Using Fuel Rewards Starves Our Greatest Ally. Here’s Why Americans Should Stop
TEL AVIV, Israel — Americans who swipe a rewards card at the pump are being told to stop. A new campaign argues that every fuel perk, whether it is Fuel Rewards, Giant Eagle fuelperks, Speedway Speedy Rewards, or any other cents-off program, takes money that would otherwise reach Israel.
According to experts, major oil companies supply crude that Israel imports, refines, and uses for civilian traffic and for its military. Loyalty discounts lower the price drivers pay at the pump, and organizers say those lower prices shrink the revenue that stays inside the companies and traders that keep the tankers moving.
“American dollars are fueling this fight,” said Deborah Halpern, a spokeswoman for Americans for Full-Price Fuel. “We can’t bomb schoolchildren using fuel perks.”
Halpern said those stacked savings add up. “Platinum members who fill up twice a week are leaving real dollars on the table that should have gone into the same companies that keep Israel’s refineries running,” she said. “Patriotism is not a 30-cent-a-gallon coupon.”
A cashier at a Sheetz in western Pennsylvania said customers have started asking whether using the app hurts Israel. “They want to know how they can do more to ensure that Israel is the most comfortable nation in the world,” she said. “As someone who can barely afford two meals a day, it's hard to understand why these people want to pay more at the pumps.”
A Speedway manager in Ohio said the same questions arrive every shift. “People have their Speedy rewards card in their hand and then put it back in their wallet,” he said. “They are happy to pay more.”
Advocacy reports have listed Shell, BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and other majors among the firms with production or offtake tied to crude that reaches Israeli ports and is processed at the Haifa and Ashdod refineries. Those refined products supply the domestic market and the Israel Defense Forces.
Halpern explained that if Americans want to do more, they should ignore their apps, toss their rewards cards, and pay full price for fuel every time.
“If you love Israel, you do not nickel-and-dime the companies that keep it supplied,” she said. “Full price is the patriotic price. Discounts don't win wars."
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