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Mideast Starbucks franchisee firing 2,000 workers after being targeted in Israel-Hamas war boycott
Starbucks has found itself alongside other Western brands targeted by pro-Palestinian activists over the war. The company has been trying to counter what it describes as ‘ongoing false and misleading information’