The co -founder of Ben & Jerry’s expelled from the Capitol – Liberation
A video from the Pacifist collective code Pink shows Ben Cohen, 74, be escorted handcuffs by the Washington Capitol police while he launched: « They must let the food enter Gaza, they must feed Children who are hungry. «
« We got to a point where we have to do something », In hammered Ben Cohen after being released, describing as « scandalous » the fact that the United States has approved delivery « Bombs for a value of $ 20 billion » to Israel while Social programs are deleted in the United States. « The majority of Americans hate what’s going on, what our country does with our money and on our behalf », he added. « Submission and be an accomplice of the massacre of tens of thousands of people touches us in the depths of ourselves as human beings and for what our country represents », said Ben Cohen.
No more humanitarian aid, however vital for the 2.4 million inhabitants of Gaza, has not entered the Palestinian territory since March 2 and many organizations, including Doctors of the World, Doctors Without Borders or Oxfam, have alerted to the risk of a « Mass famine » If the blockade of aid by the Israeli army continues.
