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Pro-Palestinian Activists Targeted Major Hollywood Actress Over Her Deal to Represent Israeli
The Blaze ^ | 1/26/14 | Sharona Schwartz

Posted on 01/26/2014 10:21:22 AM PST by Nachum

Actor Scarlett Johansson has been facing pressure from some pro-Palestinian activists after announcing earlier this month that she was becoming the first brand ambassador for the Israeli carbonated beverage kit maker SodaStream. She’s planning to star in a Super Bowl ad for the company which has characterized itself as an alternative to Coke and Pepsi.

Pro Palestinian Activists Pressured Scarlett Johansson to Pull out of Deal to Represent Israeli Company in Super Bowl Ad. Here’s How She Responded

Scarlett Johansson filming a SodaStream commercial for the Super Bowl (Screenshot: YouTube)

“The company’s commitment to a healthier body and a healthier planet is a perfect fit for me,” Johansson said in mid-January. “I love that the product can be tailored to any lifestyle and palate.”

SodaStream has been a prominent target of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign – including CODEPINK – against Israel, because it operates a factory a fifteen minute drive from Jerusalem in the West Bank, territory that the Palestinians claim as theirs.

On Thursday, the aid organization Oxfam – for which Johansson has traveled around the world as an ambassador for eight years – suggested on the Johansson profile on its website that it is now reconsidering the actor’s role in light of her choice to support SodaStream. “Oxfam believes that businesses that operate in [West Bank] settlements further the ongoing poverty and denial of rights of the Palestinian communities that we work to support.”

Johansson issued a statement on Friday evening to the Huffington

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TOPICS: Germany; Israel; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bds; codepink; europeanunion; germany; hollywood; israel; oxfam; palestinian; scarlett; scarlettjohansson; sodastream; superbowl; unitedkingdom; waronterror
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21 posted on 01/26/2014 11:18:10 AM PST by School of Rational Thought
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27 posted on 01/26/2014 11:25:04 AM PST by School of Rational Thought
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29 posted on 01/26/2014 11:25:54 AM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
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31 posted on 01/26/2014 11:27:35 AM PST by School of Rational Thought
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Sodastream having three factories, part of me thinks they should capitulate to the European bigots, move the factory in the West Bank, employ Israelis and fire the 900 palestinians working there. Give each terminated employee two goats, courtesy of their supporters.

38 posted on 01/29/2014 3:07:27 PM PST by SJackson (the Democrats take back control, we donÂ’t make (this) kind of naked power grab, J Biden)
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On Thursday, the aid organization Oxfam – for which Johansson has traveled around the world as an ambassador for eight years – suggested on the Johansson profile on its website that it is now reconsidering the actor’s role in light of her choice to support SodaStream.

Ahhhh, "Oxfam." Sure does seem to pop up a lot lately.

39 posted on 01/29/2014 3:21:12 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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Most of the people working for the company are Pallies, so if the company fails the only real impact would be more unemployed Pallies.

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