Pure Gym customers are threatening to boycott the company after the company’s CEO said during Question Time that he “supports” arms sales to Israel.
The British government is increasing pressure to halt arms sales to Israel as the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to invade Rafah.
Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday downplayed the possibility that Britain would follow US President Joe Biden’s threat to cut off arms supplies.
Pure Gym CEO Humphrey Kobold told BBC Question Time that he was “deeply concerned” about what was happening in Gaza, where Israeli bombing has killed more than 34,000 people. Stated.
But when presenter Fiona Bruce asked whether the UK government should stop selling arms to Israel, Mr Kobold replied: “I don’t know what specific weapons the US is trying to stop.” Ta. They transport much more weapons than we do.
They stopped some big bombs, which sounds like a very sensible thing to stop. There are several points about that.
“I definitely think there’s no reason why we shouldn’t do that when we have all the weapons we need for our defense and Iron Dome.”
“We’ve got all the weapons we need for our defense and Iron Dome. As we’ve seen, British and American forces are dealing with the same thing, and I think they should continue to allow defense weapons to pass through. ”
“As for the broader question, it is the Americans who are actually sending weapons to Israel.”
“My position at this point is that we generally believe that the Israeli government is defending itself. I think we should support that… Remember, Hamas is a mandated terrorist organization that advocates the decision to exterminate Jews and Israel, and that’s what we did. ” We must keep this in mind when dealing with this issue.
“And it’s in no way the fault of Palestinians in general. They deserve more protection than they’re getting.” I agree, but we need to remember these facts . ”
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Kobold’s comments quickly spread on social media, with many calling for a boycott of the company.
Many people posted photos on social media of when they canceled their memberships.
One person wrote on X: ‘I have cancelled my @PureGym membership because their CEO is pro-genocide. To all my followers: please cancel your membership and join another gym.’
Another said: ‘If you currently go to @PureGym, you should probably cancel that membership now. Also, why the hell are we asking the CEO of a gym chain for his opinion on Palestine? The Boycott PureGym campaign just launched, anyway.’
A third added: ‘A slight inconvenience having to find a new gym after 2 years but well worth it if it means not supporting a compa