On July 9th 2010, the global BDS day of action, Egyptian and international activists gathered at Nasr city in Cairo. Getting ready with their banners and flags and statements. They marched over to Starbucks cáfe, while two had already been inside distributing Boycott statements to all customers, protesters gathered in front of the cafe and started the flash mob.
Banners in both Arabic and English were raised beside the Palestinian flags, while protesters shouting and calling people to boycott Starbucks. As chants were higher more people gathered and cars stopped to capture photos/videos of the surprising
protest. Nasr city; a suburb in Cairo is generally looked at as a politically stagnant area, and accordingly this flash mob served as a new phenomena of pro-Palestinian activism, and this was never seen in that part of the capital city of Cairo.
Activists for Palestine
Location: Nasr city, Cairo
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=135587213128207&index=1#!/album.php?aid=235656&id=507815934
Starbucks claims it has never given any money to the state of Israel, in particular the Israeli army and that its CEO, Howard Schultz, is not on the payroll of the Israeli government. Gaza Solidarity does not believe in targeting businesses merely because they have Jewish CEOs or investors. However, Starbucks, and in particular Schultz, have had ample opportunity to distance itself from the Zionist state and has chosen not to. Indeed Schultz is a proud supporter of the Israel.
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