Popular ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s announced this week it will no longer sell its products in specific areas of Israel, including Judea and Samaria.
So, who is responsible for making this anti-Israel decision?
Joseph Cohen of the Israel Advocacy Movement exposes “hardcore anti-Zionist” Anuradha Mittal, head of Ben Jerry’s Board of Directors, revealing her steadfast support for boycotts of the Jewish state.

Israel’s government on Thursday approved the reinstatement of the so-called “green pass” vaccination certificates in light of the hike in coronavirus infections in the country.
Those attending restaurants, parties, gyms, conferences, tourist attractions and shuls will have to show the Health Ministry certificate at the entrance, according to the new rules.
Whereas at events such as weddings and Bar Mitzvas with over 100 attendees, all attendees over the age of 12 will be required to present either a certificate of vaccination or recovery, or a negative COVID test from the past 72 hours.
The ruling will go into effect next Thursday.

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.
Organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto said a day ahead of the opening ceremony that director Kentaro Kobayashi has been dismissed. Kobayashi used a joke about the Holocaust in his comedy act, including the phrase “Let’s play Holocaust.”
“We found out that Mr. Kobayashi, in his own performance, has used a phrase ridiculing a historical tragedy,” Hashimoto said. “We deeply apologize for causing such a development the day before the opening ceremony and for causing troubles and concerns to many involved parties as well as the people in Tokyo and the rest of the country.”

Israeli planes carried out airstrikes Syria for the second night this week, Damascus said early Thursday.
The state-run SANA broadcaster reported that Syrian air defenses were confronting “Israeli aggression” in the skies over Homs.
Video published by the agency showed what appeared to be anti-aircraft missiles streaking into the night sky, and witnesses on the ground reported hearing explosions.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Read more at Times of Israel.
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A judge on Wednesday said families who suffered losses in the 12-story collapse of a South Florida condominium building will receive at least $150 million in initial compensation.
The figure includes insurance on the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside. Expected proceeds from the sale of where the property once stood is also included.
“The court’s concern has always been the victims here,” Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said at a hearing. “Their rights will be protected.”
The figure does not count toward any proceeds from any of the numerous lawsuits filed since the June 24 collapse. Those lawsuits have consolidated into a class action. As of Wednesday, at least 97 people have died.

A Germany-based microbiologist whose profile surged during the COVID-19 pandemic as he spread various false accounts of the virus has been exposed as an antisemite who believes that Israel “is worse than Nazi Germany was.”
Sucharit Bhakdi, a former professor of microbiology at the University of Mainz, made several antisemitic comments in an online video promoting his parliamentary candidacy for “Die Basis” — a political party founded during the pandemic by conspiracy theorists who charge that governments have deliberately misled their populations over both the nature of the virus and its cure.

An escaped orangutan caused some commotion at Ramat Gan’s Safari Park Saturday, before getting shot with a tranquilizer and taken back to her enclosure.
Tana, a 12-year-old ape, escaped from the enclosure and climbed onto a tall tree near the staff compound. After refusing attempts to coax her down with food, Tana was hit with a tranquilizer dart with a low dosage of a sedative and taken down.
The safari said Tana used foliage added to the enclosure during the week to escape.
“Carers and vets worked professionally and gently and ensured at all times that her condition was good,” officials said, adding that “it’s important to note the location is not close to visitor areas and there was no danger.”

These are not the droids you’re looking for.
Japanese-based Softbank Group announced last week it was pressing pause on “Pepper”, an artificial intelligent robot it started producing in 2014, after multiple “firings.”
Pepper, which was supposed to be able to “read emotions” and converse with people, has been axed by multiple companies around the world for various issues.
Nissei Eco Co., a plastics manufacturer with a sideline in the funeral business, hired Pepper to chant sutras or scriptures to mourners at funerals, but soon fired it after Pepper kept breaking down during practice runs.
“What if it refused to operate in the middle of a ceremony?” funeral-business manager Osamu Funaki told the Wall Street Journal. “It would be such a disaster.”

A Google executive has left the company after publishing a manifesto in which he admitted to previously being anti-Semitic — but claimed to no longer hate Jews.
“I wanted to share that today is Amr Awadallah’s last day at Google,” Eyal Manor, Google Cloud vice president of engineering and product, wrote Thursday in an email to staff, which was viewed by CNBC. “Effective immediately, the Cloud DevRel organization will report into Ben Jackson, who will report into Pali Bhat.”

A 59-year-old Brooklyn man faces robbery charges after he allegedly took an electric scooter from a 7-year-old.
The NYPD says it happened just after 7 p.m. on July 7, 2021.  Officers say Daniel Ufares walked up to the little boy in the area of 36 St. and 12th Ave. in the Borough Park neighborhood.
Police released a video of a person of interest in the case last week.  They say they arrested Ufares on Monday.  He is charged with robbery and criminal possession of stolen property.  It was unclear if he had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.
No other details were immediately available.
Read more at Fox5.
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