Palestine Just Trade Inc. is pleased to be in its second season of providing solidarity sales of Palestinian Medjoul Dates . New packaging. New harvest.
Proceeds to the work of Just Peace for Palestine.
JUMBO size, 900 g, shipped in case of 8 packages at $160. Shipping included anywhere in Canada.
Also four 900g packages for $100 including shipping possible.
Contact: info@palestinejusttrade.ca
An amazing way to support Palestinian producers and workers, and justice for Palestine.
The 2019 fall harvest from Palestine is here, and being shipped across Canada.
Available year round, we are now wanting to be sure you get your orders through out Ramadan 2020.
TO ORDER:
Send email with name, address, phone to info@palestinejusttrade.ca
Payment made by e-transfer to info@palestinejusttrade.ca
For more details on ordering contact info@palestinejusttrade.ca.
Given Covid-19, Palestine Just Trade has worked to get a plan together that will give you the advantage of ordering directly to your own home at this time, and having product through Ramadan. We will continue to monitor how this will work in the coming weeks, but we encourage you to order early.
With Canada Post services indicating that their normal guarentees are not in place, please ensure early order. Also, we need extra time to arrange safe pick up from the cool storage warehouse, and get product to you.
Medjoul Dates are indigenous to the Jordan Valley in Palestine, and grown only in a couple other places in the world.
A wonderful way to break fast during 2020–with Palestinian Medjoul Dates with benefits going to Palestinian families & justice for Palestine.
Palestine Just Trade Inc. provides a unqiue opportunity to pre-order choice quality Palestinian Medjoul Dates from the Jordan Valley of Palestine just in time for Ramadan 2020.
These Medjoul Dates are 100% Palestinian; grown, harvested, sorted, graded, and packed by a Palestinian Agricultural Organization located in Area C of the Jordan Valley in Palestine.
From Al-Auja Village / Jericho City Palestine. Grading, packaging by Al-Rwad Company in Jericho
All proceeds from the sale to go the work of Just Peace Advocates supporting justice work for Palestine here in Canada and in Palestine.
Check out more details about Palestine Medjoul Dates HERE
Palestine Just Trade Inc. is pleased to begin its second season of providing solidarity sales of Palestinian Medjoul Dates.
With current situation in place regarding Covid-19 we will do our best to continue to ship directly to you. In order to ensure shipping in timely fashion, please order as early as possible.
JUMBO size, 900 g, shipped in carton of 8 packages at $160. Shipping included anywhere in Canada.
Also four 900g packages for $100 including shipping.
Contact: info@palestinejusttrade.ca
An amazing way to support Palestinian producers and workers, and justice for Palestine
The 2019 fall harvest from Palestine is here, and being shipped across Canada.
Available year round, we are now wanting to be sure you get your orders for Ramadan 2020. With Canada Post services indicating that their normal guarentees are not in place, please ensure early order.
Medjoul Dates are indigenous to the Jordan Valley in Palestine, and grown only in a couple other places in the world.
A wonderful way to break fast during 2020–with Palestinian Medjoul Dates with benefits going to Palestinian families & justice for Palestine.
Palestine Just Trade Inc. provides your community with this UNIQUE opportunity to pre-order choice quality Palestinian Medjoul Dates from the Jordan Valley of Palestine just in time for Ramadan 2020.
The new harvest from Fall 2019 is in! and we deliver directly to you.
PALESTINE JUST TRADE INC. presents
“Medjoul dates delivered to you directly from Palestinian plantations” just in time for Ramadan 2020.
During 2019, mosques, community groups, churches, family and friend came together to make orders, and enjoyed Palestinian quality trusted product and support justice for Palestine.
Palestine Just Trade Inc. provides a UNIQUE opportunity to enjoy choice quality Palestinian Medjoul Dates from the Jordan Valley of Palestine
Medjoul Dates are 100% Palestinian; grown, harvested, sorted, graded, and packed by a Palestinian Agricultural Organization located in Area C of the Jordan Valley in Palestine.
Beyond having amazing Palestinian Medjoul Dates to break fast or enjoy in other ways & times, any proceeds realized in this initiative will be going directly to Palestinian farmers and their families, and to supporting the work of justice for Palestine through projects both here in Canada and in Palestine.
Dates from Al-Auja Village / Jericho City Palestine. Grading, packaging by Al-Rwad Company in Jericho.
