BOYCOTT BEN & JERRY’S.
BUY BEN & JERRY’S
For Israelis, it’s a quandary.
Israelis react to Ben & Jerry boycott: https://tinyurl.com/as7uaet8
THIS APPLIES ONLY TO ISRAEL.
If the rest of the world wants to boycott Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, that is another matter.
But here, in Israel, boycotting a product made in Israel could put Israelis out of jobs.
I don’t care if the Israelis making the ice cream for the Israeli franchise owner are Jews, Muslims, “other,” religious or not; an Israeli is an Israeli, and an Israeli on the dole because he or she lost a job is a burden on an already burdened economy.
The Israeli franchise factory employs 160 workers and buys from many dairy farms in the area. (https://tinyurl.com/34xcrpef)
Who is boycotting
Is Ben & Jerry’s boycotting sales across the “Green Line?”
The answer is YES.
Not Nestle that sold B&J to Unilever.
Not Unilever that currently owns B&J.
The organization boycotting Israel’s B&J franchise is B&J’s “social conscience” board.
Unilever “inherited” this when it acquired B&J from Nestle.
According to an Israel HaYom article (https://tinyurl.com/34xcrpef), Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked on Wednesday visited the Ben & Jerry’s factory in Israel in a show of support of its CEO, Avi Zinger, who is fighting the parent company’s recent decision to halt sales in Judea and Samaria.
“It’s not the Israeli Ben & Jerry’s that needs to be boycotted,” she said. “On the contrary, we need to buy Ben & Jerry’s Israel.”
“The CEO of Ben & Jerry’s Israel has been fighting tooth and nail for years against BDS organizations. He refuses to accept the terms of the [parent company] to boycott parts of Israel, and we will do what needs to be done to overturn their decision,” she said.
ON THE OTHER HAND
Israel National News (https://tinyurl.com/683rvkn9) headlined: Israeli minister throws her Ben & Jerry’s ice cream into the garbage
Economy Minister Orna Barbivai (Yesh Atid) on Monday responded to Ben & Jerry’s decision to boycott Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, by throwing into the garbage the container of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream that she had in her freezer.
"With all due respect, your ice creams will not guide us in the decision-making process in the country," Barbivai said in a video she posted, before throwing the ice cream into the garbage.
The article included a video (https://youtu.be/Q-jyuS0hE1k)
Who is right? Who is being short-sighted?
Options to B&J
If a person in Israel insists on boycotting B&J — that seems like the pot calling the kettle black: boycotting the boycotter — there are a number of ice cream options available in Israel. A partial list of ice cream producers in Israel includes, alphabetically,
A.G. Gilro Ltd., Beit-Shemesh, 9905117 https://gilro.co.il/english/product
American Quality Products Ltd.
Felco Ltd. http://www.fld.co.il/en/home/a/new/
GoldaGlida https://www.goldaglida.co.il
Noga Ice Cream Ltd. Patnership Rehov Hamelacha 6 7152012 Lod
Rio Ice Cream & Sweets Ltd. Netanya
Strauss Israel - Strauss Group https://www.strauss-group.co
In addition to the locally manufactured products, there also are a number of imported products available.
Bottom line: Even if B&J’s “social conscience” board and eventually Unilever exit Israel, Israelis still will have enough ice cream choices to satisfy just about every sweet tooth.
If you must boycott
B&J, controlled by its “social conscience” board, is owned by Unilever.
If something must be boycotted, let it be all Unilever products made outside of Israel. Boycotting Israeli-made products is counter-productive.
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