Ben & Jerryâs, noted for its ice cream made from âcontented cows,â has produced not such contented consumers in many circles following its announcement to stop selling its ice cream in Israelâs West Bank and in East Jerusalem.
Although the announcement calls these areas âoccupied territories,â more accurate would be to describe their status as âdisputedâ territories regarding Israelâs sovereignty.
These are areas captured by Israel after the Six-Day War in 1967.
Letâs keep in mind that Israel has been in a battle for survival since its founding in 1948.
Israelis are survivors, not conquerors. If not for incessant hostility by its Arab neighbors, the Six-Day War, in which these territories were captured, never would have taken place.
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