{"id":87917,"date":"2021-07-21T17:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=87917"},"modified":"2021-07-21T08:25:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T06:25:48","slug":"31-05-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=87917","title":{"rendered":"State Department: ‘We reject the BDS movement which singles out Israel’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>State Department: ‘We reject the BDS movement which singles out Israel’<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Ned Price, the State Department spokesperson, said that the administration \u201cwill be a strong partner in fighting efforts around the world that potentially seek to delegitimize Israel.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

US State Department spokesman Ned Price takes questions from reporters at the State Department in Washington, US, March 31, 2021. \/ (photo credit: CAROLYN KASTER\/POOL VIA REUTERS)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Ned Price, the State Department spokesperson, said on Tuesday that the administration \u201cfirmly reject the BDS movement, which unfairly singles out Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a press briefing, Price was asked about the decision of ice cream company Ben & Jerry\u2019s to boycott West Bank settlements and Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem by refusing to sell its products in those areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have a reaction to offer regarding the actions of a private company,\u201d he said, adding that he would \u201clet this company speak for itself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut more broadly, what I will say is that we firmly reject the BDS movement, which unfairly singles out Israel,\u201d said Price<\/span>
\nHe went on to say that \u201cwhile the Biden-Harris administration will fully and always respect the First Amendment rights of our citizens, of the American people, the United States will be a strong partner in fighting efforts around the world that potentially seek to delegitimize Israel and will work tirelessly to support Israel\u2019s further integration into the international community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe BDS movement unfairly singles out Israel,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe will, consistent with the First Amendment rights of the American people, always work to be a strong partner to Israel and work with Israel to counter efforts to delegitimize it around the world, just as we work with our partner Israel to further its economic prosperity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier on Tuesday, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) issued a statement condemning Ben & Jerry\u2019s and its parent company, Unilever.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision by Unilever and Ben & Jerry\u2019s to target hundreds of thousands of Jewish customers abroad with this discriminatory boycott is a disgrace and a direct embrace of the anti-Israel BDS movement,\u201d he said. \u201cNew York State must now follow the 2016 Executive Order that prohibits state agencies from conducting business with institutions or companies that promote BDS, and requires the OGS Commissioner to maintain and update a list of entities participating in BDS,\u201d Zeldin statement reads.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBoth Ben & Jerry\u2019s and Unilever need to be immediately added to the OGS list, and the state needs to end any current business and suspend any future business with either company. Our state needs to follow its self-imposed standards, lead by example, and stand up to this anti-Israel and anti-Jewish discrimination,\u201d Zeldin said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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State Department: ‘We reject the BDS movement which singles out Israel’ OMRI NAHMIAS Ned Price, the State Department spokesperson, said that the administration \u201cwill be a strong partner in fighting efforts around the world that potentially seek to delegitimize Israel.\u201d US State Department spokesman Ned Price takes questions from reporters at the State Department in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87917"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87939,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87917\/revisions\/87939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}