Treasurer asks ice cream manufacturer’s parent company to comply with 2016 law, which requires state entities to divest from firms boycotting Israel or settlements

Anti-BDS Labeling Act would enshrine as law one of Trump’s final orders and comes in wake of Ben & Jerry's decision to end sales in 'occupied Palestinian territories'

Regulators to set a 90-day deadline for parent company Unilever to reverse decision by ice cream giant, or face state investment sanctions

In first reaction since decision not to sell ice cream to West Bank settlements, Anuradha Mittal says she is proud of stance and claims to have been subjected to 'vile hate'

Ice cream maker's parent company seeks to reassure those concerned by its refusal to sell beyond Green Line, but some in US are unimpressed by the gesture

But Alan Jope gives no indication if he will pressure subsidiary Ben & Jerry's to reverse its decision to stop supplying items to Israelis beyond Green Line

Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren dips into an ice cream boycott and health reporter Nathan Jeffay catches us up on COVID research in Israel

Both US states approve legislation that bars public companies from doing business over $100K with firms that don't explicitly oppose BDS

After Pompeo announces crackdown, Palestinian-led boycott movement says 'fanatic Trump-Netanyahu alliance' is revising the definition of anti-Jewish bias

Speaking in Jerusalem, US secretary of state says Washington to immediately take steps against anti-Israel boycott activists; Netanyahu hails move as 'simply wonderful'