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Ben & Jerry s to stop sales in West Bank, east Jerusalem

Ben & Jerry s to stop sales in West Bank, east Jerusalem
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Ben & Jerry s board in dispute with owners Unilever over remaining in Israel

In this file photo taken on May 19, 2021 Ben and Jerry s ice cream is stored in a cooler at an event where founders Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen gave away ice cream to bring attention to police reform at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP) A statement Monday by Ben & Jerry’s that it will no longer distribute its products in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory” but will remain in Israel was released by the company’s owner, Unilever, without consulting with the ice cream maker’s board which had intended to put out a different statement that made no mention of committing to continue doing business with the Jewish state, Ben & Jerry’s chairman Anuradha Mittal told NBC News.

Ben & Jerry s to stop selling ice-cream in Israeli-occupied territories

Ben & Jerry s to stop selling ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories Issued on: 20/07/2021 - 04:50 File photo: Ben & Jerry s decision to stop selling its ice cream in the occupied Palestinian territories drew the ire of Israeli political leaders. © Kevin Dietsch GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA 5 min Ben & Jerry’s said Monday it was going to stop selling its ice cream in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and contested east Jerusalem, saying the sales in the territories sought by the Palestinians are “inconsistent with our values.” Advertising Read more The announcement was one of the strongest and highest-profile rebukes by a well-known company of Israel’s policy of settling its citizens on war-won lands. 

Ben & Jerry s to stop sales in Palestinian territories

Ben & Jerry’s said Monday it was going to stop selling its ice cream in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and contested east Jerusalem, saying the sales in the territories sought by the Palestinians are “inconsistent with our values.” The announcement was one of the strongest and highest-profile rebukes by a well-known company of Israel’s policy of settling its citizens on war-won lands. The settlements are widely seen by the international community as illegal and obstacles to peace. The move by the Vermont-based ice cream company drew swift reproach from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, a former leader of the West Bank settlement movement who called it “an immoral decision and I believe that it will turn out to be a business mistake, too.”

Ben & Jerry s to Stop Sales in West Bank, East Jerusalem - New Delhi Times - India s Only International Newspaper

Ben & Jerry s to Stop Sales in West Bank, East Jerusalem - New Delhi Times - India s Only International Newspaper
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