That time an Israeli-Palestinian ice cream feud refused to melt
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What an Iraqi baker and a Syrian ice cream maker could teach Ben & Jerry.
In one big scoop, American ice cream tycoons Ben & Jerry recently announced they would no longer sell any of their 54 flavours in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. A thousand puns later, the 1,000-calories-a-pint controversy refuses to melt and the cold war continues. Israeli President Isaac Herzog pooh-poohed the boycott as “a new form of terrorism”. Arab Israeli lawmaker Ayman Odeh, who supports the embargo and represents many Palestinian citizens of Israel, shot back: “The diet is going well.”
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