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A motion to consider divesting from Ben & Jerry’s parent company Unilever has been introduced in Los Angeles City Council, a response to the ice cream maker’s decision to end sales in Israeli settlements. Proposed by two Jewish council members on Dec.…

New Jersey will pull its $182 million in Unilever stocks and bonds after a three-month preliminary investigation found that the company’s subsidiary, Ben & Jerry’s, engaged in a boycott of “Israeli-controlled” territories against state law. State officials said that Unilever,…

The state of Illinois is expected to divest its pension funds of investments in Unilever this coming Wednesday, JNS has learned. This looming decision in Illinois marks the latest domino to fall as the global conglomerate continues to come under…

A range of entertainment figures — including several prominent actors — signed a letter this week rejecting efforts to boycott the upcoming Tel Aviv International LGBTQ Film Festival and condemning cultural boycotts against Israel. The letter, organized by the Creative Community…

Ben & Jerry’s decision this summer to stop selling its products in East Jerusalem and the West Bank has created a difficult and novel conundrum for its kosher certification agency: should it renew its contract with the ice cream company?…

Israel condemned plans by Belgium to place consumer labels on West Bank settlement products clarifying that they were not made by the Jewish state. Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll, who was in Belgium on Wednesday to improve ties between the two countries, immediately pulled…

B’nai Brith Canada on Friday applauded members of Canada’s largest labor union for voting against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents 700,000 workers from coast to coast, is holding its…

For Jerry Greenfield, being accused of antisemitism is “painful.” For Ben Cohen, it’s “absurd.” But both of the founders of the famed ice cream brand stand behind the decision to stop selling their products in the West Bank. “I think…

Vari Hall at York University in Ontario, Canada. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Andrei Sedoff. The undergraduate student union at York University has faced pushback for turning to a group supporting a boycott of Israel to hold an antisemitism training session planned…

Starting Tuesday, Florida will stop buying shares of British consumer goods conglomerate Unilever PLC over a decision by a subsidiary, ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s, to stop selling its products in the West Bank and Gaza. The move comes…