Meet Ben & Jerry’s Board Chair: Anti-Israel Activist Has Published Defenses of Hezbollah, Hamas Anuradha Mittal founded nonprofit that accused Israel of human rights abuses and defended Hezbollah Ben and Jerry's board chairwoman Anuradha Mittal / oaklandinstitute.org Ben & Jerry's board chairwoman isn't your average corporate suit. A social justice warrior who's now under increased scrutiny in the wake of the company's announcement that it will boycott Israel's West Bank and East Jerusalem, she has a lengthy history of left-wing activism that includes publishing columns defending Hezbollah and supporting U.S. funding to Hamas. Anuradha Mittal, the leading force behind the...