A kebab shop in Tel Aviv is being slammed on social media for remaining open on Monday night as Israel ushered in Memorial Day.
The Aşk Doner restaurant on the popular Dizengoff thoroughfare continued to serve clients while the siren marking the start of the solemn day sounded across the country.
Omer Gershon used Facebook to post a picture of the goings-on with the accompanying message: “Who are you, disgusting café, to be open on the eve of Memorial Day? And who are you repulsive people who don’t bother to stand for one minute during the siren and instead continue to sit and eat [expletive].”
Gershon also shared a photo of the 730 shekel ($200) fine the restaurant received for refusing to close its doors to customers.
The post went viral after it was shared on Twitter by Israeli journalist Sivan Cohen Saban, who wrote that she would never step foot in Aşk Doner “even if it was the last place [in the world] offering water.”
גם אם זה יהיה המקום האחרון שמציע מים
— Sivan Cohen Saban סיון כהן 🎗️ (@sivanhakolkalul) April 24, 2023
כף רלי לא תדרוך במקום הזה
אחרי שקראתי מה עומר גרשון כתב
״ מי אתה בית קפה מגעיל שדחוף לו להיות פתוח בערב יום הזכרון? ומי אתם אנשים דוחים שלא טורחים לעמוד דקה בצפירה ולהמשיך לשבת ולאכול ולזיין ת'מוח???״ pic.twitter.com/I1VTJftQLw
On the eve of Memorial Day, commercial businesses throughout Israel close by 8 p.m. and stay closed until 6 the following morning.
Aşk Doner is located close to where three Israelis were murdered in an April 2022 terrorist attack, and where Or Eshkar sustained fatal bullet wounds during a similar shooting in Tel Aviv on March 9.
