‘Israel boycott’ Impacting Innocent Workers

The call to boycott brands with alleged ties to Israel has received support. But a large number of Malaysians are left in despair and fear losing their livelihoods. Several employees from McDonald’s outlets were the worst hit by the boycott. A large number of employees are now in fear of losing their livelihoods. Also impacted are hearing-impaired McDonald’s workers.

There are over 21,000 employees working in the food chain’s outlets nationwide, and the majority of them are Muslims. A number of staff members are suffering from depression as they are worried about their families and commitments. Some staff who return home after work in public transport have been abused verbally as they are wearing the McDonald’s uniform. People working in McDonald’s have nothing to do with the conflict! This is just a business entity and they are not taking any sides. McDonald’s Malaysia is in no way supporting Israel or any other country. In fact, McDonald’s Malaysia donated RM1 million to the Palestinian Humanitarian Fund.

Source: https://bnn.network

A barista at a Starbucks outlet in Petaling Jaya and a Grab Food delivery rider shared similar sentiments. Business at Starbucks has dropped from about RM25,000 daily to less than RM10,000. A number of young people are working part-time to fund their education. They come from poor families and are working here to make ends meet.

A Grab Food rider has seen his income drop by almost half since orders to several fast food outlets, mainly McDonald’s, have dropped.

The best form of assistance would be to donate what we can and to spend time in prayer. This boycott is harming a large number of Malaysians. Shouldn’t we be more humane at home? 

If we want to boycott all things related to Jews or the Jewish state, then we stop using Waze,  Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Hewlett Packard, Haagen Dazs, Siemens, AXA, Goldman Sachs, Puma, SodaStream, Oracle, Ahava, Sabra, Warner Bros., Facebook, Dell, Levi’s, Calvin Klein, Dunkin’ Donuts, Baskin Robbins, many medical devices and others!

Why are we so blind to this?

References:

Misguided ‘Israel boycott’ impacting innocent workers, businesses in M’sia, The Vibes, November 8, 2023

Jews in America: Prominent companies founded by American Jews, jewishvirtuallibrary.org