BDS condemns Unilever's decision to resume sales in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories

BDS condemns Unilever's decision to resume sales in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories

News July 3, 2022
BDS condemns Unilever's decision to resume sales in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories
Occupied Palestine (QNN)- The Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) slammed on Thursday Unilever’s recent decision to resume sales in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. Saying that “Unilever PLC, the owner of Ben & Jerry’s, seems to have succumbed to bullying,” the BDS movement condemned “Unilever's decision and its attempt to subvert the principled stand by Ben & Jerry's board.” “If implemented, Unilever’s decision would appease Israel, further implicating the company in Israel’s decades-old system of oppression against Palestinians,” it added in a statement. “Unilever’s actions are also hypocritical, as in March it condemned the then weeks-old Russian invasion of Ukraine, and suspended “all imports and exports of our products into and out of Russia.” Injustice should be opposed everywhere.” “Unilever's announcement appears to present the “new arrangement” that its CEO was seeking in February 2022 to continue its operations in Israel in defiance of Ben & Jerry’s independent board’s decision.” “The original decision made by the Ben & Jerry’s board to end sales in the OPT was a symbolic victory.” “It has set an important precedent for corporations that are genuinely pursuing socially responsible business, which by definition should preclude complicity in human rights violations and apartheid.”

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