{"id":2137,"date":"2021-07-21T15:04:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T14:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/writingfromtheedge\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2021-07-23T17:45:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T16:45:19","slug":"why-we-need-jewish-flavoured-bds-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/writingfromtheedge\/2021\/07\/why-we-need-jewish-flavoured-bds-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we need Jewish flavoured BDS ice cream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
Anyone for a scoop of \u201cantisemitic ice cream\u201d? It\u2019s available worldwide, according to the Prime Minister of Israel<\/a> who thinks that Ben & Jerry\u2019s boycott against the treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank (\u201cit\u2019s inconsistent with our values\u201d<\/a>) is a blatant insult to Jews. Prime Minister Bennett\u2019s \u2018moderate\u2019 coalition partner and foreign minister, Yair Lapid, was no less outraged<\/a> by the ice cream maker\u2019s preference for common decency, describing their decision as a \u201cshameful capitulation to antisemitism\u201d.<\/p>\n
At which point you have to ask whether the word \u2018antisemitism\u2019 has melted into a brownie coloured sticky pool of nothingness. If it has, that\u2019s undoubtedly good news for antisemites everywhere, and very bad news for Jews. In contrast, Ben & Jerry\u2019s self-definition \u201cPeace, Love and Ice Cream\u201d sounds remarkably clear and convincing, considering it\u2019s a global brand. Perhaps that\u2019s why the hasbara manufacturers, Bennett & Lapid, hit the roof. Folks around the world are no longer buying their brand of innocence, theft, and outrage.<\/p>\n
If that wasn\u2019t enough counter-productivity for one day, the Israeli government\u2019s reaction makes clear that there\u2019s no distinction to be made between Israel \u2018proper\u2019 and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. It appears that an attack on Judea and Samaria is an attack on us all. And if Israel makes no distinction between the status of these territories and the Jewish State, then why should anyone else? As B\u2019Tselem told us at the start of the year,<\/a> the entire sphere of Israeli control and dominance is an apartheid regime. In which case Ben & Jerry\u2019s \u201cvalues\u201d are going to be pickle flavoured if you can still buy a tub of Cherry Gacia in Tel Aviv. A good step has been made, but there are many more to go.<\/p>\n