Viva Palestina Malaysia joins the HUGE Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement in boycotting companies and products that contributes significantly to the Israeli economy.
We choose to boycott as it keeps on the forefront of our mind the suffering of the Palestinians and puts Palestine on top of our agenda.
We are initially targeting 4 consumer products companies which we believe contribute significantly to the Israeli economy.
Our aim is for the boycott to weaken those who oppress Palestinians and make consumers aware of products which are unethically produced. Employees should be made aware of the facts regarding the companies they work for especially if these companies contribute to the Zionists who cruelly oppress the Palestinians and deprive them of their homeland.
This post will explain why McDonalds should be boycotted and is in the list of BDS Global Movement.
McDonald’s former chairman and CEO (1998-2002) Jack M. Greenberg was an honorary director of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Metropolitan Chicago.
According to the Chicago Jewish Community Online (website of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago), McDonald’s Corporation whose global headquarters is based just outside Chicago is a major corporate partner of the Jewish United Fund(JUF)/ Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
McDonald’s Corporation was honoured during JUF centennial celebration in 2000 as a first tier corporate partner to the cause of Zionism.
Through its Israel Commission, the JUF “works to maintain American military, economic and diplomatic support for Israel; monitors and,when necessary, responds to counter negative media coverage of Israel”.
The JUF runs its “Partnership to Israel” program with its twinned Israeli Lachish region, comprising the city of Kiryat Gat and the rural areas of Lachish and Shafir. It provides financial aid annually to help the development of Kiryat Gat and to promote further illegal settlements there.
This city is built on stolen Palestinian land - the lands of the villages of Iraq al Manshiya and Al-Faluja whose residents were ethnically cleansed in 1949 in contravention of International Law.
With all these facts and evidence illustrating McDonald’s Corporation unrelenting support to further consolidate the existence of these illegal settlements and causing unabated oppression of the Palestinians, the Global BDS and VPM has substantiated its demand to support the boycott of McDonald’s.
Kindly share with information and save humanity!
No comments:
Post a Comment