Apple under pressure for funding both 'illegal settlements and Israeli military'
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Apple is facing criticism for matching employee donations to organisations that fund Israel's colonial expansion in Palestine

Apple employees have called out the company for donating to the IDF and West Bank settlers

    • FarraigePlaisteaċ
      52·
      1 year ago

      Still, singling out behaviour can be more effective than talking about it more generally. And when one organisation changes their policy others often follow.

      Yes, it would be great if this was managed more centrally but in the absence of that let’s hold companies accountable. The victims here in the end are Palestinians, not Apple.

    • Oisteink@feddit.nl
      32·
      1 year ago

      Is it mandatory for US businesses to have this donation match program, or was it apples choice?

        • Oisteink@feddit.nl
          21·
          1 year ago

          I’m not sure how your scale works, but to me you’re still a killer if you kill one guy and help 3 others.

        • Oisteink@feddit.nl
          22·
          1 year ago

          Also you seem to assume that anything that’s non-profit is good. Its not about the profit, it’s about what they do.

            • Oisteink@feddit.nl
              2·
              1 year ago

              Apple never gives out money for free. In this case what they wanted to get was goodwill, and now it’s backfiring. Calling them out is the right thing to do IMO, they had zero intentions of “doing good”.

              Source: me, an apple fanboy since Apple II