By: Ariel Kahana & ILH Staff – Israel Hayom; israelhayom.com
Company panned for capitulating to BDS. PM Bennett: This decision is morally wrong and I believe that it will become clear that it is also commercially wrong.
Ice cream giant Ben & Jerry’s found itself in hot water Monday after declaring it will no longer sell its products beyond Israel’s pre-1967 Green Line.
The decision, widely panned as a capitulation to the anti-Israeli boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, has seen lawmakers from across the political spectrum mobilize to have it overturned.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett slammed Ben & Jerry’s decision, saying, “There are many ice cream brands, but only one Jewish state. Ben & Jerry’s decided to brand itself as the anti-Israel ice cream. This decision is morally wrong and I believe that it will become clear that it is also commercially wrong.
“The boycott against Israel – a democracy surrounded by islands of terrorism – reflects a total loss of way. The boycott does not work and will not work, and we will fight it with full force,” he tweeted on Monday night.