(New York Post) Carl Campanile - A letter signed by more than 1,000 Israeli students and academics claims that ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's is "illegally" occupying land in Vermont that once belonged to the Abenaki native American tribe and should immediately evacuate the properties "it occupies" in South Burlington, Waterbury and Saint Albans and "return them to the Abenaki people." "Ben & Jerry's has never even offered to provide compensation to this indigenous nation in Vermont.... Justice and morality must begin at home." The State of Vermont recognized the Abenaki Nation in 2012.
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