Learn more about the production, grading, export HERE.
Palestinian Mejoul Dates
First Class Medjoul Dates, 900 g packages, Jumbo Dates
Packaging and export is provided by business which serves the agricultural communities in Area C of Palestine.
900 g Palestinian Medjoul Date packages available in attractive packages for Ramadan and Eid, 2020.
Also, wonderful to have handy in your cupboard for treats and snacks and for gift giving.
SOLITARY JUST TRADE PRICING
$20 for 900 G of JUMBO SIZED. Shipping included; ONLY available through community orders of 8 packages/increments of 8 packages. Or $100 for package of four shipped.
Retail pricing available through contacting info@palestinejusttrade.ca
TO ORDER:
Send email with name, address, phone to info@palestinejusttrade.ca
Payment made by e-transfer to info@palestinejusttrade.ca
In future, we will be introducing credit car option.
For more details on ordering contact info@palestinejusttrade.ca.
These Medjoul Dates from Palestine have been sorted with much care by trained skilled Palestinian workers & leading edge technology-to ensure only the best product is made ready for your purchase. Through the process, the Medjoul Dates are classified by weight, volume, air ratio, humidity and other criteria to ensure the highest quality product. In the final stage, the Medjoul Dates are packed with upmost care, and then put into temperature controlled storage from harvest in fall 2019 for the coming year. These dates are the finest, premium quality.
The Medjoul Date–It is Distinct & Unique
Medjoul Dates are the best-selling in the world, with a history of plantations dating back more than 6000 years ago in the Jordan Valley. The Medjoul Dates is known as the King of the Dates.
Buy Medjoul Dates are dates gown on the land and by the people of Palestine who have been tending this indigenous treasure for thousands of years.
Medjoul Dates are only indigenous to a couple areas in the world, including the Jordan Valley and Morocco, but have been introduced to several other areas including California and Mexico more recently. It is important to be sure you know the source of the Medjoul Dates you buy actually grown. That is why ordering Palestinian Medjoul Dates from Palestine through Palestine Just Trade is a wonderful choice.
Medjoul dates have arrived in Canada for Ramadan 2020 from agricultural communities in the Jordan River Valley, just north of Jericho. All processes through to the packaging are undertaken in Palestine. These dates are grown, graded and packaged by respected Palestinian company that is working with producers to ensure quality exports around the world. You can be assured that these are choice quality and you know they are from a community in Palestine.
The dates are grown using excellent production practices.
The dates are grown using excellent production practices, under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Palestinian Institution of Standards and Metrology (PSI)
Medjoul Dates: a Distinct, Healthy Food Choice
Medjoul Dates, the King of the Dates are rich in vitamins, fibre, minerals, antioxidants and potassium. The Mejoul Date is known as a natural nutritious sweetener and as an instant energy source. There are many health benefits that have been attributed to this flavour filled, convenient food. Medjoul Dates are unique as they can grown larger while maintaining their wonderful taste and texture. Natural sugars, mainly glucose and fructuose, made the Medjoul Date distinct in date, and a very healthy and energizing food choice. More about the nutritional value of the dates is available upon request.
Ensuring Quality for Knowledgeable Consumers, Meeting International Standards
Focus ion Quality, Healthy Products with Distinct Taste, ensuring that the products of Palestinian farmers reach your home.
FSSC22000 certified for food safety and quality management.
Madjoul Dates are grown under a low chemicals agro-production system,. All products are subject to inspection and monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health in cooperation with the laboratories of Bir Zeit University., in addition to the internal inspection procedures of the company New Farm. The Ministry of National Economy, in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce issue Certificates of Origin.
Transportation via temperature controlled container, with shipping arranged FOB to Toronto. Palestine Just Trade is working with locally based Palestinian organization on import and temporary warehousing. From Palestine to your door, we are all focused on quality, distinct Palestine medjoul dates being available as part of this solidarity project here in Canada.
Palestine Just Trade Incorporated / Palestine Juste le Commerce Incorporée
Palestine Just Trade Inc. was established in 2018 to bring distinct, quality Palestinian products into Canada on the basis that all of its activities must support “just” trade related to international law and human rights, and be considered through the len of providing the message of “just peace” in regard to Palestine.
This includes working with social conscious Palestinian organizations to ensure that the best quality product can be imported to Canada.
