Tag: Boycott
Unilever fires 1,500 workers, splits ice-cream from food division
The multinational firm Unilever, which owns Ben & Jerry’s, announced on Tuesday that in the wake of severe losses, it will fire 1,500 workers around the world and split off its ice-cream division from...
Unilever’s Israel boycott said to cost company $26 billion
Unilever’s stock has plunged 20.7% in the six months since it informed Avi Singer, the owner of Ben & Jerry’s Israel, that his contract was over unless he stopped selling the company’s ice cream...
Republican senators urge SEC to investigate if Unilever lied to shareholders
Three Republican senators have sent a letter to the chairman of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission asking him to consider whether the ice-cream giant Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company lied to...
Palestinian human-rights activist sues Ben & Jerry’s for stirring ‘hatred’ with boycott
Palestinian human-rights activist Bassem Eid filed a complaint in New York state recently against Ben & Jerry’s over the ice-cream maker’s decision to boycott Israeli territories.
Eid filed the complaint last month with New York State’s Division...
Education minister denies Israel Prize to professor who supports university boycott
Israel’s Minister of Education Yifat Shaha-Biton announced on Thursday that an Israeli professor who signed a petition calling for a boycott of Ariel University Center of Samaria will not receive the Israel Prize.
In doing...
Republican attorneys general discuss countering Ben & Jerry’s boycott against Israel
Representatives from 11 Republican state attorney general offices in the United States met in Washington, D.C., this week to discuss how to address Ben & Jerry’s refusal to sell products in the West Bank...
Reigning ‘Miss Universe’ rejects calls to boycott Israel-hosted pageant
The reigning “Miss Universe” came out on Wednesday against the pressure on contestants to boycott the beauty pageant, which is being held for the first time in Israel next month.
“Everyone with different beliefs, with different backgrounds,...
BDS supporters harass Miss South Africa on competing in Israel-hosted pageant
The beauty queen who will represent South Africa in the 2021 “Miss Universe” pageant set to take place in the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat is facing online harassment by supporters of the BDS movement...
Mila Kunis among 200 stars who sign letter rejecting cultural boycott of Israel
More than 200 celebrities and leaders in the entertainment industry signed a letter rejecting a cultural boycott of the Tel Aviv LGBTQ+ film festival.
The open letter, an initiative by Creative Community for Peace, comes in...
Virginia Tech graduate senate OKs BDS resolution, accuses Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’
The Graduate and Professional Student Senate at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Va., passed a resolution on Oct. 21 endorsing BDS.
It calls for the boycott of “all Israeli academic institutions...