Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist mayoral candidate and Queens assemblyman, claimed that he personally urged Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield to cease the company's ice cream sales in Israeli settlements prior to their official boycott announcement. In a resurfaced video, Mamdani criticizes the company's inconsistency in advocating for social justice, highlighting its partnerships with Israeli supermarkets profiting off occupied territories. He emphasized the need for coherence in values related to justice. Following Mamdani's urging, the company faced backlash and legal issues after announcing the boycott, with critics labeling Mamdani's actions as antisemitic.
"Ben & Jerry's sells their ice cream in Israeli settlements. They have partnerships with Israeli supermarkets that have been found by the United Nations to be profiting off the occupation."
"I want to see consistency in these values. I want to see you stop selling in Israeli settlements."
"While the ice cream maker had a strong record supporting social justice in America, it was completely silent and frankly complicit about injustice in Palestine."
"Mamdani's years-old push for the ice cream boycott was just another example of antisemitism."
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