#Letters to the Editor — July 22, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 22, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 22, 2021” The Issue: Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in what it calls “Occupied Palestinian Territory.” Morton Williams Supermarket announced it will no longer feature Ben and Jerry’s ice cream (“Ben & Jerry’s Mideast move sparks cold war,” July 20). This commendable decision was made…

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#Israeli president calls Ben & Jerry’s boycott ‘a new form of terrorism’

#Israeli president calls Ben & Jerry’s boycott ‘a new form of terrorism’

“#Israeli president calls Ben & Jerry’s boycott ‘a new form of terrorism’” Ben & Jerry’s boycott of “Occupied Palestinian Territories” represents “a new form of terrorism,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Wednesday. “The boycott of Israel is a new sort of terrorism, economic terrorism,” the newly installed president said, according to a report in the…

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#Ben & Jerry’s stops selling ice cream in West Bank

#Ben & Jerry’s stops selling ice cream in West Bank

“#Ben & Jerry’s stops selling ice cream in West Bank” Ben & Jerry’s caved to pressure by online protesters and announced Monday it would put the freeze on selling ice cream in “the Occupied Palestinian Territory” — drawing fury from Israelis, including recently ousted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We believe it is inconsistent with our…

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#Israeli filmmakers arrested in Nigeria: report

#Israeli filmmakers arrested in Nigeria: report

“#Israeli filmmakers arrested in Nigeria: report” A trio of Israeli filmmakers, including a Columbia University graduate, shooting a documentary in Nigeria about obscure Jewish communities were arrested after they allegedly came into contact with anti-government separatists, reports said Wednesday.  The arrests of Rudy Rochman, who founded the university’s Students Supporting Israel activist group, Andrew (Noam) Leibman…

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#Team Biden’s petty, foolish push to undermine the Abraham Accords

#Team Biden’s petty, foolish push to undermine the Abraham Accords

“#Team Biden’s petty, foolish push to undermine the Abraham Accords” Team Biden seems determined to dismantle all its predecessor’s policies — even those that promised to transform the dysfunctional Middle East for the better. The White House “suspended the Abraham Fund indefinitely,” Israeli financial paper Globes reported last week, citing US and Israeli sources. The public-private…

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#Israel’s SpaceIL secures funds for new lunar mission

#Israel’s SpaceIL secures funds for new lunar mission

“#Israel’s SpaceIL secures funds for new lunar mission” JERUSALEM — SpaceIL, the nonprofit Israeli initiative whose spacecraft crashed on the moon two years ago, said Sunday that it has secured $70 million in funding to make a second attempt at a lunar landing. SpaceIL said the new pledges means that it has raised almost all…

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