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Israeli

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17. Personally I think all opinions should be heard
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 03:59 AM
Jul 2021

J Street have a few articles on the subject , this one is very educational :

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BEN & JERRY’S ISRAEL DEBATE

@ https://jstreet.org/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-ben-jerrys-israel-debate/#.YPp6Xqjivb0

At J Street, as a pro-Israel, pro-peace organization that wants to see a peaceful end to the occupation and a better future for both peoples, we’re speaking out because everyone has the right to choose not to financially participate in the occupation and settlements — and to do so without being subject to punishment under the law or defamatory smears. We cannot allow supporters of Palestinian rights and critics of the occupation and settlements to be intimidated into silence when they raise their voices about real threats to Palestinian rights and Israel’s future as a democratic homeland for the Jewish people.

Rather than attack an ice cream company for making a principled decision about where and how it does business, we must instead confront the terrible cycle of injustice, retaliation and violence that undermines the rights of all Israelis and Palestinians to live in freedom, security and self-determination.

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