{"id":440184,"date":"2025-05-15T14:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T09:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=440184"},"modified":"2025-05-15T14:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T09:35:16","slug":"world-famous-ice-cream-founder-goes-viral-for-protesting-the-killing-of-children-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/world-famous-ice-cream-founder-goes-viral-for-protesting-the-killing-of-children-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"World Famous Ice Cream Founder Goes Viral For Protesting the Killing of Children in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry\u2019s ice cream and longtime activist, was arrested for protesting the killing of children in Gaza during a US Senate hearing. Speaking to AFP, Cohen said he was voicing the outrage of millions of Americans over the \u201cslaughter\u201d in Gaza.<\/p>\n

At the hearing, Cohen and six other protesters interrupted Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s testimony on the department\u2019s budget. They shouted, \u201cCongress kills poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs and pays for it by kicking kids off Medicaid in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t

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Cohen, 74, was handcuffed by Capitol Police and charged with \u201ccrowding, obstructing or incommoding,\u201d a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail or a $500 fine.<\/p>\n

As he was led away, Cohen urged senators to pressure Israel to allow food aid to reach \u201cstarving kids\u201d in Gaza. He criticized the US government for approving $20 billion in military aid to Israel while cutting social programs at home. \u201cThe majority of Americans hate what\u2019s going on, what our country is doing with our money and in our name,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n

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The conflict has resulted in over 51,000 deaths in Gaza since October 7, 2023, with the region facing a severe humanitarian crisis. A UN-backed monitor warns that Gaza is at \u201ccritical risk of famine,\u201d with 22 percent of the population in a state of humanitarian catastrophe due to an ongoing Israeli aid blockade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry\u2019s ice cream and longtime activist, was arrested for protesting the killing of children in Gaza during a US Senate hearing. Speaking to AFP, Cohen said he was voicing the outrage of millions of Americans over the \u201cslaughter\u201d in Gaza. At the hearing, Cohen and six other protesters interrupted Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":440187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2199,2540,2530],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-440184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-international","9":"category-social-issue-cause"},"wps_subtitle":"He urged senators to pressure Israel to allow food aid to reach \u201cstarving kids\u201d in Gaza.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ben-and-jerry-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ben-and-jerry.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ben-and-jerry.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Sher Alam","categories_name":["Featured","International","Social Issue\/Cause"],"title_text":"World Famous Ice Cream Founder Goes Viral For Protesting the Killing of Children in Gaza","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2199,2540,2530&exclude=440184","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440184"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=440184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}