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Guerrilla research exposes sponsors of Israeli apartheid

…ich are at the receiving end of boycott campaigns are becoming increasingly public relations-savvy, and are putting a lot of effort into spreading disinformation regarding their activities. The most obvious example of this is SodaStream, a maker of fizzy drink machines, which has gone so far as to release a short video, Building Bridges – Not Walls, to show how “beneficial” its business in the West Bank is for the region. On this visit we wanted… Continue reading

Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000: A police snooping tool to protect private profit

…aid and what the information in our articles is used for. They wanted to know what the last article I’d written was and which companies I had written about. They asked about BDS campaigns against Agrexco, Ahava, G4S and SodaStream. They said, disapprovingly, that I had been arrested many times but had not often been convicted. They even told me I was involved in organising a demonstration against SodaStream on 3rd March, which I had never h… Continue reading

“They destroyed our lives and then gave a few people a job. It is nothing”: Some unanswered questions for SodaStream

As we have previously reported Corporate Watch was recently denied a requested visit to the SodaStream factory in the illegal West Bank settlement of Mishor Adumim. Despite the company’s insistence that anyone who visits the premises will find it to be a force for good in the area, it was not willing to let critics challenge this assertion for themselves. In a move that seems to go against its own self proclaimed eco-friendliness  SodaStre… Continue reading

Corporate Watch refused permission to visit the SodaStream factory in Mishor Adumim

SodaStream’s premises in Airport City – Tel Aviv SodaStream’s factory in the illegal settlement industrial zone of Mishor Adumim In August 2012 the Israeli carbonated beverage manufacturer SodaStream opened their first own brand shop in the UK. EcoStream, which is owned by SodaStream, is located in Brighton and promotes itself as an eco friendly alternative to bottled drinks. However, SodaStream is far from an ethical company…. Continue reading

Settlement expansion in the Mishor Adumim industrial zone

…Palestinian communities living in the area and tried to contextualise the information to inform international BDS action. One of the biggest companies trading from Mishor Adumim is the Israeli carbonated drinks manufacturers SodaStream. The company has met with pressure from the international BDS movement for a number of years as a result of their occupation profiteering. On January 12th 2013 we went back to see if there have been any new develo… Continue reading

Campaigners target corporations complicit in the latest Gaza massacre

The latest Israeli offensive in Gaza claimed the lives of 162 Palestinians. Four Israeli civilians and one Israeli soldier have also died as a result of retaliatory rocket attacks. During the evening of Wednesday 21 November a ceasefire was reached but the Israeli siege of Gaza continues. Hundreds of demonstrations have been held worldwide in solidarity with Gaza and a national demonstration is planned in London on Saturday 24 November. Meanwhil… Continue reading

Israeli Company seeking to stop protest in the UK

The CEO of Soda Club, an Israeli company with a production facility in the settlement industrial zone of Mishor Adumim, has vowed to stop the protests happening outside its UK shop. Daniel Birnbaum told local paper The Argus today that the firm will take legal action to clear the protesters from in front of their store. Ecostream, Soda Club’s store in Brighton has faced biweekly pickets outside its shop in Western Road by supporters of th… Continue reading

Dear Corporation: A response to SodaStream

As Corporate Watch has previously reported (see here) SodaStream, an Israeli carbonated beverages manufacturer, has recently opened a shop called EcoStream in Brighton. SodaStream products are also stocked by major retailers such as Robert Dyas, John Lewis, Argos, Comet, Lakeland, Conran and some Tesco, Sainsbury and Asda stores. The Brighton shop is their first in the UK, the location was chosen because of the city’s green credentials. So… Continue reading

Israeli Apartheid Profiteer Sodastream opens new store in Brighton

Sodastream, a carbonated beverage manufacturer is based in the Mishor Adumim settlement industrial zone. Mishor Adumim is an industrial are attached to the residential settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, East of Jerusalem in the Israeli occupied West Bank. Israeli company Soda Club, which owns the Sodastream brandname, has opened a new store called Ecostream on Western Road in Brighton. Sodastream, a carbonated beverage manufacturer is based in t… Continue reading

Israeli Apartheid profiteer Sodastream plans new store in Brighton

Israeli company Soda Club, which owns the Sodastream brandname, is reportedly planning to open a store in Brighton. The Israeli carbonated beverage manufacturer has a factory based in the Mishor Adumim settlement industrial zone. Mishor Adumim is an industrial area attached to the residential settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The expansion of Mishor Adumim is encroaching on the land of the… Continue reading