Delta Air Lines, one of the world&rsquo;s largest carriers, will stop serving snacks manufactured in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank on its flights from Tel Aviv.
Who Profits, a research project of the Tel Aviv-based Coalition of Women for Peace, learned that Delta Air Lines will stop serving the Ahva Vanilla Halva bar, three weeks after a customer filed a complaint with the company&rsquo;s legal department.
The Ahva Vanilla Halva bar is produced by Ahdut Factory for Tehina Halva and Sweets. The company has a factory and its main offices in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank, writes Who Profits in a 31 July email. Ahdut further profits from Israel&rsquo;s settlement enterprise by running another production site in the industrial zone of Ariel West, also in the occupied West Bank.
In 2004, the International Court of Justice affirmed in its advisory opinion on the Israeli wall that settlements built on Palestinian land are illegal. In line with this, there is a growing movement within the European Union for a ban on Israeli settlement products.
The Ahdut factory is also a major provider of tahini sesame paste for the Israeli army, according to Who Profits.
The Electronic Intifada