US
megastar and social justice philanthropist Oprah Winfrey wore diamond
earrings made by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev on the cover of the May
2015 edition of O, the Oprah Magazine. She wore the earrings despite the
fact that Leviev’s companies have been involved in brutal human rights
abuses in the diamond industry in Angola and in the construction of
Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. On May 29,
Adalah-NY emailed the letter below, signed by nine organizations and 34
individuals from the US, Palestine, Israel and South Africa to: Ms.
Winfrey; Sheri Salata and Eric Logan, Presidents of the Oprah Winfrey
Network (OWN); Lucy
Kaylin, Editor in Chief of O; and Gayle King, Editor at Large of O. The
letter calls on Ms. Winfrey to demonstrate that she does not support
Leviev’s abusive business practices by publicly distancing herself from
his companies. Following email exchanges and phone calls between letter
signers and executives from O and OWN over the course of more than three
weeks, Ms. Winfrey’s representatives have failed to provide a promised
response to the letter.
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