WATCH: NYC Mayor Says He Will Boycott Ben & Jerry’s Over Israel Ban

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FILE: Mayor de Blasio gets ice cream (photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)

BROOKLYN (VINnews) – Fallout from Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream announcement that they will no longer sell products in Judea and Samaria continued Tuesday, with kosher supermarkets in the tri-state area have announcing they will no longer stock the products, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio suggesting he may boycott the company as well.

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“I can say I will not be eating any more Cherry Garcia for a while,” the mayor said at his press conference Tuesday morning, citing a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor, in response to a question by Hamodia reporter Reuven Borchardt. “BDS is a movement that will undermine peace in the Mid East. It’s as simple as that. You cannot have peace if you undermine the economic reality &create division. I just believe that’s absolutely the wrong….”


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Ari
Ari
2 years ago

First decent thing from this mayor.

Zev
Zev
2 years ago

Got to hand it to him, he doesn’t need to say this, he’s on the way out. Much respect for Deblasio!

If people only acknowledge when people do something wrong, but never when they do something right, there will be no compromise or reconciliation l.

The_Truth
The_Truth
2 years ago

“I can say I will not be eating any more Cherry Garcia for a while,” 
– until no one remembers this news story and moves on, then he will eat it again.

YITZCHOKLEVI
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YITZCHOKLEVI
2 years ago

The guy is full of it. Really, I would rather he eat Ben & Jerry’s (with a fork & knife, of course), and work on protecting the lives of New Yorkers from crime.
He is a total opportunist and operates on saying things in the moment, which he then does not fulfill.
Let him have Cherry Garcia and leave quickly.

Hat
Hat
2 years ago

Thank you!

Better for your health that way as well!

Voice of reason
Voice of reason
2 years ago

He was always a great friend to the Jewish community, it was a one time misunderstanding last year that was taken out of context by all the ppl (hating us but’) hating him even more, and it was a grave sin for falling for these ppl with an agenda, and letting him fall