Produk Boikot Israel (McDonald's)

BOYCOTT ISRAEL CAMPAIGN
COMPANY :	McDonald's
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES: McDonald's Restaurants
RESEARCH FINDINGS : McDonald's is the largest and best-known global food service retailer with more than 30,000 restaurants in 121 countries.[8] McDonalds chairman and CEO Jack M. Greenberg is an honorary director of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc., of Metropolitan Chicago.[9] According to the Chicago Jewish Community Online (website of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago), McDonalds Corporation whose global headquarters is based just outside Chicago is a major corporate partner of the Jewish United Fund and Jewish Federation.[1]. Through its Israel Commission, the Jewish United Fund "works to maintain American military, economic and diplomatic support for Israel; monitors and, when necessary, responds to media coverage of Israel"[2]. The Jewish United Fund runs "Fun-filled Summer Family Missions to Israel" (the next one is on Aug 19 2002) where families get to "visit an army base and meet with Israeli soldiers" and "visit our sister city, Kiryat Gat and see the important work we are doing there"[3]. Kiryat Gat, you may be aware from the Boycott Intel Campaign, is built on stolen Palestinian land - the lands of the villages of Iraq Al Manshiya and Al-Faluja whose residents were ethnically cleansed in 1949 in contravention of International Law[6]. Through its "Partnership to Israel" programme, the Jewish United Fund provides $1.3 million annually[5] to help the development of Kiryat Gat and to promote further illegal settlement there. In the Jewish United Funds outreach program they pay for Christian leaders and American high school kids to visit Israel and be fed zionist lies.[4] McDonalds entered the Israeli market in 1993 and now has 80 resturants across Israel, providing employment to some 3000 Israelis.[7]
ADDITIONAL INFO & REFs : [1] Chicago Jewish Community Online (website of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago) http://www.juf.org/cent/partners.asp After the successful take up of the boycott around the world, companies are for the first time shy to show their support for the zionist state. As a result this page which lists the corporate partners was quickly taken off.. Luckily we managed saved a copy (below). Notice that the partners list is split in to three tiers. Presumably the largest contributors are in the first tier with their names in a large type. Mcdonald's is third on this tier with Sara Lee fourth. Other partners include several newspapers, banks and finance companies. [2] http://www.juf.org/jewish_identity/ji_connect_home.asp THE ISRAEL CONNECTION The Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago maintain strong ties to Israel in a variety of ways. The Partnership 2000 Program forges business, professional, and personal links; Israel Experience Programs for teens and young adults provide education and enrichment opportunities; and JUF Missions offer families, singles, and others a wide variety of travel options; the Israel Commission of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish United Fund enables the organized Jewish community to maintain its interest in Israel-related issues. http://www.juf.org/services_resources/sr_jcrc_israelcom.asp THE ISRAEL COMMISSION "The Israel Commission serves as a forum for the organized Jewish community to promote understanding of Israel and Middle East developments, most recently including those connected with the peace process; works to maintain American military, economic and diplomatic support for Israel; monitors and, when necessary, responds to media coverage of Israel; plays a leadership role in organizing and planning the annual community-wide Yom Ha'Atzmaut celebration; and helps promote Israeli cultural events in the metropolitan area." [3] http://www.juf.org/mission/ http://www.juf.org/mission/mission.asp?id=9 Summer Family Mission to Israel August 19-23, 2002 Led by Missy & Allan Malmed ...Walk in the steps of your ancestors and view the amazing excavations at the Southern Wall ... Stop at Mt. Hertzel where Yitzak Rabin is buried ... Visit our sister city, Kiryat Gat and see the important work we are doing there ... Visit an army base and meet with Israeli soldiers ... Learn the important history of the Golan Heights ... [4] http://www.juf.org/services_resources/sr_jcrc_outreach.asp OUTREACH TO THE GENERAL COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP MISSION TO ISRAEL In past years leaders from a broad spectrum of Christian faith communities have been invited to participate in a week-long seminar in Israel, coordinated by the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago and the American Jewish Committee, and jointly sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and the American Jewish Committee. SPEAKERS If your group is interested in having a speaker address the topics of Israel, Israel's role in the Middle East, Jerusalem, or the peace process, contact... HIGH SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH The Israel Youth Delegation is an official joint project of Israel's Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education. The purpose of the project is to make American high school students aware of Israel ... [5] http://www.juf.org/jewish_identity/ji_connect_p2000.asp PARTNERSHIP 2000: OUR LINK TO ISRAEL In Chicago, the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation is twinned with the Lachish region, comprising the city of Kiryat Gat and the rural areas of Lachish and Shafir. Through this partnership, $1.3 million from the Jewish United Fund is allocated annually for projects that promote the region's development... [6] For full information on Kiryat Gat please see the article on Intel already facing possible legal problems for building its chip plant in Kiryat Gat : http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-news-0194.html [7] http://www.mcdonalds.com/countries/israel/ McDonald's Israel opened its first restaurant in October 1993, in Ramat-Gan (a suburb of Tel Aviv). Today, McDonald's Israel operates more than 80 restaurants across Israel. McDonald's Israel Benefits the Israeli Economy McDonald's Israel proudly sources over 80% of its ingredients locally, including 100% kosher beef patties, potatoes, lettuce, buns, and milkshake mix. McDonald's Israel employs 3000 Israelis. It should be noted, in its favour, that when in 1999 an international campaign forced Burger King to withdraw its name from a restaurant that had been built in the illegal Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, the general manager of McDonald's Israel, Omri Padan, said that he will never open a branch on the occupied territories. [8] http://www.mcdonalds.com/corporate/index.html [9] http://www.mcdonalds.com/corporate/info/exec_bios/greenberg/index.html [10] http://www.mcdonalds.com/countries/saudiarabia/index.html The oppressing arches of McDonalds can be seen in most Muslim countries. In Saudi Arabia there are 71 branches including two in in the Holy City of Makkah. Prince Misha'al Bin Khalid Bin Fahad Al Faisal Al Saud is McDonalds licencee in the kingdom. URL: http://www.inminds.com/boycott-mcdonalds.html