Ben & Jerry's is 100% out of Israel

After Ben & Jerry's stood up to pressure from its parent company, Unilever settled. Ben & Jerry's is no longer operating in apartheid Israel.

This a major victory for Palestinian freedom and sends an important message to corporations around the globe that divesting from apartheid is the right choice.  

In July 2021 the independent Board of ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s announced its decision to end business with Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land because selling there was “inconsistent” with the company’s social values. Colonial settlements amount to a war crime under international law.

Then last June, Unilever, the corporate owner of Ben & Jerry's, succumbed to pressure from the Israeli government and anti-Palestinian organizations, announcing that it had sold its Ben & Jerry’s business interests in Israel to the Israeli licensee. This licensee will continue to locally produce an ice cream product, but this is not a Ben & Jerry’s product. According to Ben & Jerry's board, “Any products sold by Blue & White Ice Cream Ltd. are uniquely its own and should not be confused with products produced and distributed by Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc.” 

Ben & Jerry’s has deleted Israel from its website listing countries in which it operates.  

We celebrate this BDS victory for Palestinian freedom.

Statement by Adalah Justice Project, Jewish Voice for Peace, and US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, The BDS movement