Ukuduba kukaBen & Jerry kwa-Israel kubiza inkampani engumzali u-$111 million

• Umdondoshiya we-ayisikhilimu esizinze eVermont uBen & Jerry ubhekene nengwadla yezimali ngokuduba kwaso i-Israel.
• I-New York State Common Retirement Fund yehlukanisa ukulingana enkampanini engumzali ka-Ben & Jerry.
• Ukuduba, leli qembu lithi, kwephula izinqubomgomo zalo ezimelene nenhlangano ye-BDS (yokuduba, ukwehlukana, kanye nezijeziso).

I-New York State Common Retirement Fund imemezele ukuthi izokwehlukanisa izabelo zamasheya UBen noJerryInkampani engumzali, i-Unilever PLS, mayelana nokuzibandakanya kwefemu emisebenzini ye-BDS emelene no-Israyeli.

"Ngemuva kokubuyekezwa okuphelele," isikhwama sithe sizokwehlukanisa izabelo ze-Unilever PLS. “Ukubuyekeza kwethu imisebenzi yenkampani, kanye nenkampani engaphansi kwayo UBen noJerry's, bathole ukuthi benza imisebenzi ye-BDS ngaphansi kwenqubomgomo yesikhwama sethu sempesheni," kusho u-Tom DiNapoli, umphathi wesikhwama somhlalaphansi, ngesinqumo saso sokunqamula ubudlelwano nesiqhwaga esinenkululeko esizinze eVermont.

Ukuduba, leli qembu lithi, kwephula izinqubomgomo zalo ezimelene nenhlangano ye-BDS (yokuduba, ukwehlukana, kanye nezijeziso).

Isikhwama esikhulu somhlalaphansi saseNew York, esitshala imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-800 zamaRandi kwa-Israel, phambilini sasixwayise inkampani ngoJulayi ukuthi ukuduba kuzolimaza ukutshalwa kwezimali kwayo. Israel. 

Ukuduba, okwabona UBen noJerry ukwenqaba ukudayisa u-ayisikhilimu 'Ezindaweni Zase-Palestine Ezithathiwe' eWest Bank kanye nase-East Jerusalem, kubhekane nokugxekwa okunzima kochwepheshe abaningi base-US kanye nabashayamthetho, kanye nezikhulu eziningi zakwa-Israel. 

Ukuduba nakho kugcine sekuhlekisa UBen noJerryUmsunguli ka-Ben Cohen ekuqaleni kwale nyanga ubhekene nengwadla mayelana nokukhetha izindawo azoziduba, inkampani yaphikisana nayo. Israel, kodwa hhayi izwe elifana neGeorgia, labo abasunguli ababambisene nabo abathi linezinkinga ezinkulu zamalungelo okuvota ezigqugquzelwa abenzi bomthetho baseRiphabhulikhi. Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi kungani iGeorgia ingadutywanga inkampani, uCohen waphendula, “Angazi.”

“Ngaleyo ndlela yokucabanga, akufanele sidayise u-ayisikhilimu noma kuphi,” esho. Abasunguli bale nkampani bazichaze “njengamaJuda aziqhenyayo” avele angavumelani nemigomo yakwa-Israel. 

I-Unilever ikuvikele lokhu kuduba ngo-Agasti encwadini ayibhalela isikhwama somhlalaphansi saseNew York, lapho umphathi omkhulu u-Alan Jope ethi le nkampani iqashe izinkulungwane kwa-Israel futhi inezigidi ezitshaliwe lapho, kodwa azigxambukeli ezenzweni zamabhodi “azimele”.