
Not Jewish? You Can Still Be a Target: Muslim Owner of Israeli Restaurant Faces Wave of Attacks
You can’t make this stuff up. The Muslim owner of an Israeli restaurant in Germany has been subjected to a torrent of anti-Jewish hate.
If you even dare to associate with Jews, the mob is coming for you.
Billal Aloge, a Kurdish-Syrian Muslim, wanted to promote peaceful coexistence in the city of Freiburg in western Germany, where he lives. To that end, he opened an Israeli restaurant called “Jaffa,” and life has never been the same.
The Jew haters immediately heaped abuse on him. His restaurant was repeatedly vandalized, with incidents including a time-honored favorite: throwing rotten eggs at his establishment. Filing endless complaints with the police did nothing to curb the flood.

Things came to a head last Tuesday, when Aloge parked his pride and joy, a brand-new food truck, in Colombipark in the heart of the university city, according to German media.
It lasted only one day.
Vandals splashed paint across the truck, defaced Israeli symbols with Palestinian symbols and hateful slogans, kicked the door in and smashed the side mirror. All told, they caused 30,000 euros in damage.
“The food truck was brand new. I bought it for the new season and had it lovingly refurbished,” Aloge told the German newspaper Bild.
“Once again, I had to file a police report, and now I estimate the total damage from the two attacks at approximately 30,000 euros,” he added.

Freiburg Mayor Martin Horn issued a statement condemning the attack, warning that those involved would be held to account.
“There is no place in Freiburg for antisemitism, anti-Muslim racism or any other form of hatred and incitement,” he said.
Like cities large and small across the globe, Freiburg has contended with a huge spike in antisemitism since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel more than two years ago. Just in the past week, residents of the Pankow district of Berlin, home to a large Jewish community, awoke to separate incidents of graffiti in their neighborhood. The slogans include such charmers as “Kill all Jews,” “Only a dead Jew is a good Jew” and a swastika. In a heartwarming epilogue, children covered the sidewalk there with hearts and peace signs.
Also recently, a synagogue in Cottbus in eastern Germany was vandalized twice in four days.
These days, you don’t have to be Jewish to become a target of Jew hate. If your business was once owned by Jews, if a building used to be a synagogue, or if you dare to openly express support for Jewish people, it’s all fair game for the haters.