Israel Warns Unilever Chief Over Ben & Jerry’s Boycott

 https://time.com/6081709/israel-unilever-ben-jerrys-boycott/

 According to NBC News, Anuradha Mittal, the chair of the ice cream maker’s board of directors, said the statement Unilever released on its behalf, which says that Ben & Jerry’s will stay in Israel, wasn’t approved by the panel she oversees, as it should have been.

“I am saddened by the deceit of it,” Mittal said, according to NBC. “This is not about Israel. It is about the violation of the acquisition agreement that maintained the soul of the company.”

In a separate statement, Unilever said it has always recognized the right of Ben & Jerry’s and its board to take decisions about its social mission, and welcomes the fact that the ice cream brand will stay in Israel.