Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s blames US bombs for ‘genocide’ in Gaza

'Starving kids': Ben & Jerry's co-founder ejected from US Senate over Gaza protest

Cohen shouted: “Congress pays for bombs to kill children in Gaza.”

Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s blames US bombs for ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen blamed United States-supplied bombs for contributing to “genocide” in Gaza amid Israel’s war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas.  “What’s going on in Israel right now is genocide with our bombs,” said Cohen, adding “the American people have become complicit in the genocide that Israel is engaging in, and…

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Tory MP urges government to call out Israel crimes in Gaza

Tory MP Edward Leigh has called on the government to condemn Israel’s actions in Gaza. Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, the Gainsborough MP condemned Hamas as a “brutal terrorist organisation.” But, in a question to foreign office minister Hamish Falconer, the Father of the House went on to label Israel’s actions in Gaza as “unacceptable.” He said: “It’s frankly unacceptable to recklessly bomb a hospital. It’s unacceptable to starv…

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Amid President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East, we continue our interview with DAWN’s Sarah Leah Whitson and HuffPost's Akbar Shahid Ahmed about Trump's acceptance of a luxury plane gifted to him by the Qatari government, nuclear negotiations with Iran and Saudi Arabia, a less cooperative relationship with Israel and more.

IN IMAGES - Ben & Jerry's ice cream brand founder Ben Cohen interrupted an audience of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in front of the US Congress by denouncing US support for Israel in its war against Gaza.