This is rich (pun intended)

By now, you've heard about how actress Scarlet Johansson, who was working dual spokesperson roles for Oxfam and Sodastream, was dropped by Oxfam, a relief NGO with a decidedly leftist inclination, because Sodastream's plant is in the West Bank.  (And by the way, kudos to Ms. Johansson for choosing to stick with Sodastream.)

Have you paused to wonder what Sodastream's Palestinian employees say about critics of their workplace?

Over 500 Palestinians are able to earn three times as much as the average Palestinian worker—and even more than Israel's own minimum wage. 

One worker told NPR: "It's an excellent place to work. It provides a good salary and they treat us very well. At SodaStream, they do not discriminate between Arabs, Jews, or any ethnic group."

But there are those for whom the status quo and the "pro-Palestinian" lobbying that goes along with it is more important than Palestinian jobs and economic liberties. 

MSNBC's Chris Hayes, while not the worst of all culprits, illustrates how ignorant yet politically exigent statements contribute very little to a solution in the region. Earlier Thursday he stated, "Well I'm sure the Hollywood actress getting paid $ for sponsorship and not the NGO that feeds people is right about this particular policy."

One wonders if the liberal media darling getting paid $ for pushing a particular narrative and not the Palestinian worker is right.

Another Palestinian told CSMonitor what he thought of Oxfam and many other organisations' boycotts of Israel and Israeli companies operating in the West Bank: "Before boycotting, they should think of the workers who are going to suffer." The man previously is said to have earned 20 shekels ($6) a day plucking and cleaning chickens but now he makes nearly 10 times that at SodaStream, which also provides transportation, breakfast, and lunch.

One of his fellow Palestinians remarked: "I would love to work for SodaStream. They’re quite privileged. People look up to them. It’s not the people who want to boycott, it’s the officials.”

When the free market is greatly blessing you, it's hard to get very worked up about an abstract ethnic "injustice."