Ben & Jerry’s Board Head Says Parent Company Didn’t Seek Their Approval To Say They Will Continue in Israel
Anuradha Mittal, who chairs Ben & Jerry’s board, told NBC that they didn’t want the statement to say anything about staying in Israel.
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Anuradha Mittal, who chairs Ben & Jerry’s board, told NBC that they didn’t want the statement to say anything about staying in Israel.
Various Jewish groups and pro-Israel Twitter users accused Roth of justifying antisemitism.
They added that they “will stay in Israel through a different arrangement.”
Google Cloud’s Vice President of Developer Relations Amr Awadallah is no longer with the company following a post he wrote explaining how he used to be antisemitic.
Graffiti of a swastika and the words “Nazi Pride” in all capital letters was found on a Beverly Hills street corner on July 14.
Three Israelis, including prominent activist Rudy Rochman, were arrested in Nigeria on July 9 while working on a documentary about various Jewish communities that aren’t well-known.
“The Board of Education denounces the rise in anti-Semitic, anti-Jewish, and anti-Israeli rhetoric and hate-motivated crimes and incidents that denigrate Jewish students and staff.”