Gov. Phil Murphy “disappointed" by ice cream company's decision, press secretary says. Ben & Jerry's parent company Unilever's North American headquarters, which employs 1,600 people, is located in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Nassau County town, home to over 750,000 people, announced a consumer boycott of the ice cream giant and its parent company over plan to ban sales in Judea and Samaria.
Linda Dunegan believes divine intervention played a hand in transforming the building that housed Fantasies on 5th into the start-up Open Door Baptist Church, turning the show floor into a sanctuary and trading the dancer’s pole with a pulpit.
Pastor John Hagee is the main draw with his spirited sermons and preacher’s delivery, though former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley proves a powerful voice for the Jewish state.
Susannah Levin, who has been working with the ice cream giant for 21 years, severs ties with the company "effective immediately," asserting that "anti-Zionism is the new antisemitism." Ben & Jerry's move "is part of this despicable trend and I will have no part of it."
World Jewish Restitution Organization urges Polish government to “reject the bill in its entirety.” As remaining Holocaust survivors get older, "they deserve a measure of justice in their lifetime,” organization says.
The Taliban have swiftly captured territory in recent weeks, seized strategic border crossings and are threatening a number of provincial capitals, as the last US and NATO soldiers leave Afghanistan.
Kashrut Authority delists the ice-cream giant from its list of approved products "in support of the proud residents of Judea and Samaria." Pressure is mounting on other organizations to do the same.
"Given Israel's increased concern over the Delta variant, we decided it was not possible to offer Members of Congress a comprehensive program in the midst of the current challenges," AIPAC Spokesperson Marshall Wittmann says.
"Our support for Israel has no bounds, has no jurisdiction. We go where the fight is. If it's in politics, we're there; if it's on campus, our students are there. If it's on social media, our employees are there," said Sandra Hagee Parker.
