WHY
SODASTREAM?
SodaStream markets itself as an environmentally
friendly product to “Turn Water Into Fresh Sparkling
Water And Soda”… but there is nothing friendly about
the destruction of Palestinian life, land and water
resources! Although SodaStream products are labeled
as "Made in Israel," its main production
facility is in the industrial zone of Mishor Edomin,
an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank.
As a result, SodaStream enjoys cheap land and water,
confiscated from the indigenous Palestinian owners;
a captive Palestinian labor force; tax benefits;
and lax regulation of environmental and labor protection
laws. All Israeli settlements exist in direct contravention
to international law! This settlement company obscures
its true illegal origin by marking its products
“Made in Israel ”, however “made
in an illegal Israeli settlement ” is more
like it.
BOYCOTT
SUCCESS!
It’s official: Movie star Scarlett
Johansson has quit her esteemed position as an
Oxfam Goodwill Ambassador to work for occupation
profiteer SodaStream! While we’re dismayed
that Scarlett chose profit over human rights,
we’re thrilled by the speedy and effective
mobilization of activists like you that forced
this story into the media spotlight! (Scroll
below for latest media coverage!)
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Scarlet Johansson to drop SodaStream
Scarlett Johansson, a movie star and Oxfam Goodwil
Ambassador, is the new Global
Brand Ambassador sending
a letter to Scarlett Johansson. Occupation
isn’t green or guilt free, and she should
not let SodaStream use her good name to market
illegal settlement goods.
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NEWS
SodaStream
to close illegal settlement factory in response
to growing boycott campaign , BDSMovement.net,
October 30, 2014 Israeli
Firm Target of Boycott, to shut West Bank plant ,
New York Times, October 30, 2014Why
SodaStream will disengage from the West Bank ,
The Atlantic, October 29, 2014SodaStream
is Shutting Down its West Bank Factory ,
Slate News, October 29, 2014SodaStream
to move factory out of West Bank settlement ,
The Guardian, October 30, 2014SodaStream
to close factory in the West Bank that landed
Scarlett Johansson in hot water and move its
operations to Israel, company says, , DailyMail
News, October 30, 2014SodaStream
closing West Bank Factory Targeted by Boycotts
in ScarJo Split , Bloomberg News, October
29, 2014SodaStream
to move its West Bank factory in 2015 , Associated
Press, October 29, 2014Why
Even Scarlett Johansson Couldn't Save SodaStream ,
The Motley Fool, October 13, 2014SodaStream
Shares Tank as New Customers Fail to Materialize ,
BuzzFeed, October 7, 2014 SodaStream
Warns of Weak Demand, Sales , The Wall Street
Journal, October 7, 2014 SodaStream:
Is BDS hitting where it hurts? , LBO News
from Dough Henwood, October 7, 2014 Titanic
of the Occupation, Mondoweiss , October 7,
2014 SodaStream
Sales Fizzle As Israeli Company Struggles in
the U.S. , The Guardian, October 7, 2014
SodaStream
shares plunge on ugly revenue warning , CNBC,
October 7, 2014SodaStream
shares collapse after company warns of weak
earnings as consumers ditch fizzy drink for
healthier options , The Independent, October
7, 2014 Sodastream
Crashing , Business Insider, October 7, 2014SodaStream
Shares Plunge To All-Time Low On 53% Income
Decline , Forbes, October 7, 2014Toronto
activists intensify campaign against SodaStream ,
Mondoweiss, September 8, 2014SodaStream
May Close Controversial West Bank Factory ,
The Jewish Daily Forwad, August 28, 2014SodaStream's
Weakness Looks Like a Short-Term Phenomenon ,
Seeking Alpha, August 21, 2014SodaStream
