Last year I mentioned my search for "ideologically sound" dates (i.e. not from Israel) and my difficulty in getting delivery because of the Christmas rush. So this year I have ordered my Palestinian jumbo size
Meshoul dates early. They can be found here:
https://www.yaffa.co.uk/I also had problems getting Turkish
Marmara Birlic dry-cured black olives (I can't stand those radioactive-green ones Kayakebab goes for) but The Turkish Shop company is back on form and so I have ordered a couple of 400gm cartons to see me through the next few weeks:
https://www.theturkishshop.com/[p.s. "ideologically sound" was a concept that preceded "politically correct" and was, and remains, greatly intellectually superior - I might pontificate on that topic and some unknowable future date.]