Due to 1% of Owners requesting a boycott of Sabra Hummus, we’re holding a two-week comment period (ending 12/16/24), per our Boycott Policy.
Within the last 365 days, at least 337 Owners have called for Willy Street Co-op to remove Sabra Hummus from our shelves due to their ownership by PepsiCo and Strauss Group, which allegedly provides funding to Israeli military brigades. Responding to a letter from Willy Street Co-op, Sabra sent the two linked letters (response and about Sabra). On Nov. 22 it was reported that PepsiCo is buying out Strauss Group’s interest in Sabra; see a link to that story here.
We will take all Willy Street Co-op Owner feedback shared via the comment form below into account when we decide how to proceed. If you have previously submitted a comment, it will be included in the review and determination process. It will take us some time to review the feedback and to discuss it. We expect to announce our decision by 1/6/25, which is 21 days after the end of the comment period.
Comments by Owners who indicated that they would like to have their comments shared will be posted below. Comments that violate our Inclusive Environment Policy will not be shared.
Comments from Owners
Below are comments from Owners who asked us to share them publicly. Comments are posted verbatim and are not fact-checked. Willy Street Co-op does not necessarily share the views of the comments shared here; posting these is an effort to have a transparent decision-making process and to share views of Owners. Updated 12/17/24 at 4:55pm with comments through the end of 12/16/24.
Supports requested boycott: Because Sabra says “we don’t have political affiliations, we’re all separate companies”. But that means nothing to me – they’re still owned by Pepsi and the Israeli corporation Strauss, and a boycott will affect those corporations, which is its purpose. The very fact that Pepsi is considering buying them out points towards their recognition of this situation and their responsibilities to their customers.
Supports requested boycott: Pepsi is still on the boycott list for supporting Israel, so them gaining 100% ownership of Sabra doesn’t change the way I feel
Supports requested boycott: Although PepsiCo recently purchased full control of Sabra from the Strauss group, PepsiCo also fully owns SodaStream which remains on the BDS list of targeted companies. SodaStream is an Israeli company that is actively complicit in Israel’s policy of displacing the indigenous Bedouin-Palestinian citizens of present-day Israel in the Naqab (Negev) and has a long history of racial discrimination against Palestinian workers.
For this reason, I still support removing Sabra from the shelves of the co-op and would support giving that space to locally (Bunky’s or Banzo) produced and/or Palestinian American owned brands (Babas).
Supports requested boycott: Enough is enough. My co-op should not be selling products that support genocide!
Does not support requested boycott: 1. This boycott is based on allegations rather than verified information. Rumor and allegation is not sufficient. 2. If you choose just one product instead of examining all your products, that seems at the very least partisan. By the same token, if you choose just one side of one conflict instead of examining all products for alleged affiliations with the government of any country involved in any armed conflict, this is at the least partisan. 3. This is not just an issue of a single product; it is a decision to take a political side on a conflict that is not local or local-affiliated. this is a significant decision for a food cooperative and should involve a policy decision with a vote that includes each member.
Prefers not to support the requested boycott, but would not object to it from the Co-op community: I think boycotts should be used sparingly, only when the is a clear wrong that can be alleviated by the boycott. There is always a public relations aspect to boycotts, but that should be a minor, secondary consideration. Clear_Need + Likely_Effectiveness = YES_Boycott.
Supports requested boycott: Because I think it is important not to support companies who fund genocide. HOWEVER, I do understand that this hummus is the most cost-effective option available to the community, so if an alternative with a similar price point is not identified, I would be okay with it staying on the shelves with the understanding some folks will buy it because of the cost, and some will be boycotting this product. Nuance is an important factor that gets missed a lot of the time.
Supports requested boycott: All economic ties to Israel should end until the genocide ceases.
Supports requested boycott: 50,000 civilians have been killed in the current genocide on Palestine (as defined by many professionals in international law, including members of the UN and related ICC) that is Israel led and USA backed. The city of Madison voted for ceasefire. I do not think any organizations that support the ongoing conflict should be part of my neighborhood co-op.
Supports requested boycott: Because the Strauss Group (a co-owner of Sabra) has long supported the Israeli military, which is currently in the midst of a seemingly unending siege on the Palestinians in Gaza — I have no voice in foreign policy, but I do have a voice as a consumer. I remember the grape and lettuce boycotts of years ago, and know that boycotts can make a difference.
Supports requested boycott (no further comment)
Does not support requested boycott: I support Israel’s right to exist!!
Supports requested boycott: Do not support genocide, Golani and Givati Brigades of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Supports requested boycott: Sabra hummus’s ties to the Strauss Group in Israel are very disturbing due to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and recent brutal attacks on Lebanon. Sabra hummus is named for The Sabra and Shatila massacre, which resulted in the September 1982 killing of between 1,300 and 3,500 civilians—mostly Palestinians and Lebanese Shias—in the city of Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War. It was perpetrated by the Lebanese Forces, one of the main Christian militias, and supported by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that had surrounded Beirut’s Sabra neighborhood and the adjacent Shatila refugee camp. Willy Street Coop can do better than to carry a product that commemorates such a horrific event, especially in light of the killing of over 50,000 Palestinians and Lebanese civilians over the past 13 months. As a 30 year member of the Willy Street Coop (#23676), I greatly appreciate your consideration in removing Sabra hummus from the shelves in favor of carrying alternative local products, such as Bunky’s hummus.
Does not support requested boycott: Though far from perfect, Israel is the only country in the Middle East where an LGBTQIA2S+ person is safe.
Supports requested boycott: The brand is owned by a company that is complicit in apartheid and war crimes, including genocide. This shouldn’t be a conversation we need to have or fight for, especially for over a year. We trust you, the co-op, carry brands that align with humanity and our collective good, and this is long overdue. ANY product coming out of “Israel” needs to be boycotted. It’s the least we can do really.
Supports requested boycott: I believe that boycotting Sabra hummus is the least we can do for the Palestinian people facing a genocide. I will not buy this and it makes me wonder why this ever got stocked when there are already several local options available that are much better quality.
