Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen dragged out of the US Senate and shouted: 'The congress paid to kill children in Gaza' | Watch | Today news

Ben Cohen, co -founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice, was handcuffed and dragged out of the US Senate for paying the congress for bombs killing poor children in Gaza. In a video posted on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Ben Cohen said: ‘I told Congress that they were killing poor children in Gaza by buying bombs, and paying them by kicking poor Medicaid children in the US. That was the reaction of the authorities. ‘ ‘You make poor children in Gaza and paid Cohen. screaming while he was arrested from the public gallery and left. Bloomberg reported that Capitol Ben Cohen’s police charged under a District of Columbia code that prohibits the pressure, impediment or incorporation – a quote often used in cases of civil disobedience in the capital. Six other protesters are also facing charges, including a serious one for assaulting a police officer, added the BB report. See: Ben & Jerry’s co-founder dragged from the US Senate. The video was seen 24 lakh times (while writing it), and yielded a number of remarks, quotes and posts that supported the 74-year-old businessman and philanthropist, who had a ballot in his support for the Palestinians. He was among six other protesters who were forcibly removed from the Senate trial on May 14 for his protests during the speech by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. Brought in, which was visibly shocked by the interruption. Rfk jr. Offers the budget proposal of his department. Ben Cohen, who is Jewish, in 2024 was, among other things, prominent Jewish figures who signed an open letter opposed to the Pro-Israel-Lobby Aipac. “I understand that I have a higher profile than most people, which is why I raise my voice, it is heard. But I need you and others to understand that I talk to millions of people who feel the same way, ‘he said. “Americans are furious about slaughter in Gaza” who spoke to AFP after his release, Ben Cohen said he was talking on behalf of “millions of Americans who are furious about the slaughter in Gaza”. “It came to a point where we had to do something. It is a scandal that the US has approved $ 20 billion for Israel, even if social programs are being put back. The majority of Americans hate what is going on, what our country does with our money and in our name, ‘the agency said. According to a poll of the Pew Research Center conducted in April 2025, the general pubic opinion against Israel in the US has become increasingly unfavorable, especially among Democrats. Ben Cohen also raised the issue of “moral and spiritual transgression”, saying, “Condoning and accomplices in the slaughter of tens of thousands of people hit the core of us to man and what our country stands for. The US dumps about half its discretionary budget into war -related expenses. If you spent half the money being better, I think, then I think a whole lot. Ben & Jerry’s, founded in 1978 by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, was purchased by Unilever in 2000, with an agreement that an independent council established from Ben & Jerry’s to protect his social values. Netizens reactions: ‘Fearless, honorable, on the right side of history …’ (with input of agencies)