The Starbucks Controversy

[xAllahKnowsBestx]

Assalamu 'alaykum

Can we just settle this once and for all.. Does Starbucks REALLY fund the Israeli military? For a while I thought it did, but then I read it was a hoax based on a rumor spread by an anti-Zionist Holocaut-denier who wrote satirical news stories (this was like 4 or 5 years ago). Some people took the post seriously and the author admitted that it was just satire and nothing more. Now that's just something I've read about the Starbucks issue, but I'm not sure. I haven't been to Starbucks in a looooong time and I have no interest in buying a $5 cup of mediocre coffee anyway. I'm really confused though. I just want to know if it's true or if it's just another one of those chain letters that go around.


..edit, wow I just realized how long my 3rd sentence is.

 

[xAllahKnowsBestx]

Awkward, no one answered... *bump*

 

[alf2]

Wasalaam dear,

Starbucks says no, http://news.starbucks.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=200
I dont see why they would lie about it. A lot of companies openly support Israel and Zionists in hopes Americans will buy more of their products. (Chick-Fil-A anyone?)

Furthermore, Starbucks and Israel had a clash in 2003, there are no more Starbuck's stores there.
Here are people saying "Boycott Starbucks they hate Israel!" http://www.snopes.com/politics/israel/starbucks.asp

As you can see, Starbucks just cant win =(

 

[islamerica]

This is from their website. But then again would you trust what Zionists say about their innocence also?

Is it true that Starbucks provides financial support to Israel?
No. This is absolutely untrue. Rumors that Starbucks Coffee Company provides financial support to the Israeli government and/or the Israeli Army are unequivocally false. Starbucks is a publicly held company and as such, is required to disclose any corporate giving each year through a proxy statement. In addition, articles in the London Telegraph (U.K.), New Straits Times (Malaysia), and Spiked (online) provide an outside perspective on these false rumors.

Has Starbucks ever sent any of its profits to the Israeli government and/or Israeli army?
No. This is absolutely untrue.

Is it true that Starbucks is teaming with other American corporations to send their last several weeks of profits to the Israeli government and/or the Israeli Army?
No. This is absolutely untrue.

Is it true that Starbucks closed its stores in Israel for political reasons?
No. We do not make business decisions based on political issues. We decided to dissolve our partnership in Israel in 2003 due to the on-going operational challenges that we experienced in that market. After many months of discussion with our partner we came to this amicable decision. While this was a difficult decision for both companies, we believe it remains the right decision for our businesses.

http://news.starbucks.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=200

They did leave in 2003, but it was because the boycott was successful against them and they were hurting. Everything else is just lies.

Starbucks Exits Israel

April 2, 2003


All six Starbucks cafes in Israel will be shut down at the end of the week, Starbucks Coffee International and the Delek Group said as they announced the end of their brief partnership. All 120 of the coffee chain's employees in Israel will be laid off.


According to Israel's Haaretz.com, poor sales and Delek's failure to find an investor to bail it out of a losing venture caused the decision to shut down the expensive coffeehouses. Starbucks Corp., the parent of Starbucks Coffee International, told Haaretz that its decision to dissolve the joint venture was driven by "market challenges," an allusion, the newspaper said, to "Israel's severe recession and security problems."

They left in April 2003 but in November 2003 they did fundraising for them. Showing they are still in bed with the terrorists.

Starbucks Sponsers Israel Fundraiser

Bowl 4 Israel
Bowl-A-Thon 2002 & Bowl-A-Thon 2003 (9 Nov, 2003)

Starbucks sponsers "bowl 4 israel", one of the fund raisers for Israel organised by Elie Haller. Her last fund raiser was a barbeque that "raised $15,000 for a paratrooper unit in the Israel Defense Forces".[a] This time the money raised - some $50,000 was to be distributed to families of "Israeli terror victims" by the Israel Emergency Solidarity Fund (OneFamily).[a] [d] Innocent enough you may think, but you'd be wrong - apparently their definition of "terror victim" includes israeli soldiers who were killed whilst they were butchering Palestinian women and children during the Jenin massacre (April 2002). For April 2002, their spending record includes the following entry:

"P. W. lost his brother S. in an anti-terror operation in Jenin April 8, 2002. The family is left with eight children, of whom P. is the first to get married. OneFamily (Israel Emergency Solidarity Fund) gave them $1000 toward the wedding."[c]
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So the fund rewards the families of war criminals for a job well done!

[SIZE=-1]Perverted reality - provocative advert for the Israel Emergency Solidarity Fund.
In reality its this fund that rewards war criminals - the money they raise goes to,
among others, israeli soldiers who were wounded or killed whilst they were
butchering Palestinian women and children during the Jenin massacre[/SIZE]​

No wonder the page on the web-site for bowl4israel which showed Starbuck as the sole sponser is now mysteriously showing a blank space where starbucks appeared. A peek at the html code for the page reveals that Starbucks name and logo are still there but have been hidden - commented out - no doubt to protect it from the boycott.

[SIZE=-1]Original page showing Starbucks as the sponsor[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=-1]New page shows an emtpy space for "Event Sponsor",
the html however reveals that the sole sponsor
Starbucks has been commented out[/SIZE]
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They are still defended and supported by the Jews and organizations. And they promise to return once their profits become a little better and they fool the people into thinking they don't support Israel any more.

ADL vouches for Starbucks zionist credentials


After Starbucks closed down its cafes in Israel[14], many zionists were upset and accused Starbucks of succumbing to the boycott. Some even suggested boycotting Starbucks.

Its interesting to observe that it was the ultra-zionist Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that came to Starbucks rescue and put down the zionist backlash against it. Many other zionist groups also came to Starbucks defence including the Jewish Council for Public Affairs whose alert[d] states:

"The chairman of Starbucks is an avid Zionist who opened the stores in Israel despite the ongoing violence....."

It also quoted Starbuck chairman Howard Shultz, describing him as "a Jewish American who has long been supportive of Jewish organizations and causes in the United States and in Israel", saying that the company will return to Israel in due course.[a]

I never drank starbucks in my life and never plan to either. I don't care if they even turn over a new leaf. I don't need to drink coffee filled with blood of the Muslim brothers and sisters of Palestine or give my money for the bullets that kill our brothers and sisters. Yea i heard it's very good coffee, such much that more non-Muslims are boycotting them rather than Muslims. I wonder if Muslims can live without starbucks, I wonder how they will face their Palestinians brothers and sisters who on J-Day will ask, what did you do for me?

More info here: http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-starbucks.html