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see full story...No more Ben & Jerrys ice cream for illegal Israeli
settlers in Palestinian lands...what a deprivation...They can always
make their own...tastes much nicer and is better for one...and much
cheaper to make too....Nuffink beats a good ice cream making
machine...along with the best of ingredients...😉
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In a 2018 announcement similar to the one made by Ben & Jerry’s this
week, Airbnb said that it would no longer be offering listings in
Israeli settlements.
Airbnb insisted that it was not boycotting Israel and that it opposed
the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which does not
differentiate between Israel proper and the West Bank, as Airbnb was
seeking to do. But that was not enough to prevent the vacation rental
giant from being inundated with lawsuits by plaintiffs in the United
States who alleged discriminatory practices.
In a court settlement reached less than five months after its
press-stopping announcement, Airbnb decided to walk back the decision to
remove listings in the settlements.
With its Monday announcement that it would cease selling its ice cream
in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory,” Ben & Jerry’s ostensibly aims
to take the anti-settlement cause a step further than Airbnb was able to
carry it.
But the ice cream giant is slated to face similar legal challenges by
pro-Israel activists and lawmakers in the US who do not accept efforts
to differentiate between Israel and the West Bank when it comes to
boycotts. They maintain that the refusal to sell a pint in Efrat is no
different from refusing to sell one in Tel Aviv.
Israel has not wasted any time, with its ambassador to the US, Gilad
Erdan, penning letters to each of the governors of the over 30 states
that have passed legislation targeting BDS, urging them to act against
Ben & Jerry’s in line with those laws.
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