Ice cream company Ben & Jerry's has accused its parent company Unilever of breaching a merger agreement by removing its CEO without board approval and firing their company's CEO for making public political comments. Ben & Jerry's claimed that Unilever blocked the company from making posts related to detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. The tensions between the two companies have been ongoing, with Ben & Jerry's previously suing Unilever for selling its business in Israel to its licensee, which allowed marketing in the West Bank and Israel to continue.