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BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb attack targeted a Baghdad suburb Monday, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens of others at a crowded market, Iraqi medical officials said.
The attack took place in the Wahailat market in Sadr City, Iraq s military said in a statement. Two medical officials said at least 30 people were killed and dozens more wounded in the powerful explosion. They spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
The blast happened a day before the Eid al-Adha holiday when the market was busy with shoppers looking for gifts and groceries. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, but the Islamic State group has claimed similar attacks in the area before.
Ben & Jerry’s to stop ice cream sales in West Bank and east Jerusalem
The production line at Ben & Jerry’s (Toby Talbot/AP)
Ben & Jerry’s is going to stop selling its ice cream in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and contested east Jerusalem, saying the sales in the territories sought by the Palestinians are “inconsistent with our values”.
The announcement was one of the strongest and highest-profile rebukes by a well-known company of Israel’s policy of settling its citizens on war-won lands.
The settlements are widely seen by the international community as illegal and obstacles to peace.
Ben & Jerry’s will end sales of our ice cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Read our full statement: https://t.co/2mGWYGN4GApic.twitter.com/kFeu7aXOf3
Updated: 22:43 ET, Jul 19 2021
ISRAELI leaders slammed Ben & Jerry s for refusing to sell ice cream in the West Bank, saying the woke company surrendered to anti-Semitism.
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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett slammed the moveCredit: EPA
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called the move an immoral decision, adding that he believes it will turn out to be a business mistake, too.
Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also weighed in, tweeting that now Israelis know which ice cream NOT to buy.
The Israeli foreign ministry slammed the decision as a surrender to ongoing and aggressive pressure from extreme anti-Israel groups. The decision is immoral and discriminatory, as it singles out Israel, harms both Israelis and Palestinians, and encourages extremist groups who use bullying tactics, the ministry said in a statement.
Ben & Jerry’s said Monday it was going to stop selling its ice cream in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and contested east Jerusalem, saying the sales in the territories sought by the Palestinians are “inconsistent with our values.”
The announcement was one of the strongest and highest-profile rebukes by a well-known company of Israel’s policy of settling its citizens on war-won lands. The settlements are widely seen by the international community as illegal and obstacles to peace.
The move by the Vermont-based ice cream company drew swift reproach from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, a former leader of the West Bank settlement movement who called it “an immoral decision and I believe that it will turn out to be a business mistake, too.”
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