WorldViews: Why Scarlett Johanssons SodaStream is leaving the West Bank
Posted By simmons on October 31, 2014
Sodastream, an Israeli company that has won international recognition for its carbonated drink machines, announced this week that it plans to relocate its operationsnext year to a factory in southern Israel and away from its current facility in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. The company's presencein the West Bank made it the bete noire of pro-Palestinian rights groups, since Israel's settlements therearedeemed illegal under international law. SodaStream has insisted in the past that itsbusiness was a boon to its many Palestinian employees, and its chief executive, Daniel Birnbaum, told the Independent that the company willapply for permits for these workersto travel to the new factory in Israel.
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WorldViews: Why Scarlett Johanssons SodaStream is leaving the West Bank
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