Unilever plc asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Ben & Jerry's over the sale of its Israeli ice cream business, saying the subsidiary's 'insistence on taking sides' in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict gives its board no authority to stop or even sue over the sale.
asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Ben & Jerry's over the sale of its Israeli ice cream business, saying the subsidiary's "insistence on taking sides" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict gives its board no authority to stop or even sue over the sale.
The board, it said in the filings, has some responsibility to preserve its "social mission" and safeguard the brand under the shareholder agreement from 2000, when Unilever bought Ben & Jerry's. But Unilever said that the board cannot sue. Ben & Jerry's products have been on sale in Israel for more than three decades, but the company said last year that West Bank sales were inconsistent with its values.Last month, Ben & Jerry's board renounced the sale of its ice cream by Zinger, saying his products "should not be confused with the products" made by Ben & Jerry's.
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