Disney Heiress Takes Code Pink Line, Withdraws Investment from Israeli Company over 'Occupation'Abigail Disney, Walt's great-niece and heiress, has just withdrawn her 12 million dollar investment in the Israeli Company Ahava because, she says, it is "stealing minerals" from an "Occupied West Bank." Ms. Disney believes this violates both the 1970 Hague Convention and the Geneva Convention "by exploiting natural resources in occupied territories."
Well—not
exactly, and not so fast.
Disney is
not actually withdrawing a penny for "complicated financial
reasons." She has decided to "donate the profits, as well as funds
equal to the value of her shares in the Dead Sea minerals cosmetics firm
Ahava, to groups working to end this illegal exploitation."
Serious
Israeli (and non-Israeli) legal experts view the territories as "disputed" not "occupied"—but
let's not quibble.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Disney Heiress Takes Code Pink Line, Withdraws Investment from Israeli Company over 'Occupation'
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