Ben & Jerry’s calls Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘genocide’

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Ice cream brand Ben & Jerry Gaza has called for Israel’s activities in the genocide that it is a step that has risked the ongoing legal dispute with the guardian agency Unilever over the political activism of the brand.

“Ben & Jerry believes in lawyers in favor of human rights and peace, and we condemn the genocide in Gaza who join them,” the Independent Board of the company said in a statement shared with the Financial Times.

This statement will probably extend the relationship between ice cream maker and unilever, which owns the brand since 2000.

Ben & JerryWhich is expected to be separated from Unilever as part of a spin-off of the group’s ice cream business later this year, he is suing his main organization to try to mucus in Gaza.

Ben & Jerry claims that there are consumer goods groups in multiple legal complaints filed in a New York court Threatening The brand is muted with its independent board and Palestinian refugees. Unilever rejected the claims.

As part of the sale of $ 326 million in the brand Unilever In 2000, both sides reached an agreement that defended its order to set Ben & Jerry’s independent board and the company’s “Social Mission”.

Most recently, the board claimed that Unilever had been dismissed Ben & Jerry’s chief executive After less than two years in this role he failed to comply with the brand to stop talking on political issues.

The legal dispute between the brand and its owner over Israel and Palestine is the latest in the long -running spot. In 2022, Ben & Jerry sued Unilever to try to block ice cream sales in the occupied territory.

The board said in a statement, “We stand with those who raised their voices against the genocide in Gaza-from the location-signatters to Street Markers, who are at risky arrest,” the board said in a statement.

Unilever said that “it supported the end of violence against a peaceful solution and the end of violence against conflicts around the world”.

“Unilever is in the case with the [Ben and Jerry’s] Will not comment on the board and its location, ”added it.

A separate ice cream company will be called the Magnum Ice Cream Agency. Its preliminary list will be in Amsterdam with more list of London and New York.