We are the founders of Ben & Jerry’s. We are also proud Jews. It’s part of who we are and how we’ve identified ourselves for our whole lives. As our company began to expand internationally, Israel was one of our first overseas markets. We were then, and remain today, supporters of the State of Israel.
But it’s possible to support Israel and oppose some of its policies, just as we’ve opposed policies of the U.S. government. As such, we unequivocally support the decision of the company to end business in the occupied territories, which a majority of the international community, including the United Nations, has deemed an illegal occupation.
While we no longer have any operational control of the company we founded in 1978, we’re proud of its action and believe it is on the right side of history. In our view, ending the sales of ice cream in the occupied territories is one of the most important decisions the company has made in its 43-year history. It was especially brave of the company. Even though it undoubtedly knew that the response would be swift and powerful, Ben & Jerry’s took the step to align its business and operations with its progressive values.
That we support the company’s decision is not a contradiction nor is it anti-Semitic. In fact, we believe this act can and should be seen as advancing the concepts of justice and human rights, core tenets of Judaism.
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July 30, 2021
Company’s decision is not a contradiction nor is it anti-Semitic.
July 21, 2021
July 19, 2021
One Sweet Vote
Ben & Jerry's to boycott West Bank settlements, east Jerusalem
"We believe it is inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)."
July 8, 2021
GUEST: Jane Hirschmann, author, psychotherapist, and co-founder of Jews Say No
GUEST: Jane Hirschmann, author, psychotherapist, and co-founder of Jews Say No, talks about her work as co-chair of the Freedom2Boycott NYS Coalition.
https://truthout.org/authors/jane-hirschmann/
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July 7, 2021
Tell Puma not to support apartheid
Last week, Israeli bulldozers as well as heavily armed Israeli police and soldiers stormed the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, in apartheid Israel’s latest round of Palestinian home demolitions.
In Silwan, just as in Sheikh Jarrah and across historic Palestine, Israel is carrying out a decades-long policy of gradual ethnic cleansing through settlement expansion. At the same time, it violently represses Palestinians trying to save their homes and livelihoods.
What does Puma have to do with this?
Just north of Silwan and Sheikh Jarrah is an official Israel Football Association (IFA) pitch. The IFA includes a number of teams and pitches in illegal Israeli settlements that force Palestinian families from their homes.
Puma is the IFA’s main sponsor. Not only that, just over 1 km away sits a swanky outlet of Puma’s exclusive distributor in Israel, Factory 54, built on occupied land in violation of international law.
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