Scottish groups call for boycott of Israel’s ‘Eden’ water brand

The city council of Edinborough, Scotland, is about to vote on whether to renew a contract with the Israeli bottled water company ‘Eden Springs’, and local activists have stepped up the pressure on the council to drop the bid.

Eden Springs water coolers

The reason, according to human rights activists, is that the company, based in the Israeli-occupied Syrian territory known as the Golan Heights, is pillaging water resources that actually belong to Syria.  Israeli forces captured the Golan Heights in a 1967 war and have been occupying the territory in violation of international law since that time.

 

The contract with the City of Edinborough is worth $325,000, and supplies water coolers to schools and offices in the city.

 

Mick Napier, chairman of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, stated, "I am outraged that money is being given to reward Eden Springs. This company pillages the water of an occupied territory."

 

The company did not deny that their operation is based in the Golan Heights, but stated that the particular water that was being sold to the City of Edinborough was sourced in the UK, not Golan.