“We want to redirect the conversation to the fact that there’s a genocide,” [co-founder] Harara said, adding that he has lost relatives in the recent violence…
Harara said online outrage amounts to “feelings being hurt because things are named things that you don’t like.”
“Media sensationalism around our menu changes seeks to do one thing, and that is to demonize anything remotely Palestinian or anything remotely close to what we would consider Palestinian resistance,” he told The Standard on Wednesday.
Harara said he’s inspired by Oakland’s activist history, such as the work of the Black Panthers, and is committed to pushing for radical change in the community.
Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland, California. And it gets better: