How Coca Cola is funding genocide in Gaza

Coca-Cola is implicated in Israeli war crimes.

According to research by WhoProfits, the Central Beverage Company, known as Coca-Cola Israel, which is the exclusive franchisee of the Coca-Cola Company in Israel, “operates a regional distribution center and cooling houses in the [Israeli] Atarot Settlement Industrial Zone.” Furthermore, its subsidiary, Tabor Winery, “produces wines from grapes sourced from vineyards located on occupied land in settlements in the West Bank and Syrian Golan.” 

The International Court of Justice affirmed in July 2024 that Israel’s entire occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is illegal, as are all Israeli settlements built on occupied land. As Israeli settlements – on occupied Palestinian and Syrian land – are considered war crimes under international law, Coke is complicit in a war crime. 

Corporations that are implicated in the commission of international crimes connected to Israel’s unlawful occupation, racial segregation and apartheid regime - within or beyond the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 - are all complicit and must be held accountable. Direct complicity includes military, logistical, intelligence, financial and infrastructure support. The corporations, as well as their boards of directors and executives, may face criminal liability for this complicity.

How boycotting companies such as Coca Cola can make a difference

Boycotting companies that help fund genocide tells them that we as consumers do not support their immoral actions. It can pressure the companies to reconsider their choices to patron such inhuman is things. As well as this, when enough people boycott a company, their profits will begin to fall, making it more difficult to continue supporting genocide.

There is a list of all companies and brands on the boycott list on the app NoThanks, as well as showing alternative brands and companies that do not support the ongoing horrors in Gaza.