A new shawarma restaurant in Jordan garnered harsh criticism this week due to being named after the brutal Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, in which Hamas terrorists butchered 1,200 men, women, and children.
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The sign with the name, "October 7," was later removed due to alleged pressure by local authorities.
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According to local media, the name was chosen by the owner as a form of "support for the Palestinian cause."
The name was reportedly chosen as part of a competition launched on Facebook, with the winner meant to be identified as part of the contest process and awarded a gold ring for suggesting "October 7" as the owner's top choice.
The disgraceful glorification of October 7th has to stop. The incitement and hatred against Israel breeds the terrorism and extremism which led to the brutal massacre of October 7th.
We expect the Jordanian government to condemn this publicly and unequivocaly https://t.co/KwyeqHAiXO
— יאיר לפיד - Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) January 25, 2024
The announcement led to an outcry by Israeli politicians.
"The disgraceful glorification of October 7th has to stop. The incitement and hatred against Israel breeds the terrorism and extremism which led to the brutal massacre of October 7th. We expect the Jordanian government to condemn this publicly and unequivocally," Opposition Leader Yair Lapid posted on X.
Yisrael Beytenu's Yulia Malinovsky called out the incident, as well as others in which countries that have voiced or acted in support of the terrorist organization Hamas and its attack on Oct. 7.
"South Africa filed a lawsuit against us in The Hague. Turkey hosts senior Hamas officials and arrests Israeli actors who express solidarity with Israel. Now in Jordan they opened a restaurant called October 7 to celebrate the massacre that the Hamas killers carried out. Where is our national pride? Why do we still have diplomatic relations with these terrorist supporting countries?" Malinovsky posted on X.
The Jordanian city of Al-Karak already attracted media attention in recent months, after a baby in the town was named Mohammed Deif, with the father saying it was in homage to the Hamas terrorist mastermind behind the onslaught.
Although Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in 1994, the majority of the political class and population remain hostile to the Jewish state, even more so in times of tension with the Palestinians. The staff of the Israeli embassy in Amman left the country in a hurry after Oct. 7, for fear of a conflagration.
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