Posted on 07/22/2021 4:20:05 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
The decision to shun the country has legal implications in many states and perhaps even at the federal level.
Ben & Jerry’s operates in Israel through a licensee, an Israeli company that has been with the brand for 30 years and operates one of its few foreign manufacturing facilities. After a social-media pressure campaign from anti-Israel leftists, the company insisted that the Israeli licensee not sell ice cream in parts of Jerusalem, including the Jewish Quarter, and the West Bank, much of which is controlled by the Palestinian Authority and parts of which are under Israeli civil jurisdiction.
In the past eight years, 33 American states have passed laws that restrict government contracting or investing in companies that boycott Israeli people or businesses. These laws are modeled on similar restrictions on companies that discriminate on other grounds, such as sexual orientation.
Moreover, since the 1970s, federal law has banned U.S. companies from participating in foreign boycotts of any country. If it turns out that the Palestinian Authority contacted Ben & Jerry’s or its officers and asked them to boycott, criminal penalties would be available against Unilever.
Ben & Jerry’s has not boycotted anyone but the Jewish state. And that is what the state and federal boycott laws recognize—that refusals to deal with Israelis are most often a form of bigotry.
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I’m no historian, but I believe Burlington VT, sits in the area where the Mohawk and Iroquois Peoples once resided. Sounds to me like maybe B&J’s should boycott themselves for producing ice cream in what could reasonably be described as occupied territory.
I thought the local vendor did it, against the central company’s wishes?
I don’t understand why not selling in “occupied” areas which are governed by the Palestinians is considered boycotting Israel?
I think some of the boycotted areas could be under Israeli control. I’m just surprised the leftoids didn’t get BJ’s to boycott all of Israel.
Sticky situation
No the local vendor is upset about it.
Those anti-boycott laws are unconstitutional and should be challenged.
Baby steps. I'm sure that's their ultimate goal, just like banning every single firearm is the Democrat's ultimate goal.
I like B & J a lot, but after I finish my little pint it’s Hagen das all the way.
I like B & J a lot, but after I finish my little pint it’s Hagen das all the way.
Thanks, TSR!
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