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Disney has to be boycotted

Disney donated $2m to Israeli organizations while Israel was committing genocide in Gaza. Disney made an official announcement that it will be pledging $2m and further initiatives to support Israel. Whilst the CEO explicitly condemned attacks on Jews in Israel, he made no mention of the Palestinian people who are being killed by the Israeli military.

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Paramount+

Highly Israeli supportive. Openly posted on Twitter confirming they support people of Israel and global Jewish community, all this during Gaza genocide. Paramount issued a statement on twitter that the company stands with israel.

Spyglass Media Group

Spyglass Media Group fired Melissa Barrera from the Scream movie franchise for opposing genocide of Palestinians.

Hewlett-Packard

Provides mass support and equipments to Israel apartheid. Notably, HP helps run the biometric ID system that Israel uses to restrict Palestinian movement. Hewlett Packard runs the biometric ID system that Israel uses to restrict Palestinian movement as well as other systems for the IDF.

Siemens

Siemens is complicit in apartheid Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise through its planned construction of the EuroAsia Interconnector. This will link Israel’s electricity grid with Europe’s, allowing illegal settlements on stolen Palestinian land to benefit from Israel-EU trade of electricity produced from fossil gas.

Intel

Al-Awda, the Palestinian Right to Return Coalition, has called on Intel to close its plants in Kiryat Gat, site of the former Palestinian villages Iraq al-Manshiya and Faluja. Israeli historian Benny Morris has written that during the 1948-49 Israeli war of independence with Palestinians and their Arab allies, the villages’ residents were all expelled in line with Israel’s “strategic desire to achieve ‘Arab-clear’ frontiers.” Intel, whose processors can be found in about 80 percent of the world’s computers, has reportedly invested $2.7 billion to upgrade its Kiryat Gat plants where it is working on new chips that will make computers lighter and faster. That brings its total investments in Israel to about $10 billion, and it has also benefited from more than $1 billion in Israeli government. Intel Invests heavily in israel including in towns stolen from Palestinians

Vishay Intertechnology

Vishay Intertechnology operates manufacturing facilities in Israel and owns 90% of them.

International Business Machines

IBM invests heavily in Israel . IBM senior vice-president and general counsel, Lawrence Ricciardi, who noted that his company employs 1,700 people in Israel, said in an interview with the Jerusalem Post, ‘This wedge of land and the huge ideals it represents are very important to IBM.’ IBM was one of three US companies that was lauded at the America-Israel Friendship League Partners for Democracy Awards dinner ( 25th June 2001 ) hosted by Sharon. In May 2002 the Israel-America Chamber of Commerce awarded IBM the Ambassador’s Award’ in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the development of the Israeli high-tech industry and to advancing trade between the U.S.and Israel. IBM established operations in 1949 and was the first large American company with a wholly owned subsidiary in Israel , introducing computers to the country.

NOKIA

Nokia have started to invest heavily in Israel . Nokia general manager Lars Wolf said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post (4 March 2001): ‘We are really focusing on Israel from all perspectives, because we have an internal project called ‘Project Israel ‘ which means we a re looking at Israel from a networks perspective, from the perspective of Nokia Ventures Organization, and also from the perspective of Nokia Research Center.’ Nokia Venture Partners, a branch of Nokia Ventures Organization, launched a new $500 million fund in December 2000 and allowed that a ‘disproportionate’ amount of it would go into Israeli companies. Nokia Research Center is on the lookout for Israeli start-ups with which it can cooperate.

Express VPN

Israeli company. It was acquired by Kape Technologies, an Israeli cybersecurity firm, for approximately $936 million. Express VPN is an israeli company owned by zionists who support the occupation of Palestine.

History of Disney

The Walt Disney Company, founded by Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney, has grown from humble beginnings to become one of the world's largest and most influential entertainment conglomerates. It all began in 1923 when Walt Disney, along with his brother Roy, created the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Los Angeles. Their first successful character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, was created for Universal Studios, but due to a contract dispute, they lost the rights to Oswald. Undeterred, Walt Disney went on to create his most iconic character, Mickey Mouse, in 1928, debuting in the groundbreaking animated short film 'Steamboat Willie.' Mickey Mouse became the cornerstone of the Disney empire, captivating audiences worldwide.

Over the decades, Disney expanded its reach into various forms of entertainment, including feature films, television shows, theme parks, merchandise, and more. Throughout the mid-20th century, Disney produced classic animated films such as 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,' 'Cinderella,' and 'The Lion King,' solidifying its reputation as a powerhouse in animation. In 1955, Disneyland, the first-ever Disney theme park, opened its gates in Anaheim, California, revolutionizing the concept of family entertainment and setting the stage for the development of future Disney parks worldwide. Today, the Walt Disney Company encompasses a vast array of subsidiaries and franchises, including Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm, and ESPN, continuing Walt Disney's legacy of imagination, innovation, and storytelling excellence.