Yesterday, Ben & Jerry's founder Ben Cohen is one of the protesters carried by police custody To a health, education, educational, delivery of labor and Pensions Committee where Secretary and Person Services Secretary Respondable by Robert F. Kennedy Jr about spending HHS, withdrawal, and other changes. The video shows protesters who jumped from banks with signs and screams, “RFK killed people with AIDS,” before they were dragged by the police. Cohen stands behind them in a gray blazer, and can be heard saying, “Congress kills poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs and pays for it by kicking kids off medicaid in the US” he added, “Congress and the siege. They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let in food to starving kids.” He is also, escorted.
Cohen posted the protest video in x, writing, “I told Congress they killed the poor kids of Goza in the US Medicaid. This is the answer to the US authorities.” This is the answer to US authorities. “
I told congress they killed the poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs, and they paid it by kicking the poor children in the US. This is the answer to the authorities. Pic.twitter.com/uof7xrzzl
– Ben Cohen (@yobencohen) May 14, 2025
Cohen was released from police custody, and According to New York Timescharged with the wrong “catch, restraint or completion.”
It is not surprising to find Cohen among protesters who protest. Even if he and the co-founder Jerry Greenfield no longer participates in the company, the ice cream of Ben & Jerry often puts politics ahead of its business. In 2016, it was declared Support for black life is important. In 2019, it released a Ill inspired by Bernie Sanders That is the warm cinnamon that represents “our political revolution holding the feet of fire politicians to make America for working with all kinds and genders.” In 2021, it was announced Its product is no longer sold in Israelone step Cohen and Greenfield are supported by a Times On-ed. It has a whole Active section of its websiteWhere it plans the commitment to issues such as LGBTQ + and refugee rights and environmental justice. And more now, it has went to the bat of this parent company, unintentionally, Because of the alleged threatens these commitments to social values.
The issue Cohen speaks of Senate hearing cannot be more urgent. UN estimates one of five people, about 500,000, is Dealing with Gaza hungerAs Israel has blocked regional assistance. Most recent, the Dutch government, used to be seen as an established ally of Israel, called Israel's ban on Gaza supply A violation of international humanitarian law.
Cohen interacted with a host to protesters,, students,, Decaysand others criticized for talking about Palestine. Ben & Jerry's did not release a declaration of arrest, but cohen Posted again in x this morning: “I can't call myself an American and not put my body in line. For me, our thoughtful Lord, the American attack used by Superman, with American truth.