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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is one of a handful of governors to speak out against Ben & Jerryâs decision to stop selling ice cream in the West Bank.
Four days after the Vermont-based ice cream brandâs announcement, Ducey said on Twitter that Ben & Jerryâs decision âis discrimination.â
âArizona stands with Israel,â Ducey wrote, and noted Arizona âwill not do business with a company that boycotts Israel â in 2016 and 2019 I signed bills to make sure of it.â
His stance did not go unnoticed.
âArizona is really a true friend of Israel. I donât say this about every state,â said Hillel Newman, Consul General of Israel to the Pacific Southwest of the United States. âItâs a wonderful thing when youâve got a friend like that, who comes out in real time and says, âWe donât allow such discrimination in our state.â Thatâs a tremendous thing not many governors have done.â
Ben & Jerry’s decision to suspend its operations in the occupied Palestinian West Bank is an event that is proving critical to Palestinian efforts, which ultimately aim at holding Israel accountable for its military occupation, apartheid and war crimes.
By responding to the Palestinian call for boycotting apartheid Israel, the ice cream giant has delivered a blow to Israel’s attempts at criminalizing and, ultimately, ending the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign.
What differentiates Ben & Jerry’s decision to abandon the ever-growing market of illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank from previous decisions by other international corporations is the fact that the ice cream company has made it clear that its move was morally motivated. Indeed, Ben & Jerry’s did not attempt to mask or delude their decision in any way. “We believe it is inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” a sta
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