{"id":2356232,"date":"2024-10-17T14:34:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-hit-with-expanding-boycott-after-viewers-notice-seemingly-innocent-piece-of-jewelrys-vile-meaning\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T14:36:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:36:49","slug":"amazon-hit-with-expanding-boycott-after-viewers-notice-seemingly-innocent-piece-of-jewelrys-vile-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-hit-with-expanding-boycott-after-viewers-notice-seemingly-innocent-piece-of-jewelrys-vile-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Hit with Expanding Boycott After Viewers Notice Seemingly Innocent Piece of Jewelry&#8217;s &#8216;Vile&#8217; Meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famazon-hit-with-expanding-boycott-after-viewers-notice-seemingly-innocent-piece-of-jewelrys-vile-meaning%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2356232&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Amazon\u200c is \u200cfacing backlash after senior vice president Ruba Borno appeared in a \u200bvideo wearing \u2062a\u200d necklace that features a Palestinian flag over an outline of Israel.\u200c The video, intended to promote an upcoming conference, sparked outrage on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>, prompting calls for \u200dboycotts of the company. Critics\u200c highlight that the necklace&#8217;s imagery is \u200dpolitically charged and viewed by some\u2064 as disrespectful, especially\u2063 considering \u2063the recent abduction of Sasha Troufanov, \u2063an Amazon employee, during a Hamas attack in Israel. In \u2064response to the controversy, Amazon removed the video\u2063 and stated\u200b that it was \u200dnot meant to convey a political message, \u200bpromising to release a revised version soon. \u200dBorno has also made her social media\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nc-official-deletes-account-after-suggesting-kids-dm-her-about-gender-sexual-orientation\/\" title=\"NC Official Deletes Account After Suggesting Kids DM Her About Gender, Sexual Orientation\">account private<\/a> in\u2062 light of the incident.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Amazon faces a boycott after one of its executives casually sported an anti-Israel necklace in a company video.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy began when Ruba Borno appeared in a short clip discussing an upcoming conference in Las Vegas, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/14\/business\/amazon-exec-wears-necklace-with-palestinian-flag-imposed-on-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported. Borno is the vice president of specialists and partners at cloud computing division Amazon Web Services.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wow. Amazon sure was quick to remove an official company video of its senior VP Ruba Borno &mdash; wearing a &ldquo;From the river to the sea&rdquo; necklace.&#128071;<\/p>\n<p>But more than a year later and Amazon still hasn&rsquo;t acknowledged its employee &mdash; Sasha Trufanov &mdash; was taken hostage and remains captive. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kFhisqLqsN\">pic.twitter.com\/kFhisqLqsN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; dahlia kurtz &#10017;&#65038; &#1491;&#1500;&#1497;&#1492; &#1511;&#1493;&#1512;&#1509; (@DahliaKurtz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DahliaKurtz\/status\/1845875380118225368?\">October 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The segment seemed innocuous enough, until viewers homed in on something the executive was wearing: a necklace depicting an outline of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/diplomatic-disaster-kamala-ducks-question-whether-israel-close-ally-netanyahu-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel<\/a> with a Palestinian flag emblazoned across it.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-holocaust-law\/\" title=\"The \u2018Holocaust Law\u2019\">political statement<\/a> caused an uproar on social media, prompting some to call for a boycott.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hu\">Boycott Amazon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MjAzQRYlMd\">https:\/\/t.co\/MjAzQRYlMd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Talia &#127895; (@Taliatypes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Taliatypes\/status\/1845551309878895045?\">October 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Time to boycott Amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vMkOEULmM2\">https:\/\/t.co\/vMkOEULmM2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Natalie Cook (@Australia_Nat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Australia_Nat\/status\/1845363174859497770?\">October 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&rsquo;ve enjoyed using Amazon,but that necklace she was wearing is a shot over the bow&#129324;&#129324;&#129324;<br \/> Our boycott&rsquo;s are working so let&rsquo;s all do this&#127482;&#127480;&#127482;&#127480;&#127482;&#127480;&#127482;&#127480;<\/p>\n<p>Amazon hit by spiraling boycott after sharing video of executive wearing controversial necklace <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0JFZL34UW\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0JFZL34UW<\/a> via&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Wrenn&#127482;&#127480; ( TURKEY) (@ChrisWrenn4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisWrenn4\/status\/1845967054949457938?\">October 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/amazon-taken-task-disgusting-kissing-scene-embattled-lord-rings-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> has since removed the video, and Borno appears to have made her X account private.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The video shot was not meant to be a political statement, but we&rsquo;ve taken down the video and will repost a new one in the coming days,&rdquo; an Amazon spokesman told the Post.<\/p>\n<p>The executive&rsquo;s choice of jewelry is particularly offensive to some, due to one of Amazon&rsquo;s own employees being abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Amazon senior VP at AWS, Ruba Borno, wore a Palestine map necklace in an official company video inviting people for a conference.<\/p>\n<p>Does <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rubaborno?\">@rubaborno<\/a> know that the map means &ldquo;from the river to the sea&rdquo; and calls for the killing of all the Jews of Israel?<\/p>\n<p>Does she know that Amazon&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5bn0XUGYRx\">pic.twitter.com\/5bn0XUGYRx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hamas Atrocities (@HamasAtrocities) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HamasAtrocities\/status\/1845513343471120633?\">October 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sasha Troufanov, 28, and three family members were kidnapped, while his father was murdered during the attack, the U.K.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13959123\/amazon-boycott-executive-controversial-necklace-ruba-borno.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Troufanov, an Israeli hardware engineer at an Amazon-owned subsidiary in Tel Aviv, is still a hostage to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dems-cheering-hamas-hostage-details-unspeakable-crimes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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