SADAF
Sadaf is a California-based importer of Middle Eastern products. They import many products from illegal settlements in the West Bank. Sadaf’s owners have attended and promoted Zionist events, and expressed vocal support for the Israeli military. Sadaf is also funded by the Israel Discount Bank, a bank that supports many settler farms and businesses built on stolen land. The U.S. Palestinian Community Network has called for a boycott of Sadaf since 2021.
Israeli Hummus and Tahini
Hummus is a dish deeply rooted in Palestinian and Arab culinary traditions, and has been commodified and rebranded by Israel and Israeli companies. Israel often claims hummus as a “national dish”. Similarly, Tahini is a classic and extremely common Arab and Palestinian ingredient. This appropriation is a part of the general trend of Israeli theft of Palestinian culture and food that originated in the Middle East many centuries ago. Companies such as Sabra, Soom, and Mighty Sesame contribute to this cultural erasure.
Sabra and Tribe
Sabra and Tribe are the two biggest suppliers of hummus in the US. Sabra and Tribe have both had their ownership passed between Israeli companies and American companies over the past 10 years. Sabra has been a longtime target of the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction movement (BDS) movement, and Tribe has been the target of various organic boycott movements.
Soom and Mighty Sesame
Soom is an American company whose family owners are outspoken Zionists. Mighty Sesame is based in Israel, and supplies Tahini to many Israeli hummus companies. Both Soom and Mighty Sesame manufacture their tahini in Israel
Israeli Wine
The Israeli wine industry plays an active role in settler colonialism, using indigenous grape varieties and biblical narratives to legitimize land seizure and erase Palestinian history of wine cultivation, while profiting from the dispossession of Palestinian farmers. Many Israeli wines are produced on Zionist settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights.
Covenant wine
Covenant is a Berkeley-based winery. Despite being based outside of Israel, they proudly and openly sell Israeli wine, including wine manufactured in the occupied Syrian territory of the Golan Heights.
Israeli dates
Dates are a major export product of Israel. In 2017, Israel produced $186m worth of dates for export. Approximately 40 percent of Israeli dates today are grown in Illegal settlements, often using exploited Palestinian labor. Israeli-grown dates have been a boycott target of the National Israeli Date Boycott Campaign organized by American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and supported by organizations like the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP), and more.
There are five major complicit Israeli date companies that export to the United States: Hadiklaim, whose its brands include Jordan River and King Solomon, Mehadrin, Galilee Export, Carmel Agrexco, and Agrifood Marketing (with its brand Star Dates).
Osem foods
Osem is one of the biggest food manufacturers in Israel. They have now expanded into exporting foods around the world, including to the US and the Bay Area. Osem openly violates international law by operating manufacturing plants in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Their brands include a peanut-snack called Bamba, which is one of the most popular snacks in Israel. You can find Osem products and Bamba in various stores around the US.
Sodastream
SodaStream is an Israeli company that is actively complicit in Israel’s policy of displacing the indigenous Palestinian and has a history of racial discrimination against Palestinian workers. Sodastream also illegally operates a plant in the West Bank, land which is violently occupied by Israel.