Proceeds will go to the Palestinian producers and workers, and any margins going to Just Peace Advocates, a not-for-profit international human rights organization that is working in Canada in partnership with other Canadian, with Palestinian and international groups to realize “just peace” for Palestine.
Stay tuned for other initiatives of Palestine Just Trade Inc.
900 G Palestinian Medjoul Date packages available NOW in attractive packages for Ramadan and Eid, 2020. Wonderful to have handy in your cupboard for treats and snacks and for gift giving.
Nadim Wine by Taybeh and Taybeh beer available NOW in Canada through LCBO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 6, 2020. Toronto, Ontario and Taybeh, Palestine
“We are excited to
announce that Taybeh beer and wine is now available in Canada for the first
time,” said Madees Khoury, Chief Operation Manager of Taybeh Brewery and the only female brewer in Palestine.
“LCBO is one of the world’s largest buyers
and retailers of beverage alcohol and recognized as having best in its class practices,
and so Taybeh is very pleased to have its product featured by the LCBO.”
“People have been
asking for many years when this amazing quality and distinct product would be
available in Canada. Thus, it is very exciting that a full suite of Taybeh wine
and beer was released by the LCBO on January 31, 2020 and is now available
through the LCBO Specialty Services under its World Destination Program,” said
Karen Rodman of Palestine Just Trade.
The Taybeh premium high-quality hand-crafted beer line available through the LCBO includes five styles–Dark, Amber, Golden, IPA and White. Taybeh Beer is uniquely produced in small batches and hand- crafted with state-of-the-art equipment and has been exported by Taybeh for over 12 years, including to Japan, Europe and more recently, to the USA.
Taybeh Beer and Wine available in Canada for first time through LCBO
Nadim Wines by Taybeh involve a winemaking
technique that combines both traditional winemaking methods passed by numerous
generations in Palestine and modern scientific methods. After sorting the grapes in the vineyards, they’re
checked manually, cluster by cluster, on a selection table in order to ensure
only the highest quality grapes are used in the wines. The wine is fermented in
state-of-the-art stainless-steel tanks at controlled temperatures. Afterwards,
the wine is aged in oak barrels for a period ranging between 8 and 24 months.
The LCBO is offering five distinct quality
varieties of these boutique wines. The 2016
Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2015 Merlot, the 2017 Syrah, the 2018 Sauvignon Blanc,
and 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Reserve
Taybeh Brewing Company is a family-owned
business established in 1994 following the Oslo Peace Agreement when David
Khoury and Nadim Khoury were inspired by their late
father, Canaan David Khoury, to return to their home village
of Taybeh from the United
States and establish the first micro brewery in the Middle East.
Following the success of the Khoury family
in opening the only brewery in Palestine, Canaan Khoury was inspired to return
to Palestine after finishing his studies in the United States to open the only
boutique winery in Palestine. In 2013, Taybeh Winery was founded for one
simple reason – to bring truly exceptional wine to the Palestinian market and
abroad. Nadim Khoury, founder of Taybeh, says “we are able to achieve this by
partnering with the finest growers in Palestine in order to deliver high
quality wines and the highest degree of service to our customers.”
“We look forward to continued imports to
Canada including with the LCBO and to other provinces through other provincial
agencies,” said Madees Khoury.
The agent for Taybeh wine and beer in
Canada is Palestine Just Trade an
organization focused on sharing the quality and distinct products of Palestine
in Canada.
To order Taybeh wine and beer visit www.lcbo.com and search for Taybeh for the beer
and Nadim for the wine.
Orders can only be made via online ordering
at this time, but will be shipped to your local LCBO store.
Just in time for the holidays, order your Medjool dates from Palestine.
Perfect for gift giving.
Wonderful for baking.
Great for a healthy treat while busy with holiday schedule.
Pictured above: festive energy balls, with a melody of fruit and nuts, red chocolate and fine coconut. Easy to make and attractive, delicious, healthy snack
8 packages of 900 gram, Jumbo, Top Quality Medjool Dates from Palestine. Shipped in Canada $160.
Email: info@palestinejusttrade.ca to place your order, and payment by etransfer.
To be sure to have your shipment for holidays, order before December 1st.
