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Ben & Jerry’s co-founders have pushed back against claims of
anti-Semitism following the company’s decision to stop offering its ice
cream products in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, noting that
they themselves are Jews.
Writing in the New York Times, Bennett Cohen and Jerry Greenfield said
they were “proud Jews” who view Israel’s occupation of the West Bank as
a barrier to peace.
“It’s possible to support Israel and oppose some of its policies, just
as we’ve opposed policies of the US government. As such, we
unequivocally support the decision of the company to end business in the
occupied territories, which a majority of the international community,
including the United Nations, has deemed an illegal occupation,” they
argued, in an op-ed published on Wednesday. The move to pull Ben &
Jerry’s from shelves in Israeli-occupied territories was in keeping with
the firm’s “progressive values.”
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