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“The shameful glorification of October 7th must stop. “Incitement and hatred of Israel leads to terrorism and extremism, which led to the brutal massacre on October 7th,” Lapid said, according to The Times of Israel. “We expect the Jordanian government to publicly and unequivocally condemn this,” he added.
Owner: Daughter graduated at the time
The Israeli news site Ynet reported Thursday afternoon that it spoke by phone with the restaurant owner, who said he had only changed the name to “October” and claimed that he did not mean the name as a political statement and had nothing to do with it Hamas attack.
“My daughter graduated from medical school in Algeria on October 7th,” said the business owner in the South Mazar district near the city of Kerak, southwest of the capital Amman. “We changed the name because people saw it as political. The new name is simply October, without the 7. We have nothing to do with politics,” he added.
However, according to Ynet, the restaurant’s Facebook page, which specializes in shawarma, a succulent chicken marinated in a mixture of Middle Eastern spices and then grilled, disputes this explanation. It appears that she previously operated under a different name and asked her supporters to suggest a new name. One of the panelists suggested “7. October” – and he succeeded, receiving a gold ring as a reward for his victory.
A video circulating on social media shows the restaurant’s logo reading (in English) “7. October”. The employees also wore a patch with this inscription on their clothing.
Dima Tábúbová, a former lawmaker, author, political analyst and member of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, a conservative Islamist organization, posted the clip on the X server on Wednesday evening.
I swear to God, Karakiya doesn’t have a solution. On October 7th, a restaurant was opened in the southern shrine ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼😁 pic.twitter.com/S0KF4G2E08
– DIMA TAHBOUB (@DTABOUB) January 24, 2024
She had previously praised the Jordanian soldier who murdered seven Israeli schoolgirls and injured six others in the 1997 Peace Island massacre.
In the two-minute video, an unidentified man films a restaurant full of customers from the outside and its surroundings, then enters the dining room where he is surrounded by customers and employees wearing clothing with “7” written on it. October” they greet while he congratulates the employees on the new name.
Relations were characterized by tensions
In 1994, Jordan became the second Arab state after Egypt (1979) to make peace with Israel. Last fall, thousands of demonstrators in Amman called for the peace treaty with Israel to be abandoned because of the war against Hamas.
After two weeks of war, Israel has issued a travel warning for Jordan and other Arab countries.
Jordan, whose population is estimated to be at least 50 percent Palestinian, recalled its ambassador to Israel in early November “as an expression of Jordan’s rejection and condemnation of Israel’s raging war in Gaza, which is killing innocent people and causing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.” .”
In addition, the Israeli Foreign Ministry was asked to instruct Ambassador Rogel Rachman, who was temporarily recalled to Israel due to security threats in Jordan, not to return to Amman.
Queen Rania al-Jasin of Jordan also previously caused a stir when she said that Israel was silencing criticism of itself by accusing its author of anti-Semitism. She also stated that some acts of violence on October 7, 2023 were not even proven, including the alleged beheading of children.
The war broke out on October 7 when Hamas terrorists breached the Gaza border and rampaged through southern Israeli villages, killing more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping 253 others under the cover of rocket fire on Israeli towns.
Israel presented evidence that UN officials were involved in the Hamas rampage
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