North Carolina latest to scoop retirement funds from Ben & Jerry's over ice cream brand's Israel boycott --North Carolina joins Arizona, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Texas in pulling retirement funds over Ben & Jerry's boycott of Israel | 11 Jan 2024 | North Carolina closed out last year by becoming the most recent state to divest its public employee pension from the corporate parent of Ben & Jerry's over the ice cream company's boycott of Israel. North Carolina is a swing state in politics. Other states to pull retirement funds over Ben & Jerry's boycott of Israel span the traditional political boundaries and include Arizona, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Texas. "We are where we are. We don't pick which laws to apply and who to apply them to," State Treasurer Dale Folwell, a Republican, told FOX Business 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." Folwell announced last month the North Carolina Retirement Systems - which provides retirement benefits for more than 1 million members, including teachers, firefighters, police officers and government employees - is withdrawing $40 million from Ben & Jerry's and affiliates. This includes its parent company, Unilever PLC, a U.K.-based company. [Elections are being rigged in favor of neocon warmongers.]