Why we need Jewish flavoured BDS ice cream July 21, 2021 Robert A. H. Cohen Anyone for a scoop of “antisemitic ice cream”? It’s available worldwide, according to the Prime Minister of Israel who thinks that Ben & Jerry’s boycott against the treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank (“it’s inconsistent with our values”) is a blatant insult to Jews. Prime Minister Bennett’s ‘moderate’ coalition partner and foreign minister, Yair Lapid, was no less outraged by the ice cream maker’s preference for common decency, describing their decision as a “shameful capitulation to antisemitism”. At which point you have to ask whether the word ‘antisemitism’ has melted into a brownie coloured sticky pool of nothingness. If it has, that’s undoubtedly good news for antisemites everywhere, and very bad news for Jews. In contrast, Ben & Jerry’s self-definition “Peace, Love and Ice Cream” sounds remarkably clear and convincing, considering it’s a global brand. Perhaps that’s why the hasbara manufacturers, Bennett & Lapid, hit the roof. Folks around the world are no longer buying their brand of innocence, theft, and outrage.