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Israeli

(4,289 posts)
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 01:18 PM Jul 2021

Ben & Jerry's Joins BDS Boycott of Israel

The legendary Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company – whose product is produced and sold in Israel as well – has joined the BDS (boycott, divest & sanction) economic war on the Jewish State and issued a statement saying it will no longer sell its product in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory.”

The company announced Monday, July 19, that its management believes “it is inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). We also hear and recognize the concerns shared with us by our fans and trusted partners,” the company claimed in a statement on its website.

Source : https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/boycott/ben-jerrys-joins-bds-boycott-of-israel/2021/07/19/

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Ben & Jerry's Joins BDS Boycott of Israel (Original Post) Israeli Jul 2021 OP
Fuck Ben and Jerry's. BDS is a ploy for a Palestinian one state solution JohnSJ Jul 2021 #1
K & R I prefer Tillimook anyway. Budi Jul 2021 #2
Its not ..... Israeli Jul 2021 #4
It is, and they are not for a two state solution, that is their JohnSJ Jul 2021 #5
It isnt Israeli Jul 2021 #8
Ironically, Ben and Jerry had a problem with supporting the 2016 DEMOCRATIC nominee, which JohnSJ Jul 2021 #9
I dont know who Israeli Jul 2021 #10
Yeah! bluemaxx Jul 2021 #3
Just be happy its happening now Israeli Jul 2021 #6
Props WHITT Jul 2021 #7
 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
2. K & R I prefer Tillimook anyway.
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 01:30 PM
Jul 2021

I haven't bought what B&J sells in years.
Nobody will miss their product.

Gross.

Israeli

(4,289 posts)
4. Its not .....
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 02:41 PM
Jul 2021
Americans for Peace Now, the U.S. sister organization to Israel's left-wing Peace Now, praised the move, congratulating Ben & Jerry's "for making a principled distinction between sovereign Israel and Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, which are illegal and illegitimate."


Source : https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-ben-and-jerry-s-puts-freeze-on-ice-cream-sales-in-occupied-palestinian-territories-1.10013407

Peace Now are for a two State solution .

Are you ?

Is it the " occupied West Bank which are illegal and illegitimate " or is it Judea and Samaria ?????????

JohnSJ

(96,436 posts)
5. It is, and they are not for a two state solution, that is their
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 02:53 PM
Jul 2021

double speak

“What BDS Really Wants: A One-state Solution, Minus the Jewish State”
……

……”the movements' insistence on a so-called right of return for Palestinian refugees of 1948 and their millions of descendants to Green Line Israel. Given the current hatred between Israelis and Palestinians, it is very likely that any large-scale return of refugees to Israel would bring civil war and enormous bloodshed rather than peace and reconciliation. It would almost certainly turn the Jewish population into a disempowered minority, and is inherently inconsistent with any form of two-state solution.”

“ Further evidence of the BDS movement’s extremism is provided by its regular vilification of moderate Israelis and others who favour mutual compromise. BDS advocates do not target their polemics at hawkish individuals such as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or the Greater Israel settler movement (although there is a discrete boycott campaign against settlement products, this is mostly the preserve of Peter Beinart and other left-wing Zionists who support Israel's ongoing existence. The dominant BDS position favors boycotting all Israelis, not the settlements alone). Rather, its principal anger is directed at those Israelis who recognize both Israeli and Palestinian national rights. In his book on BDS, the movement's leader Omar Barghouti slams left-wing Israelis for rejecting only the occupation, rather than Israel’s very existence.

He accuses prominent peace activists, such as Amos Oz, A.B. Yehoshua and Uri Avnery, of being "racists" because they refused to support an unlimited Palestinian Right of Return, and derides Avnery for wanting to preserve Israel’s “Jewish character.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.haaretz.com/amp/opinion/.premium-what-bds-really-wants-1.5356807

Israeli

(4,289 posts)
8. It isnt
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 03:15 PM
Jul 2021

Im a Meretz voter .....

“Ben & Jerry’s is not boycotting Israel, but rather the settlements. You may not like it, but this is the price of settlement expansion, land grabs, and the blurring of the Green Line,” tweets MK Michal Rozin.

Source : https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/meretz-mk-ben-jerrys-decision-a-result-of-settlement-expansion-land-grabs/

Not interested in what Omar Barghouti has to say

JohnSJ

(96,436 posts)
9. Ironically, Ben and Jerry had a problem with supporting the 2016 DEMOCRATIC nominee, which
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 04:33 PM
Jul 2021

probably contributed to the last four years, by indirectly repeating the "lesser of two evils" argument that was pushed by the Nina Turners, David Sirotas, and Briana Joy Grays, which had an effect in those critical swing states which Hillary lost by less than 1%, and Jill Stein received 1% of the vote in those swing states, by discouraging people voting for the Democratic nominee. "why bother"

No I am NOT a fan of Ben and Jerry's and their misrepresentation of the Democratic nominee in 2016, which contributed to helping trump, and bringing about the situation that exists, not only between the Israelis and the Palestinians, but the entire middle east and world situation.

It was Trump who recognized Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and ordered to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city, upending decades of the country’s foreign policy in favor of the Jewish nation, a move that made any peace settlement even more elusive. No Democrat ever suggested that.

https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2016/06/09/ben-jerry-split-whether-support-hillary-clinton/

Excellent judgement Ben and Jerry







Israeli

(4,289 posts)
10. I dont know who
Wed Jul 21, 2021, 03:50 AM
Jul 2021

these people are that you mention with the exception of Clinton and Trump.

What do you expect me to answer ?

I dont involve myself in American politics but I do think Bernie Saunders was a
better option than Hilary Clinton , for my country at least .

bluemaxx

(8 posts)
3. Yeah!
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 02:39 PM
Jul 2021

Thank you Ben and Jerry. While I applaud this move I've got to ask, why didn't this happen last year?

Israeli

(4,289 posts)
6. Just be happy its happening now
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 02:59 PM
Jul 2021

Why ? ..............

Meretz MK: Ben & Jerry’s decision a result of settlement expansion, land grabs

Today, 7:18 pm

A left-wing Meretz lawmaker blames Israel’s settlement expansion for Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in areas claimed by the Palestinians for their future state.

“Ben & Jerry’s is not boycotting Israel, but rather the settlements. You may not like it, but this is the price of settlement expansion, land grabs, and the blurring of the Green Line,” tweets MK Michal Rozin.

Source : https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/meretz-mk-ben-jerrys-decision-a-result-of-settlement-expansion-land-grabs/

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