Ben & Jerry’s cofounder removed from Senate in Gaza protest

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s and a progressive activist, expressed outrage over the violence in Gaza after being removed from a Senate hearing while protesting Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s budget testimony. Cohen criticized U.S. military funding to Israel, stating it was scandalous to spend $20 billion on bombs while social programs like Medicaid face cuts, and called for urgent humanitarian aid for starving children in Gaza. He emphasized that many Americans share his views on the moral implications of U.S. complicity in global violence, advocating for non-violent conflict resolution.