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Even the Guardian's corrections are wrong on SodaStream

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From The Guardian's "Corrections and Clarifications" on Monday: An article about the issue of boycotts of Israel ( US and Israel in war of words over boycotts warning , 3 February, ) wrongly stated that SodaStream, an Israeli company, is "based in the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, which is built on expropriated Arab land". As we have said before, it is a factory that is based there, not the headquarters of the company. In another story about the issue, which examined the relationship between Oxfam and Scarlett Johansson, we said that the charity was "under pressure from anti-Israel campaigners to sever ties" with the film star. It would be more accurate to describe the activists in the campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel as "opposed to settlements" ( Oxfam under pressure to drop Johansson over Israeli ties , 30 January, page 23). You know you're in bad shape when even your corrections are wrong. The ...