{"id":1532671,"date":"2022-06-29T15:34:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T19:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1532671"},"modified":"2022-06-29T15:34:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T19:34:34","slug":"ben-jerrys-parent-company-slams-boycott-efforts-announces-sales-will-resume-in-judea-and-samaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-jerrys-parent-company-slams-boycott-efforts-announces-sales-will-resume-in-judea-and-samaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s Parent Company Slams Boycott Efforts, Announces Sales Will Resume In Judea And Samaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-jerrys-parent-company-slams-boycott-efforts-announces-sales-will-resume-in-judea-and-samaria%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1532671&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Unilever, the parent company of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ben-jerrys\">Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s<\/a>, announced on Tuesday that the ice cream maker would resume sales in <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/israel\">Israel<\/a> and rejected the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/bds\">BDS<\/a>) movement.<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s revealed that it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/leftist-ben-jerrys-targets-israel-we-wont-sell-ice-cream-in-judea-and-samaria\">stop sales<\/a> in parts of the Near East purportedly \u201coccupied\u201d by Israelis \u2014 leading to action from lawmakers and legal nonprofits. Unilever said on Tuesday that the company sold its Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s business interests to American Quality Products owner Avi Zinger, the current Israel-based license holder, who will sell the ice cream products throughout Israel under both Hebrew and Arabic brand names.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnilever rejects completely and repudiates unequivocally any form of discrimination or intolerance,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unilever.com\/news\/press-and-media\/press-releases\/2022\/unilever-reaches-new-business-arrangement-for-ben-jerrys-in-israel\/\">statement<\/a> from the company said. \u201cAntisemitism has no place in any society. We have never expressed any support for the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement and have no intention of changing that position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unilever, which employs 2,000 people in Israel, added that the new business arrangement occurred after reviewing Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s boycott policy. \u201cWe look forward to continuing to make a positive contribution to Israel\u2019s economy and society for many decades to come, and hope that Israelis and Palestinians can reach a peaceful resolution of their conflict,\u201d the company continued.<\/p>\n<p>International Legal Forum CEO Arsen Ostrovsky, one of the first attorneys to file suit against Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s over its boycott of Israel, said in a statement to The Daily Wire that Unilever\u2019s decision represented a \u201cstunning unequivocal defeat\u201d for the BDS movement, which promotes a total avoidance of the Israeli economy over claims that the nation wrongfully occupies Palestinian land.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision was only made possible after intense legal and financial pressure, including direct negotiations with Unilever leadership,\u201d Ostrovsky said. \u201cA sweet victory indeed for justice and the rule of law, against the dark forces of hate, bigotry and antisemitism of the BDS Movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several state governments took action against Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s boycott. Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-desantis\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL), for example, said in July 2021 that the company had violated state law through its policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you know, Florida has long had a strong relationship with the State of Israel,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cAs a matter of law and principle, the State of Florida does not tolerate discrimination against the State of Israel or the Israeli people, including boycotts and divestments targeting Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June 2022, Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kathy-hochul\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> (D-NY) gave Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s a July 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-york-governor-kathy-hochul-gives-ben-jerrys-parent-company-one-last-chance-to-justify-divestment-from-israel\">deadline to explain<\/a> why its behavior did not constitute boycott activity. Hochul press secretary Hazel Crampton-Hays told The Forward that an earlier response from Unilever \u201cdid not include important clarifying information central to formulating a determination under the Executive Order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an October 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/i-dont-know-ben-jerrys-co-founder-stumped-when-pressed-about-israel-boycott-hypocrisy\">interview<\/a>, Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were pressed by Axios reporter Alexi McCammond about their boycott decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys are big proponents of voting rights. Why do you still sell ice cream in Georgia? Texas \u2014 abortion bans. Why are you still selling there?\u201d McCammond asked. After a six-second pause, a frazzled Cohen replied, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an interesting question,\u201d he attempted to answer. \u201cI don\u2019t know what that would accomplish. We\u2019re working on those issues, of voting rights, and \u2014 I don\u2019t know. You know, I mean, I think you ask a really good question. And I think I\u2019d have to sit down and think about it for a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unilever, the parent company of Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s, announced on Tuesday that the ice cream maker would resume sales in Israel and rejected the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement. Last summer, Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s revealed that it would stop sales in parts of the Near East purportedly \u201coccupied\u201d by Israelis \u2014 leading to action from &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1532749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1532671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1532671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1532749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1532671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1532671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1532671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}