Reebok Denies ‘Israel 68′ Sneaker Amid Anti-Israel Anger

[Purveyor]

Reebok announced — and then quickly rescinded — plans to sell a special-edition sneaker commemorating Israel’s 68th birthday.

On Tuesday, one day after Reebok Israel said it would market a blue-and-white sneaker engraved with “Israel 68” as a collector’s item for sale in Israel and internationally, the sportswear firm said the announcement had been made in error, The Jerusalem Post reported.

Reebok said the initial announcement stemmed from a miscommunication, and that the Israel shoe had merely been proposed by an independent designer but not accepted.

A company representative said Reebok avoids distributing shoes connected to national emblems or countries.

“Reebok would like to distance itself from the shoe,” Reebok International said in a statement. “The shoe was a one-off initiative from one of our partners. We do not support this initiative.”

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/reebok-denies-israel-68%E2%80%B2-sneaker-amid-anti-israel-anger/

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

1. Perhaps they could have had a Nakba 48' shoe.

[Fozzledick]

5. With a bomb in the sole?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

6. No. Apartheid Israel has no soul.

[Fozzledick]

8. Hatters gonna hat

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

9. Stealers gonna steal...

[cali]

10. If we go with the concept that nations have souls

which to me is shorthand for both a collective holistic ethos and something a bit more difficult to put into words, I'd say that something twisted happens to the souls of nations that conduct an occupation that runs on for decade after decade.

That's quite different from what you are saying.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

12. It's not an occupation, Cali. It is a forced colonization

of another people's land...namely the West Bank.

[6chars]

2. Great publicity for the idea!

If someone makes them, I'll buy a pair!

[shira]

3. I'll buy several pairs for me, family, friends.... n/t

[6chars]

4. To go with the SodaStreams from last Hannukah

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

7. You could have a graphic with the Apartheid state

eating Palestine.

I can think of 500 thousand illegal Israeli colonists that would love to buy a pair...on the dime of the USA if course.