Does not support requested boycott: There is no evidence provided for the claim that Strauss provides any support to the Israeli military. The only objection seems to be that the company is headquartered in Israel, which is neither a crime nor a good enough reason for an institutional boycott. More importantly, an American grocery store removing a brand of hummus from its shelves will not help a single Palestinian in any meaningful way. At best, it will let those of us safely far away feel self-righteous or smug; at worst, it sends a message that any connection to Israel, no matter how tenuous, is suspect, and anyone with such a connection is unwelcome in our community.
Supports requested boycott: We regularly boycott products ourselves that do not align with our values. Whenever possible, this includes anything that directly supports the ongoing genocide against Palestinians. We join other owners in calling for a co-op wide boycott of similar products, including Sabra hummus.
Supports requested boycott: As of today, the official Boycott Divest Sanctions Movement website still calls for boycotting Sabra hummus. When the PepsiCo buyout of Strauss Group is complete, and Strauss Group is no longer benefiting or profiting from Sabra, it may be worth revisiting this question.
Does not support requested boycott: To single out Israel would be a hypocritical position to take. If the Co-Op were to Boycott companies selling products produced in or associated with the State of Israel it would only be serving the interests of confirmed terrorist organizations the likes of Hamas, Hezbollah and their benefactors in Iran. Further if members want to boycott products for promoting international justice I suggest they start with boycotting and banning any product associated with China which has placed an estimated two million Uyghurs in concentration camps in an attempt to wipe out the culture of an entire people. Israel is the only Democracy in the Middle East and has a Defense force that is known for being the most moral in the entire region if not the world. See how it stacks up against Western nations having to engage in densely populated urban settings. The Co-Op should not travel down the road of moral hypocrisy.
Supports requested boycott: There are many other local hummus products to support AND Sabra products directly support ongoing genocide in Gaza
Supports requested boycott: Boycotting brands that invest in Israel’s genocide of Palestine
Does not support requested boycott: I’m against boycotting products. We – as customers – should make the choice. If Willy St. Coop starts boycotting products….that will open the door. Are you going to quit selling produce because it’s grown in Mexico and money may be going to drug cartels. I’m personally against the cruel treatment of chickens for meat and eggs. Not all your products are free range or cage free. Then we can go down politics. If a business has donated to a political campaign….could we demand that product is banned because the company president donated to Trump or Harris. We can ban products ourselves. No one is forcing anyone to buy Sabra. There are many other hummus products available in your store. If sales of Sabra sharply declines – then it makes business sense to drop them and invite another vendor. Don’t do it just because a few are demanding it.
Supports requested boycott: I support the boycott movement. Israel is colonial apartheid state committing a genocide, and entities that support it have no place in a co-op that represents inclusion and progressive values.
Supports requested boycott: Empowering co-op members to be ethically participatory (i.e., encouraging boycotts and making the Co-op a better place for our community and world), and to be part of a store that actually listens to its customers and stops purchasing from bad companies is a really good thing. It’s a fundamental difference between co-ops and normal corporate grocers who are 100% profit driven. Conversely, ignoring customer concerns just perpetuates pessimism and apathy… that the Co-op is no different than any other store. It also chases many would-be customers to cheaper stores based on prices alone (since some people perceive the Co-op as just as corporate and profit-driven as any other business.) There are many products that could (and maybe should) be taken off the shelves at the co-op for ethical reasons, so I support the admirable attempts of those members who took the time to suggest this boycott (thanks members!) Plus, there is no shortage of local, quality, non-corporate products out there. Why even offer the Pepsi-owned product in the first place… to compete with our great local hummus companies?!? Each successful boycott attempt will make our co-op better and our community stronger. Worthy of consideration: members wouldn’t have to suggest boycotts in the first place if the ordering staff were more aware/responsive of our concerns (social and environmental) and didn’t put so many corporate and unethical products on the shelves. If ordering staff would raise the bar a bit, we members could simply trust that whatever the Co-op sells is decent, ethical, and of a higher caliber; and not have to beg the Co-op to remove products from the shelves that really shouldn’t have been there to begin with. All said, I love my Co-op and thank you for all that you do.
Supports requested boycott: Products that funnel customer monies directly into the pockets of warmongers, ethno nationalists, and genocidaires should have no place at the coop, which supposedly prizes itself on its sustainability, environmental friendliness, and ethical production practices. Selling products like this is a massive oversight in the coop’s broader ethical mission.
Does not support requested boycott: First and foremost there is nothing morally or politically objectionable about supporting the Israeli military. More importantly, however, it is not the place of a co-op in Madison to adjudicate that fraught issue. If individual owners wish to boycott a brand, that is their decision. But they should not be permitted to commandeer the collective entity to make highly contentious political statement.
Does not support requested boycott: Customers should be able to access affordable options.
Supports requested boycott: Boycott of Israeli products is one way that we can put pressure on Israel to end its ongoing mass murder of Palestinians trapped in Gaza and the West Bank: tens of thousands killed, a huge majority of them children, youth, and other civilians. We have to use whatever tools we can to make this horror end.
Supports requested boycott: People have gotten food borne illnesses from their hummus
Supports requested boycott: Sabra is owned by the Strauss Group, an Israeli food company that provides financial support to the Israeli military who are currently committing a genocide in Palestine.
Supports requested boycott: Sabra hummus profits from war and occupation. I stand in solidarity with the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), which calls for a boycott of Israeli and international companies that are complicit in violations of Palestinian rights. As they say, “Virtually all Israeli companies are complicit to some degree in Israel’s system of occupation and apartheid.”
Supports requested boycott: Sabra and it’s corporate owner have no place in the coop. Sabra is located on occupied Palestinian land, which is oppressed under the apartheid-Israel settler colony. Palestinians are literally being tortured and murdered by Israel every day – how the coop ever decided to carry Sabra is beyond me. You want to say you’re supportive of local goods, yet support this genocidal country and it’s products? Doesn’t sound like coop values to me. There are SO many better options – Sabra is not only genocide hummus, but it’s dry AF. Please do better by removing Sabra hummus from our shelves.
Supports requested boycott: I am in support of boycotting all products from companies that support Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Supports requested boycott: No food brand should have ties to any political affiliation. But of equal or more importance, sabra hummus is not a healthy food because it is heavily sprayed with glyphosate. I wish Willy Street Coop would find a healthier choice for hummus. You can find information about this@ EWG food scores. https://www.ewg.org/research/glyphosate-hummus#:~:text=EWG%20tests%20have%20found%20shockingly,cancer%2Dlinked%20pesticides%20in%20food.
