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28 Jan, 2014

Scarlett Johansson ad becomes online meme for Israeli-Palestinian conflict — RT News

The web has been flooded with images featuring Scarlett Johansson Photoshopped into some grim pictures of West Bank territories. A major political meme these days has been inspired by the actress’s cooperation with an Israel-based company.

The images appeared following announcements of Johansson becoming brand ambassador for SodaStream, a firm which operates a factory in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.

Pro-Palestinian activists have always rejected any idea of Israeli enterprises operating on the land they want back. They have thus blasted the Hollywood celebrity for her deal with SodaStream. Much of the indignation spilled out into the web in the form of reworked images of the company’s ads.

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