McDonald's to buy back Israeli restaurants after boycotts - BBC News
McDonald's to buy back Israeli restaurants after boycotts - BBC News
The deal follows protests against the firm after franchisee Alonyal gave free food to Israeli soldiers.
There's a reason Israel spends so much lobbying money to make boycotting their companies illegal...
There's a bill passing through the British parliament right now.
Where is boycotting “illegal?”
A lot of places, to varying degrees:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws
Usually in the US more by making it illegal to sign government contracts with any boycotters of Israel, or by preventing public funds from investing into any entities perceived as boycotting Israel. These things could be devastating to any businesses or non profits that work with the government, or any publicly traded companies (due to decreased investment). Technically boycotting Israel in general can't be made illegal in the US, as that would be a free speech violation.
Someone already linked the Wikipedia article.
But to expound on that, some US states make people sign a pledge to not participate in BDS if they have a job or even just contract with the state.
It's incredibly fucked up and few people talk about it.
Inside every major contract Missouri signs with a business sits a clause about boycotting Israel.
All but the smallest companies have to agree not to participate in any movement that aims to boycott, divest from or sanction companies in Israel.
Missouri isn’t alone. At least 36 other states have anti-BDS (boycott, divest or sanction) measures that bar state contractors from refusing to do business in Israel, or otherwise boycotting or divesting from the country or its occupied territories.
https://kcbeacon.org/stories/2023/10/24/missouri-anti-bds-israel-contracts/
Not the one you asked but I believe in Germany. Not sure though.
At least they certainly condemn and are* against the boycot movement:
Edit: changed “we” to “are”
The company will be hoping that by taking the Israeli business back "in house" it can restore its reputation in the Middle East and meet its key sales targets once more.
How is this clearly signalling the they're against Israel in order to appease the boycotters?
Doesn't seem to matter who owns them technically, if they're still McDonalds and still there...
This is the best summary I could come up with:
McDonald's will buy back all of its Israeli restaurants after sales suffered from a boycott of the brand over its perceived support for Israel.
Alonyal, which is led and owned by chief executive Omri Padan, has operated McDonald's restaurants in Israel for more than 30 years.
The boycott of McDonald's was sparked after Muslim-majority countries such as Kuwait, Malaysia and Pakistan issued statements distancing themselves from the firm.
The company will be hoping that by taking the Israeli business back "in house" it can restore its reputation in the Middle East and meet its key sales targets once more.
Much of the Gaza Strip has been devastated during the Israeli military operations that began after Hamas-led gunmen attacked southern Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and seizing 253 hostages.
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