Activists' demo @ Bed Bath & Beyond store urges a boycott of Soda Stream products...

[JohnyCanuck]

Because they are made in violation of international law in an illegal Israeli settlement on the West Bank.

[marble falls]

1. Was going to get one. Will not get one now.

[JohnyCanuck]

3. Seems like there are others coming to the same decision north of the border

TORONTO (JTA) — Canada’s largest Protestant church launched a campaign to boycott goods made in the West Bank.

The United Church of Canada campaign, dubbed “Unsettling Goods: Choose Peace in Palestine and Israel,” encourages “economic action” against three Israeli companies: Keter Plastic Ltd., SodaStream (my emphasis /JC) and Ahava, which all have factories in the West Bank.

“With these efforts, we join with many others striving to bring peace with justice to the Holy Land,” the church’s moderator, Gary Paterson, wrote in a November letter to church members announcing the launch of the campaign.

Churchgoers are also urged to avoid retailers carrying the products, such as Canadian Tire, The Bay, Home Depot and Walmart.

http://www.jta.org/2013/12/06/news-opinion/world/canadian-protestant-church-launches-settlement-boycott-campaign

[NYC_SKP]

5. Cuisinart and SodaSparkle are two of several alternatives companies. Link:

http://www.globalexchange.org/economicactivism/sodastream/alternatives

[marble falls]

8. Thanks!

[Major Nikon]

6. One of my posts explains how to make your own system and save a lot of money in the long run

http://www.democraticunderground.com/115718194

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7. Thanks!

[Iwillnevergiveup]

2. Somebody better clue in

Stephanie Miller & Randi Rhodes - this product is heavily on their shows.

[leftyohiolib]

4. this is the problem with boycotts and why advertisers are leaving that market

[Jesus Malverde]

9. I'm sure there is no exploitation going on...

Sodastream's principal manufacturing facility is located in Mishor Adumim - the industrial area of the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim. This factory employs some 900 Palestinians from the Palestinian Authority, who live in an arc stretching from Jericho to Ramallah; the other half of the employees are Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem.



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Why boycott:
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!

SodaStream is an Israeli corporation that produces all of its carbonation devices in an illegal settlement in the West Bank. 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.



http://www.codepink4peace.org/section.php?id=470

[RebelOne]

10. Seen them advertised but never wanted to buy one,

because I never drink soda.