Re: Ben & Jerry's slam Unilever's ice cream sale to Israeli licensee

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Ben & Jerry’s ice cream blasted parent company Unilever for 
selling the Vermont-based firm’s operations in Israel to a local 
licensee — effectively circumventing a boycott of Jewish 
settlements on the occupied West Bank.

“We continue to believe it is inconsistent with Ben & Jerry’s 
values for our ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian 
Territory,” Ben & Jerry’s tweeted on Wednesday.

The official Twitter account of the ice cream maker founded by 
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield posted a short tweet thread on 
Wednesday — hours after Unilever announced its agreement to sell 
Ben & Jerry’s to Avi Zinger of American Quality Products.

Zinger announced on Wednesday that he will resume sales of the 
Ben & Jerry’s brand in both Hebrew and Arabic throughout Israel 
proper as well as the West Bank territories Israel captured in 
the 1967 Six-Day War.

“We are aware of the Unilever announcement,” Ben & Jerry’s 
tweeted on Wednesday.

“While our parent company has taken this decision, we do not 
agree with it.”

Ben & Jerry’s continued: “Unilever’s arrangement means Ben & 
Jerry’s in Israel will be owned and operated by AQP. Our company 
will no longer profit from Ben & Jerry’s in Israel.”

The Unilever announcement brings to an end the saga that began 
last year when Ben & Jerry’s said that it would no longer offer 
its products to consumers in Israeli settlements built on 
occupied land.

Unilever, the Dutch-British conglomerate whose properties 
include big-name brands such as Hellmann’s, Dove, Lipton, and 
Breyers, said at the time that it had no legal right to force 
Ben & Jerry’s to reverse course.

When Unilever acquired Ben & Jerry’s more than 20 years ago in a 
deal valued at $326 million, the Vermont-based ice cream maker 
insisted that its board would have autonomy on matters related 
to social and political issues.

But Unilever maintained the power to sell parts of the business 
as it deemed fit.

The boycott by Ben & Jerry’s created a public relations headache 
for Unilever as pro-Israel politicians in the US announced 
economic retaliatory measures.

The states of New York, New Jersey, Arizona, Florida, Illinois 
and Texas have divested a combined $1 billion in pension fund 
investments from Unilever, concluding Ben & Jerry’s action 
violated their anti-boycott laws.

The Israeli government hailed the decision by Unilever to sell 
the brand to Zinger as a “victory over anti-Semites” on 
Wednesday.

https://nypost.com/2022/06/30/ben-jerrys-slams-parent-company-
unilevers-sale-of-ice-cream-brand-to-israeli-licensee/