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Scarlett Johansson quits Oxfam
AFP
US actress Scarlett Johansson has quit as global ambassador for Oxfam after the aid group deemed the role "incompatible" with her promotion of an Israeli firm that has a soda drinks factory in the occupied West Bank.
"Oxfam believes that businesses such as SodaStream, that operate in settlements, further the ongoing poverty and denial of rights of the Palestinian communities that we work to support," the British-based charity said in a statement.
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