to decide whether to shut down controversial
West Bank plant , August 2014, Haaretz Starbucks
CEO Howard Schultz Wakes Up And Smells The Boycotts ,
Jewish Business News, 11 August 2014
Ottowa
Store Terra20 Agrees To Remove SodaStream And
Not To Sell Settlement Products , Independent
Jewish Voices Canada, 8 August 2014Garnier
Apologises for Donating Girly Care Packages
to Female IDF Soldiers , International Business
Times UK, 8 August 2014 We
can't just tweet in the face of genocide ,
Red Pepper, August 2014Belgium
Calls for Clear Labeling of Goods from Israeli
Settlements , The Guardian, 29 July 2014How
Does SodaStream Treat Its Palestinian Workers
When the Media Isn't Looking? , 972 Magazine,
24 July 2014Palestinian
workers fired from SodaStream in Ramadan Dispute
Did Not Receive Hearings , Haaretz, 24 July
2014 SodaStream
Bears See 40 Percent Rout Extending on Sales ,
Bloomberg Businessweek, 23 July 2014
SodaStream
Fired Palestinian Workers Over a Ramadan Meal
Dispute , VICE, 22 July 2014Ramadan
Dispute Leads to SodaStream Dismissals ,
Haaretz, 21 July 2014SodaStream
in the West Bank Fired 60 Palestinian Employees
in an Act of Collective Punishment , WAC-Maan,
20 July 2014Settlement
firm, SodaStream, forced to close UK store following
successful boycott campaign, Palestine Solidarity
Campaign Inside
SodaStream’s West Bank Factory , The Motley
Fool, July 4, 2014
BDS
bursts SodaStream’s U.K. bubble , Haaretz,
July 3, 2014
Palestine
activists celebrate as SodaStream shuts UK store ,
The Electronic Intidada, July 3, 2014
SodaStream
launches ‘mixologist’ competition as brand sags ,
Mondoweiss, July 3, 2014
Three
Consumer Stocks Investors Returned in May ,
The Motley Fool, June 7, 2014
SodaStream:
A Political Landmine? , Equities.com, May
31, 2014After
the Scarlett Johansson Storm Subsided: Inside
the SodaStream Plant , Haaretz, May 29, 2014Inside
SodaStream’s West Bank Factory , Tablet
Magazine, May 27, 2014Buyers
Seek Sodastream International Ltd (NASDAQ:SODA),
But Boycott Fears Hang Around , Wall Street
PR, May 23, 2014Thursday’s
Top Losers: SINA corp (SINA), Sodastream International
Ltd (SODA), ITT Educational Services, Inc. (ESI),
ArcelorMittal SA (MT), Westell Technologies
Inc. (WSTL) , Investor Wired, May 22, 2014Time
To Bail On SodaStream , Seeking Alpha, May
21, 2014SodaStream
International Is Flat and Stale , The Motley
Fool, May 18, 2014Paris
water company won’t renew SodaStream deal ,
Palestinian BDS National Committee, May 12,
2014Trade
Unions join protest against SodaStream ,
Corporate Watch, May 8, 2014Rumored
SodaStream Deal May Launch Boycott of Starbucks ,
VICE News, April 29, 2014Boycott
on the horizon if Starbucks buys stake in SodaStream ,
Mondoweiss, April 29, 2014Starbucks
warned it could face boycott if it invests in
Israel’s SodaStream , The Electronic
Intifada, April 29, 2014Global
Earth Day coalition drops SodaStream over complicity
in Israeli occupation , Mondoweiss, April
22, 2014Earth
Day Network dumps SodaStream and Scarlett Johansson ,
The Electronic Intifada, April 21, 2014Israelis
to see Johansson SodsStream ad during Master
Chef finale , Haaretz, April 3, 2014From
Prince William to Scarlett Johansson: how charities
can recruit, retain and distance celebrity supporters ,
The Guardian, March 321, 2014SodaStream
Losing Streak Deepens as Sales Slow: Israel
Overnight , Bloomberg News, March 30, 2014Video:
SodaScream - Bubble Trouble Johansson
got career boost from ‘comic farrago’
over SodaStream - ‘New Yorker’ ,
Mondoweiss, March 18, 2014 Scarlett
Johansson parrots SodaStream CEO in attack on
Oxfam , Mondoweiss, March 18, 2014Roger
Waters: Why I must speak out on Israel, Palestine
and BDS , Salon, March 17, 2014Scarlett
