[van-announce] Dec. 21: This holiday season: DON'T BUY SODASTREAM!

[Charlotte Kates]

Please forward to all your lists:

At this holiday season, we are asking everyone to spread the word to
friends and family: DON’T BUY SODASTREAM!

Sodastream Boycott Campaigns are growing around the world, an attempt to
pressure Israel to obey international law and respect Palestinian human
rights. Here in Vancouver we are asking London Drugs to remove these
products from their shelves. Our next protest will be:

SATURDAY DECEMBER 21, 2-3 P.M. in front of LONDON DRUGS BROADWAY JUST WEST
OF CAMBIE

Solidarity Notes Labour Choir will be singing

SodaStream is an Israeli company whose main factory is situated in the West
Bank near the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, under conditions of military
occupation, outside the internationally recognized borders of Israel.
Israeli companies operating in the West Bank enjoy cheap land and water
confiscated from the indigenous Palestinian owners; a captive Palestinian
labour force under severe restrictions of movement and organization; vast
tax incentives; and lax regulation of labour and environmental protection
laws.

The International Court of Justice, the U.N. General Assembly, and the UN
Security council all agree that Israel is occupying the West Bank in
violation of international law that forbids the colonization of occupied
land by citizens of the occupying power. Despite all the talk of peace
negotiations, construction of new homes in these illegal Israeli
settlements in the occupied West Bank jumped by 70% in the first half of
2013 over the same period in 2012. These homes are built for the exclusive
use of Jews.

This demonstration is part of the Canada-wide SodaStream boycott campaign
of the Canadian Boycott Coalition for Justice in Palestine and Israel. The
primary strategy of the coalition is to support the member groups in their
efforts to call for boycotts of goods produced in Israeli settlements
(colonies) in the occupied West Bank. For more info, see
CanadianBoycottCoalition.ca. To join the coalition, contact
Tyler at ijvcanada.org

The Vancouver event is endorsed by the Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign,
the Canada Palestine Association, the Canada-Palestinian Support Network,
Independent Jewish Voices (Vancouver), and the United Network for a Just
Peace in Palestine and Israel.