week's reassurance about this summer, the US is ducking the chance to cope with threats to supplies that are all too imaginable in the longer term. Of course, as far as the next few months go, this week has restored a fair share of confidence amid the turmoil. All those "wasted" trips by Powell and Vice-President Dick Cheney were not wasted, it seems. Opec is being at least halfway obliging to the US. As well as the Saudi remarks on Tuesday, Opec has said that Iran and Libya will not join Iraq's month-long embargo in protest at Israel's attack on Palestinians. There is one cautionary note. Opec said that it has no plans to replace the two million barrels a day lost from Iraq, or the 1.5 million from Venezuela (a figure drawn from industry estimates, although the Government denies a shortfall). But that is based on a calculation that may well be right: that Opec reckons the the price rise will disappear once the fighting in the Middle East cools. In a statement intended to be reassuring to the markets, it has said that it sees no need for intervention before its next scheduled meeting on June 26. That sanguine view has made its way through to American oil analysts. The price of petrol, that eternal determinant of national happiness, has already surged by 25 cents in the last month, to $1.41, but is still nearly 10 cents less than the level last year. Many analysts - in a message proving very popular across the country - think it will not rise above $1.56 a gallon this summer. That may explain why the Iraqi and Venezuelan turmoil has had no discernible impact whatsoever on American energy policy. The Bush Administration has tried vainly to use the threat to promote its plan for more drilling within the US. But the Senate has given it a cold rejection. Last year the Bush Administration proposed a Bill to step up national production, including drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge. Its version of the Bill also rejected plans, of which Democrats were fond, to force cars to be more efficient; they would be smaller and therefore "unsafe", it said. The Bill passed the House of Representatives, but is stalled in the Senate. Democratic senators are enraged by promotion of drilling in the Alaskan wilderness and the lost chance, as they see it, to promote energy efficiency. At the vote next week, many expect it to be killed. In the immediate future, inaction probably reflects an accurate appraisal of the risks. But the US has no plan to cope with profound, permanent disruption of its supplies from the Middle East. At least in Venezuela, if the turmoil unseats President Chavez, the US can assume that any successor would keep the oil pumping. For years, it made that assumption, if nervously, about an overthrow of the Saudi Royal Family. After September 11, against a backdrop of suicidal terrorism, that is clearly unwise. The encouraging news this week, from the US's point of view, is that the markets can accommodate an enormous amount of disruption from two of the largest producers. But the Middle East is not about to become a model of political stability. To judge by the immobility of American politics this week, it may take the national trauma of a $2-plus gallon before it focuses properly on the threat. Source:  The Times taken from:http://www.khilafah.com/home/category.php?DocumentID=3824&TagID=2

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Shabnam
04/20/02 at 18:29:20
[slm] Just A thought as I was reading through the list of Jewish Companies.   Nestle, who are listed, use haram animal products in ALL of their chocolate based products.  It is listed as just chocolate, but does contain pig & calf rennet.  I have phoned the company myself, and confirmed this, but because it doesn't state clearly on the packaging, many Muslims don't realise or are dubious when told.   A bit sad when my daughter comes home from mosque with a KitKat (Nestle Haram Product) for reading Qur'an well................ :( :( :( Also I have just seen some pictures from Israeli-Palestine conflict of Muslim babies, no older than my own, in horrible states - so upsetting it made me cry for my Muslim brothers and sisters, So i am probably not the best person to talk to right now concerning the whole Jewish issue. :( :( :'( :'( [wlm] Sister Shabnam

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Kashif
04/20/02 at 19:11:49
assalaamu alaikum Yep, Kit-kat does contain an animal-product in it and so do Walkers Cheese & Onion flavoured crisps. There was a section about these on "Watchdog" about a year or so ago. Kashif Wa Salaam
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jannah
04/26/02 at 05:21:50
[slm] Hmm anyone else get that email about boycotting the products with the barcode that starts with 729 ie israel.. Interesting... So I checked it out and it sounds like it's legit: The first two or three digits of an EAN-13 barcode identify the country in which the manufacturer's identification code was assigned.  They do not necessarily indicate the country in which the goods were manufactured.   Many countries have EAN coding authorities which regulate the use of retail barcodes. 729 Israel http://www.mecsw.com/specs/ean_cc.html

Re: Jewish-run companies List Boycott
Kashif
04/26/02 at 09:36:12
assalaamu alaikum I received it too. I was wondering whether it was true as well and now i know. jazakillahu hkair. Kashif Wa Salaam
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Re: Jewish-run companies List Boycott
Sis_Malak
04/27/02 at 02:53:38
[slm] Does anyone know why the information about the Boycott campaign disappeared?? It is not available anymore  ???  Did anyone copy it?

