An Israeli-Palestinian Ice Cream Sandwich
Posted on AllSides August 11th, 2021
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When you’re Jerry Greenfield, politics follows you everywhere, even into the gym.
About four years ago, the co-founder of the iconic ice cream maker, Ben & Jerry’s, had a chance encounter with Palestinian American activist Wafic Faour at the EDGE Sports & Fitness center in Williston, Vermont.
Faour, a member of the Vermonters for Justice in Palestine, had been pressing the ice cream company for years to boycott Israel. He confronted Greenfield as he was leaving the gym about his company’s ongoing operations in occupied Palestinian lands. Greenfield replied his...
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