De oproep om de Israeliche bedrijf Soda Stream te boycotten, wordt steeds intenser. Deze fabrikant maakt apparaten waarmee de consument zelf soda kan maken en wordt openlijk gesteund door de wereldster Scarlett Johansson, waarvan de moeder van Asjkenazische afkomst is.
Deze oproepen hebben zelfs de toorn van de Palestijnse arbeiders over hen heen geroepen, want de schieten wel vaker in de voeten van de Palestijnen die juist hun inkomen veiligstellen door te werken voor Israelische organisaties.
In de volgende video wordt het volgende gezegd [geen ondertiteling]: SOUNDBITE: Nabil Shrat, Palestinian worker at Sodastream factory, saying (Arabic):
"We are in contact with the Israeli workers. We succeeded in showing them what is the Palestinian worker is like. Show them what they didn't know. What they didn't know about us because they had the impression that maybe we were terrorists, maybe we were trouble makers, maybe based on the first Intifada, or the second or the third. But they know how to deal with us and who we are."
SodaStream CEO, Daniel Birnbaum, says the factory is contributing to co-existence between Israeli and Palestinians.
SOUNDBITE: Daniel Birnbaum, SodaStream CEO, saying (English):
"This is unique in that it's located in the West Bank, in area C of the West Bank and we are able to employ people of different kinds, the Palestinians, side by side with Israeli Arabs and with Israeli Jews. They work together here, we have about 1200-1300 people working in this facility in harmony and peace and we are very proud of being able to be here and to contribute in our way to the co-existence and hopefully to the peace in this region."
Johansson heeft laten weten aan deonlinenieuwsdienstThe Huffington Post dat zij pal achter SodaStream zal blijven staan.
