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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
It sounded frightening.
The Israeli president thundered it’s “a new kind of terrorism.” The prime minister threatened “strong action.” The Israeli ambassador demanded that state governments in the United States bring the perpetrators to court.
This wasn’t about a missile strike or a cyberattack. It was about ice cream.
Ben & Jerry’s had announced that it would be ending production and sale of their treats in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israel’s response was extreme maybe, but not really surprising.
This same Israeli government defines the global civil society boycott a nonviolent pressure campaign to stop Israel’s violations of international law and human rights as an existential threat. Apparently even when it’s about ice cream.