Supports requested boycott: Various Palestinian civic groups have been calling for a targeted boycott on certain companies for years; Sabra is one of those companies. Now that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza and has intensified its violent settlement regime in the West Bank, there is no better time to join the boycott.
Does not support requested boycott: Dear Willy Street Co-op Leadership Team,
I am writing to express my concerns about the proposed boycott of Sabra hummus at your store, based on the claim that purchasing the product supports the Israeli army. While I respect the diverse perspectives held by members of your community, this initiative raises significant issues that I feel compelled to address.
At its core, this proposal singles out an Israeli company, and its motivations intersect with troubling patterns of anti-Semitism. Boycotting a product due to its association with Israel risks perpetuating a narrative that unfairly targets Jewish people and the Jewish state. It contributes to a climate where individuals and communities can feel alienated or unwelcome.
As a cooperative dedicated to inclusivity and community, I urge you to consider the implications of removing a product like Sabra hummus from your shelves. Co-ops thrive when they offer choices and empower individuals to make decisions based on their personal values. For those who prefer not to purchase Sabra hummus, there are plenty of alternative products available. However, asking the store to entirely eliminate it denies others that choice, setting a concerning precedent.
Boycotts of Israeli products are part of a broader movement that often goes beyond criticism of policies and veers into questioning Israel’s right to exist. This slippery slope can lead to polarizing divisions within communities and fosters an environment of exclusion rather than understanding.
Willy Street Co-op has a proud tradition of promoting fairness, diversity, and equity. Upholding these values means respecting a plurality of views and ensuring that your shelves reflect the diversity of your customer base. Removing Sabra hummus would undermine this spirit of inclusivity.
I respectfully ask that you reject this proposed boycott and continue to offer Sabra hummus and other products representing a wide range of cultural traditions and identities. Let the marketplace of ideas—and the actual marketplace—be a space where individuals can make their own informed choices.
Thank you for considering this perspective.
Supports requested boycott: Hello Willy Street Management, we (Donna and Bruce Wallbaum) are co-op members who love our dear co-op very much (we go to the East and North locations). We are in agreement with the other 337+ members who requested a boycott of the Sabra brand. Sabra company is now owned by PepsiCo. PepsiCo is currently and has been on the boycott list for its profiting from the Israeli company SodaStream. I am including the following letter as a member of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project:
Why Sabra Hummus should be removed from the Willy Street Co-op.
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project is asking that Sabra Hummus, presently stocked at the North side store, no longer be sold by the Willy Street Co-op.
Sabra is a US-based company that produces Middle Eastern-type foods including hummus. Sabra is jointly owned by PepsiCo and The Strauss Group(1), an Israeli multinational corporation with a long history of providing funding and direct support to the Golani and Givati Israeli military brigades.
The Sabra boycott was started over a decade ago(2) in response to years of human rights violations and war crimes committed by these two brigades in Lebanon and Palestine. Both brigades are currently participating in Israel’s war on Gaza.
The current Israeli military assault has inflicted suffering and devastation upon the people of our sister community of Rafah and Gaza as a whole on a scale that is almost impossible for us to describe or comprehend. It is no exaggeration to say that war crimes have been committed. Hundreds of thousands of ordinary Palestinians have been killed, maimed, and starved — an estimated 70 percent of them women and children — in what many now agree meets the international definition of genocide. All this with the full financial, political and military backing of our own government using our own tax dollars and weapons.
Of course we ask everyone not to purchase Sabra Hummus anywhere it is sold. But Willy Street says that it is not just another grocery store. It prides itself on many aspects of social responsibility. Certainly what Israel is doing in Gaza (and also in the West Bank and Lebanon) is not a co-op value.
Here we must put a special emphasis on Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war, which should certainly resonate with the members of a food cooperative.
Supports requested boycott: Pepsi company now fully owns Sabra, as Sabra’s sales plunged over the years due successful boycotts. Sabra used to be owned by the Strauss Group, a multinational food and beverage corporation that supported Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. Currently, Pepsi company is involved in owning and operating the Israeli company SodaStreams. SodaStreams is actively complicit in Israel’s policy of displacing the indigenous Bedouin-Palestinian citizens. Anyone questioning the application of the term genocide to what is happening in Gaza should refer to Amnesty International’s Report issued on December 5, 2024. Amnesty International is the largest international human rights organization adding its voice to states, UN experts, and countless legal scholars and historians who have reached the same conclusion. Let’s be on the right side of humanitarian principles. Take Sabra hummus off the shelves and replace it with locally produced hummus. A win win situation.
The co-op already carries other (genocide-free) ready-to-eat hummus brands, including locally produced Bunky’s and the similarly priced Minnesota-based Baba’s. The benefits of removing Sabra far outweigh any minor inconvenience to co-op members.
Supports requested boycott: We are always being told to practice “non-violent” resistance to oppression. But then when that becomes too threatening we are told to stay silent. We don’t have a lot of control over how our tax dollars are being used. 70% of the weapons being used in Palestine for genocide and ethnic cleansing come from the US. It’s horrifying. Boycotting is a non-violent and effective way to let companies know we will not support them if they continue to literally fund genocide. And of course Israel and our support of Israel isn’t the only horror that is occurring right now but this is one tangible thing we can do. Also, we should be supporting small locally owned businesses more anyway. We have been members of the co-op for over 20yrs and believe we should do whatever we can do to be on the right side of history. Even small acts.
Mostly Supports requested boycott: I think we should take any reasonable steps that we can to put pressure on Israel to stop its actions. The international community has spoken on this and the U.S. and Israel are becoming increasingly isolated on this issue. We can purchase other types of hummus. I am concerned about consistency. I realize we must draw a line in the sand somewhere, but are we potentially contradicting ourselves with other problematic products?
