The flavour of malice

The main issue isn't the Ben & Jerry's boycott. It's the thinking behind it.

In attempting to defend itself against persistent bigotry, the Jewish diaspora repeatedly thinks with its heart rather than its head and consequently misses the key point.

Ben & Jerry’s has announced that it will stop selling its ice-cream in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, areas that it regards as illegally occupied by Israel.

As a result, the comp…