BDS Movement
News about economic and academic attacks against the Jewish state
“By virtue of its wayward subsidiary, Unilever—a massive international conglomerate—risks potentially crushing financial consequences in terms of its ability to receive investments from, or do business with, the majority of U.S. states,” said Brooke Goldstein of the Lawfare Project.
Town Superintendent Donald Clavin said the ice-cream maker’s statement “showcases the company’s anti-Israeli stance” and is supported by the “BDS movement—a movement I consider anti-Semitic.”
“The Israeli president should thank Ben & Jerry’s,” says the Palestinian Authority’s foreign ministry, warning of a “total boycott” unless Israel works to end “occupation.”
The interior minister urges consumers not to boycott the Israel franchisee and says the government is working to overturn the parent company’s “anti-Semitic” decision to halt sales in certain areas.
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan said that he has written to 35 U.S. governors, noting that the decision by the company violates individual states’ anti-BDS legislation.
The company said it will stay in Israel through an arrangement to be announced at a future date.
The American Jewish Committee panned the resolution, saying it “demonizes Israel, fails to offer a credible path to Israeli-Palestinian peace and undermines advances in Christian-Jewish relations.”
According to a study by Im Tirtzu, the U.N. has funneled $40 million to 19 Palestinian organizations associated with BDS • Israeli U.N. envoy Gilad Erdan plans to present the findings to the U.N. secretary general.
The multi-day conference that began Wednesday will consider calling on the United States to cut material support and funding to Israel and promote Palestinian causes.
The Canadian Labour Congress used “backdoor methods to ram through” a resolution in support of a boycott of Israel that have left many union representatives “shocked and angry,” said The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Jeffrey Lax says a recent resolution seeks to put an end to American financial support to Israel, which is tantamount to divestment.
The “Harvard Israel Initiative,” which has already garnered 905 signatures and counting, asserts Israel’s “right to self-defense” and the “right of the Jewish people to self-determination.”
