Ben & Jerry's co-founder: Unilever blocked pro-Palestinian flavor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Cohen also asked for ideas for the design on the ice cream container.
53% : Cohen and co-founder Jerry Greenfield have now launched a campaign asking Unilever to "free" the ice cream brand by selling it to a group of investors who Cohen said have committed to allowing it to continue its "social mission.
45% : " Ben & Jerry's has in the past launched flavors to support social issues, including a "Save Our Swirled" to coincide with the 2015 Paris climate meetings and an "I Dough, I Dough" to celebrate the federal legalization of same-sex marriage in the US.
41% : However, they have no leadership role at the company and have been unable to influence its policies on Israel despite repeated efforts.
32% : The Magnum Ice Cream Company, the Unilever's division that owns Ben & Jerry's, confirmed that the idea was scrapped.
32% : Cohen and Greenfield have long espoused various progressive causes and have been highly critical of Israel throughout the war against Hamas in Gaza.
27% : There is an ongoing dispute between the ice cream brand founders and Unilever over the latter's plans to split Magnum Ice Cream Company off as a separate business, the Guardian reported.
14% : In May, the brand's independent board accused Israel of "genocide" in the Gaza Strip, where the IDF was battling Hamas in a war started by the terror group when it led a devastating invasion of southern Israel on October 7, 2023. That same month, Cohen was arrested for protesting against Israel during a US Senate hearing in Washington, DC. Ben & Jerry's US-based board is unrelated to Ben & Jerry's Israel, an independent company that acquired full local ownership of the brand in 2022.

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