One of the anti-Israel founders of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s is striking out on his own over a politically charged frozen treat.

Ben Cohen announced on Tuesday that he is making a watermelon-flavored sorbet with a theme of “peace in Palestine.” He said that parent company Unilever and its ice cream spinoff, Magnum, “stopped Ben & Jerry’s from creating a flavor for Palestine.”

“I’m doing what they couldn’t,” Cohen said, sharing a video of himself crushing watermelons into juice. “I’m making a watermelon-flavored ice cream that calls for permanent peace in Palestine and for repairing all the damage that was done there.”

The watermelon has become a symbol of support for Palestinians and for “Palestine,” its supporters say, although most countries don’t recognize such a state. T

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