Arizona has become the eighth state to begin reviewing whether Ben & Jerry’s plans to withdraw from doing business in Judea and Samaria merits sanctions under its law targeting the BDS movement, JTA reported on Monday.
In emails obtained by JTA, the state’s treasurer last week asked Unilever, the ice cream manufacturer’s parent company, to comply with its 2016 law which requires state entities, including pension funds, to divest from companies boycotting Israel or businesses in territories under Israel’s control.
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