![]() Had Unilever not reacted to Ben & Jerry’s decision, it would have continued to draw the ire of U.S. The fracas outweighs the limited contribution of the Israeli ice cream business to the group’s top line. ![]() The legal dispute underlines the fundamental tensions over what powers Ben & Jerry’s retained, or didn’t, in the deal it struck when agreeing to be acquired by Unilever in 2000. Chief Executive Alan Jope thought he had found a way out with his plan to sell the local unit. Some shareholders were upset at a perceived anti-Israel bias. ![]() Ben & Jerry’s, whose board has full independence to oversee its social mission, had halted sales in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Dove soap and Marmite maker failed to reach an out-of-court agreement with its ice cream subsidiary over the sale of the latter’s Israeli business to a local licensee, Reuters reported. LONDON, July 29 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Unilever (ULVR.L) has no good options to end its dispute with Ben & Jerry’s.
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