Re: Jewish-run companies List Boycott
Anonymous
04/28/02 at 04:56:48
Assaalamu alaikum, Just to let you know that Kit Kat in the UK no longer contains animal products. You can find a list of products suitable for a muslim diet (in the UK) on its web site.

Re: Jewish-run companies List Boycott
bhaloo
04/28/02 at 12:39:24
[slm] Boycott Timberland products, see for yourself their support for terrorism. http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2002/04/26/News/News.47808.html

Another one to boycott
Mohja
04/28/02 at 21:50:32
Starbucks CEO says anti-Semitism on the rise Howard Shultz warns American Jews against complacency 04/04/2002 Reported by Elisa Hahn, KING 5 SEATTLE - Divisions within the Jewish community were on display Thursday in Seattle as Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz criticized Palestinian inaction in the Middle East while others protested the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. "If you leave this synagogue tonight and go back to your home and ignore this, then shame on us," Howard Schultz told a crowded temple of Jewish Americans on Seattle's Capitol Hill. Schultz warned other Jews against sitting back and doing nothing. "What is going on in the Middle East is not an isolated part of the world. The rise of anti-Semitism is at an all time high since the 1930's," he said. "The Palestinians aren't doing their job they're not stopping terrorism." While reaction inside the temple to Schultz's remarks grew from a warm reception to a standing ovation, the mood outside the temple was different. A handful of Jews gathered there to protest the Israeli government's actions of late and their occupation of Palestinian lands. There were similar sentiments Thursday at Seattle's Westlake center. "We only get the side that talks about Palestinians as terrorists. As if all the civilians right now living in a state of siege and terror are terrorists and they're not," said protestor Alethea Mundy, whose younger brother is in Bethlehem doing relief work for Palestinian refugees. She's worried about her brother, but realizes that everything is relative. "This is what the Palestinians live with every day, two weeks is nothing for my brother," http://www.king5.com/localnews/NW_040402WABschultz.43d45a4b.html
04/28/02 at 21:56:18
Mohja