Johansson has no regrets quitting Oxfam for
SodaStream ad campaign , The Independent,
March 16, 2014Scarlett
Johansson isn’t naive: She prefers profits
to human rights , +972 Magazine, March 16,
2014Scarlett
Johansson doubles down on support for Israeli
settlements , The Electronic Intifada, March
16, 2014Scarlett
Johansson: No regrets over SodaStream , Globes
English, March 16, 2014Scarlett
Johansson interview: ‘I would way rather
not have middle ground’ , The Guardian,
March 15, 2014BDS
movement to release boycott Israel app ,
Haaretz, March 13, 2014SODA:
Sodastream Stock Falls Flat for Investors ,
InvestorPlace, March 13, 2014United
Methodist General Board of Church & Society
issues call to boycott SodaStream , Mondoweiss,
March 12, 2014Scarlett
Johansson says support of SodaStream is environmentally
motivated , Haaretz, March 8, 2014A
model factory for a colonialism in trouble:
the SodaStream saga revisited , Mondoweiss,
March 7, 2014BDS
costs Israel 100 million shekels in losses ,
Middle East Monitor, March 7, 2014At
AIPAC, Scarlett fever , Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, March 5, 2014SODA
Stock Loses Its Fizz , InvestorPlace, March
4, 2014Scarlett
Johansson is featured at AIPAC , to applause,
Mondoweiss, March 3, 2014Liberal
Values and the BDS Movement , Tikkun Daily,
February 28, 2014Scarlett
Johansson Insists ‘I’m No Role Model’ ,
The Jewish Daily Forward, February 27, 2014Close
the EU to Israeli Settlement Products , Haaretz,
February 25, 2014Should
the advertising world boycott Israel? , Campaign
Middle East, February 23, 20149
Brands You Can Boycott to Hold Israel Accountable
for Its Violation of International Law ,
PolicyMic, February 19, 2014A
Palestinian contradiction: working in Israeli
settlements , Al-MonitorIsrael
crosses the tipping point, becomes an economic
liability , +972 Magazine, February 18, 2014Boycott
Against Israel Impacts Palestinian Workers ,
Voice of America English News, February 18,
2014European
boycotts begin to bite, catching Israel’s
attention , CSMonitor.com, February 16, 2014Why
Scarlett Johansson on Your Side Isn’t Enough
in a Crisis , Inc., February 11, 2014 SodaStream
controversy continues to bubbles , Al Jazeera
English, February 11, 2014 In
West Bank Settlements, Israeli Jobs Are Double-Edged
Swords , The New York Times, February 10,
2014 SodaStream
boycott gathers momentum , Green Left Weekly,
February 9, 2014 Sanctions
against Israel: A campaign that is weight ,
The Economist, February 8, 2014 Scarlett
Johansson row has boosted Israelis settlement
boycott, say activists , The Guardians, February
6, 2014Defenders
of SodaStream Confuse Boycotts of Israeli Settlements
With Movements to Boycott Israel , The New
York Times, February 5, 2014Netanyahu
views trade boycott as strategic threat to Israel ,
The Globe and Mail, February 4, 2014Scarlett
Johansson Controversy Shows Hollywood's Fading
Zionism , The National, 8 February 2014The
West Bank Puts Israeli Exports At Risk ,
Business Week, 6 February 2014SodaStream
Drops Amid Sanctions Over Jewish Settlements ,
Bloomberg, February 3, 2014 Both
Sides Declare P.R. Victory in Skirmish Over
SodaStream Super Bowl Ad , The New York Times,
February 3, 2014
Scarlett
Johansson ad draws rock ‘n’ roll ire
in Israel boycott debate , Los Angeles Times,
February 3, 2014Closing
SodaStream’s West Bank Factories Would
Hurt Palestinians, but That’s Not the Point ,
Slate Magazine, February 3, 2014 Hollywood
and Real Life , Cairo Review, February 3,
2014 The
cynical use of Palestinian workers in the SodaStream
controversy , +972 Magazine, February 3,
2014 Who
won the Israeli-Palestinian Super Bowl ad shutdown?
