McDonald’s will buy 225 of its franchise restaurants in Israel, it announced Thursday, just weeks after saying that the Israel-Hamas war was hurting its business.

McDonald’s will buy every one of its 225 franchise restaurants in Israel, it announced Thursday, just weeks after saying that the Israel-Hamas war was hurting its business.

McDonald’s added in the statement that it “remains committed to the Israeli market and to ensuring a positive employee and customer experience in the market going forward.”

    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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      7 months ago

      Depends on how you look at it. You could argue that it means that they were forced to do something because public opinion is shifting against the genocide, but the pessimist in me tells me that they don’t actually care and use the death of many people as a PR stunt.