BDS Movement
News about economic and academic attacks against the Jewish state
“The BDS movement goes beyond protection for Palestinians; it calls for death to Israel. I don’t know if you can have a conversation with someone when the opening salvo is you need to die,” said one of the Jewish speakers.
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?”
“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.
Fethi Nourine said he made the decision with the help of his coach in order to “support the Palestinian cause.”
Palestinian Media Watch cited the approval of Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine when he withdrew from a competition in the Tokyo Olympics in July to avoid facing Israel’s Tohar Butbul.
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.
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.”
While they are looking forward to some sense of pre-pandemic normalcy at their schools, they also risk facing BDS and pro-Palestinian activists with renewed energy against the Jewish state.
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.
Activists and community leaders will hand out educational materials about the BDS movement against Israel, in addition to free ice-cream.
Franchisees operating 30 stores across the country, generating $23.3 million in combined annual revenue, say the company’s stance on Israel has damaged their bottom line.