Supports requested boycott: I belong to the coop in order Not support products that harm Nature and workers and to support those that invest in justice and peace. Sabra being on the coop shelves violates fundamental tenets for our coop’s existence
Does not support requested boycott: Nobody is forcing anyone to buy Sabra. Anyone who wishes to not support them with their hard earned dollars is welcome to do so already. Do those wishing to see this brand removed from the shelves shop regularly at North? Do you have suggestions for affordable options to replace the brand? Have you purchased any of the Palestinian products that are available at the Co-op in support of farmers in that area? Do you plan to do so from now on? Can you name them? Do you plan to hold every brand accountable for all possible connections to bad behavior by either themselves or foreign governments? Do you buy anything produced in China? Do you purchase from Amazon? What about the billions of dollars our own government sends in the form of money and weapons to Israel every year? Do you think food gifts to IDF units (which is what Strauss has allegedly done) or gifts of ammunition, guns, and explosives have a more detrimental effect on the lives of Palestinians? America’s government has created instability and resentment all over the world with its economic, political, and military meddling. Should the rest of the world boycott all American services and products? Sabra was founded in America and is currently headquartered here and produces their hummus in Virginia. The chickpeas used to produce the product are farmed here in America. A company based in Israel happens to own a stake in them. Like all Corporations it has many “shareholders” and Strauss is now possibly even selling its stake fully to Pepsi which is the crux of this entire debate. Don’t like Pepsi either? You should probably take a look at their brand portfolio. Where does it end if we go down this road? Who is the arbiter of what makes an ethical product? If it feels like you are doing something good by not supporting Sabra with your money please continue to do so! Gate keeping affordable options while not holding all other products carried by the Co-op to the same standard isn’t a good look. That said, I think Sabra is bad hummus and just don’t buy it because we carry better options already, but I don’t think I should get to tell everyone else what they have the choice to buy.
Supports requested boycott: Profiting from war, fascism and genocide is a bad thing.
Supports requested boycott: I am wholly against the war on Palestine
Supports requested boycott: WSGC should not be supporting businesses that help enable Genocide which is what Isreal and the US Empire are committing in Palestine
Supports requested boycott: There is not one reason to carry a product when many other brands exist that are not actrually proudly supporting a genocide.
Supports requested boycott: Profiting from war, fascism and genocide is a bad thing.
Supports requested boycott: There is little individual citizens can do, in terms of influencing geopolitical foreign policy, to respond to genocide that is occurring in a land halfway across the world. But we can as a group take a stand against companies that are actively assisting in the propagation of this genocide via continued monetary support of the Israeli government. We’ve all heard the pithy retort in situations such as these that there is no ethical consumption under capitalism, but that trite rhetoric does not absolve one of sin: we still have free will and the ability to act within our own moral structure. I support the ban on Sabra hummus because I believe personal choice and action matter, I believe that when given the opportunity to live more ethically (even in a small way) that one should take it and encourage others to do the same, and, most importantly, I believe that genocide is a heartbreaking, terrifying, spirit-annihilating crime against humanity that that should be fought against at any level possible.
Does not support requested boycott: I support Israel’s right to exist and defend itself. Glad some proceeds go to this cause.
Does not support requested boycott: This is a complicated and fraught issue that is not going to answered by banning items. Freedom to choose is inherently democratic. In this polarized world, resistance sometimes means allowing people to make different choices than you and being okay with it.
Supports requested boycott: Boycott anything that is produced or supported by Israel. If that includes the US so be it. #Genocidebad
Does not support requested boycott: I disagree about boycotting Sabra: an U.S. American company with most profits staying in U.S. America.
I disagreed even before Pepsi bought back it’s 50% of Sabra from the Strauss Group.
I haven’t heard that the workers were treated unfairly or that an expensive breast milk replacement was given away causing breasts to dry up. (I still boycott Nestle.)
Did Pepsi buy back the Strauss Frito-Lay business?
Is the Strauss Group no longer an individual entity supporting Israeli brigades?
Is there concern if Pepsi Co is continuing to support the Israeli military through profits from Israeli Frito-Lay?
Supports requested boycott: Complicity in violence does not match with the Co-ops values. Boycotting products that support the genocide Israel is a real way we can make an impact as consumers.
Supports requested boycott: Sabra’s parent company openly and directly supports the Israeli military, which has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Palestine.
Supports requested boycott: I support the boycott of any products that relate to the genocide in Gaza and the apartheid and oppressive colonial-settler regime in Israel. It’s shameful that some co-op members can support selling these products based on the price of the products. This is not what cooperatives should be about. It’s also ironic that you are using a form connected to Google, another power corporation (like Pepsi) that is collaborating with Israel in its mission to eradicate Palestinians from all of Gaza and the West Bank.
Supports requested boycott: We shouldnt support products which are funding genocide.
Supports requested boycott: I support the boycott of Sabra hummus. The company has ties with the state of Israel that has been violating the human rights of Palestinians. There is a legal case before the ICC that the Israeli government is waging a genocide against the people of Gaza, and any relationship with this company would not be consistent with the Co-op’s values or its commitment to fair trade. Furthermore, Sabra is owned by PepsiCo, and I believe there are locally made hummus options (such as Banzo) that the Co-op could support instead.
Supports requested boycott: I just returned from one month in the occupied West Bank (Palestine), where I witnessed the the human impact of Israel’s escalating and life-threatening assaults on Palestinians as they attempt to work in their fields, access their schools and towns, and go about their daily lives. We absolutely must use the nonviolent power of our own purchasing choices here at home to end the Genocide in Gaza and the violent occupation of Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and what better place to start than the shelves of our very own Willy Street Cooperative.
Supports requested boycott: Sabra is a brand that supports Israeli apartheid presently and historically, and I don’t think we need a multinational brand on the shelves of our co-op when we have at least two very good local options already in the store.
Supports requested boycott: I support the BDS movement, because I oppose apartheid, and genocide, carried out by the Zionist occupation, as I believe all humans should.
Supports requested boycott: The Palestinian people have asked us to boycott Strauss Group and Pepsi Co. This is a simple act of solidarity, literally the least we can do in the face of a genocide.
Does not support requested boycott:The argument for the boycott seems to be based on supposition, without clear hard evidence.
Supports requested boycott: I’m so proud and impressed with the important leadership roles Willy Street Coop plays in our community. It would be an important statement for the Coop to support this boycott as we all agonize about finding ways to express our deep concern for the Palestinian genocide. This is a “painless” boycott since there are other good hummus choices available to us in Madison. Thanks.
