Editing Burger King (section)

=== Franchises in Israeli settlements ===
Further controversies have occurred during the company's expansion in the Middle East. The opening of a Burger King location in [[Ma'aleh Adumim]], an [[Israeli settlement]] in the [[Israeli-occupied territories|Israeli-occupied]] [[Palestinian territories]], led to a [[breach of contract]] dispute between Burger King and its Israeli franchise due to the hotly contested international dispute over the legality of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories in accordance to international law. The controversy eventually erupted into a geopolitical dispute involving Muslim and Jewish groups on multiple continents over the application of, and adherence to, [[international law]].<ref name="jewishhsf">{{cite news |url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/11537/dumping-west-bank-store-puts-burger-king-in-a-pickle/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205091033/http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/11939/edition_id/230/format/html/displaystory.html |archive-date=February 5, 2008 |title=Dumping West Bank store puts Burger King in a pickle |first=Julia |last=Goldman |work=The Jewish News Weekly |date=September 1, 1999 |access-date=October 1, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Faxx-Jewish">{{cite news|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/middle-east/israel/394208-1.html |title=Jews Plan to Boycott Burger King |agency=Israel Faxx news report |publisher=Israel Faxx |date=August 30, 1999 |access-date=June 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102121623/http://www.allbusiness.com/middle-east/israel/394208-1.html |archive-date=January 2, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Faxx-Muslim">{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/middle-east/israel/711850-1.html |title=U.S. Muslims Call For Burger King Boycott |first=Candice |last=Williams |publisher=Israel Faxx |date=July 7, 2007 |access-date=June 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102114957/http://www.allbusiness.com/middle-east/israel/711850-1.html |archive-date=January 2, 2009 }}</ref> The case eventually elicited reactions from the members of the 22-nation [[Arab League]]. The [[Islamic countries]] within the League made a joint threat to the company of legal sanctions including the revocation of Burger King's [[business license]]s within the member states' territories.<ref name="Faxx-Jewish"/><ref name="Faxx-Muslim"/><ref name="muddle">{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/eating-drinking-places/4284932-1.html |title=Middle East Muddle |first=Megan |last=Steintrager |work=Nations Restaurant News |date=November 5, 2000 |access-date=June 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102151035/http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/eating-drinking-places/4284932-1.html |archive-date=January 2, 2009 }}</ref>{{Clear}}