Re: Jewish-run companies List Boycott
gift
04/29/02 at 06:47:01
[slm] For those of you who have noticed that you can't access www.inminds.com the reasons are stated below in the innovative minds newsletter: [i]------------------------------------------------------                 IN THE NAME OF ALLAH ------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>>>>> I N N O V A T I V E    M I N D S <<<<<<<<<<               NEWSLETTER 26 April 2002                http://www.inminds.com ------------------------------------------------------ ZIONIST TERRORISM IN CYBERSPACE Assalaamu Alaikum When we chose the Day of Quds last Ramadhan to launch our Boycott Israel Campaign, we never envisaged the degree of support it would secure, alhamdullah, from both Muslims and non-Muslims alike in such a short period of time. We have received thousands of emails of support from all around the world. Perhaps the most memorable was a message we received on 3rd of April, from Amjad. His message was simple : "I like to thank you by my name and by all Arabs in Palestine  because of your position against Israel. Thank You." For country,  he entered "Nabulas, Palestine". A quick look up of the  IP address confirmed he was writing from an internet cafe in Nabulas. A few hours after we received the email a news alert revealed that more than 100 israeli tanks had just entered Nabulus. The slaughter had begun. We never received  a reply to our message of solidarity to Amjad: "Know that you are not alone, that the whole world is behind your struggle. You are the pride of Muslims everywhere. We get our strength and inspiration from seeing your resistance to this brutal occupation. Know also that this occupation will end, victory will be yours. Allah tells us in the Holy Quran 3:160 that if Allah assist you, then there is none that can overcome you. We saw the enemy humiliated and defeated at the hands of Hizbullah, and inshallah very soon it will be your turn to deliver their defeat..." Requests have poured in from people asking permission to duplicate our boycott leaflet in the thousands  for distributing them at Mosques, Universities and demonstrations. Our sites bandwidth usage has gone through the ceiling. For just last week, the logs indicate a record 4.56 million hits with 22.6 Gb of data being downloaded from our site - all this in a single week! The popularity is also reflected in search engine positioning for our site. Looking at the logs to see how people had found our site (referral) we were quiet suprised: One person had typed "highstreet store websites" in freeserve search engine and it had returned our "Boycott Marks & Spencers" page as fourth on the list of most relevant, which he/she then selected! Another person typed "Boss men s underwear" in the french search engine Recherche and it returned our "Boycott Delta Galil" page as first on the list. Similarly someone visited our site ("Boycott Sara Lee" page) after searching for "kiwi athletic shoe care"  in Google (Brazil). All this popularity is not a reflection on our site or in anything that we have done, but rather the love of Al Quds that is at the heart of every Muslim, and the desire to see justice and an end to oppression in Palestine that resonates in the hearts of every moral being on this planet. Unfortunately not everyone is moral. As soon as we launched the campaign we became the target of the zionists thugs. It started  with a campaign of hate mails and virus attacks. Then they threatened our hosting company, demanding they pull our site stating it was anti-Semitic. After submitting our site to netwatch, a UK organization which vets websites for inappropriate or illegal content, and receiving a clear sign that there is nothing illegal or racist on our website, our hosts endured the continued hate mails. We then started receiving hate telephone calls and the police were called in when a mother was threatened over the telephone with "I know this is your address and that you are alone at home with a child..". Finally on Monday 22 April, around 2:30pm our website was closed down, our right to express our view was trampled on - we were silenced. Our host company explained that they had received threats and were tipped off by "a reliable source in  the industry" against an imminent attack on their servers. They reasoned that if their servers were attacked they stood a good chance of going out of business overnight. They have 25 employees to support as well as their other clients websites to protect. They said that the decision to pull our site was not an easy one for them as they believe in the ethos of free speech on the internet. They explained that even their bandwidth provider had been threatened and that they had to send a formal email to them confirming that our site was no longer available. Currently we are still off-line, but inshallah within the next few days we should be operational once again. Our message to the zionist thugs out there is that your tactics of terror will not succeed either in Palestine or in cyberspace. If our site is closed down again, we will simply re-open else where with added vigour. We will not submit to your oppression, to do so would be to deny our faith and our belief in Allah. Wassalam Innovative Minds[/i] Also i received an email recently which states that the international barcode for products made in Israel begins with the number 729. the email states that even if the product says made in X, if the barcode begins with the number 729 the product has been made in Israel. i don't know how far this is true, i'll try to check it out inshallah, if anyone else knows please tell us. [wlm]
04/29/02 at 06:47:47
gift

Re: Jewish-run companies List Boycott
Sis_Malak
04/29/02 at 13:36:04
[slm] Thanks for the infor about the website....its really sad that our right to express our opinions is being violated.  I copied the list before the server went down, but unfortunately, due to the electricity going out at my apartment, I lost it.  Does ANYONE have it copied?????

Re: Jewish-run companies List Boycott
saadia
04/29/02 at 13:48:15
[slm] I just found out abt Timberland's......   :'(   AFTER i just bought a pair of brand spankin new blue ones!!!!! O SHEESH! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?? My sister and i were going through the list and realized we can no longer shop at the mall.....AND lerner too?  :o O man, I think i need to sit down....... [wlm]

