According to the portal, the McDonald’s chain has come under fire in the Muslim world for supporting the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Ynet.
McDonald’s Israel announced it will work to provide thousands of free meals to IDF soldiers and medical facilities in the country following an attack by radical Palestinian militant groups.
Additionally, Omri Padan, the owner of the company’s Israeli dealership, announced that he will donate 4,000 free meals a day to Israeli military personnel.
Following this, mass protests and boycotts against McDonald’s began in many Arab and Muslim countries; In Türkiye, Lebanon and Egypt, the company’s branches faced vandalism.
McDonald’s branches in countries that officially support Palestine made statements stating that they were not responsible for the actions of their Israeli counterparts and provided humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip.
Earlier, demonstrators during a rally in support of the Palestinian people in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia burnt Portraits of US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Protesters wanted to throw paint on McDonald’s to donate money to Israeli soldiers. However, law enforcement officers managed to stop the protesters.
Ben-Gvir, formerly far-right Israeli Minister of National Security statedHe said it was not enough to send only “hundreds of tons of explosives” and “not even a gram of humanitarian aid” to Gaza until the civilian hostages were released.