Foodbenders restaurant placed a chalkboard that reads: “Defund Israel; Defund pigs… FREE PALESTINE”

Foodbenders restaurant placed a chalkboard that reads: “Defund Israel; Defund pigs… FREE PALESTINE”
Foodbenders owner Kimberly Hawkins states “Canada and Israel are settler colonial police states that need to be decolonized, demilitarized and defunded”
Suzanne Weiss, a long time pro Palestinian Jewish activist and a member of Independent Jewish Voices Canada, says: “Foodbenders [restaurant] has been attacked in the name of Jews. Let’s not be surprised that she blames – Jews!”
Foodbenders owner says “I’m taking political stances against the state of Israel and the Zionist ideology used to uphold it”
Toronto restaurant’s owner says “Ahmed Erakat was murdered by Israeli soldiers.” Israel: Erakat was shot after ramming his car into Police roadblock
Faisal Bhabha, NCCM’s legal adviser, says “it’s important to continue to insist on exposing and confronting the broader undemocratic tendencies of the Israel lobby”
Firas Al Najim, a co-manager of the pro-Palestinian Canadian Defenders For Human Rights (CD4HR), says “The WORLD MUST STOP Zionism, Judaism and holy Palestine must be FREED!”
Foodbenders’ owner Kimberly Hawkins says “I do not believe criticism of the Zionist political ideology… amounts to criticism of the Jewish people”
Located at 1162 Bloor Street West in Toronto, Ontario Foodbenders is a “local Toronto food company offering take-out meals, catering services and wholesale supply of healthy and delicious prepared foods.” 16 weeks ago Foodbenders shared…