Posted on 07/27/2021 11:52:37 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has put Ben & Jerry’s and its British manufacturer Unilever on a state watch list for its decision to stop the sale of its products in “disputed territories” in and around Israel.
The move to take a pro-Palestinian stance led DeSantis to send a letter on Thursday to the State Board of Administration to ask it to “immediately place Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever on the Continued Examination Companies that Boycott Israel List.”
The list is part of a state law passed in 2016 that gives companies 90 days to “cease the boycott of Israel in order to avoid qualifying for investment prohibition.”
Meanwhile, Ben & Jerry’s responded by doubling down on its support of Palestinians in the wake of the listing.
“We believe it is inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT),” Ben & Jerry’s said in a statement released on Monday.
The NBC affiliate in Florida, WFLA, reported on the development:
Florida Rep. Randy Fine, R-Broward County, the only Jewish Republican in the state legislature, said Florida has the right to boycott any companies that boycott Israel.
Fine said despite the “boycott” being aimed at only part of Israel, it still triggers the state law he sponsored.
“This does not affect any individual consumer’s right,” Fine said. “People should be able to buy whatever they want from whomever they want, but the state of Florida has a right to decide who it buys products from, as well.”
“This is all land that Israel won after it was attacked in 1967,” Fine said. “It has every right to it. It chooses to give it away; that’s up to Israel. but it’s certainly not occupied.”
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The hotbed of Palestinian activism has been Berkeley, CA for probably 50 years.
Thanks to a do nothing GOP-e, they are everywhere now.
Looks like a front for a bomb making factory
Meanwhile, Ben & Jerry’s responded by doubling down on its support of Palestinians in the wake of the listing.
“We believe it is inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT),” Ben & Jerry’s said in a statement released on Monday.
Good! Fighting fire with fire!
God bless Gov. Ron DeSantis. FU commie Ben & Jerry’s!
Good, need to stop ignoring this stuff.
Ben & Jerrys, Peace, Love and Islamic Terrorism.
Is this the ice cream that was reported to contain dioxin?
Trump/DeSantis
We need men like this. They fight.
This was the Ben & Jerry’s dioxin scandal I referenced.
bmp
I noticed a couple of celebrities also pushing Ben & Jerry, and perhaps it is because of the company's political stand.
Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream™
Inspired by: Stephen Colbert
Ingredients: Vanilla Ice Cream with Fudge Covered Waffle Cone Pieces & a Caramel Swirl
Ben & Jerry’s Celebrity-Inspired Flavors
Meet Ben & Jerry’s Board Chair: Anti-Israel Activist Has Published Defenses of Hezbollah, Hamas
Actually, that flavor sounds pretty good. But since I am opposed to BDS and think that Stephen Colbert is a total idiot ….
Damage Control: Unilever’s ‘Inclusive’ CEO Struggles To Renounce Ben & Jerry’s Anti-Semitism
https://freebeacon.com/politics/unilever-anti-semitism/
Unilever needs a vigorous deNazification
Maybe I was lucky as I was one of the staffers for the last conservative Representative, Herb Burke (R-FL), Broward County back in the very old days. After that, it was som still unknown dentist who won the seat (largely due to Burke’s health problems), and the people of that area/state have been paying for that election ever since.
Remember, Ben and Jerry are avowed Marxists, though they have no idea what they are spouting. They are just Karl Marx toadies though they act and sound like cheap imitations of the Marx Brothers.
PS: Wait until the Israeli Mossad comes out with their own ice cream flavor, “KAPO Chocolate without Nuts”.
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