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Ben & Jerry’s boycott is part of ‘a new form of terrorism’: Israeli president

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Published: 23 July 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

PM warns parent company Unilever over ban on sales in occupied territories; envoy urges US to invoke anti-BDS laws; Australian KA to remove ice-cream from list of approved products

Israel's President: Ben & Jerry's boycott is part of 'a new form of terrorism' (Haaretz)
Newly sworn-in Isaac Herzog argues 'terrorism tries to harm the citizens of Israel and the economy of Israel. We must oppose this boycott and terrorism in any form,' after ice cream company vows to stop sales to settlements

Israel PM warns Unilever boss over Ben & Jerry's boycott (Reuters)

Kashrut orgs under pressure to remove certification from Ben & Jerry's (Jerusalem Post)
The Australian Kashrut Authority (KA) announced that they would be removing Ben & Jerry's ice cream from their list of kosher approved products, and others are being pressured to do the same

Israeli envoy urges 35 US states to activate anti-BDS laws against Ben & Jerry’s (Times of Israel)
State Department declines to weigh in on company’s settlements boycott, but reiterates opposition to BDS; kosher markets in the US drop the ice cream from shelves

Palestinian Authority hails Ben & Jerry’s boycott as ‘moral and legal’ (Jerusalem Post)
Several Palestinians hailed the decision as a “great gift to the Palestinian people on the occasion of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha”

To eat more or less Ben & Jerry’s? Israelis conflicted over response to settlement boycott (Haaretz)
At a Ben & Jerry’s scoop shop in central Israel, customers are unwavering in their support of the local franchise owner but less sure about the company’s Jewish co-founders in Vermont

Israel goes to war again, this time against Ben & Jerry’s
Israeli leaders press for legal measures after the ice cream company announced it would halt sales in Jewish settlements

Cartoon: Eran Wolkowski (Haaretz)

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