JERUSALEM: Unilever this week sold its Ben & Jerry’s ice cream business in Israel to its local licensee for an undisclosed sum, aiming to smooth over a potentially damaging diplomatic row over the company’s political stance. The deal comes after the US ice cream brand announced last year it would stop marketing products in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, saying
A lawyer for the Israeli distributor of Ben & Jerry's says that other corporations should "take note" of Unilever's decision to allow its distributor to continue selling the ice cream.