North Carolina Divesting $40 Million From Ben & Jerry’s Over Israel Boycott

North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell justified the state’s recent decision to pull out investments from ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s over the firm’s boycott of Israel, suggesting that local laws compel them to make such a move. “We are where we are. We don’t pick which laws to apply and who to apply them to,” North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell, a Republican, said in an interview this week. “I wish I never heard of this subject and wish we didn’t have to do what we had to do.” In 2021, Ben & Jerry’s announced it would no longer sell its products in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT),” which comprises the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip....