Tag: Ben & Jerry’s
Ben & Jerry’s chair: ‘When people are occupied resistance is justified!’
Ben & Jerry's board chair, whom the ice cream company touts as an "internationally renowned expert on human rights, agriculture, development and conservation policies issues," appears to have endorsed a terrorist organization that the United States...
New York court rejects suit against Unilever over Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott
A Manhattan judge dismissed a lawsuit against Unilever on Tuesday that claimed the company misled U.S. investors by not immediately disclosing a decision by its Ben & Jerry's unit to stop selling ice-cream in...
Florida to investigate Morningstar for potential BDS practices
The Florida agency responsible for investing state and local government assets confirmed to JNS that it is opening an investigation into potential boycott Israel (BDS) practices by the investment firm Morningstar and its subsidiary...
Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever fail to settle lawsuit with mediation
Attempts at mediation in the lawsuit filed by the board of ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry’s against its parent company Unilever for transferring the rights to produce its ice-cream in Israel to an Israeli...
Unilever ends Judea and Samaria boycott, sells license to Ben & Jerry’s Israel franchisee
The ice-cream battle between Ben & Jerry’s and its Israeli distributor may have been resolved, but the repercussions continue to reverberate in what many considered a considerable loss for the BDS movement.
On Wednesday, Unilever—the parent...
Ben & Jerry’s new employees required to watch ‘videos on Israeli-Palestinian conflict’
Newly hired employees joining the Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream company are required to watch four video lectures, each an hour in length, featuring activists discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as part of their job orientation, Jewish...
Pro-Israel groups urge New York to divest from Unilever
Sixteen Jewish and Christian pro-Israel groups are urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to take decisive action against Unilever and its subsidiary, Ben & Jerry’s, for the ice-cream maker’s July 2021 decision to stop selling its...
Major Jewish donor added to board of Ben & Jerry’s parent company, Unilever
A major Jewish donor will be added to the board of Unilever PLC, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, after the investment company he co-founded recently became its largest shareholder.
According to The Wall Street...
Unilever fires 1,500 workers, splits ice-cream from food division
The multinational firm Unilever, which owns Ben & Jerry’s, announced on Tuesday that in the wake of severe losses, it will fire 1,500 workers around the world and split off its ice-cream division from...
Unilever’s Israel boycott said to cost company $26 billion
Unilever’s stock has plunged 20.7% in the six months since it informed Avi Singer, the owner of Ben & Jerry’s Israel, that his contract was over unless he stopped selling the company’s ice cream...