In a move widely viewed as bowing to pro-Israel pressure, Unilever reached an agreement with Avi Zinger, owner of Ben & Jerry’s Israel to continue selling the ice cream in the West Bank under Hebrew and Arabic names.
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StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein says, “Thirty-five states have anti-boycott legislation to protect their economies from boycotting a valued trading partner and their citizens from engaging in de facto discrimination. Consequently, we are witnessing states divesting from Unilever and now investigating whether Unilever’s failure to override Ben & Jerry’s boycott directly implicates the company as an active participant in the boycott.”
Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and three other members of Congress wrote in a letter to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) obtained by the Journal that they have “deep concern” over Unilever’s actions in response to Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott.