What would have been surprising would have been if Ben and Jerry’s had a Board chair who opposed jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women.
“Meet Ben & Jerry’s Board Chair: Anti-Israel Activist Has Published Defenses of Hezbollah, Hamas,” by Alana Goodman, Washington Free Beacon, July 23, 2021:
Ben & Jerry’s board chairwoman isn’t your average corporate suit. A social justice warrior who’s now under increased scrutiny in the wake of the company’s announcement that it will boycott Israel’s West Bank and East Jerusalem, she has a lengthy history of left-wing activism that includes publishing columns defending Hezbollah and supporting U.S. funding to Hamas.
Anuradha Mittal, the leading force behind the ice cream company’s decision to stop selling its products in parts of Israel, founded the Oakland Institute, which describes itself as an “independent policy think tank,” in 2004 and serves as its executive director. The group has published articles defending Hezbollah and Hamas, terrorist groups that seek the destruction of the Jewish state.
Ben & Jerry’s is under increased scrutiny for its decision to join the anti-Israel boycott movement, which follows criticism over the ice cream maker’s partnership with anti-Semitic figures during the Women’s March in 2018. At the time, the company defended its work with Linda Sarsour, one of the march leaders who was ousted for anti-Semitism. Multiple state and local governments, including Texas and Florida, are considering sanctioning Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company, Unilever, over the boycott decision.
Mittal published an article written by Green Party Senate candidate Todd Chretien during the Israel-Lebanon war in 2006 arguing that progressives should support Hezbollah.
“You do not have to agree with all of Hezbollah’s ideas to support their resistance to Israel,” wrote Chretien. “Condemning ‘both sides’ in the Middle East is just like condemning ‘both sides’ in the American Civil War. During the Civil War, with all its complications, one side fought for slavery and the other fought for emancipation. Today in the Middle East, one side fights to rob and pillage, the other seeks self-determination and dignity.”
Chretien added that Hezbollah’s actions would encourage militants who were fighting U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
“Hezbollah has emerged as the hero to millions of Arabs and Muslims. Hezbollah’s fight will encourage the resistance in Iraq and it will give a boost to opposition forces in Egypt, Jordan and other American client states,” he wrote.
In a “policy brief” published the same year, Mittal expressed concern that the U.S. government would cut off funding to the recently elected Hamas government, which had just won control of Gaza.
“The U.S. has threatened to sever humanitarian aid to the people of Palestine for exercising their right to vote,” wrote Mittal. She argued that this decision would end up “bankrupting” Hamas, which had “assured the international community that all aid revenues will be used on salaries, daily lives, and infrastructure.”
Other articles published by the Oakland Institute claimed that Israel’s strike on Hezbollah was part of a years-long plan to “allow the Cheney/Rumsfeld war party to once again take control” and argued for “a voluntary and sensitive integration of Hezbollah into a reformed, viable Lebanese political arrangement.”…
tom parry says
It is time to start boycotting Ben&Jerry/Unilever , Coke, NBA, NFL, Nike,Gillete Any Democrate etc etc.
GreekEmpress says
And Procter and Gamble.
They invested millions in Turkey.
Infidel says
They are also one of the wokest of corporations. Have you seen Michael Knowles’ YouTube quizzes challenging you to guess from a woke ad what the product/company is? The bulk of them, which are dark commentaries on how evil white people are, are from P&G
gravenimage says
Here’s one of them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUx3-R-gWJk&list=PLy1E1Y-bgSEUBO-w9MdhxEY8b9f2p_Yyw&ab_channel=TheDailyWire
Funny–but also pretty depressing.
MIke says
all in favor say I
maria says
Of course, I started now to boycott everything which is owned by Unilever. And from the beginning I have been boycotting Ben@Jerry .
GreekEmpress says
https://www.unilever.com/brands/Our-products-and-ingredients/
Here’s a list of their products.
gravenimage says
Ben & Jerry’s Board chair supports jihad terror against Israel, has defended Hamas and Hizballah
…………….
