YOGYAKARTA The boycott of products related to Israel is still happening in Indonesia, one of which is a dates originating from Israel. In fact, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) called for the boycott. Regarding the boycott movement, the public is advised to know how to recognize Israeli dates.
Please note that Israel is indeed one of the producing countries of several types of dates, one of which is the Medjool date. The dates are liked and popular because of their natural sweet taste. In addition, Medjool dates also have premium segments.
To avoid dates originating from Israel, the public is advised to know the characteristics of Israeli dates as follows.
The easiest way to find out whether the Israeli product dates are from their brands. There are at least 21 brands of dates produced by the Israeli industry, which are as follows.
Please note, some dates owned by Israel do employ Palestinians. However, the wages received are very small.
Reporting from the AlJazeera website, data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization shows that in 2017, Israel managed to record an export of a date of 181.2 million dollars. The dates industry in Israel is indeed quite large but very exploitative.
Garden owners bring in low-form Palestinian workers to do difficult work in date palm plantations.
Israel is one of the best date-producing countries in the world. The country is able to develop dates very well. There are several types of dates grown in Israel, namely as follows.
There are many countries that produce medjool dates, especially Israel. Unfortunately buyers cannot really identify Israeli Medjool dates. In order to be safer and support boycott activities, try to avoid general Medjool dates.
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Date products that arrive in Indonesia can be ascertained to be imported from other countries. Date products from abroad should include the country of origin of the date. If you don't find out where the origin of the date comes, it's better to avoid it. It is feared that dates that don't include the origin of the country are one of the tricks that Israeli manufacturers have in marketing their products.
The easiest way to find out whether the dates or products imported from Israel or not is to check them through the pro-Israel product website. On the website, users can easily find products sourced from Israel, one of the websites is Bdnaash. How to check Israeli products through the website is quite easy as follows.
Those are some ways to recognize Israeli dates. Visit VOI.ID to get more interesting information.
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