Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Arrested at Senate Protest Over Gaza

Ben Cohen is detained by U.S. Capitol Police for disrupting proceedings on Capitol Hill on May 14.Photographer: Samuel Corum/Getty Images

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May 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM UTC

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, was arrested on Wednesday after disrupting a Senate hearing to protest US military aid to Israel and humanitarian conditions in Gaza, according to the US Capitol Police.

Cohen was removed from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, where Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was testifying.