Yair Lapid, foreign minister of Israel, celebrated Unilever's sale of Ben & Jerry's business interests in Israel, a year after an announced boycott of the West Bank.
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid hailed Unilever's decision to sell its Ben & Jerry's business interests in Israel as a "victory," as the new arrangement allows the ice cream products to be sold throughout Israel and the West Bank.that they would no longer sell their products in the West Bank, which it referred to as "Occupied Palestinian Territory.
"The Ben & Jerry's factory in Israel is a microcosm of the diversity of Israeli society," Lapid tweeted Wednesday. "Today’s victory is a victory for all those who know that the struggle against BDS is, first and foremost, a struggle for partnership and dialogue, and against discrimination and hate."
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