This is *much worse* than I had thought. I had assumed this was the usual–boycotting those mean old Israelis’ “occupying Palestinian land”.
But Anuradha Mittal’s actually *defending JIhad terror against Israel* is just appalling.
maria says
she is a crypto muslim and animal.
mr clive delmonte says
A few years ago someone tried to buy Unilever. Thought they could a better job of running it.
Now you can see why!
Infidel says
Despite being a former Indian, I cringe when I read about Indians becoming the CEOs or board chairs of US companies. Cases in point – Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, and now Anuradha Mittal. All of them have either made their companies woke, or make their product absolute ? Case in point: how many of you still like Windows?
I miss the days when those were just American, rather than multinational companies
Pavithra says
As a former Indian myself, sad to see them soiling the west. Clever and hardworking but terrible morality and policies. Don’t let them make America India.
Infidel says
India’s actually better: for every woke CEO, there is a patriotic CEO as well. Similarly, both Bollywood and Cricket are split b/w the woke and the patriotic. Here in the US, the bulk of Corporate America is woke: it’s hard to find a company that refuses to bow to the mob. Hollywood is overwhelmingly leftist, and so are the 3 main popular sports – football, baseball and basketball. And unlike they’ve done w/ Gab and Parler, the app stores of Google and Apple (so far) haven’t dared to take down Koo
gravenimage says
Just twenty years ago this was not the case. I think some of them are genuinely “woke”, and some of them are just trying to get out in front of the “woke” juggernaut. Not that this is an excuse for this kind of cowardice, of course.
mortimer says
Anuradha Mittal should be removed from the board of directors immediately.
James Lincoln says
Lots of places besides Ben & Jerry’s to get a cone of vanilla…
Infidel says
Yeah. Of course, B&J’s doesn’t have either of the only 2 flavors I like – coffee or strawberry – so they were out of consideration for me even before I started to consider their politics
Giacomo Latta says
‘Hamas, which had “assured the international community that all aid revenues will be used on salaries, daily lives, and infrastructure.”’
With her critically investigative abilities Mittal should be working for the AP in Gaza.
Darren kumar says
As Indian, I feel extremely ashamed as this woke women carries Hindu identity but not Indian by mean same as kamal harris just sake of branding use Hindu name and claim as coloured person to be sympathies yet highly sinister and has no moral ground at all I really wanted Unilever to ditch this bitch and never to entertain any sort high position for Hindus without checking thier background. She is not Hindu or has any Hindu value, she’s just full fledge dhimmi most probably staunch INDIA and anti modi crack pot. There should be no Hindu who forgets what the Jews did to us when we are war with next door radical islamic brats they came in for rescue and many more countless help from them without any hesitation. I will never tolerate any sort of antisemitic coming from Hindu. All Hindu should unite and support Jews right to exist in Israel and to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.palestine terror freaks can run to arab desert if they can’t coexist. Seriously it makes me sick to look at here it reflects toxic character and face look like skunk but hole. “BEN AND JERRY GO WOKE WILL GET BROKE”
Infidel says
All these people just use their Indian ethnicity to get their BIPOC badge, and then they go about activities that would make Vladimir Lenin or Mao Zedong blush. Oh, and they are also virulently anti-India, and these days, since Trump is no longer around to punch (outside his occasional weekend rallies), they’re trying to bring down the Modi and Bolsonaro governments, which are the 2 most visible right wing governments in the world, if not the largest
Just try Meena Harris – Kamala’s niece – who’s been behind several anti-India campaigns, be it India’s Farmer’s bill, the CAA, which are all internal issues of that country which don’t concern her. It would be like an Indian leftist protesting Trump’s travel bans or his farm subsidies, which would be no business of any Indian
gravenimage says
Don’t worry, Darren–I don’t judge Hindus by this moral idiot.