There is a highly amusing article in Al Khaleej Online sputtering against the success of IDF Arab spokesperson Avichay Adreaee, who has over a million followers in the Arab world.
Adraee has wished his Muslim fans a happy Ramadan, and has discussed various Ramadan TC programs on his Facebook page. He also showed this photo of Israeli Arab soldiers in one of his Ramadan posts.
All of this is Israeli propaganda falsely portraying Israel’s respect for diversity, the article sputters, saying that everyone knows that Israel is anti-Muslim and massacres Palestinians.
“It seems that Avichay Adraee represents a new type of Israeli propaganda that is more professional and sophisticated, especially with its publications on social networking sites with pictures and videos that have been professionally produced, by experts, all considered part of modern psychological warfare” complains the newspaper.
Then the article goes off on a tangent, first complaining that Adraee encourages his readers to eat Middle Eastern foods like falafel and hummus, and then saying that Israelis have stolen these dishes.
And then, it gives an example: Gonzo’s food truck in Portland, Oregon.
I don’t think there is a truck anymore; Gonzo’s Israeli owner, Tal Caspi, has now gone more mainstream.
But his webpage doesn’t say the word “Israel” at all! He positions his foods as “Middle Eastern.” One of his menu items is called a “Kibbuts Egg.” That’s it.
It is entirely possible that Caspi deliberately downplays the Israeli part of his food because of the leftist, anti-Israel atmosphere of Portland. But it is clear that the animosity that the Arab world has towards a tiny food truck in Portland has nothing to do with its “cultural appropriation” and everything to do with the fact that the very politically correct owner of the enterprise is Israeli.
His food is not certified kosher, unfortunately.
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