In March 2019, Palestine Just Trade Incorporated (PJTI), a Canadian corporation, received approval from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) for the import of 5 types of beers and 5 varieties of wines from Taybeh Brewing Company, a Palestinian brewery based in Taybeh in the occupied West Bank. The labels for each of these ten Taybeh products were pre-approved before shipping by the LCBO on 28 March 2019. The label approvals included the product origin as “Product of Palestine.” PJTI explained to Al-Haq, that in May 2019, the Taybeh products were shipped along with a consolidated order from Haifa, which included goods labeled, “Product of Israel”. At the time, the shipment represented the first ever export of Taybeh products or any other Palestinian beer and wine into the Canadian market.
According to PTJI, the container of Taybeh beers and wines arrived in Canada on 16 July 2019, whereupon LCBO began the processing and testing of products, as per usual processes. On 2 August 2019, the Taybeh products were ready for sale to the Canadian market.[1] However on 6 August, PJTI received a message that LCBO had placed the Taybeh products on hold, due a recent Federal Court decision, whereupon PJTI immediately notified Taybeh of the delay.
On 29 July 2019, the Federal Court of Canada ruled in Kattenburg vs. Attorney General of Canada, that illegal settlement products cannot be labeled as “Product of Israel” as Canadian law requires that consumers have accurate information to inform their purchasing decisions. Now following the ruling in this case, Canada has delayed the Taybeh imports for labeling assessment, even though these are legitimate Palestinian products.[2] There is no indication that any Israeli products including those from settlements, illegal under international law and recognized as such by Canada, have been held for such assessments.[3] On 6 September 2019, the Canada’s Attorney General initiated an appeal of federal court decision in Kattenberg.[4]
On 27 August 2019, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) then informed legal counsel for PJTI that it was waiting on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for further instructions on labeling. PJTI and Taybeh continue to wait for a decision by the LCBO for release and/or relabeling of the Taybeh wine and beer.
1. Israel’s Deliberate Delays to Frustrate Taybeh Exports
Israel routinely delays and hinders the export of Palestinian products, impeding the development of Palestine’s export economy. Mr. Nadim Kanaan Daoud Khoury, the manager of Taybeh, described to Al-Haq, how Taybeh had “obtained the necessary licenses from the Palestinian Authority and from the Israeli authorities as we export through Israeli ports.”[5] However, according to Mr. Khoury, the Israeli authorities had initially refused to mix “Product of Israel” goods with “Product of Palestine.”
2. Discriminatory Application of Canadian Law
The Canadian authorities have further unduly delayed the import of Palestinian Taybeh wines and beers, despite Palestinian Authority (PA) assurances to the CFIA, “that the Taybeh products that have been placed on hold have not been produced in any Israeli settlement.”[6] Meanwhile, over 60 illegal settlement wines currently produced in the occupied Syrian Golan and the occupied Palestinian territory, yet labeled as “the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights or Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory” are being sold freely to consumers on the Canadian market,[7]highlighting Canada’s discriminatory import practices and bias rationale against Palestinian products.
3. Legal Analysis
It must be noted that the State of Palestine, while not recognized by Canada, is internationally recognized as a non-member observer State of the United Nations and is party to over 60 international multilateral treaties.[8] In addition, following the adoption of the Oslo Accords, Canada and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) entered the Joint Canadian-Palestinian Framework for Economic Cooperation and Trade Between Canada and the Palestine Liberation Organization on Behalf of the Palestinian Authority, in recognition that “economic development is essential to peace and stability”.[9] In this vein, the Canadian government assures that “Palestinian exports to Canada benefit from preferential treatment offered in the 1997 Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA)”[10] and the modernized CIFTA that came in place on September 1, 2019.[11]
However, as a High Contracting Party to the Fourth Geneva Convention, Canada has an obligation to respect and ensure respect for the Convention.[12] In addition, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 2334 (2016), calls on States to distinguish in their dealings between the territory of the State of Israel and territories occupied in 1967. By allowing settlement producers to freely import goods labeled “the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights or Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory” and delaying the import of Palestinian products labeled as “Product of Palestine”; Canada is simply facilitating the theft of Palestinian land and validating it commercially, in contravention of the Fourth Geneva Convention and UNSC resolution 2334, while denying Palestinian economic development.
Al-Haq calls on Canada to immediately release Taybeh wines and beers for import into the Canadian market without any further and undue delay, and further calls on Canada to take steps to not only ensure the accurate labeling of goods, but to prohibit the import of illegal settlement goods and services into the Canadian market, in compliance with international law.
