Anyone who has ever tried Medjoul dates will know how sweet and delicious they are. Medjoul Dates are known to be large, sweet, and very succulent to eat.

The Jordan Valley is the most fertile area of the West Bank. It is on this Palestinian land that many of Israel’s illegal settlement farms – including date farms – can be found. Focus ion Quality, Healthy Products with Distinct Taste, ensuring that the products of Palestinian farmers reach your home. The high levels of key minerals in Medjool dates make them a great natural supplement for strengthening bones and fighting off painful and debilitating bone diseases like osteoporosis. Israel, as it does every year, is preparing to flood the markets with dates grown either within Israel or on its illegal West Bank settlements. What quantity do you import from Palestine? Are you able to provide proof of origin for the entire quantity you import?The Israelis prefer to employ children — even issuing official work permits, as they can climb trees faster, work for less and it’s easier to cheat and humiliate them. Out of desperate poverty Palestinian families are forced to take their children out of school and hand them over to the settlers to work for a pittance. Guilty Companies Hadiklaim, the Israeli Date Growers Cooperative, which includes illegal settler plantations, sells 65% of all Israeli dates. Its brands include Jordan River, King Solomon, Tamara Barhi Dates, Rapunzel, Bomaja, Desert Diamond, Shams and Delilah. They also supply supermarkets that market them under their own brand. These include Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Waitrose. Sometimes they are labelled “produced in the West Bank”, but these are not Palestinian dates. Mehadrin, Israel’s largest fresh produce exporter, boasted of doubling their Medjoul date sales sighting strong demand in Ramadan! Their dates have brand names Premium Medjoul, Fancy Medjoul, Royal Treasure, Red Sea, & Bonbonierra. So in 2005 Palestinian civil society, over a 170 organisations representing every aspect of society including farmers, teachers and labourers, issued a call asking ordinary people around the world, people on conscience like us - you and I, to help by respecting their call to boycott Israeli goods until Israel complies with international law and respects Palestinian rights. Watch and share the video of Massoud Shadjareh (also below) explaining why concerned citizens should boycott Israeli dates. Magnesium is essential for healthy bone development and for energy metabolism. One serving of Medjoul dates provides approximately 4% of the suggested daily intake of magnesium. Iron is essential to red blood cell production. Red blood cells carry all the nutrients to cells throughout the body. One serving of California dates contains nearly a third of the Recommended Dietary Allowance for iron. 7. Natural Source of Sugar

As well as selling Hadiklaim dates, Waitrose also sells Israeli dates under the label, ‘Love life Hadrawi dates’. In the same period, global Palestinian dates exports jumped by 37%, with the UK being the third largest market for Palestinian dates! Whilst still insignificant compared to Israel dates exports, it’s a good sign. Al-Khayri, Jameel M.; Jain, S. Mohan; Johnson, Dennis Victor, eds. (2015). Date palm genetic resources and utilization. Volume 2, Asia and Europe. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. pp.423–440. ISBN 978-94-017-9707-8. OCLC 905543989. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year ( link) For farmers facing the prospect of having to abandon farming altogether and potentially risk losing their land, Medjoul date farming has become a lifeline as date palms are able to withstand a certain level of water salinity. Despite it being a labour-intensive and costly activity, international demand for Palestinian Medjoul dates has supported the growth of this sector and exports now account for over 70% of production.Do not buy Medjoul Dates unless they are from a verified Palestinian source like Zaytoun or Yaffa. Keep your family safe from stolen goods this holy month.