US EditionBen & Jerry’s cofounder arrested at US Senate after protesting war in Gaza
- Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's and longtime activist, was arrested on May 14, 2025, during a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill.
- The arrest occurred after Cohen and six others disrupted a Senate hearing where the head of the Department of Health and Human Services was discussing the 2026 budget.
- Cohen confronted lawmakers over U.S. Support for Israel’s Gaza campaign, shouting claims that Congress funds bombs killing children and cuts Medicaid to pay for arms.
- Capitol Police charged Cohen with crowding, obstructing, or incommoding, and video showed him in handcuffs while being escorted out as activists chanted critical slogans.
- This event continues Cohen’s history of protests against U.S. Policies, highlighting tensions around Gaza and prompting questions on Congressional priorities and activism impact.
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Ben Cohen exercises Heckler’s Veto, removed from Congressional hearing - Vermont Daily Chronicle
Ben Cohen (bottom left) waits for security to remove him from a Congressional hearing Wednesday, May 14.By Paul Bean On Wednesday, Ben and Jerry’s co-founder, Ben Cohen, was forcibly removed from a congressional hearing featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,Secretary of Health and Human Services, for participating in disruptive protesting and shouting. The incident was captured on C-SPAN and widely circulated on social media, highlighting some the ong…
Ben & Jerry’s Jewish Co-Founder Arrested Protesting U.S. Support for Israel
Ben Cohen, co-founder of the well-known ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s, was taken into custody in Washington, D.C., after he disrupted a Senate committee hearing to protest U.S. military aid to Israel amid its ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza. Cohen, 74, participated in a demonstration that interrupted a Senate health committee session, during which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was advocating for President Trump’s proposed budget f…
Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder Arrested at Senate Hearing
Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen was arrested Wednesday at a US Senate hearing, where he interrupted Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to protest what's happening in Gaza. Kennedy was addressing a hearing of the health, education, labor, and pensions committee when a group of activists started heckling him,...
Gaza Protest: Ben & Jerry's Founder Arrested
The co-founder of the ice cream brand Ben & Jerry's, Ben Cohen, has been arrested. Cohen and others had interrupted a meeting with US Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He shouted, "Congress pays for bombs to kill children in Gaza." Other demonstrators who took part in the protest campaign against the Gaza war with Cohen held up posters in the US Congress. On a video that he himself posted on Platform X, Cohen is being taken away in the c…
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