A café has just closed in sunny California, and though usually I’m on the side of small businesses, in this case I have to admit that this particular closing cheered me up. More on the café that closed, and the “Palestinian” co-owner, Abdulrahim Hamara, who is now facing several lawsuits, can be found here: “Oakland coffee shop that ousted Jewish patrons suspends operations amid antisemitism lawsuits,” by Haley Cohen, Jewish Insider, September 2, 2026:
An Oakland, Calif., coffee shop that drew national scrutiny for promoting Hamas and forcibly removing Jewish patrons announced it has closed amid three separate antisemitism lawsuits.
Jerusalem Coffee House shuttered last week, citing the legal challenges brought by the Justice Department, Anti-Defamation League and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law over its alleged harassment of two Jewish customers.
“These lawsuits represent the ongoing efforts of zionist organizations and the federal government to use the courts as a tool to repress free speech and public political commitments to Palestine,” a Substack post from the cafe said. “We’ve faced harassment, property damage, and hate messages since. Despite it all, we’ve continued building the work that matters most to us.”…
What’s that work “that matters most” to the Palestinian café owners? Apparently, it is celebrating Hamas, with a special drink called “Sweet Sinwar,” after the mastermind of the October 7, 2023 atrocities, and also kicking out any Jewish people who would like — how dare they? — to order something at the café.
I look forward, and I hope you do too, to reading about how those lawsuits turn out. Abdulharim Harara has had to close his café, but his real troubles, with the crushing embrace of the long arm — make that arms — of the law, are only just beginning.
Big Dude says
Perhaps the next drink might be a crushed Sinwar. The drink that Hamas uses to put an end to its feckless leaders. Reader tractate Sanhedrin to decide whether the drink belongs in Stoning, Burning, Beheading or Strangulation. Which punishment should be associated with a crushed Sinwar. Better a crushed sinwar. I think strangulation … the punishment includes being encases in dung before strangulation. No kaddish for Sinwar.. look at the horrible name… it says it all. Sin and War. Wow,
John1 says
I’m sure CAIR or the Islamic society of North America will pick up his legal tab.