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49. Soda Stream is sold from an illegal Israeli settlement. Boycott!!!

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 12:50 AM

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Why is Sodastream a BDS target?
The principal manufacturing plant for the SodaStream Drinksmaker
is located in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.
The settlement, called Ma’ale Adumim, is built on land stolen from
Palestinians and is one of the largest in the West Bank. It is built on
the remains of seven Palestinian villages, which were destroyed so
that it could be built.
This particular land theft is considered ‘the largest single
expropriation in the history of the Israeli occupation.’ (Who Profits:
The Israeli Occupation Industry)
The SodaStream plant brings financial benefits to Ma’ale Adumim
and helps to cement the occupation through the economic
strengthening of the settlement.
Municipal tax paid by SodaStream goes to the Ma’ale Adumim
Municipality, which uses these funds solely to support the growth

https://palestinecampaign.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/The-case-against-SodaStream.pdf

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Sodastream is on sale at a retailer I like, but... [View all] nilram Jun 24 OP

It's too bad that some here apparently don't want others to be able FoxNewsSucks Jun 24 #1

It's too bad that some here apparently don't want others to be able nilram Jun 24 #2

You probably did, my comment was for the anonymous alerter. FoxNewsSucks Jun 24 #4

ah, thanks. Do posters see the alert? Or, you're on a team that handles them. nilram Jun 24 #8

I saw that too. Honestly, I had never thought to boycott companies other than US companies hlthe2b Jun 24 #11

Nestle is surely the most boycotted company vanlassie Thursday #59

True enough... hlthe2b Thursday #60

I totally agree with you! I don't want to mucifer Jun 24 #7

Are you also boycotting products made in the U.S.? yardwork Jun 24 #31

Yes, I do sometimes boycott USA products if the company does thing like Soda Stream. We all make choices. I personally mucifer Jun 24 #36

What is SodaStream doing? yardwork Jun 24 #37

Here, let me help! Violet_Crumble Jun 24 #46

I certainly am Violet_Crumble Jun 24 #45

A quick google search turned up numerous alternatives TheProle Jun 24 #10

To ask if people know of alternatives is a way of saying I'm not buying the product. nilram Jun 24 #16

"To ask if people know of alternatives is a way of saying I'm not buying the product." TheProle Jun 24 #22

And to the same effect. Thanks. nilram Jun 24 #24

Well, except you have well-intentioned people TheProle Jun 24 #26

And I am considering -- and, notice, discussing -- those alternatives. nilram Jun 24 #29

That is baloney. choie Jun 24 #44

As I understand it, it's not only made in Israel... regnaD kciN Jun 24 #3

They moved operations Manatee Jun 24 #5

More reason to avoid them. FoxNewsSucks Jun 24 #6

Not true Fiendish Thingy Jun 24 #14

is it produced by their government? Skittles Jun 24 #9

Are company profits and employee salaries taxed by the government? nilram Jun 24 #12

the same could be said about America Skittles Jun 24 #15

Yes, and it is a broad brush. sheshe2 Thursday #54

Israel is a great country and ally gulliver Jun 24 #13

Are they a "great" country right now under BiBi? TVguyCards Jun 24 #18

Thanks. The sodastream option looks like about 50-55 cents per liter, nilram Jun 24 #21

It is about dime a liter gulliver Jun 24 #32

Thanks! nilram Jun 24 #35

We buy a case of Trader Joe bottled club soda each visit. NewHendoLib Jun 24 #17

We add Diet Sprite to juice TxGuitar Jun 24 #19

Yeah. When I splurge on fresh-squeezed OJ (rarely, lately) I have it with some club soda hlthe2b Jun 24 #20

I love club soda and ice with a splash of OJ for my post gardening recovery! NewHendoLib Jun 24 #27

The Poppi sodas are actually pretty good. LuvLoogie Thursday #62

Yeah, that's what we do. They're about the cheapest. nilram Jun 24 #23

Aarke obamanut2012 Jun 24 #25

Thanks, I'll check them out. nilram Jun 24 #28

Are you boycotting every product made in the U.S.? yardwork Jun 24 #30

excellent question, yardwork Skittles Jun 24 #33

Thanks. I'm interested in the reply. yardwork Jun 24 #34

yeah well Skittles Jun 24 #39

Is the US at fault for the destruction of Gaza? nilram Jun 24 #40

omfg Skittles Jun 24 #43

I'm boycotting any product, company, or service that benefits Trump or Israel. nilram Jun 24 #38

Boycotts are powerful tools. yardwork Jun 24 #41

No. I'm not so organized, systematic, or absolutist. nilram Jun 24 #42

That's like me! Violet_Crumble Thursday #51

Which tonic is that? progressoid Thursday #47

Whups, looking more closely, I don't find evidence for this. nilram Thursday #57

Fever Tree is my latest favorite. progressoid Thursday #65

I had no idea they had that kind of manufacturing for export Melon Thursday #48

Apparently historically at exploitive wages. vanlassie Thursday #52

Is it anywhere near our minimum wage here in the US? sheshe2 Thursday #56

Soda Stream is sold from an illegal Israeli settlement. Boycott!!! hookaleft Thursday #49

Sodastream moved their factory in 2015 Violet_Crumble Thursday #50

I wish somebody could tell me how to make vanlassie Thursday #53

I've never tasted it... Violet_Crumble Thursday #63

Yea. For years I turned my nose up at it vanlassie Thursday #66

You have one? sheshe2 Thursday #58

No. I don't have one. I tasted the water once and vanlassie Thursday #61

My daughter gave me her Sodastream Violet_Crumble Thursday #64

What other countries edhopper Thursday #55