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"Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream, has been charged with
“crowding and obstructing” others after he was arrested while protesting
against the Gaza blockade during a US Senate hearing.
Cohen – the Ben in Ben & Jerry’s – made his stand on Wednesday while Robert F
Kennedy Jr was addressing a hearing of the health, education, labor and
pensions committee. A group of activists heckled the health secretary over his
anti-vaccine posture, yelling: “When Bobby lies, children die,” and “Anti-vax,
anti-science, anti-America”.
Then Cohen stood up and made his Gaza protest. Video footage recorded at the
hearing and posted by Cohen on social media shows him being hauled out of the
committee room, handcuffed and escorted away.
As he is being removed, a woman asks him why he was being arrested.
He replies: “Congress kills poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs and pays for it
by kicking kids off Medicaid in the US.” He adds: “Congress and the senators
need to ease the siege, they need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food
to starving kids.”
Gaza is now in the 11th week of a total blockade by Israel which prevents
essential items including food, fuel and medicines reaching the area’s 2.3
million Palestinians. Many people are surviving on limited supplies of canned
peas or dried beans.
A report this week from food security experts warned that Gaza was at “critical
risk of famine”."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