Supports requested boycott: I am deeply concerned about human rights violations in Gaza
Supports requested boycott: The Israeli propaganda is deep and powerful. Palestinians had nothing to do with the holocaust and yet, they’re paying a heavy price for it. They are the indigenous people of the land. Israel does not have the right to defend itself from the people it’s oppressing, torturing, raping, starving, and ethnically cleansing. It’s never justified to blow up children, kill and massacre civilians, starve a whole population, destroy universities, school, libraries, hospitals, water wells, and farms in the name of the holocaust. The genocide in Gaza is enabled directly by Biden’s policies and his unconditional military aid to Israel. Madison, the co-op, and every American are responsible for the genocide. Silence is complicity.
Supports requested boycott: Produced by a company that supports the illegal occupation by Israel of the Palestinian territories.
Supports requested boycott: The parent company supports a military which kills thousands of civilians.
Supports requested boycott: I just visited the Sabra webpage, here -> https://www.strauss-group.com/the-smile-will-return-to-the-fields/the-smile-will-return-to-the-fields/; it talks about helping Israeli farmers (fine), but is completely one-sided, not mentioning Palestinians or NGOs (World Kitchen) killed en-masse by American-supplied munitions to Israel. I see that Pepsi-Co is looking to purchase Sabra’s shares, but, so what? How about a press release about Strauss Group’s support of mass murder in Palestine, Pepsi-Co? And if there are more locally-sourced Hummus options available (there are)…. then why give money to Pepsi-Co, who looks the other way when mass-murder is perpetrated? It’s a muddled story, but in the end I’d rather keep it simple and give money to smaller corporations who are closer to home and haven’t contributed money to mass murderers.
Supports requested boycott: There are alternatives to Sabra like Bunke or Willy St. Brand.
Supports requested boycott: Israel is a perpetuating an ethnic cleansing of Palestinans from Gaza, intentionally escalating the destruction and devastation of the people who live there for the purpose of creating a Jewish majority ethno-state in their place. Sabra Hummus is a major Israel export and have never denounced the violence by their own state. It is one small way of saying no to genocide and moving towards right relationship with the victims of imperialism.
Supports requested boycott: Even though Sabra is being acquired by Pepsi, Pepsi still owns the Israeli company Sodastream and remains on the boycott list for those who care about ensuring that their dollars/support do not go to funding the violations of human rights and war crimes that have taken place in Israel’s war on Gaza. Taking Sabra off the shelves of Willy Street coop would be a real and concrete act of solidarity with the civilian population of Palestine.
Supports requested boycott: At this moment in time and in light of ongoing genocide, I am in full support of the Co-op members translating their commitment to community support and diversity, equity and inclusion to include boycotting products from Israel.
Supports requested boycott: Palestinians are the indigenous people of this land and were given their present name by the Romans! Before then they had at least a couple other names and were a power on the sea. The British had no right to give away Palestine land to the Jews and never asked Palestine if they approved. Folks in Palestine have been oppressed for 76 Years by the Zionist! Yes I support boycotting any and all products on the market from False Israel, Ever asked a Jew what tribe they were in? Of course they do not know , it has been 2 thousand years. Shame on apartheid, mass murder, genocide etc.
Supports requested boycott: I would prefer local brands where possible
Supports requested boycott: Sabra Hummus supports Israeli genocide of Palestinians.
Supports requested boycott: Being a member of the co op means having a say in the ethical sale of products. The Nation BDS movement calls for the boycotting of a handful of companies to narrow the effort of consumers, and Sabra is one of those companies. The BDS group has researched the depth of Sabra and their investors’ involvement with Israeli groups/army and their malpractices. While it is a small act to remove Sabra products from a grocery store in Wisconsin, many small actions build upon each other. (Hence Strauss selling part of their share in Sabra due to small actions over the years). Additionally, Baba’s hummus is infinitely better than Sabra’s hummus and is a local, small business.
Supports requested boycott: I wholeheartedly support the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and the Co-op Owners’ petition to the Williamson Street Grocery Cooperative to remove all Sabra products from their retail locations. I firmly believe in the inherent right of Palestine to exist as a sovereign and self-determined nation, founded upon principles of justice, equality, and the pursuit of enduring peace in the region. Implementing a ban on Sabra products from our stores would be a significant step towards this goal.
Does not support requested boycott: Israel has a right to exist and defend itself.
Supports requested boycott: As a co-op, we have the responsibility to ethically make the best possible decisions for our membership. To say that the israel-Palestine conflict is two-sided is like saying that slavery is two-sided or the extermination of indigenous Americans is two-sided. The fact that we have finally considering reparations and holding land acknowledgment ceremonies shows otherwise. Therefore, a corporation that supports a one-sided issue on the wrong side should be boycotted and our wholesome peaceful Community co-op should not endorse or sell their products.
Supports requested boycott:Boycotting Sabra hummus (and other Israeli products) is the least we can do to support our Palestinian sisters and brothers suffering under an apartheid system (and now an open genocide since 10/8/2023).
Boycotting is a key pillar of the BDS movement that ramps up international pressure on the offending regime. It was partially successful in ending apartheid in South Africa and we would be remiss to not employ those tactics here.
Supports requested boycott: Our government is complicit in both the apartheid policies of the Israeli government and the genocide taking place in Gaza. This is not just Israeli genocide but a US Israeli genocide. We must use all tools at our disposal to fight against this. Boycott has always been a powerful tool. It is reported that Strauss has sold 50% of its share of Santa to its co-owner Pepsi-Co after years of declining sales. Pepsi remains on the boycott list due to its Profiting from the Israeli company soda stream.
Supports requested boycott: Boycotts are a direct way to practice opposition. There’s nothing complicated in taking a stand against a genocide.
Supports requested boycott: First I believe that boycotts are a nonviolent and effective method of putting pressure on governments or businesses that are engaged in policies that discriminate against or actually in this case kill and maim people because they are members of an ethnic or racial group or of a religious minority. The Boycott of South Africa back in 70’s and 80’s is an example of such a boycott and it worked. It also worked in the 70’s when the United Farm Workers organized boycotts of grapes and lettuce to force vineyards and lettuce farmers to recognize their union. I believe that if the coop stops buying Sabra products and tells the company it is doing so because of the Israeli government’s genocidal policies in Gaza and the West bank that it can have an impact on pressuring the Israeli government to change its policy. Maybe I am naive but that is why I support the boycott. I disagree with the those who oppose the the boycott because they believe it is motivated by antisemitism. The boycott is an effort to force the Israeli government to stop killing Palestinians and driving them off their land. It is not an effort to deny Israel the right to exist .
