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SodaStream hosts thousands for Iftar feast in southern Israeli Bedouin town

Some 3,000 Bedouin, Jews and Palestinians at Ramadan-ending feast in Rahat. U.S. envoy to Israel David Friedman, in attendance at event, touts Israel-based company as paragon of peace.

by  Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff
Published on  05-28-2019 07:46
Last modified: 05-28-2019 07:46
SodaStream hosts thousands for Iftar feast in southern Israeli Bedouin townAP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov

Bedouins, Jews and Palestinians attend an Iftar feast in Rahat, Monday | Photo: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov

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SodaStream is hosting nearly 3,000 Israelis and Palestinians for a Ramadan fast-ending meal at its factory in the southern Israel town of Rahat.

Bedouins, Jews and some Palestinians attended the Iftar feast on Monday along with U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.

Friedman wrote on Twitter that he had "the pure joy" to attend, and touted SodaStream as a paragon of peace: "Muslims, Druze, Christians and Jews working together, each making the other better, happier and more prosperous."

SodaStream, the Israel-based manufacturer of home soda-making machines, shut its West Bank factory in 2015 amid boycott calls and opened a new facility in the predominantly Bedouin town of Rahat. PepsiCo bought SodaStream last year for $3.2 billion.

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