Anti-Israel Bias
Four local rabbis ask: “Why would Burlington support such a movement? Why would Burlington choose to be the only city in the country that demonizes Israel?”
“Every member of the Jewish community in California and across the country should be deeply concerned about the passage of AB 101,” said AMCHA Initiative director Tammi Rossman-Benjamin.
“We are delighted that the state sees boycotts against Israel for what they are—a form of anti-Semitism,” said Israel’s Consul General to the Southwest Hillel Newman.
The Philadelphia Free Library said that it would be auditing its social-media posts, which with all its branches was going to be time-consuming; update its blog guidelines and social-media policy; and meet with members of the Jewish community to help guide the library in the future.
The Durban IV Conference is slated to take place at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 22.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said the ice-cream company should be held “fully accountable” if the boycott is found to be against the law.
The Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center claimed that Ben & Jerry’s move to stop distributing ice-cream in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem resulted in an “abandonment” of its trademark there.
Omar Shakir, who has been accused of anti-Semitism and ties with terrorism, penned a report in April that accused Israel of committing “crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution.”
New York City Educators for Palestine wrote “it is vital that we continue to show our support for a free Palestine—and the more of us who can actively show our solidarity, the better protected we will all be from attacks by employers and union bosses.”
“I always tell people, cutting people off from water is violence,” she said, “and they do it from Gaza to Detroit. And it’s a way to control people, to oppress people,” said Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.).
In both English and French, the Jewish organization wrote to stores saying by “unfairly singling out Israel with their boycott,” the company has made their products “unpalatable to many Canadian consumers.”
Ben & Jerry’s Israel franchisee Avi Zinger speaks about the “gut punch” of last month’s decision by the global parent company to stop selling over the Green Line, and why the government needs to step in and step up.