Supports requested boycott: I support the boycott of all Sabra products at all three Willy Street Coop locations. In addition to all brands that appear on the official BDS list. These brands are researched and vetted for their complicity and support of the genocide in Palestine. There are alternative brands and products that the coop can stock in place of these. The idea of voting with your dollar is widely accepted as a form of support for farmers and artisans in our local communities and economies. There is research and fact to prove that. This is an opportunity for us as a community of coop shoppers to truly vote with our dollar to divest from a brand who is unapologetic in their support of genocide. Food has always been political in who has access, what foods are available when, and what cultural foods are deemed worthy or valuable. This is no different. We should not engage in the erasure of Palestinian food culture or active genocide of its people either.
Supports requested boycott: Sabra is actively invested in perpetuating genocide of Palestinian people. Selling Sabra does not align with the values of the co-op, and compromises our interest as an owner to continue supporting the business. Specifically, Strauss Group is an Israeli multinational food corporation which jointly owned Sabra with Pepsico. Strauss directly donated to the Israeli military to during the Golani and Givanti Brigades, which has known human rights violations against Palestinian people. Even investors see that operating in illegal settlements is bad for business, as Strauss has tried to wipe their hands clean by recently selling their shares of Sabra to Pepsi as a direct result of campaigns like this one. Pepsi is also financially tied into the perpetuation of genocide against Palestinian people by owning SodaStream, which remains complicit with Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Bedouins in the Negev. The mounting evidence and very recent history of these corporations still justifies taking their product off of the co-op shelves. We deserve more local and community-centered alternatives, many of which exist within the Madison area at a similar price.
Supports requested boycott: I think it’s way past time to show Israel that its genoaside of the Palestines has consequences – at least economic ones. Not enough, but it’s a start
Supports requested boycott: With Sabra’s connection to the illegal Israeli occupation in Palestine, there is no reason the Co-op should be benefitting them.
Supports requested boycott: I support boycotting sabra humus because they support Israel starving folks in Gaza.
Supports requested boycott: Supporting genocidal actions is wrong!
Supports requested boycott: We have better options than Sabra. Local options.
Supports requested boycott: Free Palestine. Cleaning up hummus is the least anyone can do.
Supports requested boycott: What Israel is doing in Gaza is obviously a horrendous genocide. We should do all we can to encourage much better policies.
Supports requested boycott: I trust the members who organized this request and I think sends proper message.
Does not support requested boycott: Why boycott Israel companies where the country is attacked by terrorists. Also, it is very symbolic.
Supports requested boycott: The ongoing horrors perpetrated by Israeli settlers (destruction of ancient Palestine Olive Groves, rampant terrorism supported by the army and police) as well as the horrors in Gaza. Demand action for peace and justice given US governments recall and boycott effective action. Boycott sabra humus.
Other: I support the request for removal, however we need to look at why people are buying that product in the firest place. I think price comes into play. As a co-op we have a responsibility to our community first if this hummus option is removed a more local option of equal or lesser price needs to take its place and need to remind ourselves from violence across the other side of the world can cause violece within our own community. Please keep this in mind.
Supports requested boycott: Sabra engages in activities that are completely antithetical to the stated values of Willy St Coop. There are plenty of other options to stock this product with brands that do not support human rights violations.
Supports requested boycott: I respectfully request you remove Sabra humus from your Northside store. Boycotting this product is a tangible action taken to support the people in Gaza. There are similar products that can be purchased such as Bunky’s hummus which is a local brand, yet another reason to remove Sabra hummus.
Supports requested boycott: I stopped buying Sabra hummus years ago due to the ongoing violence in the West Bank. Now over 14 months into a genocide in Gaza, we must send a message that the killing must stop. A boycott of Sabra at the store level is one way we members can make our collective voice heard. A change has to start somewhere.
Supports requested boycott: I am an immigrant from the “Global South” as we’re euphemistically called. This makes me a product and witness of colonising and anti-colonial movements in a way many Americans cannot claim to have witnessed. Countries like testament to the fact that no occupying power has EVER stopped occupying our lands or resources unless economically forced to. In most of our countries our crops, metals and minerals were extracted, and then products made out of them in Europe were sold back to us in European currencies while rationing us of access to our own goods to depress our economies further. This is the full truth of why we need euphemisms to describe the devastation our occupiers of the past centuries wrought on us. From India to Africa to South America, boycotts and divestments of/from coloniser products have been one of the most successful movements. I should not have to explain the histories and methods of settler colonialism to a co-op (a liberatory, anti-capitalist structure in itself). But this is where we are at in 2024 with the propaganda and exceptionalism around Israeli goods especially those which claim Arab/Levantine cultural indigeneity. One day, our future generations will cringe in embarrassment at how we allowed ourselves this specific cultural food appropriation in the name of mindless consumption the way we cringe today at white American people a few decades ago passing around peace pipes. And worse, that we funded a genocide of those whose land, language, history, and folklore Sabra has colonised. If we want to create fairer food systems, we must begin with recognising culinary appropriation and genocide profiteering within our diets. We’d never make these demands of a Walmart because that corporation doesn’t even pretend to care about its consumers or food supply chains in the way this co-op does. It’s time for Willy St Co-op to stand by its principles.
Supports requested boycott: anything we can do to put pressure on Israel to stop the bombing of Gaza will be useful
Supports requested boycott: This company supports the apartheid regime in Israel. I believe Israel needs to be given a message that all products made there should be boycotted until they stop using US supplied weapons to massacre the Palestinian people. I support all efforts to boycott any company doing business with Israel, especially when there are locally made brands of these products available.
Supports requested boycott: We need to divest from Israel. Israel is committing what many international human rights experts have called a genocide. Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed over 40,000 people since October 7, 2023. PepsiCo, who owns Sabra, is on the BDS boycott campaign because it owns soda stream, who is actively displacing Palestinians. I joined the coop when I moved back to Madison because I wanted to live into my values as part of a committed community. The least we can do is not support a massive corporation complicit in genocide.
