Ben & Jerry’s announced last July it would stop selling its products in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and parts of East Jerusalem.
Seven states including Florida, Texas, and New York later divested their pension fund investments in Unilever.
Most countries consider Israeli settlements in those territories illegal, which Israel disputes.
The lawsuit was filed by a Michigan pension fund, the City of St. Clair Shores Police and Fire Retirement System.
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