StandWithUs, Israeli-American Coalition For Action Call on Unilever To Use Its Authority to Reverse Ben & Jerry’s Boycott of Israel

JNS Wire – October 27, 2021 StandWithUs and the Israeli-American Coalition For Action sent a letter to Unilever CEO Alan Jope and the Board of Directors regarding its subsidiary company, Ben & Jerry’s, which is planning to cut ties with its factory in Israel—resulting in a boycott of the entire State of Israel.

Former Ben & Jerry’s Employee Details Efforts to Sway Company on Israel Decision

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois An ex-employee of Ben & Jerry’s who left the company after it announced that it was ending sales in the West Bank elaborated on her efforts to dissuade the ice cream maker from boycotting Israel.

Ben & Jerry’s withdraws sales from Israeli settlements but clashes with parent company Unilever

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois The board of Ben & Jerry’s has clashed with its parent company, Unilever, over the handling of the withdrawal of its products from Israeli settlements.

Meet Ben & Jerry’s Board Chair: Anti-Israel Activist Has Published Defenses of Hezbollah, Hamas

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Ben & Jerry’s board chairwoman isn’t your average corporate suit. A social justice warrior who’s now under increased scrutiny in the wake of the company’s announcement that it will boycott Israel’s West Bank and East Jerusalem, she has a lengthy history of left-wing activism that includes publishing columns defending Hezbollah and supporting U.S. funding to Hamas.

Dear Ben and Jerry: Ignorance is Not a Jewish Value

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois In a joint op-ed this week in The New York Times, the founders of Ben & Jerry’s, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, gave their “unequivocal support” to their company’s recent announcement to end business in “Occupied Palestinian Territory.”

Ben and Jerry’s Israel Boycott Could Come Back to Bite Them

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Investment in Ben & Jerry’s—the progressive bastion of ice cream—is beginning to melt away as red, blue, and purple states are scooping pension dollars out of the firm.

Texas Puts Ben & Jerry’s, Parent Company Unilever on List of Companies Boycotting Israel

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Effective Thursday, Ben & Jerry’s and its London-based parent company Unilever have been added to the Texas state list of companies that boycott Israel, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced.

State Funds Drop Unilever After Ben & Jerry’s Israel Clash

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Two months after Ben & Jerry’s said it would stop retailing its products in Jewish settlements located in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, several state funds are selling or threatening to sell their investments in Unilever PLC, the ice cream brand’s parent company.

NJ mayor blasts Ben & Jerry’s ‘virtue signaling’ pro-Palestine stance and asks: How come you still sell in China, Saudi Arabia and Syria if you care about human rights?

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois The mayor of a town in New Jersey where Ben & Jerry’s owner Unilever is headquartered has blasted the ice cream firm for its vow to stop selling ice cream in the West Bank to boycott Israeli settlements.

Hey Ben & Jerry’s: You boycott Israel, New Jersey boycotts you

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Being our strongest ally in the Middle East, and the only true Democracy in the region, we have good reason to rely on Israel and allow Israel to rely on us. That’s why most U.S. states, including New Jersey, have laws that make “BDS” or boycott, divest and sanction actions against Israel illegal.