Posted on 07/06/2022 4:58:57 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Ben & Jerry's is suing its parent company in an attempt to cancel the sale of its business in Israel to a local partner that would continue to distribute its products in the West Bank.
The ice cream maker filed a complaint in the US District Court in New York, where it sought an injunction against Unilever (UL) "to protect the brand and social integrity Ben & Jerry's has spent decades building."
Ben & Jerry's has been doing business in Israel since 1987, but in recent years it had come under pressure for selling in West Bank settlements, considered illegal under international law. In July 2021, it announced it would stop selling in the West Bank altogether.
That triggered a dispute with its longtime distributor in Israel, which sued Ben & Jerry's and Unilever in March, arguing they were "unlawfully terminating its 34-year business relationship in order to boycott Israel."Unilever tried to draw a line under the controversy with its announcement last week that it had sold Ben & Jerry's Israeli business for an undisclosed amount to AQP.
The retail giant said that going forward, Ben & Jerry's would be sold under its Hebrew and Arabic names throughout Israel and the West Bank.
But that decision to sell to AQP took the board of Ben & Jerry's by surprise, according to its court filing, which said that its chair had been "stunned" to hear the news. Since 2021, Ben & Jerry's has been fiercely opposed to the sale of its products in the West Bank, saying that it would be "inconsistent with" the brand.
In its complaint Tuesday, it noted that its brand values are legally overseen by an independent board of directors under a 2000 agreement with Unilever.
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"Unilever has used the opportunity of the past year to listen to perspectives on this complex and sensitive matter and believes this is the best outcome for Ben & Jerry's in Israel," it added.
Why would a couple of old Jewish fags not want their product in the motherland?
Assuming for the moment that Ben and Jerry’s is still owned/run/managed by Jewish people, what does it say about Jews who so hate themselves and their own people that they would go so far out of their way as to sue to stop their products from being sold to other Jews?
I can see BJs point. After all, the muslims enslaved, raped, murdered and pillaged Israel fair and square
Simple, just fire the Managment of the junior company.
Who cares? If Unopened wants to sell a business, I don’t think they should ask the founders (or the heirs) if they can. F B&J...
Ben & Jerry hatred is something I do not understand.
It’s stylish in the leftwing.
Because they are leftists, who hate Israel
Ben & Jerry sold to Unilever many years ago for $800 million. They are spoiled, brain-dead losers who have zero influence.
Does a US court have jurisdiction over a case like this?
I would think they’d have to file in Israel.
Is there some kind of treaty that disallows the sale of ice cream in Jewish communities in the West Bank?
I assume it’s OK to sell ice cream in Muslim communities in the West Bank?
Even so, if there’s a treaty being violated that’s between the treaty signatories and the seller not between B&J and the seller.
“ Ben & Jerry’s has been doing business in Israel since 1987, but in recent years it had come under pressure for selling in West Bank settlements, considered illegal under international law. In July 2021, it announced it would stop selling in the West Bank altogether.”
Poor Ben and Jerry. They never intended Zionists to eat their ice cream.
Their religion is liberalism, not Judaism.
No problemo. I’ll refrain from getting sick from their overly sugared, overpriced crap, and they can get their shekels elsewhere.
I thought the fat guys who started it finally died.
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