Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield has quit the company, as the divide with parent Unilever grew over its stance on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

His partner, Ben Cohen, shared Greenfield's open letter on X on Wednesday, saying it was a "difficult decision." Greenfield had been with the company for 47 years.

"This is one of the hardest and most painful decisions I've ever made," Greenfield wrote in the letter. "This isn't because I've lost my love for the people at Ben & Jerry's. Quite the opposite."

He went on to say that when Unilever bought the company more than 20 years ago, it "guaranteed" Ben & Jerry's had "the independence to pursue our values."

Greenfield said he could no longer "in good conscience" continue working for a company that had been "silenced"

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