Ben & Jerry's board chair Anuradha Mittal voted 'Anti-Semite of the Year'

Executive bestowed with dubious title for her part in ice cream parlor chain's Israel boycott; British singer Dua Lipa places second and U.S. lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene wraps up finalists
i24NEWS|
Anuradha Mittal, chair of Ben & Jerry's board of directors and vice president of the Vermont-based ice cream maker's nonprofit foundation was voted "Anti-semite of the Year" in the third annual contest run by watchdog StopAntisemitism.
  • Follow Ynetnews on Facebook and Twitter

  • British singer Dua Lipa placed second and U.S. lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene finished in third place with more than 10,000 people voting in the online competition.
    The organization cited Mittal being the driving force behind Ben & Jerry's decision this past summer to end sales of its products in what they refer to as "Occupied Palestinian Territory."
    Another reason cited for Mittal's win was her support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and her push for Ben & Jerry's to boycott Israel, which was rejected by parent company Unilever.
    “There must be consequences for those who spew hatred and bigotry against the Jewish people and nation,” says StopAntisemitism founder and Executive Director Liora Rez. “Being a finalist in this annual competition is one of those consequences.”
    1 View gallery
    Protesters demonstrate against Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
    Protesters demonstrate against Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
    Protesters demonstrate against Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
    (Photo: AFP)
    Last year's winner was SUNY law student Nerdeen Kiswan. In 2019, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was crowned the competition's first-ever winner.
    Multiple U.S. states [link 1|link 2] have divested their pension funds from Unilever since the boycott decision was announced.
    “For us and for the voters, Mittal was clearly the 2021 Anti-semite of the Year,” said Rez. “The Ben & Jerry’s boycott is shamelessly biased, and Mittal’s commitment to promoting her anti-semitic and anti-Israel agenda is deplorable."

    Reprinted with permission from i24NEWS.
    Comments
    The commenter agrees to the privacy policy of Ynet News and agrees not to submit comments that violate the terms of use, including incitement, libel and expressions that exceed the accepted norms of freedom of speech.
    ""