COMMENT | Can boycotts really solve the Israel-Palestine conflict?

COMMENT | I was walking at KLCC yesterday and felt like having coffee. So I went to Starbucks and ordered myself a hot latte grande.

There was a line and the tables were full. I managed to get a seat at one of the tall chairs. So much for the boycott of Israeli-linked corporations during these attacks on Gaza, Palestine. Business as usual I guess.

But we all know that both Starbucks and McDonald’s in Malaysia have no links to Israel even if the organisations in America or other countries do.

Statements have been released saying the franchise in Malaysia is fully owned by Malaysian entities. So in that sense, boycotting these two establishments really only hurts Malaysians.

As a company, they will suffer and all the people they employ, of which a majority are Malaysians, will suffer.

Will a boycott actually work? In my personal opinion, it might not...