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While many people are attempting to boycott corporations like Starbucks that support Israel, locations are not closing down because of this effort.

While there are quite a few locations that have closed down over the last couple of years, it's more due to factors such as discouraging union activities.

It's easy to correlate the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict with other events like stores closing down.

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Starbucks is not closing after supporting Israel in the current war. It's not closing as a whole, only some certain Starbucks are closing or are closed because they aren't receiving revenue due to the boycotts. It has led to an amount of workers to be laid off in some counties that are taking action. Therefore this title the way it's stated is misleading and is an example of spreading misinformation. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/business/starbucks-layoffs-middle-east.html#:~:text=Since%20the%20Israel%2DHamas%20war,for%20boycotts%20in%20numerous%20regions.

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by Newbie (240 points)
Starbucks is not closing down for supporting Israel. Starbucks have closed a few locations across the country, but not in correlation to the war. Starbucks actually have closed a few locations illegally and is being asked to reopen them https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/feds-accuse-starbucks-breaking-law-by-closing-stores-discourage-union-organizing/F6YGCRVLGFHM5NTCT5PQFDAZHU/
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by Newbie (260 points)

This headline is very misleading because although Starbucks has closed some stores, and laid off employees due to the boycott, the company has not gone under and there are still tons of Starbucks coffee shops across the globe. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/06/business/starbucks-middle-east-layoffs/index.html

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by Newbie (240 points)
This headline is false and misleading as Starbucks has had some closures and has had to lay of employees due to boycotts relating to the war, but the whole company has not had to close due to this. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/06/business/starbucks-middle-east-layoffs/index.html
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by (180 points)
The company Starbucks is not closing because of this reason. This statement is false and people might boycott starbucks but it wouldn’t that much power to completely shut down a business that’s been running for such a long time.
by Genius (43.6k points)
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