State-run pension and investment funds like the Teacher Retirement System cannot invest in companies on the list, and state agencies cannot do business with designated boycotters.
"As with any of our listing decisions, my office, in cooperation with our research providers, carefully reviewed statements and activities by both Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever before concluding that they are suitable candidates for the Texas list," Hegar said.
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, founders of the ice cream brand, insisted that the decision was not a rejection of Israel in a July"It is a rejection of Israeli policy, which perpetuates an illegal occupation that is a barrier to peace and violates the basic human rights of the Palestinian people who live under the occupation," they wrote.
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