One week after Ben & Jerry’s announced that it would stop selling ice cream in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory,” the company’s board chair publicly rejected the suggestion that the move was antisemitic.
Those are two of the developments to emerge in the continuing fallout from the Ben & Jerry’s boycott of Israeli settlements. Here’s a rundown of what has happened over the past day or two:
Ben & Jerry’s board chair proud of company for taking a stand
On Tuesday, Anuradha Mittal of Oakland, the chair of Ben & Jerry’s board of directors, tweeted her first comments on the boycott since it was announced last week. She stood by the decision and denied being antisemitic following Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s statement that the boycott is a “shameful surrender to antisemitism.”
Manhattan Ben & Jerry's store loses customers • JTS defends sale of rare artifact • Israel Baseball's Queens connection
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Ben & Jerry's chair says 'I am not anti-Semitic' as Unilever disavows boycott
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Jewish Owners of Ben & Jerry's NYC Store Will Donate Percentage of Profits to Education in Israel
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CUNY profs quit union over anti-Israel resolution • Brad Lander backs Ben & Jerry's • Brooklyn native is last victim of condo collapse
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