tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post2590274032994843378..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Pushing back against anti-Semitism …Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-16044164055894121802022-07-06T16:25:27.294-04:002022-07-06T16:25:27.294-04:00Update on this story: Ben & Jerry’s Sues Paren...Update on this story: <a href="https://www.palestinechronicle.com/ben-jerrys-sues-parent-unilever-to-freezesale-of-israeli-business/" rel="nofollow">Ben & Jerry’s Sues Parent Unilever to Freeze Sale of Israeli Business</a>.<br /><br />The last sentence in the article makes sense: "No longer involved in Ben & Jerry’s operations, they [Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield] wrote in the New York Times last July that they supported Israel but opposed its 'illegal occupation' of the West Bank." <br /><br />It's like you can love someone, but want nothing to do with their shameful activity. And sometimes it actually takes a loved one to get the message through. Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-29031085163412223812022-06-30T19:47:20.487-04:002022-06-30T19:47:20.487-04:00It cannot be antisemitic. Ben & Jerry's bo...It cannot be antisemitic. Ben & Jerry's boycott had to do with the state of Israel's aggression toward Palestinians. Antisemitism is to be against Jews because they are Jewish. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the Jewish-American founders of Ben & Jerry's tweeted, "We continue to believe it is inconsistent with Ben & Jerry’s values for our ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory." Nothing antisemitic about that.Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.com