Thank you for all your support
over the last five years.
To date $1810 has been raised.
Checks for the following amounts were mailed on May 27, 2011:
Creativity for Peace $125
Hope Flowers School $200
NISPED $225
J Street Seattle $680
Payments for the following amounts were made on June 18, 2011:
Arava Institute $160
Sheikh Jarakh Solidarity $100
Neve Shalom/Wahat Al Salaam $70
Hope Flowers School $50
Creativity for Peace $50
J Street Seattle $150
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING PEACE IN ISRAEL PALESTINE.
Avi Levi, director of Green Action, and David Sokal,
owner of Olive Branch Enterprises, visit with Fiyad, Palestinian
olive farmer
who supplied
olive
oil from his 2008 harvest.
Hadas Lahav, director of Sindyanna of Galilee, gives David Sokal,
owner of Olive Branch Enterprises, a tour of the Sindyanna
facility in Kafr Kanna, Galilee region of Israel.
When I began to sell Peace Oil, I hoped to make it into a profitable business that would grow substantially and sell literally 100s of tons of Palestinian olive oil. That hasn't happened.
I hope to sell the remaining bottles and contribute to the groups listed above. Any earnings left over after shipping costs will go to J Street Seattle.
Any bottles that don't sell by April 30th will be sold locally or go to the food bank.
The quality of the olive oil is good. I am using it everyday and enjoying it.
The Sindyanna is made from the Bernea, and in my opinion is somewhat more resistant to aging. The Green Action, made of Nabali, actually acquires a strong flowery aroma with age which many love.
Ultimately your tongue will know what is best.
If you aren't satisfied I will refund you for the price of the bottle, no return required. Or I can exchange if you pay for shipping.
Thanks again for your support!
David Sokal
Owner of Olive Branch Enterprises, Seattle WA
Watch video on demonstrations against expropriation of Palestinian
homes in East Jerusalem
neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrakh.
See http://www.en.justjlm.org/ for more information and to learn how
you can help this group end the divisive settler activity in East Jerusalem.
Peace
Oil is Palestinian Olive Oil from Three Fair Trade Groups.
Sindyanna of Galilee,
a group of Arab and Jewish women, buys fair trade Palestinian olive
oil from Arab farmers in the Galil region of Israel. The women of
Sindyanna work to promote land preservation, environmental quality,
women’s empowerment and labor rights. Sindyanna is certified
by WFTO. See Sindyanna video.
Green Action,
a grass-roots, “socio-ecological” change group, promotes
fair trade in Israel. Avi Levi, Green Action’s fair trade advocate,
works with Palestinian farmers in three West Bank villages near Nablus
to help them develop export markets for their fair trade Palestinian
olive oil.
Canaan Fair
Trade, based in Jenin, Palestine, sells the delicacies of over
1700 farmers organized in informal cooperatives in Palestine and represented
by the Palestine Fair
Trade Association. Both Green Action and Sindyanna follow PFTA
guidelines, ensuring that their Palestinian olive oil
is fairly traded.
