{"id":85,"date":"2014-02-02T19:04:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T19:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gphrc.org\/?p=85"},"modified":"2014-02-02T19:04:52","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T19:04:52","slug":"tell-john-lewis-stop-stocking-sodastream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/tell-john-lewis-stop-stocking-sodastream\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell John Lewis: stop stocking Sodastream"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2014-01-24\">January 24, 2014<\/time><\/p>\n<p>John Lewis\u2019s complacency and complicity in stocking occupation SodaStream products &#8211;\u00a0despite their awareness of an international boycott campaign against the manufacturer \u2013 has been exposed.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/blogs\/amena-saleem\/uk-retailer-refuses-shun-occupation-profiteer-sodastream\">Read the EI article&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is John Lewis\u2019 response so far:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u00a0<em>While I am sure a number of John Lewis\u2019 customers may share these views, equally I am sure others would not and it is for this reason that John Lewis always seeks to remain non-aligned. \u00a0In our view, it is not the place of John Lewis to decide which of these views is right or wrong nor do we believe it is our place to make such a decision on behalf of our customers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are aware of the complex nature of the situation in Israel and the West Bank and we believe international bodies such as the United Nations, working with national governments, are best placed to resolve these issues. \u00a0Therefore, you will understand that any decision to stop stocking Sodastream products in the future would be made solely on commercial grounds by our buying teams.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please urge John Lewis to stop stocking Sodastream products immediately<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8211; See more at: http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/johnlewissodastream\/#sthash.PJjGMUKG.dpuf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 24, 2014 John Lewis\u2019s complacency and complicity in stocking occupation SodaStream products &#8211;\u00a0despite their awareness of an international boycott campaign against the manufacturer \u2013 has been exposed.\u00a0Read the EI article&gt; This is John Lewis\u2019 response so far: \u201c\u00a0While I am sure a number of John Lewis\u2019 customers may share these views, equally I am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}