After consulting with St Joseph’s principal Aroha Stewart, Hewison advised the offer was not acceptable. Earlier in the day, Hewison attempted to have a statement from Stewart and another concerning the state of the town read out, but this was rejected by Kelly. Riches said he had not seen the statements, the application had been heard, this was an appeal and the statements would constitute new evidence.
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Mandeep Singh and his lawyer Andrew Riches. In his submission to the hearing, Hewison said the key issues were compatibility having a bottle store in that location, and the fact the bottle store would be in clear line of sight from the school playground and classrooms approximately 60 metres away.
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Five US states have begun examining whether Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling its ice cream in Israeli settlements triggered laws passed in recent years to combat the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement targeting Israel.
Officials in Florida, Texas, New York, New Jersey and Illinois are reviewing whether the move will require divestment from Ben & Jerry’s parent company Unilever under their various state laws.
There are 34 states in total that require their governments to stop doing business with companies that boycott Israel and 21 of those explicitly include West Bank settlement boycotts in their definitions.
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New York State Puts Ben & Jerry’s Parent Company on Notice New York hasn t passed an anti-BDS law, but Governor Cuomo signed an order in 2016 prohibiting the state from investing in firms that boycott Israel
US states continue to take action over Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The New York Post reported Friday that the main pension fund for New York state’s government workers warned that it might divest funds from Unilever, Ben & Jerry’s UK-based parent company.
Over 30 US states have passed legislation against the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement that advocates for global boycotts to pressure Israel for its occupation and war crimes against Palestinians. New York hasn’t passed BDS legislation, but in 2016 Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order requiring state agencies to divest from organizations and companies that boycott Israel. A