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'Milk and Honey,' the new ice cream flavor by Ben & Jerry’s Israel (Ben & Jerry’s Israel/Social media)
June 20, 2026, 4:49 am
Ben & Jerry’s Israel debuts flavor celebrating local resilience
Years after boycott fight, company shows off new creation ‘Milk and Honey,’ made with ingredients from southern communities affected by Oct. 7
By Deborah Danan
Ben and Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen speaks during an interview about his Free the Cone Day campaign in Burlington, Vermont, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)
April 15, 2026, 8:06 am
Ben and Jerry’s founder wants Magnum to sell brand; conglomerate says it’s not for sale
In latest broadside against ice cream maker’s parent company, Ben Cohen says it’s stifling social activism
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Anuradha Mittal (Courtesy)
December 8, 2025, 11:16 am
Ben & Jerry’s anti-Israel board chair does not plan to resign despite pressure
As owner Magnum prepares to spin off from Unilever, Anuradha Mittal claims recent critical review of ice cream brand’s non-profit foundation was a personal attack on her
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop, pictured on February 26, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
December 3, 2025, 6:40 am
Ben & Jerry’s Foundation has deficiencies in financial governance, audit finds
Review backed by Unilever comes after years-long spat fueled by ice cream company’s stance on Israel, including attempt to stop sales in West Bank
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Pro-Israel demonstrators protest against Ben & Jerry's over its boycott of the West Bank, and against antisemitism, in Manhattan, New York City, on August 12, 2021. (Luke Tress/Flash90)
November 5, 2025, 11:09 pm
Magnum Ice Cream says Ben & Jerry’s chair, an anti-Israel activist, unfit to serve
Anuradha Mittal, executive director of Oakland Institute think tank, chairs ice cream maker’s independent board, spearheaded decision to stop selling products in West Bank
By Reuters
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen calls for the creation of an ice cream flavor in solidarity with Palestinians, October 28, 2025 (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 29, 2025, 3:27 pm
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder: Unilever blocked pro-Palestinian flavor
Ben Cohen accuses parent company of ‘corporate butt kissing’ to Trump, launches online campaign to create his own ice cream in support of Palestinians
By ToI Staff
Jerry Greenfield (right) and Ben Cohen (left), co-founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, attend a protest in Washington on November 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
September 17, 2025, 7:03 pm
Amid lawsuit over Gaza, Jerry Greenfield quits Ben & Jerry’s for being ‘silenced’
Co-founder of popular ice cream company says that he can ‘no longer in good conscience’ remain a brand ambassador for creamery, which was sold to Unilever in 2000
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Ben & Jerry's shop in Burlington, Vermont, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
May 30, 2025, 8:03 am
Ben & Jerry’s US-based board decries ‘genocide in Gaza,’ in escalation of fight with owner
Parent firm Unilever says board speaks for no one but itself, amid legal battle over how much leeway B&J has to pursue its social mission; statement also unrelated to independent B&J Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's, is detained by US Capitol Police for disrupting proceedings during a hearing with US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill on May 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images/AFP)
May 16, 2025, 2:53 am
Ben of Ben & Jerry’s arrested for interrupting US Senate hearing to protest Israel
Co-founder of ice cream brand yells during health committee hearing that Congress is ‘killing poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid’
By Luke Tress
Ben Cohen sits for an interview with Tucker Carlson on May 5, 2025. (Screenshot via JTA)
May 8, 2025, 4:57 pm
Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s goes on Tucker Carlson and says, ‘I love Jesus Christ’
The reference raises eyebrows because Cohen previously cited his ‘proud’ Jewish identity in defending the company’s West Bank settlement boycott
By Ben Sales
Jerry Greenfield (left) and Ben Cohen, founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. (Ted Dully/The Boston Globe via Getty Images via JTA)
April 4, 2025, 9:42 pm
Ben & Jerry’s founder said looking to buy back company from Unilever amid Israel spat
With litigation ongoing over politically-active ice cream brand’s Gaza war stance, and years after row over settlement boycott, Ben Cohen is gathering investors, WSJ reports
By Grace Gilson
A Ben & Jerry's shop in Burlington, Vermont, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
March 19, 2025, 11:11 am
Ben & Jerry’s: Unilever fired CEO amid spat over social mission, anti-Israel activist’s detention
Ice cream maker says parent firm ousted chief this month without consulting directors, also blocked firm from honoring Black History Month and calling for release of Mahmoud Khalil
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Ben & Jerry's ice cream on sale at a shop in Jerusalem, on July 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 14, 2024, 9:47 am
Ben & Jerry’s sues Unilever, accusing it of silencing pro-Palestinian stance on Gaza
Rift widens as US ice cream brand threatens to dismantle its board, sue members over alleged opposition by parent company to its call for ceasefire, donation to anti-Zionist group
By Jessica DiNapoli
The Unilever logo is seen above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, March 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
February 8, 2024, 5:53 pm
Unilever reports diving sales in Southeast Asia amid anti-Israel boycotts
Company sees notable decline in business in Indonesia as Muslim-majority countries punish firms seen backing Israel; says no supply issues from Red Sea attacks
By Reuters
Ben & Jerry's ice cream on sale at a shop in Jerusalem, on July 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 18, 2024, 9:43 am
Ben & Jerry’s calls for Gaza ceasefire with no mention of Hamas massacre, hostages
‘Peace is a core value of Ben & Jerry’s’: Board calls for ‘permanent and immediate’ stop to fighting, says nothing of murderous October 7 attack that sparked the war
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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