Article: Last year, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists called upon people to boycott SodaStream, an Israeli company that produces soda making machines for residential use. Famously, Scarlet Johannson refused to stop being the spokeswoman for the company, despite intense pressure on her to do so. Previously, the SodaStream factory was in an area of Israel where Palestinians and Israelis could both work. However, due to pressure from BDS to move the factory because it was in the "settlements," SodaStream has moved its factory to a new location in Israel that most of its Palestinian employees cannot go to because it is too far away to travel daily. They have thus lost their jobs. And as a result, BDS has cost Palestinians workers hundreds of jobs.
Kids: Do you think activists in BDS care? Argue why and why not. What is their larger goal?
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