Supports requested boycott: The co-op is a community owned business and a sufficient number of members have requested to pull Sabra Hummus from the shelf given that there are local socially responsible alternatives. This request is a small act that can encourage other co-ops to follow suit and remind our community that stocking products that support the violation of human rights and international law is unacceptable. As consumers we can vote with our dollars, but as members we must also refrain from stocking products from companies that are affiliated with the subjugation and marginalization of communities at home or abroad.
Supports requested boycott: On the Willy St Co-op webpage for DEI, it is stated, “The Eight Cooperative Principles that guide our daily work are deeply grounded in equity and inclusion, underscoring our commitment to a fair and just world.”
The world as we see it today is not just, and genocide continues rampantly in Gaza. The numbers killed and maimed are horrifying. A boycott of Sabra hummus sends the message that the Co-op takes justice and equity seriously, and tells all owners that their lives, and the lives of their families abroad, are valued here in our community. Sabra as a company should divest from Israeli ownership/involvement if they want to be free of conscience and from being a boycott target. As an owner of the Willy St Co-op, I want to see Sabra removed from shelves immediately.
Supports requested boycott: Why Sabra and not other products? Because we focus on the BDS list, targeted boycotts are more effective. While it is daunting and difficult to find companies that are completely without issue, this is one area where there is a very clear reason to boycott- supporting genocide. Boycotts are a tried and true democratic strategy, people suddenly taking issue with boycotts when it comes to Israel are showing their bias and exceptionalism for Israel.
BDS states:
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) calls for a boycott of Israeli and international companies that are complicit in violations of Palestinian rights. Virtually all Israeli companies are complicit to some degree in Israel’s system of occupation and apartheid. We focus our boycotts on a small number of companies and products for maximum impact. We focus on companies that play a clear and direct role in Israel’s crimes and where we think we can have an impact.
Sabra hummus is a joint venture between PepsiCo and the Strauss Group, an Israeli food company that provides financial support to the Israeli army. Targeted consumer boycotts are convincing retailers across the world to stop selling products from companies profiting from Israel’s crimes.
Supports requested boycott: Sabra is produced by companies profiting from the genocide and apartheid in Palestine. We should boycott to put pressure on Israel to free Palestine and stop the collective punishment of Palestinians which has in the past year killed over 40,000 people, maimed far more, and left Gaza in ruins.
Supports requested boycott: For a number of reasons, all connected to my support for raising public awareness of the genocidal, untenable, racist, occupying nature of Israel. We as Americans are largely responsible for supporting Israel’s occupation and harassment of Palestinians, which goes back well before Western imperial powers and the US decided to create the state of Israel. Our tax dollars are paying for most of the weapons the IDF uses in Gaza, as well as the ongoing imprisonment of at least 10,000 Palestinians. I cannot be a party to this. I urge the Coop North to discontinue selling Sabra products. There are other hummos options. thank you
Supports requested boycott: Considering that PepsiCo owns SodaStream, a company known for its displacement and human rights violations against Palestinians, PepsiCo lacks ethical investment strategy and therefore does not deserve our money as these actions should not be rewarded by consumers. I call on Willy street to please consider other cost effective alternatives to this hummus that are owned by companies who do not perpetuate genocide themselves or through their major holdings.
Supports requested boycott: The genocide in gaza is out of the peoples control, but the one place where we do have control is within our own communities, that means to me, boycotting the products and exports of the genocidal Isreal’s exports.
Supports requested boycott: The IDF has very little to do with the religion of Judaism! The IDF has everything to do with defending and expanding the state of Israel (i.e. the colonial project of Israel). Israel is a state that exists due to its violent enforcement of its borders, similar to the US and every other nation-state in the world. It does not exist to due a “right.” Nations do not have rights. People have rights.
Are there other companies and products that have blemished human rights records? Of course. But we can’t solve all of these issues at once. We can focus on one brand at a time, and this is the time to focus on Sabra.
The Strauss group has distanced itself from the IDF since 2010, and now Sabra is further distancing itself from Strauss group, with PepsiCo buying them out. So yes, this is a mostly political/symbolic move. Nonetheless, it is important to send the message to corporations- if you support the colonialist project of Israel in light of their illegal settlements, ethnic cleansing and practices of apartheid, you will face some resistance.
Supports requested boycott: The removal of Sabra hummus from the Co-op’s shelves is the least we can do, as a community, to refuse to participate in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. Though this action will not directly stymie the aims of the Israeli state to erase a people, it will ensure that we do not indirectly support it with our dollars. Never again for anyone.
Supports requested boycott: I support the boycott. It is a meaningful expression of solidarity with the steadfast Palestinian people who are resisting erasure.
It seems important to remember that our co-op exists on stolen land—the US Government forcibly removed the Indigenous Ho-Chunk inhabitants to make way for settler expansion. The steadfast Ho-Chunk people returned, were removed, and returned again, over and over.
This was ethnic cleansing, underpinned by the same genocidal logic that underpins the ongoing destruction of Gaza and the total domination of Palestinian life in the West Bank under military occupation.
Facing a big, complex problem is hard. It’s much easier to retreat into helplessness, to unplug, check out and do nothing. But fatalism is bad for us and our communities. Removing Sabra from the shelves won’t stop the genocide, but it can start something important. Acting collectively to meet a goal, however small, helps build the relationships and momentum needed for the next move, which can be bigger. Starting is the hardest part—we can’t do anything without starting!
Finally, hummus is an indigenous food. Sabra’s hummus-like bean dip, generically branded as “Mediterranean,” is manufactured for settler profit and consumption. I feel reluctant to mention this because it’s the pretty far down on the list of reasons to boycott Sabra, but I’m a Palestinian-American member, and seeing this product carried at the co-op feels disrespectful, like the co-op is not an inclusive place.
Many thanks to the organizers for working to give this opportunity to our co-op. I look forward to working together on whatever comes next to advance justice in our world.
Does not support requested boycott: I do not support the Sabra Humus boycott proposal. Co-op members should be given the freedom to follow their individual conscience in this matter.
Does not support requested boycott: A boycott is an ineffective expression of personal opinion doesn’t belong in a store that prides itself on diversity of opinion. If someone wants to boycott an item, then they shouldn’t buy it. Simple.