Why Boycott Estee Lauder
Saffiyah
04/29/02 at 17:34:02
> >Estee Lauder owns Aramis, Clinique, DKNY, > >Prescriptives, Origins, MAC, La Mere, Bobbi Brown, > >Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries, Jane, Donna Karan, Aveda, > >Stila Cosmetics, Jo Malone, Bumble and Bumble, Kate > >Spade. > > > >http://www.elcompanies.com/htm/frameset/frm_m5.htm > > > >RESEARCH FINDINGS : > >EstÈe Lauder's chairman, Ronald Lauder, also one time > >chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major > >American Jewish Organizations[2], is the current > >president of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) - a quasi- > >governmental agency whose main function is to > >legitimize Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. > >Ronald Lauder is an ardent zionist, his activities > >have been catalogued by American Muslims for Jerusalem > >who called for a boycott in Febuary 2001. In fact his > >views are often more extreme then some israeli > >governments! > > > >From Jewish Defence League website: > >http://www.jdl.org/action/armchair/estee_lauder.html > >Miriam Shear sent us the following e-mail. JDL agrees > >that it's very important to support companies that are > >pro-Israel. Estee Lauder Corporation is being > >boycotted by a loud and ambitious campaign by the > >world's Arab and Muslim community due to Ron Lauder's > >(Estee Lauder President) support for Israel, and Mr. > >Lauder has been extremely courageous and public in his > >support for the Jewish State and has taken great > >personal and financial risks to inform the world of > >the war that the Palestinian Authority has declared on > >Israel and Jews worldwide.

Re: Jewish-run companies List Boycott
Zeeshan
05/07/02 at 23:19:56
[slm], I have the following concern regarding the boycotting of products of all companies that are supporting Israel. Some of these companies have established themselves even in Muslim majority countries (for eg. Nestle products and Maggi products are widely available in Pakistan). What this means is that alot of fellow Muslims are employed in factories etc. by these companies. A successful international boycott of these companies would cause the companies to axe their employees in places where they are being boycotted. This would mean that lots of fellow muslims would lose their jobs in places like Pakistan. Since the economical situation is not good in alot of Muslim countries and hence it is difficult getting jobs there, wouldn't boycotting such companies mean helping fellow Muslims in one part of the world whilst harming fellow Muslims in other parts of the world? In that case, is it such a good idea boycotting these companies in Muslim majority countries?... or am I just thinking in the wrong way? I would appreciate any response that can help to either remove or confirm my concern. JazakAllah. [wlm]

Re: Jewish-run companies List Boycott
jannah
05/08/02 at 01:53:23
[slm] Zeeshan welcome to the board. Post an intro bro ;) As for your concerns they are legitimate, Muslims work by the thousands for many of these companies. But I think if we do this boycott in a concentrated strategic way it can seriously make a difference in the economic/political arena. There may be some sacrifices to be made in the short run but the long term goals are important as well. I mean this issue  really comes down to a moral individual question. Should I give my money to a place where it more than likely will end up supporting a state that kills my brothers and sisters? Unquestionably some of these companies openly support and aid Israel's cause. They have to know that WE DO NOT SUPPORT this and we will not support them and we're putting our money where our mouth is, because this is the only language some people understand.   Now as for the Muslims that work for these places...I seriously have to question why they work for those companies? Now I'm sure there are alot of reasons.. gotta feed the kids etc etc  But in the long run now if you are not buying from Company A and instead buying from Company B, don't you think Company B will be expanding and hiring more people? Economic buying freedom of choice is an important thing. If I KNOW company A supports Israel and it's owner gives some MILLIONS in aid to Israel I sure as heck shouldn't be handing my money over to them, and instead going over to company B.  This should put pressure on company A to cut it out... at least that's the theory... w'Allahu alam.... The thing is for any boycott to be effective, it has to be done EN MASSE, and UNITED. Millions of Muslims have to say "NO we are not buying from such and such and such and such because you support Israel. Thanks." Imagine if we said to McDonalds.. ok all those Muslim countries where you have hundreds of branches in are now going to boycott you and go to Burger King's from now on.  You can believe that they are seriously going sit up and take notice.  Economic boycott is a serious power tool, if we can use it effectively.  Even if we just use it in the United States itself, it can have an impact. But the unfortunate thing is that we have no organized recognized leadership organization who is in the forefront for this and  who could negotiate and make demands. So this becomes an ineffectual grass roots effort. Thus losing much of it's bargaining power bringing it back to an individual's conscience. Anyway that was some of my thoughts.. even not coherent sorry ;)
05/08/02 at 01:54:18
jannah

