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4 February 2014
A report by Bloomberg linked a decline in the price of SodaStream shares to ongoing boycott campaigns. Comparing the stock’s performance to a timeline of key events suggests Bloomberg was right to do so. Read more about Drop in SodaStream stock linked to Scarlett Johansson controversy, boycott
4 February 2014
Responding to my correspondence, The Guardian’s Reader’s Editor has amended an article written last week by Matthew Kalman on the Scarlett Johansson-Oxfam controversy. Read more about Guardian amends Scarlett Johansson report to be “fairer” to Palestine campaigners
3 February 2014
Waters writes that in his previous encounters with Johansson, the actress struck him as a “young woman of strength and integrity who believed in truth, human rights, and the law and love.” Read more about Pink Floyd's Roger Waters slams Scarlett Johansson over Israel
30 January 2014
Actress cites “fundamental difference of opinion” with Oxfam International because the humanitarian group opposes all trade from Israeli settlements.” Read more about Scarlett Johansson quits Oxfam
29 January 2014
Oxfam’s staff in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip have sent an impassioned plea to the charity’s managers, expressing frustration at the growing crisis over its refusal to end the relationship with Scarlett Johansson. Read more about Oxfam staff say charity’s tie to Scarlett Johansson puts their work in “jeopardy”
29 January 2014
In Los Angeles and New York, human rights groups delivered a petition to Johansson’s representatives at Creative Artists Agency, calling on the Hollywood actress to end her relationship with SodaStream. Read more about Oxfam America office refuses to receive petition urging it to dump Scarlett Johansson
29 January 2014
PR expert says pro-Israel advocacy by Oxfam’s Scarlett Johansson is better than the work done by the Israeli government. Read more about Oxfam “ambassador” Scarlett Johansson praised for “strong pro-Israel stance”
28 January 2014
“By choosing to remain an ambassador for SodaStream, Johansson also choses to remain an ambassador for forced displacement,” Palestinians tell Oxfam. Read more about Oxfam’s Palestinian partners condemn charity’s “mishandling” of Scarlett Johansson affair
27 January 2014
The dispute within the global charity is largely along transatlantic lines, with Oxfam America stamping on anything seen to be critical of Israel. Read more about “Internal revolt” at Oxfam over Scarlett Johansson affair, insider says
27 January 2014
“We rebuke Johansson’s condescending remarks that SodaStream is “building a bridge to peace between Israel and Palestine.’” Read more about Palestinians to Oxfam: Dump Scarlett Johansson “immediately”