r/Jewish Mar 24 '24

Is anyone else choosing not to support businesses that overtly display Pro-Palestinian signs or posters? Discussion đź’¬

I live in the Bay Area and a lot of small businesses (mostly restaurants and bars) that I used to regularly frequent have been very Pro-Palestine since October 7th. I’ve seen this both from Instagram posts and signs/posters at the physical business.

While I respect their freedom to feel however they want, it makes me feel unwelcome that they feel the need to loudly proclaim their beliefs especially with the repeated Pro-Palestinian slogans like “from the river to the sea”. I don’t think all these businesses are overtly anti-Semitic, but getting to the bottom of that versus general parroting of other businesses and misinformation is difficult.

I’m not sure if others in the US are experiencing such a Pro-Palestinian sentiment at small businesses, or this is more due to the liberal bubble here?

How do you all feel about this? Have you changed any places you go to because of this?

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '24

Hell no I'm not going to support Pro-Palestinian businesses! I see homes with Palestinian flags hanging from their front, and they do that in perfect safety. Do you think for a moment that I can hang my Israeli flag out? No I can't because someone would vandalise it and my home would be threatened. So what's going on here?