A local resident protected the five students in his home until they were evacuated by Israeli troops.

“This is a clear-cut BDS victory against an odiously complicit Israeli company”, said Omar Barghouti, a co-founder of the movement.

He said that the BDS movement had done “marginal” damage to Sodastream, “It’s propaganda, it’s politics, it’s hateress, it’s anti-Semitism”.

Ahead of the West Bank factory’s closure in two weeks, the Israeli factory hummed with activity on Wednesday.

In the aftermath of 1967 War launched by Israel against Jordan and Egypt, capturing and occupying the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip (the Occupied Palestinian Territories), about 200,000 Palestinians fled their homes in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. He added that while the company is seeking to provide all of these workers with permits to transfer to the new Israeli plant, only 130 have been issued by Israel and, therefore, potentially hundreds could lose their jobs.

A video released Saturday shows four settlers violently attacking two Palestinians who were detained by Israeli soldiers near the Beit Hadassah settlement in the city of Hebron.

We are deeply troubled by the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) decision to endorse the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

According to the report, Abbas wants the refugees to move to the West Bank and Gaza Strip to “stop their suffering, displacement and death as a result of the harsh conditions in the region”.

The BDS movement in its origins is anti-Semitic. Israel says the Palestinian “right of return” would lead to a massive influx of refugees that would mean the end of the country as a Jewish state.

“SodaStream ought to be inspired within the West Financial institution if (the BDS motion) really cared concerning the Palestinian individuals”, Birnbaum stated.