Minister: Herzog went ‘too far’ in calling Ben & Jerry’s boycott a kind of terrorism

By ToI Staff 24 July 2021, 6:40 pm

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Workers at the Ben and Jerry's factory near Kiryat Malachi, on July 21, 2021. (Flash90)

Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai says President Isaac Herzog “went too far” in calling the Ben & Jerry’s settlement boycott a new kind of terrorism.

“This is not an act of terrorism… [But Ben & Jerry’s boycott] creates a precedent that encourages the BDS movement against Israel,” he tells Channel 12.

“We [in Labor] will advance a two-state solution as much as we can [in this coalition]… and, at the same time, also fight against the punishments that those involved in BDS… want to impose on Israel,” Shai says.

“You know what happened in South Africa, and I don’t want to see that imitated…. The latest survey of US Jews showed 25% think Israel is carrying out Apartheid… That’s the clearest red warning sign for me,” he says.