Criticism to The British Museum Because of Its Relationship with an Israeli Company
The scholars and public figures on Tuesday that British experts in the leading British Museum should withdraw from the study conducted in the financing of European fine particles because their partners, a company operating in the Israeli occupied West Bank.
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He wrote more than 12 scientists from universities, some leading British Open Letter with filmmakers Mike Leigh and Ken Loach called the Natural History Museum in London to stop working with the Israeli company Ahava skin care products made from Dead Sea minerals.
The group said that the company is operating in the territory occupied by Israel in the West Bank, “where the extracted and processed and exported resources to achieve a Palestinian leaders urged non-profits funded the project.”
The company denies the claim and says it takes minerals from the waters of Israel.
And Ahava’s headquarters are located in Israel and have a center at Mitzpe Shalem is an Israeli settlement near the shores of the Dead Sea.
The group said in the letter published in Britain’s Independent newspaper, “It is not normal but it is true that a great national museums coordinated activity that violates international law.”
“We do see that it is incomprehensible to a large extent put a national institution in the position of the Natural History Museum itself in this situation. We call the museum to take immediate steps to end its participation.”
Yates did not immediately contact one of the company Ahava for comment.
And company managers refused in the past allegations of activists on their products, saying they are made of metals extracted from the areas Israel is not in dispute in the Dead Sea. The company also said Mitzpe Shalem settlement is not illegal.
And the Museum of Natural History in London, a leading partner in the study, which takes four years and funded by the European Commission on nano-materials are materials in the size of atoms used in a number of industries
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