the humanitarian group oxfam has severed its ties with actors Scarlett Johansson
after she worked with them for nearly a decade
because I love the fact that she recently agreed to be a spokesperson for
SodaStream
now just to give you a little context into the story SodaStream
is based in the West Bank and
Oxfam's humanitarian group at that has decided to boycott
Israel over its relations with the Palestinians
so Scarlett Johansson working with SodaStream obviously goes against
what they stand for it just to clarify kiss or a stream is an Israeli company
are the in the West Bank
and that's why it violates the the boycott exactly so
I'll prior to them cutting or severing ties with one another
other pro-palestinian I activist that we're putting a lot of pressure
on Oxfam to let Scarlett Johansson go
one of them said the following: oxfam is a human rights organization they cannot
maintain an ambassador
if they're involved in a complicity Israeli company built in a settlement
they can't keep both you can't maintain something that
its contradiction and its contradiction he also says that
activist everywhere particularly in the US UK and Palestine
as well as affiliated organizations and major palestinian figures are writing
tweeting in calling Oxfam to dismiss Johansson as ambassador
because upper conscious decision to lend her name
to whitewashing Israeli occupation and apartheid
so now look to she doesn't really good work as an ambassador
for Oxfam I she went to Kenya Sri Lanka's talk about dramatic disasters
about poverty so I'm really why she didn't she stay with her for for
for eight years now some people point ASCO Johansson have three Jewish right
I but now remember Oxfam had a policy throughout she stay with them throughout
down this case she's getting paid by this company
so I don't know versa political philosophical issue with her
workers just simply a price issue with her arm and she made this deal probably
worth
all lot of money yes and to be able to turn that down
on principle would be a pretty difficult thing to do and I don't know what our
principles are
we yeah exactly so the unfortunately the only thing we can do is speculate as to
what her intentions are
leaving the humanitarian group and going with SodaStream instead
%uh but we do have the add that is set to play during the Super Bowl
arm now the Super Bowl ad might be different but here's where the
SodaStream ad that have already been released a quick quick look
like most actors my real job in saving the world
start with plain water and nixon the perfect flamer
luck so that's better for you and all of us
flash OCR last month only I can make this message go viral
doing this guy
yield
once attack
sorry Coke and Pepsi oh yes she does
Street we actually turning I
okay Allen's you Will they won't have the last part sorry pepsico because here
Fox is worried about alienating Pepsi and Coke
but they'll take SodaStream is money as well Scarlett Johansson now %uh Scarlett
Johansson
did release a statement through her spokesperson it says the following
the 29-year-old actress has a fundamental difference of opinion with
Oxfam International because the humanitarian group opposes all trade
from Israeli settlement
saying there are legal and deny palestinian rights Scarlett Johansson
has respectfully decided to enter ambassador role with Oxfam
after eight years she an Oxfam have a fundamental difference of opinion in
regard to the boycott
divestment and sanctions movement she is very proud of her accomplishments and
fundraising efforts during her tenure with Oxfam
and I should also note SodaStream does a
employ 500 Palestinians now I understand the reason the palestinians over or
are opposed to that is because yes during apartheid in South Africa
no League that it the entire country
businesses that I operated within apartheid also hired blacks
right but that didn't mean that apartheid was a racist now
sobibor really outraged the comparisons between South Africa in israel
and the idea of doing divestment from Israel as
they did with South Africa during apartheid I happen to think that the
analogies are not that
outrageous at all and I think that in South Africa they clearly discriminate
against
a group that have to be blacks in this case they
israel says only a i mean arabs that live within israel have voting rights
although
one arabs within israel would dispute that they have the same rights issues
given how their areas are treated at cetera okay
that's a matter of dispute but certainly can't dispute to the people and
occupied territories do not have the same rights
data they don't have the right to control their own land they
have to go through checkpoints I make it's not but
their occupied now the israelis will say hey there are you part for good reason
okay I mean what if the Palestinians occupied Israel said well I mean we've
had hostilities we had to occupy you
we don't recognize your right to exist I guess israelis would be pretty mad about
that
right and so I think divesting
and putting economic pressure a state that is doing something wrong
which is the overall occupation is a smart strategy
so I disagree with the government from or the United States we pointed out
in this case happened issue with the government is real and I think that the
economic pressures you the best pressure so I love I like what I
oxfam is doing right and I like this girl Johansson was with the parade years
yeah so lesser Harper than she did some good work for them
now I again I don't know vers financial reasons or principal reasons that she's
leaving them
but I get it I get it she made the decision she did
but in the end it lisa brought attention to the issue which i think is over all
possible
so one final thing that I do want to bring up the chief executive
for the SodaStream company actually inherited the business
and he hates that it's located where it is