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post 1643244553 07-20-2021, 11:27 AM
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Ben & Jerry's Joins the BDS Movement

(Reuters) -American ice-cream brand Ben & Jerry’s on Monday said it would stop marketing its products in the occupied Palestinian territories, bowing to Palestinian pressure campaigns and saying that selling there was “inconsistent” with company values.
The South Burlington, Vermont-based company, which is owned by Britain’s Unilever Plc, has come under pressure from pro-Palestinian groups over its business in Israel and Jewish settlements in the West Bank, which is handled through a licensee partner since 1987.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, whose party favors Jewish settlements in the West Bank, said Ben & Jerry’s was making a “morally wrong” decision.

More than 440,000 Israeli settlers live uneasily among some 3 million Palestinians in the West Bank, land that Israel captured and occupied in a 1967 war but which Palestinians say is the heartland of a future state.

Most countries consider Israeli settlements on Palestinian land to be illegal. Israel disputes this.

On Monday, Ben & Jerry’s said it would not renew its license agreement with its Israeli partner when it expires at the end of next year. It will, however, stay in Israel under a different arrangement, without sales in the Palestinian territories.

Unilever, in a separate statement, said it remains “fully committed” to its presence in Israel. It said it has always recognized Ben & Jerry’s right “to take decisions about its social mission”.

“We also welcome the fact that Ben & Jerry’s will stay in Israel,” Unilever said.

Ben & Jerry's operates a manufacturing facility and two scoop shops in Israel, which it describes on its website here as being located "outside the occupied territories, just south of Tel Aviv."

“We welcome the decision of any company to stop its work and investments in Israeli settlements,” Wasel Abu Youssef, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Israel’s Bennett said: “There are many ice cream brands, but only one Jewish state.”

“The boycott against Israel – a democracy surrounded by islands of terrorism – reflects a total loss of way. The boycott does not work and will not work, and we will fight it with full force,” he said.

The Israeli boycott, divestment and sanctions movement (BDS) welcomed the move as “a decisive step towards ending the company’s complicity in Israel’s occupation and violations of Palestinian rights.”

“Ben & Jerry’s, a leading socially responsible international company, is finally bringing its policy on Israel’s regime of oppression against Palestinians in line with its progressive positions on Black Lives Matter and other justice struggles,” it said.

Israel has said the BDS movement is motivated by a desire to paint Israel as illegitimate.

“Over 30 states in the United States have passed anti-BDS legislation in recent years. I plan on asking each of them to enforce these laws against Ben & Jerry’s,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.

Vermonters for Justice in Palestine said in a provisional statement the move still “fail(ed) to address the widespread anger at the actions of the Israeli government against Palestinian people who live in occupied territory” and that “Ben & Jerry’s should completely disengage from Israel.”

Ben & Jerry’s was acquired by Unilever in 2000 in a unique deal that allows it to operate with more autonomy than other subsidiaries.

It is well known for its commitment to social justicewww.benjerry.com/valuesthat has recently included strongly supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, LGBTQ+ rights and electoral campaign finance reform.
Spoiler!
https://www.reuters.com/article/benj...-idUSL1N2OV1HZ

Other recent social issue stances B&Js packed in:







How are you voting with your dollars when you're in the ice cream aisle?
post 1643244643 07-20-2021, 11:28 AM
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Good, fukk Israel

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when ice cream gets political you know chits fuked up
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i will never eat ben & jerrys again you liberal turds


overpriced anyways
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They’re pieces of chit but man that Colin non dairy ice cream is good. I’m lactose intolerant here.
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Unilever is an extremely liberal conglomerate. Their most recent CEO is on the record of being in favor of stakeholder capitalism and worked to implement it throughout the company.
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fuarrrk just bought some B&Js the other day. Oh well last time

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They are correct on this issue.
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I buy Jeni's and local brands.
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Spot on. Anything against Israel is a plus.
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Originally Posted By DDSF1⏩
They are correct on this issue.
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boycot that ****. they are pro immigrant in europe.
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Originally Posted By WellHungOver⏩
They’re pieces of chit but man that Colin non dairy ice cream is good. I’m lactose intolerant here.
Yep, they are absolute *******s, but this is definitely an interesting turn of events since Ben and Jerry are both Jews.

Another interesting thing -



The two Jews trotting out anti-semitic Linda Sarsour for their "resist" (direct towards Trump) ice cream.

I haven't had any of their shyt in a while (because I hate giving them my money), but man their Half Baked, the brownie one, and Chocolate Therapy are phucking hnnng. Years ago I used to really like the Phish Food one too.
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Originally Posted By Polaris⏩
Yep, they are absolute *******s, but this is definitely an interesting turn of events since Ben and Jerry are both Jews.

Another interesting thing -



The two Jews trotting out anti-semitic Linda Sarsour for their "resist" (direct towards Trump) ice cream.

I haven't had any of their shyt in a while (because I hate giving them my money), but man their Half Baked, the brownie one, and Chocolate Therapy are phucking hnnng. Years ago I used to really like the Phish Food one
too.
isn't ben & jerry part of unilever which is dutch and has **** loads of brands.

edit: correct

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle...on-2021-07-20/

they probabaly let ben jerry decicede there own marketing.
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Private companies can sell or not sell to whatever countries they want to

No fuks given
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I personally get all my moral and political stances from ice cream companies
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Haven't bought any Ben & Jerry's since their defund the police garbage. Never will.