Re: Jewish-run companies List Boycott
Kashif
05/08/02 at 07:53:26
assalaamu alaikum Jannah, i very much agree with you're point about performing this boycott strategically. We don't need to boycott 100 different items because the manufacturer aids Israel. Perhaps a better scheme would be to use one or two companies and make them feel the FULL force of a boycott. The companies would themselves see the effect of the boycott insha'allah, and it would serve as a warning to other companies of what could happen to them. Kashif Wa Salaam
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Re: Jewish-run companies List Boycott
sofia
05/08/02 at 09:59:37
As-salaamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullah - Any way we can change the subject?  The "Jewish" part doesn't quite fit, as many have already noted.  It's offensive. In any case, if at all possible, please support Muslim businesses.  If you have access to the net, you can easily do this, insha'Allah.  Remember, ICNA and ISNA are coming up (the bazaar!). If you cannot do that, then please save money (for zakaah!) and do NOT buy brand names that are associated with any companies that have been researched and found to be pro-occupation/pro-exploitation.  I know it's tough in the states, seeing as how our tax dollars are spent by the govt is not helping, but please use hikmah, and do what you can do, insha'Allah. Saadia - can you put that Body Shop info up here, too?  That one ruined my day, but who needs Moonflower lotion and Mango body butter that badly anyways? Jazaak Allahu khairun. :)

Re: Zionist supporting companies List Boycott
Anonymous
05/13/02 at 19:37:11
slm, How authentic are these lists? How can we trust these sources? Furthermore, these lists are missing obvious Zionist supporting corporations, for example vidal sasson.

:'(Re: Zionist supporting companies List Boycott
Mohja
05/23/02 at 19:29:57
[quote] Saadia - can you put that Body Shop info up here, too?  That one ruined my day, but who needs Moonflower lotion and Mango body butter that badly anyways? [/quote] where can i find the info about Body Shop??? i have searched the inminds site but only found stuff about Bathy and Body works.

Re: Zionist supporting companies List Boycott
saadia
05/24/02 at 08:57:08
[slm] Here's the post from the old board: [quote]  Asalaam Alaikum, Ok this is *slightly* off topic but I just read a great book called 'Postmodernism and The Other, The New Imperialism of Western Culture' by Ziauddin Sardar and he has a chapter devoted to places like the Body Shop. I used to looove them, they have great lotions and fragrences, but Sardar BREAKS IT DOWN---basically saying its a postmodern insitution that banks on the experiences of Other cultures, turning it into a marketing ideology, their image exploits the longing for the exotic and ethnic Other in the West.   The Body Shop "... deliberately conflates business expediency w/moral endeavor;   it appropriates the knowledge and the products of non western cultures (it's estimated that the ingredients acquired by the company under fair trade conditions account forless than 1% of its sales) it commodifies and repackages them in a genuine twist of postmodern irony, sells what was already theirs to the non west in smart green bottles w/shiny labels. Non western cultures may 'constitute less sophisticated socieities than our own', but their knowledge, ideas( history, experiences and products have acquired much greater currency in postmodern times than ever before"  (page 124) Long quote from the book, but a great read. He also ties it into the fact that companies like East India CO and British India chain companies glorify imperialism. SHEESH! Sorry to go off about the Body Shop, i used to think they were a great company and went there all the time til i read this book , i highly recommend it. And i'm not knocking anyone that goes there either, i'm just sayin...so no offense to Body Shop lovers![/quote] The book is a really good read and has a whole chapter related to the Body Shop, I highly recommend it. [wlm]

