Texas' comptroller encouraged people to buy Texas-made Blue Bell ice cream rather than 'overpriced, stuck-up stuff made by a foreign-owned company started in Vermont.'
that will end sales of its product within Israel's occupied Palestinian territories.
"It has come to my attention that Ben and Jerry's has announced plans to remove its products and prohibit the sale of its ice cream in Judea and Samaria," Republican Florida Governorwrote in a letter to the executive director of the state's administrative board on Thursday. Similarly, Republican Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said that his staff is investigating whether Ben & Jerry's had violated the state's anti-BDS laws. While the state has blacklisted nine companies allegedly involved in the BDS movement, a search of state records conducted byFlorida and Texas have threatened sanctions against the ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s over the brand's recent announcement of an upcoming Israel boycott.
The state's moves following a public call issued by Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Gilad Erdan, asking 35 states with anti-BDS laws toOn July 19, Ben & Jerry's said it would not renew its license agreement with the Israel-based company that manufactures and distributes its ice cream once their agreement expires at the end of next year.
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