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Source: https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-bds-ice-cream-war-has-created-a-political-taste-test/
Why Has the Debate about Ben and Jerry's Riveted the Attention of American Jews
(JNS) Jonathan S. Tobin - Ben & Jerry's announcement to keep dessert away from several hundred thousand Jews living in both Jerusalem and in areas that were illegally occupied by Jordan from 1949 to 1967 is being taken as a triumph for the BDS movement, which seeks the extinction of the Jewish state. Like it or not, the battle over Ben & Jerry's is fast becoming a crucial test of the strength of the growing BDS movement and its fellow travelers, as well as that of the pro-Israel community.