- On 13 December, a mobilisation was called to denounce that the American company is part of a genocide against the Palestinian population. The neighborhood's neighbors have emphasized that they don't want multinational companies to support the massacre in the neighborhood.
This Friday the new McDonald’s will open in Santutxu, in number 51 of Zabalbide Street, which will be the fifth in Bilbao. That is why Santutxu’s neighbours will take an active part in the company’s boycott campaign.
The company has contacted other companies that perpetuate the genocide against Palestine. Neighbors have explained that these types of companies “have no place” in Santutxu.
They denounce that the arrival of this new McDonald’s responds to “the needs of a multinational that wants to expand” and not to the needs of the neighborhood. Furthermore, they have stressed that the shareholders of the same company are involved in Israel’s arms trade and have ensured that they do not.
They criticize that the shareholders include some corporations that provide international support for the massacre, such as the arms trade or direct contact with Israel. Thus, BlackRock, Vanguard, Capital Group, Wellington, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley or Geode Capital, among others.
Therefore, this Friday, the day of the opening of the premises, at 19:00 in the afternoon, a demonstration has been organized from the Ritxi Square of Santutxu. Under the motto '.
World boycott
Along the same lines, BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) has called for the global boycott campaign to be intensified. The agent fighting for the human rights of the Palestinians and against Israeli apartheid has called for the boycott of McDonald’s, while the company supports the genocide in Gaza.
The Israeli franchise has accused the organisation of feeding the army and protecting the genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza. This, according to the BDS, directly connects the multinational with violations of international law and crimes against human rights.
The BDS has stressed that the connection with the Israeli Army and the protection of apartheid crimes must have consequences. The movement has called on citizens around the world to press through the boycott until McDonald’s suspends the Israeli franchise agreement and stands clearly in favour of human rights. The BDS has stressed that popular initiative boycotts can have a lot of influence in forcing big companies to change their policy.