Judge rejects Ben & Jerry's bid to block ice cream sales in east Jerusalem and Israeli-occupied West Bank

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A federal judge rejected a request by Ben & Jerry's to block a plan by its corporate parent to allow its products to be sold in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank against the wishes of the Vermont ice cream maker's independent board of directors.

by its corporate parent to allow its products to be sold in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank against the wishes of the Vermont ice cream maker's independent board of directors.U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Carter said Ben & Jerry's failed to show that the decision by London-based consumer goods conglomerate Unilever would hurt Ben and Jerry's social mission or confuse its customers.

A Ben & Jerry's ice cream delivery truck is seen at their factory in Be'er Tuvia, Israel, July 20, 2021.Ben & Jerry's spokesman Sean Greenwood said Monday that the company had"no new position for us to share at this time." Ben & Jerry's complaint in the case filed last month outlined the company's tradition of social activism over its 44-year history, including opposition to U.S. nuclear weapons spending in the 1980s, and in the 1990s, supporting LGBTQ+ rights and farmers. That activism continued after it was purchased by Unilever in 2000 with the focus on, among other issues, migrant justice and

 

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