The World Destination Program of the LCBO arranged to include five Nadim wines by Taybeh, and five varieties of Taybeh beer earlier this year. The product arrived in Canada, and was ready for release in early August when notification came that the product was being put on hold.
Earlier this month, just as shipments were ready to go to local LCBO stores for private order pick up, as well as to be put onto the e-commerce channel for offering through the LCBO World Destination Program, the LCBO informed Palestine Just Trade that “due to the recent decision by the Federal Court regarding labeling requirements for wines from this region, we have placed these products on hold.”
Today, August 28, 2019, Dimitri Lascaris, legal counsel for Palestine Just Trade sent a letter to the President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and copied the LCBO on it. You can read the letter HERE. An accompanying list of alcohol products listed for sale in Canada with the label “product of Israel” that are known to be from Israeli settlements considered illegal by international law can be seen HERE.
In our letter today we indicated to the CFIA with copy to the LCBO that “we are at a loss to understand how the CFIA can continue to allow the sale of wines from territory occupied by Israel to be sold in Canada with false Product of Israel labels even as the LCBO prevents the sale of Taybeh products which are accurately labelled.” We indicated that “the manner in which the CFIA and LCBO are dealing with accurately labelled Taybeh products, and falsely labelled products from Israeli settlements in occupied territory is plainly discriminatory.”
Palestine Just Trade is excited to have joined with Taybeh to have made the first import of product to Canada, and look forward to Nadim wines by Taybeh and Taybeh beers being available for purchase for the first time in Canada very shortly.
Medjoul dates delivered to you directly from Palestinian plantations.
Available for Eid al-Adha 2019.
We continue to ship direct to you, at Solidarity Price of $160 for 8 boxes of 900 G JUMBO top quality product. Now available 4 packages for $100 shipped.
To order:
send email with name, address, and phone number (along with password for etransfer) to info@palestinejusttrade.ca
send etransfer to info@palestinejusttrade.ca
The packages will be sent by expedited post within a day or two of order. Tracking info will be provided, and you should get your package delivered in 2 to 10 days depending where in Canada you are. Most deliveries in 3-5 days
Palestine Just Trade Inc. was established in 2018 to bring distinct, quality Palestinian products into Canada on the basis that all of its activities must support “just” trade related to international law and human rights, and be considered through the lens of providing the message of “just peace” for Palestine. Proceeds go to the work Just Peace Advocates. Check out www.justpeaceadvocates.ca
It was an honour to be able to provide Medjoul Dates during Ramadan 2019 from Palestine across the Canada from Courtney, British Columbia to St. John’s Newfoundland.
Shukran for the support of solidarity through the purchase of Medjoul dates from Palestine this Ramadan and Eid. The interest and support has been wonderful.
Medjoul dates from Palestine are still available at least for a few weeks, and hopefully through Eid Al-Fitr .
Also, some groups are buying to have a supply for bazaars in the fall and over the holiday/Christmas season.
To be sure you don’t miss out make your order shortly.
$160/8 packages. For off-season, until supply is finished we will also offer 4 packages. Shipping included. In Toronto if you are picking up a smaller quantity at $20/package is available. Packages 900 Grams, Jumbo, top quality Medjoul Dates from Palestine.
Send order, with email including name, address, telephone and details to info@palestinejusttrade.ca
Payment: etransfer to info@palestinejusttrade.ca.
We will be looking at plans for Medjoul Dates 2020 Ramadan going forward.
Thanks to Supplier Al-Rwad Agricultural Investments Company, and for partnership with Lara Foods & Green World Food Express.
We continue to ship direct to you, at Solidarity Price of $160 for 8 boxes of 900 G JUMBO top quality product.
With a week until Eid al-Fitr, now is the time to order. Most places in Canada ship within the week, so important to make order in next day.
Contact: info@palestinejusttrade.ca with your mailing address & phone number to order dates. Payment by etransfer.
You also may want to order so you have supply for the year, for your own enjoyment, gift giving or perhaps for bazaars or other events. We hope to have supply through the summer including for Eid Al-Adha in August, but to not be disappointed make your order now.
We are delighted that in this first few months there has been such wonderful support & excitement about the product from all corners of the country.
All proceeds go to the work of Just Peace Advocates for projects related to Palestine.
We are glad to receive your feedback as we consider how we move forward for 2020. Also, we hope to have several other distinct, quality Palestinian products joining our line in the coming months.