Supports requested boycott: PepsiCo being the sole owner of Sabra does not change my decision. PepsiCo has strong economic ties to Israel, a state that has credibly been accused of genocide by the International Court of Justice (https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240126-ord-01-00-en.pdf) and whose leadership has had arrest warrants issued against for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-state-palestine-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-rejects-state-israels-challenges). I think as responsible consumers we should limit our support of companies and entities that do business with states that violate international law and rely on systems of apartheid (https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/03/israels-55-year-occupation-palestinian-territory-apartheid-un-human-rights). South Africa was boycotted for its apartheid system, why should companies that support Israel get a pass.
Allegation based boycotting makes me wonder about the extent of inclusion at the Coop.
Does not support requested boycott: Why boycott a product that will no longer be owned by the targeted company?
Is this based on nationality or some other factor?
What products has the Coop boycotted in the past?
Supports requested boycott: The coop should not sell any products from Israeli-owned companies until they stop their genocide. Although food from US companies can accurately be described as originating from a genocidal country, it’s our country. I would have voted to boycott South African companies 3 decades ago.
Supports requested boycott: BDS calls for Sabra to be boycotted. It should be easy to stand against genocide profiteering. As a grocery co-op, we would be better served by uplifting local brands of humus.
Supports requested boycott: The practices of Sabra are completely incompatible with the Co-op’s values. Any company that benefits from genocide and occupation should not be welcome on the Co-op’s shelves. There are plenty of authentic, Arab, and local alternatives that you already stock. I’m disappointed that it took this level of mobilizing (the Co-op has standards and not benefitting from genocide should be one of them). It is past time to act on this boycott which has been in place for years.
Supports requested boycott: Palestinian and rights groups encourage boycotts of both PepsiCo and Strauss, and Amnesty International has said the Israeli abuses in Gaza may meet the definition of genocide.
Supports requested boycott: I do not support selling products produced by a company whose profits support a country that violates human rights and international law, and is committing genocide. I am hereby requesting the boycott of Sabra Hummus.
Supports requested boycott: Every day we hear on WPR and WORT about another outrageous, immoral atrocity done by the Israeli Defense Forces or the Israeli settlers. Their most recent war crime is assassinating surgeons who are trying to save Palestinian lives. The Sabra letter claims that Sabra is now wholly owned by PepsiCo. First of all, they should pay for their long term support of the two brigades that have killed so many innocent Palestinians. Secondly, I do not trust them. Likely they are still connected.
We shop at Willy St. Co-op because it has high ethical standards. Please agree to boycotting Sabra Products.
Supports requested boycott: It’s something we can do in response to the genocide occurring in Gaza which is actively being supported by our country’s provision of munitions. No, we are not antiSemitic. (Actually, Palestinians are actually a Semitic people, too.) What we oppose is the far right wing Israeli government murdering civilians, an estimated 70% of which are women and children, in its efforts to continue colonization and make itself “safe.” What is occurring is in violation of the teachings of the Torah, Talmud, and any Abrahamic teaching. So if our local Co-Op not selling Sabra humus is something which has even a small effect upon addressing the horrors which are occurring, we are in favor. And, btw, Bunky’s is better. A local treasure. Thank you for this opportunity to comment.
Does not support requested boycott: I oppose the proposed boycott because I believe Palestinian and Israeli liberation are deeply intertwined. Unfortunately, many well-meaning progressives in Madison have been guided toward forms of performative activism that neither help Palestinians nor influence Israeli government policies. Owners are already free to choose what to buy or not buy. If Sabra hummus doesn’t sell well, it could be discontinued in favor of better-selling products. However, a formal boycott, especially one based solely on allegations, would send a harmful message of exclusion to Jews like myself, making the co-op a place where I would no longer feel comfortable shopping. Thank you for considering my perspective.
Does not support requested boycott: Willy Street is a food coop focused on (obviously) food, farming and health issues related to the American diet. This is the commonality that connects all members. It is entirely appropriate that the coop be open to member direction on food-related issues. What the coop is not, in my opinion, is just another progressive political operation holding forth on the issues of the day. Reality is that members have different opinions on issues that aren’t essential to the coop’s mission. For the coop to support an Israeli boycott will almost certainly touch off a fractious community debate that will hurt the coop. I hope you keep that in mind.
Supports requested boycott: And the genocide continues! Please, please, please, support the Palestinians! BDS is working. Let’s support it.
Supports requested boycott: Sabra is owned by Pepsico, which is the owner of Soda Stream. SOda Stream is located in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank of Palestine. the Strauss group, a major supporter of the Israeli army, formerly owned 50% of Sabra, but sold out to Pepsico. They did so because their product has become less popular due to the boycott.
Israel is taking up increasing amounts of land in the West Bank for these settlements, which are against international law. Settlers, who tend to be far right wing, are extremely violent toward Palestiians, and the Israeli Army has stepped up attacks on the West Bank. In addition, Israel has murdered well over 43,000 Palestinians in Gaza, more than half of them women and children. Boycotting Sabra is a significant step toward a more humane world. Palestinians themselves were the founders of the international Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions movement; they have asked the international community to help end the occupation and genocide. Remember that the apartheid in South Africa was ended because of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions.
Supports requested boycott: (No further comment)
Supports requested boycott: From the Willy St facebook entry dated 10/22/2022: “Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day! We recognize and acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the Peoria, Sauk, Meskwaki, Ho-Chunk, and Sioux Nations and that these traditional territories continue to carry their stories.”
It is laudable to acknowledge the wrongs that happened over 100 years ago, but today we have a chance to object to a tax-funded genocidal ethnic cleansing that is going on right now when our actions might help to end it.
South Africa is free today because of a grass roots boycott movement, not because we relied on our government to do the right thing.
Please show our indigenous neighbors that we have learned the lesson.
Supports requested boycott: We can use our collective power to withdraw support from businesses that use their profits to fund colonial occupation and genocide.
In addition, the co-op should stop buying products that use prison labor (e.g. Bel Gioioso, Sara Lee, Cheerios, Tyson, Gold Medal flour, Kellogg’s Rice Krispies, Ball Park franks, Russell Stover, Coca Cola and Pepsi products). https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e
Supports requested boycott: The companies that own Sabra (PepsiCo and Strauss) are funding, supporting and benefiting from the current genocide of Palestinians by Israel and also Israel’s past attacks on Palestinians. PepsiCo profits from the Israeli company, SodaStream, and Strauss supports and funds Israel’s military.
