McDonald’s – I’m Hatin’ it!

October 17, 2006 - 8:57 AM by

A group of about 15 “twenty-something,” self-described animal-rights supporters and anarchists held a protest vigil outside the downtown Jerusalem branch of McDonald’s Monday evening.

The group, blowing whistles and shouting through a megaphone, called on passersby near the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian mall not to eat at the restaurant, due to what they described as the food corporation’s harmful policies.

“McDonald’s puts profits before people, animals and the planet,” group leader Amnon Keren, 24, of Jerusalem, told Israel At Level Ground, and called on Israelis to boycott the chain.Keren, noting that the group had numbered about 30 earlier in the afternoon, added that similar vigils were being held concurrently in front of branches in Ra’anana, Kfar Saba, Haifa, Rehovot and Beersheba, as well as at many locations worldwide today.There was a brief, non-violent, altercation with a diner, who, stepping out to protest the noisy demonstration loudly argued with Keren over the usefulness of such vigils.

A small crowd of about 20 pedestrians gathered across the narrow street, and spirited discussions about the eatery were bandied about.

Several, apparently bemused, kipa-wearing Jews ironically found themselves on the same side of the ideological divide as the protesters, due to McDonald’s non-kosher status because the chain is open on Shabbat.

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One Comment on McDonald’s – I’m Hatin’ it!

  1. Sammy Benoit on Tue, Oct 17th 2006 1:23 PM

    2. one of the highlights of my recent trip to Israel was taking my son for a taste test. Since we don’t eat that stuff here at home we got to sample the Kosher BK on Ben Yuhuda vs. the Kosher Mc D’s at the airport. The Burger King won hands down. I can happily report that Neither my kid nor I were poisoned.

    BTW I think that the other reason the MC D’s off of Ben Yehuda is not Kosher is that it serves Dairy as well as meat.

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