Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan blamed “misrepresentation on social media of what we stand for” in a letter that appeared to address recent controversies over the coffee chain’s stance on Israel and Hamas. Narasimhan didn’t explicitly refer to the Israel-Hamas war in a letter on Starbucks’ blog, but the company has been caught up in controversy since the conflict broke out on Oct. 7, leading to talks of boycotts, a plummeting stock and vandalism at some of the chain’s 16,000-plus US locations. “Many of our stores have experienced incidents of vandalism. We see protesters influenced by misrepresentation on social media of...