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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder seeks public input on new watermelon ice cream flavor that calls for “a permanent peace in Palestine”

Jennifer Sandlin
Nov 03, 2025
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watermelon. photo: Jennifer Sandlin Used with permission

Ben Cohen, co-founder of ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s, announced this week that he’s creating a new watermelon-forward ice cream flavor to call for “a permanent peace in Palestine” and for “repairing all the damage that was done there.” The BBC explains that the watermelon has become “a symbol f…

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