Ben & & Jerrys new anti-Trump ice cream Vermont ice cream giant and social justice enclave Ben & & Jerrys gotten reaction Monday from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu, after revealing the company would no longer sell its frozen desserts in “Occupied Palestinian Territory.” The ice cream company has actually been singing in the past about social justice problems and revealed they will no longer be selling their desserts in “Occupied Palestinian Territory,” the West Bank and Gaza Strip.”We have an enduring partnership with our licensee, who produces Ben & & Jerrys ice cream in Israel and disperses it in the area,” the company said in a Monday news release. “We have been working to alter this, therefore we have notified our licensee that we will not renew the license contract when it expires at the end of next year.”BEN & & JERRYS PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR DEFUNDING THE POLICE ON JUNETEENTH, EXPLAINS MOVEMENT “Although Ben & & Jerrys will no longer be offered in the OPT, we will remain in Israel through a different plan,” the release concluded. “We will share an upgrade on this as quickly as were ready.” The statement drew a sharp rebuke from Bennett and Netanyahu, with the current Israeli prime minister saying Ben & & Jerrys “decided to brand itself as anti-Israel ice cream.””The boycott versus Israel … shows that they have actually totally lost their way,” Bennett added. “The boycott doesnt work and will not work and we will fight it with all our might.””Now we Israelis know which ice cream NOT to buy,” Netanyahu tweeted on Monday, including emojis of the Israeli flag and a flexing bicep.The anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement praised the businesss relocation.”Following years of #BDS campaigns [Ben & & Jerrys] has actually announced it will end sales of its ice cream in Israels illegal settlements on taken Palestinian land. We warmly invite their choice but get in touch with Ben & & Jerrys to end all operations in apartheid Israel,” the motion composed on Twitter, including the hashtag “#BDSsuccess.””Ben and Jerrys, a leading socially accountable international company, is lastly bringing its policy on Israels program of injustice against Palestinians in line with its position on Black Lives Matter and other justice struggles,” journalism release accompanying the tweet read.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP”We hope that Ben and Jerrys has understood that, in consistency with its social justice dedications, there can be no business as typical with apartheid Israel,” the release concluded.Ben & & Jerrys made headlines last year when they threw their support behind the Defund the Police movement.A spokesperson for Ben & & Jerrys declined to comment on Netanyahus tweet and whether the business supported the BDS movement, referring Fox News to their press release.

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