Re: Zionist supporting companies List Boycott
Mohja
05/30/02 at 11:01:46
Checkout this [url=http://www.israelemb.org/economic/uscompanies.htm ]*list of companies*[/url]. It's from the israeli embassy website and has info on all the companies that support israel either with direction investment or as a franchise. The list is too long to put up but the following are some of the companies most likely used by some of us: [quote] America On Line (AOL)- Purchased 100% of Ubique Ltd. in Rehovot in 1993 for $14.5m. Purchased Mirabilis for $287m (5/98) AT&T Communications Inc - JV with Barak for internet hookups, several million dollars (8/98) AT&T Investment Mgt Corp - Invested $15m in Kardan Technology Ventures (8/97) A&W Root Beer - Planning 5 frnachise operations in Israel (Gvanim) Ben & Jerry's - Franchise Operation Blockbuster Video - Franchise Operation Burger King - Franchise Operation (Rikamor Ltd). Opened 4 new branches 12/96, total now 26 with 50 planned Coca-Cola Company - Franchise Operation Compaq Computer Corp(TX) - Invested $3m in Kardan Venture Technologies(5/98) Days Inn of America - Franchise Operation Domino's Pizza Intl - Franchise Operation (Omni Food Brands Ltd) General Electric - Invests in part of $10m Precise offering (8/99) General Motors Haagen Dazs Holding Inc - Franchise Operation (Omni Food Brands Ltd) Heinz - Purchases 51% of Remedia (7/99) Hewlett Packard (CA) - R&D Center in Israel. Owns Computation & Measurement Ltd $19m (6/98) Hilton International Co - Franchise Operation (Tel Aviv Hilton) Holiday Inn Worldwide - Franchise Operation (Africa Israel Investments Ltd) Howard Johnson's Hotels - Built first hotel at the Dead Sea (7/98) now has additional properties in Israel throughout the country Hyatt Intl Corp - Franchise Operation (Hyatt Regency Jerusalem Hotel) IBM (Lotus) - Purchased Ubique from America On Line (5/98) - Owns 100% of Softel. Owns 100% of IBM Israel Ltd Imation Corp (3M) - JV with Scitex Corp to integrate realist print engine developed by Scitex's Iris Graphics International Paper Inc - Owns 11% of Scitex Ltd Johnson & Johnson - Opened office in Israel near Shfayim. Took-over Biosense, a Haifa-based producer of medical equipment for stock worth estimated $400 million in J&J shares in total (9/97). Invested with Polaris & Omega in an Israel VC fund to assist medical startups Kentucky Fried Chicken Corp - Franchise Operation (Clal Trading Ltd) Kimberly Clark Corp - 49.9% interest in Hogla (6/96) through America-Israel PaperMills $49.9m L'Oreal - Purchased 35.5% of Interbeauty (12/96) $9m Marriott Hotels - Franchise operations beginning 7/98 McDonalds Corp - Franchise Operation (McDonalds Israel) MCI - Bezeq International and MCI announced on 3 Feb 98 joint $40 million investment to set up and operate the world's most advanced automated teller machine system. Microsoft Corp (WA) - Owns 100% of Microsoft Israel Ltd in Haifa. Purchased Panorama Systems (10/96)$18m Invested $7.5m in Orion venture capital fund. (5/98) Motorola - Owns Motorola Israel Ltd. Owns Motorola-Tadiran Cellular. Founded fund for investment in local tech cos (1998) Pepsico - Franchise Operation (Clal Trading Ltd., Elite Ltd., Tempo Beer Industries. Ltd.). Purchases 50% of Elite Food Products, a subsidiary of Elite Industries (11/98). Purchased 50% of Elite Food for $10 million (2/99) Pfizer Pizza Hut Inc - Franchise Operation (Pizza Hut Israel). Will invest $4.5m in 1999 in new facilities Planet Hollywood- Opened restaurant in Tel Aviv (4/96), as well as in Eilat Platinum - Acquired Memco for $500 million (8/98) Polaroid Raddison Hotels Intl - Franchise Operation (Moriah Hotels) Sara Lee - 25% interest in Delta Galil. JV with Nilit for production of POY yarns (9/96) Owns 100% of Sara Lee International Sotheby's Holdings Inc (NY) - Owns 100% of Sotheby's Israel Ltd Subway - Franchise Operation Taco Bell - Franchise Operation (Clal Trading) 3M Corp (MN) - Purchased 4.5% of BATM for $10m (6/99) Tower Records - Franchise Operation Toys R Us - Franchise Operation UPS - Sets up new $50m VC fund Vanity Fair - VF Corp - Franchise Operation (Delta Galil Industries) [/quote]
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