Al Jazeera America, February 3, 2014 Inside
SodaStream factory, machines whir through boycott
controversy , The Christian Science Monitor,
February 2, 2014 Scarlett
Johansson, John Kerry Scare Up BDS Israel Controversy ,
New Republic, February 2, 2014SodaStream
boss accuses Oxfam of ‘hypocrisy’
and funding BDS movement , Haaretz, February
2, 20145
things I learned from the Scarlett Johansson/SodaStream
affair , +972 Magazine, February 2, 2014
‘FT’
blast on settlements will strike fear at Hasbara
Central (if not among liberal Zionists and ‘glitzy
blondes’) , Mondoweiss, February 1,
2014Johansson,
SodaStream row bolstering Palestinian cause? ,
Al-Monitor, January 31, 2014Scarlett
Johansson and SodaStream: Vicky Cristina Jerusalem ,
The Economist, January 31, 2014 Scarlett
Johansson at Her Least Diplomatic , Bloomberg,
January 31, 2014 Scarlett
Johansson’s Super Bowl Ad Becomes An International
Controversy , Hollywood Life, January 31,
2014 Scarlett
Johansson and Oxfam, Torn Apart by Israeli Company
Deal , The New York Times, January 30, 2014
Scarlett
Johansson steps down from Oxfam ambassador role ,
The Guardian, January 30, 2014Johansson
steps down as humanitarian ambassador , The
Big Story, January 30, 2014Scarlett
Johansson chooses SodaStream over Oxfam citing
differences on boycott , +972 Magazine, January
30, 2014Why
Oxfam Should Drop Scarlett Johansson For Her
Pro-SodaStream Stance , The Daily Beast,
January 29, 2014Israeli
settlement factory sparks Super Bowl-sized controversy ,
ca.sports.yahoo.com, January 29, 2014Scarlett
Johansson goes viral in anti-Israel settler
campaign , Financial TimesScarlett
Johansson’s SodaStream Super Bowl Ad to
Run Despite Criticism , TV Guide, January
27, 2014Scarlett
Johnasson takes heat for promoting Israeli firm
SodaStream , Los Angeles Times, January 27,
2014Scarlett
Johansson hits back at Oxfam after charity criticises
ambassador over Israeli campaign deal with SodaStream ,
The Independent, January 27, 2014Scarlett
Johansson’s Quotes About Israel-Palestine
Went Viral Here’s Why People Are Angry ,
PolicyMic, January 26, 2014Scarlet
Johansson’s naive SodaStream defense ,
+972 Magazine, January 26, 2014Fizz
goes out of ‘blood bubbles,’ stuff.co.nz,
January 26, 2014Deconstructing
Scarlett Johansson’s statement on SodaStream ,
Mondoweiss, January 25, 2014Scarlett
Johansson vs. Oxfam , Tikkun Daily Blog,
January 25, 2014Scarlett
Johansson Chided by Oxfam for SodaStream Deal ,
The Jewish Daily Forward, January 24, 2014Why
These People Want You to Boycott SodaStream ,
Gizmodo, January 24, 2014Public
radio KQED pulls SodaStream from gifts to donors ,
The Electronic Intifada, January 24, 2014Scarlett
Johansson Criticised Over SodaStream , Sky
News, January 24, 2014Scarlett
Johansson’s SodaStream Endorsement Deal
Conflicts With Charity’s WOrk, Aid Groups
Say , Thelede.blogs.nytimes.com, January
23, 2014Scarlett
Johansson’s SodaStream controversy ,
SheKnows Entertainment, January 23, 2014Oxfam
pans Scarlett Johansson for Israeli Deal,
Bigstory, January 23, 2014Oxfam
reputation at risk over Johansson SodaStream
controversy , Middleeastmonitor, January
23, 2014Oxfam
tells SodaStream spokesmodel Scarlett Johansson
that settlements harm Palestinians , ElectronicIntifada,
January 23, 2014Scarlett
Johansson under fire for supporting Israeli
SodaStream , YNnetNews, January 22, 2014Scarlett
Johansson Caught In Tizzy Over Fizzy Water in
Israel (video) , TheImproper.com, January
22, 2014Controversy
fizzes up around SodaStream over their use of
factories in the West Bank just as Scarlett
Johansson signs on to be the company’s
first global ambassador , Dailymail, January
21,2014Boycotting
SodaStream: Righteous protestor empty gesture? ,
Fortune.CNN.com, January 21, 2014Scarlett
Johansson sponsorship throws spotlight onto
SodaStream , Bustle.com, January 21, 2014Scarlett
Johansson stands tall against Israel boycotters ,
Nypost.com, January 21, 2014Caution:
SodaStream Bubbles Are More Controversial Than
They Appear , Wallstcheatsheet.com, January
21, 2014SodaStream
accused of using conflict bubbles , January
21, 2014, Theverge.comSodaStream:
Guilt-Free Seltzer or Blood Bubbles? Nymag.com,
January 20, 2014Holiday
Sales Woes Spur SodaStream’s Worst Annual
Debt , Bloomberg.com, January 5, 2014Scarlett
Johansson for SodaStream: ‘Set the bubbles
free’ but keep the Palestinians bottled
in Area A , Mondoweiss.net, January 12, 2014SodaStream
Shares Are Crashing , Business Insider.com,
January 13, 2014Criticism
as Scarlett Johansson becomes new face of SodaStream ,
Aljazeera.com, January 13, 2014Scarlett
Johansson ‘No Guilt’ About SodaStream ,
Forward.com, January 14, 2014The
Politics of Celebrity Ambassadors , New Yorker.com,
January 16, 2014
