FUTURE OF JEWISH
A Scoop of Anti-Israel Ice Cream
Mitch Schneider
February 1, 2026

…What is unbelievable and remarkably frustrating is that Ben & Jerry’s sells ice cream, directly or via its parent company, Unilever, in countries with records that make Israel look saintly by any serious human-rights metric. These include China (mass detention of Uyghurs, forced labor, total censorship); Saudi Arabia (no free speech, no religious freedom, women historically treated as legal minors, dissidents murdered); Russia (political assassinations, invasion of sovereign neighbors, criminalization of dissent); and Iran (theocratic repression, executions, women beaten or killed for dress violations). In none of these cases did Ben & Jerry’s suddenly discover a conscience, issue a press release, or declare that their “values” were incompatible with selling ice cream there. So when Ben & Jerry’s singled out Israel, it wasn’t ethics. It was selective moral theater. READ MORE