the story for those who don't know it is
Scarlet Johansson a very famous
Hollywood actress I think of Swedish or
Danish origin uh who is uh a big star is
taking money from a company called soda
stream to promote their product which is
a kind of spray which sprays uh soda
water into drinks uh that would be one
thing you would think she had enough
money not to have to cheapen Her Image
and brand by having to do that but she
does but there are two real problems
with it the first is that soda stream is
actually produced on illegally occupied
Palestinian land in what they call the
West Bank on a settlement an illegal
settlement kept on someone else's land
in defiance of international law by
brute military force by a brute military
occupation even worse Scarlet Johansson
was until this day an Oxfam Ambassador
when Oxfam as a very fine international
organization is campaigning against the
exportation of goods from illegally
occupied Palestinian territory so this
posed a very big dilemma for Oxfam
should they sack Scarlet
Johansson or should they ask her to
divest herself of this surely
unnecessary source of income from sod
stream she solved the problem today for
them by resigning from Oxfam so I've got
to say to scolar Johansson whom I once
admired a very beautiful young woman and
a good actress who made some good movies
particularly l
in Translation with Bill Murray I've got
to say to her that you are an absolute
disgrace your face should be Scarlet now
Scarlet with embarrassment that you
chose a few shekel from Soda Stream over
Oxfam and over your International
reputation because your hands are
certainly Scarlet they are scarlet with
the blood of the Palestinian people
whose land has been stolen so that these
illegal settlements can produce products
like soda stream