Their flavors are crap anyways. It's always throwing together various toppings and swirls and flavors together thinking they invented something new when it's just lazy.
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Sorry what is liberal about siding with calling out what’s happening in Gaza?
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They are the most SJW of all Unilever brands by some margin. Ice cream and body spray brands shouldn't have a "social mission".
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Lol at buying slightly above trash tier B&J over Haagen Dazs
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Oh no, how will those poor people get their diabetes in a carton now? B&J is overrated garbage. Anybody can throw 2 pounds of sugar and chocolate into a pint of ice cream and make it delicious.
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Ben and Jerry's is a garbage liberal company but this is the correct and morally needed move, small as it is. BDS is the right side to be on.

Israeli is America's biggest enemy, and has been since 1948. If you take zionism as America's enemy then extend that back several decades.

Israel is an apartheid occupying regime/nation.

Zionists, especially the founding fathers of Israel and zionism, would not disagree with any of the above.

The whole monstrous situation has been documented and bragged about by Israelis and zionists.


It is one of the most blatant evils in the world, what is happening to the Palestinian people.

No American should in anyway support Israel or condone zionism.

To my own shame I was quite a militant zionist for most of my life, but I could not do the mental gymnastics it requires any longer.
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Originally Posted By Jaroctor⏩
Sorry what is liberal about siding with calling out what’s happening in Gaza?
This conflict has been going on for about 100 years now. Anyone trying to portray it as a simple black & white issue is either a moron or acting in bad faith.

Don’t know anything about Ben & Jerry’s but if they aren’t doing this with other countries then they’re clowns imo
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Originally Posted By DDSF1⏩
Ben and Jerry's is a garbage liberal company but this is the correct and morally needed move, small as it is. BDS is the right side to be on.

Israeli is America's biggest enemy, and has been since 1948. If you take zionism as America's enemy then extend that back several decades.

Israel is an apartheid occupying regime/nation.

Zionists, especially the founding fathers of Israel and zionism, would not disagree with any of the above.

The whole monstrous situation has been documented and bragged about by Israelis and zionists.


It is one of the most blatant evils in the world, what is happening to the Palestinian people.

No American should in anyway support Israel or condone zionism.

To my own shame I was quite a militant zionist for most of my life, but I could not do the mental gymnastics it requires any longer.
Israel isn’t our enemy wtf are you talking about. Honestly laughable some of the chit I’m seeing here.

Israel isn’t even the worst country in the Middle East. Zionist simply means the belief in Jews having a presence in Palestine. Weirdos like you need to go out more.
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Originally Posted By Jaroctor⏩
Sorry what is liberal about siding with calling out what’s happening in Gaza?
Where did anyone say that particular stance is liberal?
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It a good move but these two pics made me decide to boycott B&J.

Fuk them.
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Originally Posted By Polaris⏩
Yep, they are absolute *******s, but this is definitely an interesting turn of events since Ben and Jerry are both Jews.

Another interesting thing -



The two Jews trotting out anti-semitic Linda Sarsour for their "resist" (direct towards Trump) ice cream.

I haven't had any of their shyt in a while (because I hate giving them my money), but man their Half Baked, the brownie one, and Chocolate Therapy are phucking hnnng. Years ago I used to really like the Phish Food one too.
Yeah, cozying up to Linda Sarsour and now being antisemitic. It is interesting to see what motivates two jewish American millionaires to take stances which, on their face, seem to be at odds with their self-interest and collective well-being.
Originally Posted By Autumnal⏩
I personally get all my moral and political stances from ice cream companies
It is a shame that legal rulings granted corporations personhood and marketing efforts gave them political and cultural stances.
Originally Posted By Jaroctor⏩
Sorry what is liberal about siding with calling out what’s happening in Gaza?
It's not liberal, it is a principle of the contemporary american cultural/political left. Within the past decade or so, BDS has shifted from a far left position to a center-left position. Maybe it is BLM as stated in the article?
Originally Posted By DDSF1⏩
Ben and Jerry's is a garbage liberal company but this is the correct and morally needed move, small as it is. BDS is the right side to be on.

Israeli is America's biggest enemy, and has been since 1948. If you take zionism as America's enemy then extend that back several decades.

Israel is an apartheid occupying regime/nation.

Zionists, especially the founding fathers of Israel and zionism, would not disagree with any of the above.

The whole monstrous situation has been documented and bragged about by Israelis and zionists.


It is one of the most blatant evils in the world, what is happening to the Palestinian people.

No American should in anyway support Israel or condone zionism.

To my own shame I was quite a militant zionist for most of my life, but I could not do the mental gymnastics it requires any longer.
At this point, who is supporting Israel? Religious fundamentalists? Dual citizens in American politics, media, and corporations?
Originally Posted By RhysWirral⏩
Israel isn’t our enemy wtf are you talking about. Honestly laughable some of the chit I’m seeing here.

Israel isn’t even the worst country in the Middle East. Zionist simply means the belief in Jews having a presence in Palestine. Weirdos like you need to go out more.
Lmao. That is not what zionism means. Nice try.
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